Manual:Keyboard layout:US
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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.
| Name | Key(s) | Command | Description |
| Up | 
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UpKey |
Turn the nose of your ship up. |
| Down | 
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DownKey |
Turn the nose of your ship down. |
| Rotate right | 
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RightKey |
Rotates your ship to the right. |
| Rotate left | 
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LeftKey |
Rotates your ship to the left. |
| Roll right | 
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RollRightKey |
Roll your ship to the right. |
| Roll left | 
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RollLeftKey |
Roll your ship to the left |
| Strafe left |  +
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ThrustLeft |
Move the entire ship to the left, without changing your X or Z vector. |
| Strafe right | +
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ThrustRight |
Move the entire ship to the right, without changing your X or Z vector. |
| Strafe up |
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ThrustUp |
Move the entire ship up, changing only your Y vector. |
| Strafe down |
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ThrustDown |
Move the entire ship down, changing only your Y vector. |
| Activate jump drive | 
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JumpKey |
Press this to jump to another system. You must be in range of a jump point and have a jumpdrive equipped. See Manual:Interstellar travel for usage. |
| Activate autopilot SPEC drive | +
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ToggleWarpDrive |
Toggle the computer-controlled autopilot. This command will automatically steer your ship towards your target while using all of the thrust (including afterburners) available. |
| Toggle SPEC | +
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ToggleWarpDrive |
Toggles the FTL travel SPEC drive. 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. |
| Name | Key(s) | Command | Description |
| Decelerate | 
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DecelKey |
Decrease set velocity of your ship. |
| Accelerate | +
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AccelKey |
Increase set velocity of your ship. |
| Overdrive | 
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ABKey |
Will accelerate your ship past maximum velocity. Overdrive velocity is not changing the set velocity, and must be maintained by holding down the TAB button. Velocity will decrease to maximum velocity when released. |
| Match velocity | 
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SetVelocityRefKey |
Set your velocity to same as your target. See Manual:Match velocity and Manual:Advanced flight#Matching velocity for usage. |
| Zero velocity | 
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SetVelocityNullKey |
Set velocity equal to local star |
| Stop | 
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StopKey |
Set your velocity to zero relative to your target. |
| Full throttle | 
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StartKey |
Set your velocity to maximum ship capable velocity. |
| Shelton slide | 
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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 | 
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Cockpit::SkipMusicTrack |
Skip Music Track |
| Sound volume up | 
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VolumeInc |
Sound volume up |
| Sound volume down | 
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VolumeDec |
Sound volume down |
| Music volume up | 
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MusicVolumeInc |
Music volume up |
| Music volume down | 
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MusicVolumeDec |
Music volume down |
Communication (general/wingmen)
See also Manual:Combat:Wingmen
| Name | Key(s) | Command | Description |
| Wingmen form up |  +
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CommFormUp |
Tell your wingmen to form up. |
| Break wingmen formation | +
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CommBreakForm |
Tell your wingmen to stop forming up. |
| Help me | +
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CommHelpMeOut |
Tell your wingmen to help you. They will attack the ship(s) attacking you. |
| Wingman attack target | +
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CommAttackTarget |
Tell your wingmen to attack your selected target. |
| Talking to target (other ships/station/etc...) |  -> 
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Comm1Key -> Comm8Key |
You can talk to other ships/stations/whatever by pressing one of this buttons where the number means the aggressiveness in your voice ;-). 1=friendly 8=insulting |
| Request docking clearance | +
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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. |
| Attacking Hostile targets | Forward
Backward |
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Switches through all hostile targets that are currently attacking you, in the current system. |
| Cycle mission target | +
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MissionTargetKey |
Switches through the mission targets. |
| Reverse cycle mission target | + +
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ReverseMissionTargetKey |
Switches through the mission targets in reverse direction. |
| Subunit select |
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SubUnitTargetKey |
Switches through the subunits of the ship you have currently selected. |
| Lock target | 
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LockTargetKey |
By pressing this key you can 'lock' your selection on the selected target. |
| Select front targets | 
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PickTargetKey |
Pressing this key will pick targets in front of you (near the cross hair). Tends to be used to get planets in front of you, because the often are the bigger target of the two. |
| Store selected target | +
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SaveTarget1 --> SaveTarget9 |
Pressing this key will store the selected target for keys from 1 to 9 |
| Restore selected target |  +
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RestoreTarget1 --> RestoreTarget9 |
Pressing this key will restore the selected target for keys from 1 to 9 |
Combat
General
| Name | Key(s) | Command | Description |
| Fire weapons/guns | 
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FireKey |
Fires your main weapons/guns (beams/bolts/chainguns/whatever). |
| Select weapons/guns | 
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WeapSelKey |
Switches trough your main weapons. |
| Fire missiles/torpedos | 
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MissileKey |
Fires your missiles/torpedos if your ship have some og 'em equipped. |
| Switch missiles/torpedo | 
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MisSelKey |
Switches trough your main missiles/torps. |
| Combat mode | 
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SwitchCombatMode |
Toggles combat/non-combat mode:
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| Cloaking device | 
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CloakKey |
By pressing this key you enable/disable your cloaking device (if you own one). |
| ECM device | 
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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 | 
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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 | +
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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 | 
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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" | 
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Cockpit::Quit |
Press then  to quit the game or again to return to game.
