Manual:Keyboard layout:US

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Navigation

Navigation direction

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Up	[1]	UpKey	Turn the nose of your ship up.
Down	[2] [3]	DownKey	Turn the nose of your ship down.
Rotate Right	[4]	RightKey	Rotates your ship to the right.
Rotate Left	[5]	LeftKey	Rotates your ship to the left.
Roll Right	or + [6] or [7]	RollRightKey	Roll your ship to the right.
Roll Left	or [8] or [9]	RollLeftKey	Roll your ship to the left
Activate Jump Drive	[10]	JumpKey	Press this to jump to another system. You must be in range of a jump point. See also VsManualInterstellarWarpTransit
Activate SPEC Drive	([11]+)[12]	AutoKey	FIXME Just target any object in a system and press this key to jump there.

Navigation speed

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Decelerate	[13] or [14]	DecelKey	Decrease set velocity of your ship.
Accelerate	([15]+)[16] or [17]	AccelKey	Increase set velocity of your ship.
Afterburner	[18]	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	[19] or [20]	SetVelocityRefKey	Set your velocity to same as your target. - See also VsManualMatchVelocity
Zero Velocity	[21] or [22]	SetVelocityNullKey	???
Stop	[23]	StopKey	Set your velocity to zero relative to your target.
Full Throttle	[24]	StartKey	Set your velocity to maximum ship capable velocity.
Shelton Slide	[25]	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.

Sound and music

Manual:GameplayFunctions FIXME (xxx gamepalyfunctions xxx #Music)

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Skip Music Track	[26]+[27]	Cockpit::SkipMusicTrack	Skip Music Track
Sound Volume Up	[28]	VolumeInc	Sound Volume Up
Sound Volume Down	[29]	VolumeDec	Sound Volume Down
Music Volume Up	[30]+[31] or [32]+[33]	MusicVolumeInc	Music Volume Up
Music Volume Down	[34]+[35] or [36]	MusicVolumeDec	Music Volume Down

Communication (general/wingmen)

See also Manual:Combat:Wingmen

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Form Up Wingmen	[37]+[38]	CommFormUp	Tell your wingmen to form up.
Break Wingmen Formation	[39]+[40]	CommBreakForm	Tell your wingmen to stop forming up.
Help Me	[41]+[42]	CommHelpMeOut	Tell your wingmen to help you. They will attack the ship(s) attacking you.
Wingman Attack Target	[43]+[44]	CommAttackTarget	Tell your wingmen to attack your selected target.
Talking to other ships/station	[45] -> [46]	Comm1Key->Comm2Key	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	[47]	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

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
All Units/Targets	>Forward:[48] %%%Backward:[49]+[50]	TargetKey%%%ReverseTargetKey	Switches through all targets in current system.
Significant/Neutral Units/Target	>Forward:[51] %%%Backward:[52]+[53]	SigTargetKey%%%ReverseSigTargetKey	Switches through all significant/neutral targets in current system.
Non-planetary/Non-natural Units	>Forward:[54] %%%Backward:[55]+[56]	UnitTargetKey%%%ReverseUnitTargetKey	Switches through all Non-planetary/non-natural units (such as capships and fighters) in current system.
Hostile Units/Targets	>Forward:[57] %%%Backward:[58]+[59]	NearestTargetKey%%%ReverseNearestTargetKey	Switches through all hostile (to you) targets in current system.
Subunit Select	[60]	SubUnitTargetKey	Switches through the subunits of the ship you have currently selected.
Lock Unit/Target	[61]	LockTargetKey	By pressing this key you can 'lock' your selection on the selected target.
Front Targets	[62]	PickTargetKey	Pressing this key will pick Units in front of you (near the crosshair). Tends to be used to get planets in front of you.

