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Controls

How FlightOut is controlled, how to change any key, and the mouse and head-tracking options.

FlightOut is flown with the keyboard. The mouse is for looking around, zooming, the map, and clicking the cockpit's switches, buttons and knobs.

Changing a key

Open Settings, CONTROLS. Every action has two key slots, so you can give it two keys (the defaults use this for the arrow keys).

The CONTROLS tab of the FlightOut settings: invert pitch, mouse look sensitivity and the flight control keys, each with two key slots such as W and UP
The CONTROLS tab: each action has two key slots.
  1. Click a key slot. It shows PRESS A KEY.
  2. Press the key you want. It is saved at once.
    • Esc cancels.
    • Delete clears the slot (so Delete itself cannot be assigned from this screen).
  3. If the key was already used by another action, it moves to the new one, and a message tells you which action lost it.

Only the wheel brakes and the trigger may be given the same key (both Space by default): the brakes work on the ground, the trigger in the air. By default E also serves two actions, yaw right and eject (eject needs Ctrl held), so giving E to another action takes it from both.

Some controls cannot be changed:

ControlFixed to
Look aroundRight mouse button, drag
ZoomMouse wheel
Reset the cockpit viewMiddle mouse button
Pause menuEsc
EjectHold Ctrl and press the eject key (E) three times. Only the E part can be changed

RESET DEFAULTS at the bottom of Settings puts back all settings and all keys at once.

Keys are matched by their position on the keyboard, and shown with your keyboard layout's letters, so the layout works the same on QWERTY, AZERTY and others.

Mouse options

In Settings, CONTROLS:

OptionChoicesDefaultWhat it does
Invert pitchOn, offOffSwaps the pitch keys: W pulls the nose up and S pushes it down
Mouse look sensitivity0.30x to 2.00x1.00xHow fast the view turns when you drag with the right mouse button
Keyboard referenceEvery default key in FlightOut, grouped as on the Controls screen.Camera and viewsThe four camera views, looking around, zooming, and clicking the cockpit's controls.Head trackingLook around the cockpit by moving your head, with OpenTrack and a webcam or tracker.

Checked against FlightOut 0.5.1.