Manual:Keyboard layout:US

Keyboard layout

Keyboard layout

Keyboard layout:DE

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US keyboard layout

Below you will find the US keyboard layout for Vegastrike. The keys and their functions and descriptions are arranged in a list with the following headers:

• Name
  A short (significant) name for the key-function.
• Key(s)
  The key(s) you need to press to activate the function is(are) listed here.
• Command
  This is the command (intern -> vegastrike-engine) as used in the bindings section in the vegastrike.config file. See Manual:Config:Advanced:Bindings for more info on the config file.
• Description
  A short description of the function.

Navigation

Navigation direction

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Up		UpKey	Turn the nose of your ship up.
Down		DownKey	Turn the nose of your ship down.
Rotate right		RightKey	Rotates your ship to the right.
Rotate left		LeftKey	Rotates your ship to the left.
Roll right	+	RollRightKey	Roll your ship to the right.
Roll left		RollLeftKey	Roll your ship to the left
Activate jump drive		JumpKey	Press this to jump to another system. You must be in range of a jump point. See Manual:Interstellar travel for usage.
Activate SPEC drive	+	ToggleWarpDrive	Just direct your ship where you want to go, accelerate and activate the SPEC drive to get there REALLY fast. Gravitation (near planets/other objects) will be a problem though. See Manual:Advanced flight#SPEC drive for usage.

Navigation speed

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Decelerate		DecelKey	Decrease set velocity of your ship.
Accelerate	+	AccelKey	Increase set velocity of your ship.
Afterburner		ABKey	Will accelerate your ship past maximum velocity. Afterburn velocity is not constant, and must be maintained by holding down the TAB button. Velocity will decrease to set velocity when released.
Match velocity		SetVelocityRefKey	Set your velocity to same as your target. See Manual:Match velocity and Manual:Advanced flight#Matching velocity for usage.
Zero velocity		SetVelocityNullKey	FIXME
Stop		StopKey	Set your velocity to zero relative to your target.
Full throttle		StartKey	Set your velocity to maximum ship capable velocity.
Shelton slide		SheltonKey	Perform a shelton slide. You can change your heading without changing your direction of travel, but it's not real "six degrees of freedom" movement. See Manual:Advanced flight#Shelton slide for usage.

Sound and music

See also Manual:Gameplay functions -> Music.

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Skip music track	+	Cockpit::SkipMusicTrack	Skip Music Track
Sound volume up		VolumeInc	Sound volume up
Sound volume down		VolumeDec	Sound volume down
Music volume up	+ +	MusicVolumeInc	Music volume up
Music volume down	+	MusicVolumeDec	Music volume down

Communication (general/wingmen)

See also Manual:Combat:Wingmen

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Wingmen form up	+	CommFormUp	Tell your wingmen to form up.
Break wingmen formation	+	CommBreakForm	Tell your wingmen to stop forming up.
Help me	+	CommHelpMeOut	Tell your wingmen to help you. They will attack the ship(s) attacking you. FIXME collides with "Reverse: select hostile targets"
Wingman attack target	+	CommAttackTarget	Tell your wingmen to attack your selected target.
Talking to target (other ships/station/etc...)	->	Comm1Key -> Comm9Key	You can talk to other ships/stations/whatever by pressing one of this buttons where the number means the agressivity in your voice ;-). 1=friendly 9=insulting
Request docking clearence		RequestClearenceKey	Select a target (station/capship) you want to dock with and press this key. You will get an audio feedback about your permission to dock. Additionally there will pop up green/red squares at the dock positions (only if you are near enough).

Target selection

See also Manual:Targeting.