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| Pause | +
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PauseKey |
Pause the game (does anybody know how to display a pipe in a table?) |
Camera control
| Name | Key(s) | Command | Description |
| Toggle cockpit | 
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Cockpit::Inside |
Switch back to normal cockpit. Press it again to switch between 3d-cockpit view and plain view. |
| Look left | 
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Cockpit::InsideLeft |
Press this to look to your left. |
| Look right | 
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Cockpit::InsideRight |
Press this to look to your right. |
| Look back | 
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Cockpit::InsideBack |
Press this to look back. |
| Chasecam | 
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Cockpit::Behind |
Press this to look through an imaginary camera behind your ship |
| Panning camera | 
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Cockpit::Pan |
Provides a panning (ghost) camera view of your ship. Move the camera by pressing (q,z,s,f) |
| Target camera | 
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Cockpit::OutsideTarget |
Press this to see a 3rd-person view of your selected target. |
| Target panning camera | 
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Cockpit::PanTarget |
Provides a panning camera view of your target. Move the camera by pressing (q,z,s,f) |
| Zoom view in | 
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Cockpit::ZoomIn |
Zoom in on target |
| Zoom view out |
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Cockpit::ZoomOut |
Zoom out on target |
| Spin panning cam down |
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Cockpit::PitchDown |
Spin the panning camera down. |
| Spin panning cam up | 
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Cockpit::PitchUp |
Spin the panning camera up. |
| Spin panning cam left |
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Cockpit::YawLeft |
Spin the panning camera left. |
| Spin panning cam right |
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Cockpit::YawRight |
Spin the panning camera right. |
| Take screenshot | 
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Screenshot |
Take an 'in-flight' screenshot. This means it will not work in the Docking/Base-screen. The crosshair and docking boxes will not be saved. Users will find it in the directory ~/.vegastrike/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 | +
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Cockpit::NavScreen |
Activate/Deactivate Map screen during flight. See also Manual:Map. |
| Left VDU |
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Cockpit::SwitchLVDU |
Cycles through all the possible displays in your left VDU |
| Right VDU | 
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Cockpit::SwitchRVDU |
Cycles through all the possible displays in your left VDU |
| Scroll text up | 
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Cockpit::ScrollUp |
Scroll selected mission-description/communication-log/cargo-list up |
| Scroll text down | 
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Cockpit::ScrollDown |
Scroll selected mission-description/communication-log/cargo-list down |
| Eject cargo | +
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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 | + +
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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 | 
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Respawn |
Restores play to last save game. |
| Self Destruct | +
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SuicideKey |
Press this button to destroy your ship and kill yourself. See Manual:Combat:Death for more. |
| Switch ships | 
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TurretControl |
This button allows you to take control of a friendly ship; this is similar to taking control of a turret. This works for hired wingmen as well as wingmen 'from cargo', 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 docking procedure |
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DockKey |
When sufficiently close to green docking markers, this key will activate docking procedures. See Manual:Docking for usage. |
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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