orbit

Synopsis

Description

Basic controls

ESC, q

Leave the game.

arrow keys, joystick, mouse

Change the direction your ship is facing.

fire button, tab, left mouse button

Fire your current weapon.

a

Accelerate in the direction you are facing.

z

Decelerate.

A

Accelerate very quickly.

Z

Decelerate very quickly.

space

Complete stop.

Advanced controls

insert

Pitch left.

delete

Pitch right.

b

Redisplay breifing.

c

Toggles a console in the corner of the screen.

e

Toggles sound effects.

f

Toggles flight model between Newtonian model and the Arcade game model.

F

Tooggles display of current frame rate in lower-left corner of screen.

g

Toggles gravity. If gravity is on, planets and moons will influence your ship's movement.

i

Toggles invulnerability. When you are invulnerable you cannot be destroyed, but your shields can still be damaged.

j

Toggles display of space junk.

l

Selects lock type. The targeting mechanism can target enemies, friendlies, and planets.

L

Loads one of the recently played missions.

m

Redisplays the last message (of if one is visible, clears it)

M

Toggles mouse control.

n

Toggles object name display.

p

Pause game. ctrl-P Pause game without displaying "Paused" on screen.

P

Takes a snapshot of the screen. The snapshot is saved in ~/.orbit/, as a .ppm file.

q

Quit the game, saving your current status.

Q

Quit the game without saving.

r

Toggles the display of rings.

s

Changes how many stars are shown. There are three levels.

t

Toggles the use of the joystick throttle.

u

Locks weapons system onto the nearest object of the selected type.

w

Selects the next weapon.

x

Toggles planetary texture display.

y

Changes to the next visible target.

Y

Changes to the previous visible target.

1 ,2 ,3 ,4

Switch between weapons.

]

Next waypoint.

[

Previous waypoint.

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