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
All targets	Forward Backward +	TargetKey ReverseTargetKey	Switches through all targets in current system.
Significant/neutral target	Forward Backward +	SigTargetKey ReverseSigTargetKey	Switches through all significant/neutral targets in current system.
Non-planetary/non-natural targets	Forward Backward +	UnitTargetKey ReverseUnitTargetKey	Switches through all non-planetary/non-natural targets (such as capships and fighters) in current system.
Hostile targets	Forward Backward +	NearestTargetKey ReverseNearestTargetKey	Switches through all hostile (to you) targets in current system. FIXME collides with "Wingmen: Help me out"
Subunit select		SubUnitTargetKey	Switches through the subunits of the ship you have currently selected.
Lock target		LockTargetKey	By pressing this key you can 'lock' your selection on the selected target.
Select front targets		PickTargetKey	Pressing this key will pick targets in front of you (near the crosshair). Tends to be used to get planets in front of you, because the often are the bigger target of the two.
Store selected target	Template:Key:EN:Alt left +	SaveTarget1	Pressing this key will store the selected target for keys from 1 to 0 (10)
Restore selected target	Template:Key:EN:Ctrl left +	RestoreTarget1	Pressing this key will restore the selected target for keys from 1 to 0 (10)

Combat

General

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Fire weapons/guns		FireKey	Fires your main weapons/guns (beams/bolts/chainguns/whatever).
Select weapons/guns		WeapSelKey	Switches trough your main weapons.
Fire missiles/torpedos		MissileKey	Fires your missiles/torpedos if your ship have some og 'em equipped.
Switch missiles/torpedo		MisSelKey	Switches trough your main missiles/torps.
Combat mode		SwitchCombatMode	Toggles combat/non-combat mode: In non-combat mode (or flight mode) you are able to fly at (theoretically) unlimited speed, but after passing a maximum combat speed you shield will reduce due to particles in space hitting it too fast to allow regeneration. Another backdraw is you need nearly the same time to slow down again as you needed to speed up. In combat mode your max speed is limited to ensure your shields remain stable. See Manual:Advanced flight for usage.
Cloaking device		CloakKey	By pressing this key you enable/disable your cloaking device (if you own one).
ECM device		ECMKey	By pressing this key you enable/disable your ECM device (if you own one). It will cause incoming missiles to be confused. The ECM device will constantly draw energy from your reactor.

Turret(s)

See also Manual:Combat:Turrets

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Switch turret control		TurretControl	By pressing this button you can switch to the manual control of your turret(s) (if you have one/some equipped) and switch back to cockpit control.
Target for turret	+	TurretTargetKey	Select a target your turret(s) should attack. The target your turrets are attacking is surrounded by a plus sign.
Toggle turret AI on/off		TurretAIKey	Switch the AI of your turret(s) on/off. Without an AI the turret can still be controled manually. FIXME I'm not quite sure about this Want to know more about AIs? Look at Terminology:Artificial Intelligence

Game commands

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Toggle "quit mode"		Cockpit::Quit	Press then to quit the game or again to return to game.
Pause	+	PauseKey	Pause the game (does anybody know how to display a pipe in a table?)
Increase time compression		TimeInc	(only for DEBUGGING) Start/Increase Time Compression
Stop time compression		TimeReset	(only for DEBUGGING) Stop Time Compression

Camera control

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Toggle cockpit		Cockpit::Inside	Switch back to normal cockpit. Press it again to switch between 3d-cockpit view and plain view.
Look left		Cockpit::InsideLeft	Press this to look to your left.
Look right		Cockpit::InsideRight	Press this to look to your right.
Look back		Cockpit::InsideBack	Press this to look back.
Chasecam		Cockpit::Behind	Press this to look through an imaginary camera behind your ship
Panning camera		Cockpit::Pan	Provides a panning (ghost) camera view of your ship. Move the camera by pressing (q,z,s,f)
Target camera		Cockpit::OutsideTarget	Press this to see a 3rd-person view of your selected target.
Target panning camera		Cockpit::PanTarget	Provides a panning camera view of your target. Move the camera by pressing (q,z,s,f)
Zoom view in		Cockpit::ZoomIn	Zoom in on target
Zoom view out		Cockpit::ZoomOut	Zoom out on target
Spin panning cam down		Cockpit::PitchDown	Spin the panning camera down.
Spin panning cam up		Cockpit::PitchUp	Spin the panning camera up.
Spin panning cam left		Cockpit::YawLeft	Spin the panning camera left.
Spin panning cam right		Cockpit::YawRight	Spin the panning camera right.
Take screenshot		Screenshot	Take a 'Inflight' screenshot. This means it will not work in the Docking/Base-screen. The crosshair and docking boxes will not be saved. PC users will find a link to the screenshots in the start menu, linux users will find it in the home directory ~/.vegastrike043/textures/ FIXME See also [VsFaqPlaying#Q8]