Combat

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Fire Weapon/Guns	[63]	FireKey	Fires your main weapons/guns (beams/bolts/chainguns/whatever).
Select Weapon/Gun	[64]	WeapSelKey	Switches trough your main weapons.
Fire Missiles/Torpedos	[65] or [66]	MissileKey	Fires your missiles/torpedos if your ship have some og 'em equipped.
Switch Missiles/Torpedo	[67]	MisSelKey	Switches trough your main missiles/torps.
Combat Mode	[68]	SwitchCombatMode	Toggles combat/non-combat mode: In non-combat 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.
Cloaking Device	[69]	CloakKey	By pressing this key you enable/disable your Cloaking device (if you own one).
ECM Device	[70]	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. See also [VsManualDbTerms#ECM]

Turret(s)

See also Manual:Combat:Turrets

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Switch Turret Control	[71]	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	[72]+[73]	TurretTargetKey	Select a target your turret(s) should attack. The target your turrets are attacking is surrounded by a plus sign.
Turret AI on/off	[74]	TurretAIKey	Switch the AI of your turret(s) on/off. Without an AI the turret can still be controled manually. <I'm not quite sure about this>%%% Want to know more about AIs? Look at VsManualDbTerms <no entry yet>

Game commands

Time Compression

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Toggle Quit Mode	[75]	Cockpit::Quit	Press [q] after [ESC] to quit the game or [ESC] again to return to game.
Pause	[76]+[77] or [78]	PauseKey	Pause the game (does anybody know how to display a pipe in a table?)
[79]	TimeInc	(only for DEBUGGING) Start/Increase Time Compression
0 Time Compression	[80]	TimeReset	(only for DEBUGGING) Stop Time Compression

Camera control

Name	Key(s)	Command	Description
Toggle Cockpit	[81]	Cockpit::Inside	Switch back to normal cockpit. Press it again to switch between 3d-cockpit view and plain view.
Look Left	[82]	Cockpit::InsideLeft	Press this to look to your left.
Look Right	[83]	Cockpit::InsideRight	Press this to look to your right.
Look Back	[84]	Cockpit::InsideBack	Press this to look back.
Chasecam	[85]	Cockpit::Behind	Press this to look through an imaginary camera behind your ship
Panning Camera	[86]	Cockpit::Pan	Provides a panning camera view of your ship. Move the camera by pressing (q,z,s,f)
Target Camera	[87]	Cockpit::OutsideTarget	Press this to see a 3rd-person view of your selected target.
Target Panning Camera	[88]	Cockpit::PanTarget	Provides a panning camera view of your target. Move the camera by pressing (q,z,s,f)
Zoom View In	[89]	Cockpit::ZoomIn	Zoom in on target
Zoom View Out	[90]	Cockpit::ZoomOut	Zoom out on target
Take Screenshot	[91]	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	[92]+[93]	Cockpit::NavScreen	Activate/Deactivate Map screen during flight. See also VsManualMap
Left VDU	[94]	Cockpit::SwitchLVDU	Cycles through all the possible displays in your left VDU
Right VDU	[95]	Cockpit::SwitchRVDU	Cycles through all the possible displays in your left VDU
Scroll Text Up	[96] or [97]	Cockpit::ScrollUp	Scroll selected mission-description/communication-log/cargo-list up
Scroll Text Down	[98] or [99]	Cockpit::ScrollDown	Scroll selected mission-description/communication-log/cargo-list down
Eject Cargo	[100]+[101]	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	[102]+[103]	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	[104]	Respawn	Restores play to last save game.
Commit Suicide	[105]+[106]	SuicideKey	Press this button to destroy your ship and kill yourself.
???	[107]	SwitchControl	???
Activate Dock Procedure	[108]	DockKey	When sufficiently close to green docking markers, this key will activate docking procedures. See also VsManualDocking
???	[109]	Cockpit::PitchDown	???
???	[110]	Cockpit::PitchUp	???
???	[111]	Cockpit::YawLeft	???
???	[112]	Cockpit::YawRight	???

Unassigned (by default)

Name	Command	Description
Strafe Left	ThrustLeft	xxx
Strafe Right	ThrustRight	xxx
Strafe Up	ThrustUp	xxx
Strafe Down	ThrustDown	xxx
Strafe Forward	ThrustFront	xxx
Strafe Back	ThrustBack	xxx
whatevername	WhatEverCommand	Whatever it will do ;-)

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XML config code

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WRITEME

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

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