Info screen (better name for this header needed)

Info/Mission/Cargo/etc.. screen FIXME header name |#Info]

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Map/info screen	+	Cockpit::NavScreen	Activate/Deactivate Map screen during flight. See also Manual:Map.
Left VDU		Cockpit::SwitchLVDU	Cycles through all the possible displays in your left VDU
Right VDU		Cockpit::SwitchRVDU	Cycles through all the possible displays in your left VDU
Scroll text up		Cockpit::ScrollUp	Scroll selected mission-description/communication-log/cargo-list up
Scroll text down		Cockpit::ScrollDown	Scroll selected mission-description/communication-log/cargo-list down
Eject cargo	+	EjectCargoKey	Ejects the selected (topmost) cargo in your cargo bay into space. Use the scroll text keys to move the appropriate cargo to the top. Useful to get rid of pirates by leaving cargo behind, hiding contraband from security ships, eject unwanted cargo, and launching fighters.

Unclassified (yet)

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Ejection	+	EjectKey	Press this key to eject yourself out of your ship sitting in an ejectpod. It has weak guns/shields and will not help you against enemy ships, but it will bring you to the next save and friendly station/ship.
Respawn after death		Respawn	Restores play to last save game.
Commit suicide	+	SuicideKey	Press this button to destroy your ship and kill yourself. See Manual:Combat:Death for more.
Switch ships		SwitchControl	This button allows you to take control of a friendly ship; this is similar to taking control of a turret. FIXME Does this work for hired wingmen as well as wingmen 'from cargo'? added: Yes, it does, so be careful when you try to switch to turret view if you have wingmen. If you hit the wrong key, you're flying your wingman's ship instead of your own.
Activate dock procedure		DockKey	When sufficiently close to green docking markers, this key will activate docking procedures. See Manual:Docking for usage.

Unassigned (by default)

Name	Command	Description
Strafe left	ThrustLeft	FIXME
Strafe right	ThrustRight	FIXME
Strafe up	ThrustUp	FIXME
Strafe down	ThrustDown	FIXME
Strafe forward	ThrustFront	FIXME
Strafe back	ThrustBack	FIXME
Insystem Jump	AutoKey	Toggle the Insystem-Jump, aka 'Autopilot' (Old behaviour of the insystem travel) You need to set this in vegastrike.config: <var name="insystem_jump_or_timeless_auto-pilot" value="false"/> to <var name="insystem_jump_or_timeless_auto-pilot" value="true"/> ToggleWarpDrive (see the Navigation:direction header above) needs then be replaced with AutoKey in the config file's bindings section as well.
Navigational Autopilot	ASAP	Toggle the computer-controlled autopilot. This command will automatically steer your ship towards your target while using all of the thrust (including afterburners) available.
Match Speed	MatchSpeedKey	Set your speed to equal your target's set speed. This is not to be confused with setting your velocity reference point.</BR>This can be used on any target.
Free Slaves	FreeSlaves	Converts slaves in your cargo into hitchhikers.
Enslave Passengers	Enslave	Converts all passengers except hitchhikers into slaves.
Eject Non-mission Cargo	EjectNonMissionCargoKey	Ejects all non-mission cargo.
whatevername	WhatEverCommand	Whatever it will do ;-)

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XML config code

FIXME

WRITEME

See also the vegastrike.config from CVS. The keys are stored between the <bindings> and the </bindings> tag.

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Keyboard layout

Keyboard layout

Keyboard layout:DE