Spaceflight keyboard mappings


Following keys are being utilized. They're not customizeable.

LEFT and RIGHT ARROW    Rotate ship anticlockwise or clockwise
UP and DOWN ARROW    Set thruster power level
LEFT MOUSE BUTTON    Fire weapons if active, or select a menu item/autopilot target
RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON    Set ship heading
TAB    Afterburner
ALT    Transfer energy to shields
T    Target hostile vessel
R    Target previous vessel
Y    Target next vessel
NUMBERS 1,2,3,4    Time acceleration (none, 10x, 20x, 30x)
A    Toggle autopilot
C    Toggle combat mode (only when ship system menu is visible)
G    Toggle automatic/manual gun mode
H    Hyperspace jump (only when ship system menu is visible)
V    Launch drone fighter (only if there are any, and launcher system is not busy)
J    Activate ion burst device
SPACEBAR    Toggle ship system menu
Q    Center screen on ship
PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN    Scroll internal messages (only when cursor is held on the message box)
F1    Quicksave (if a savegame slot has been selected)
F2    Quickload (if a savegame slot has been selected)
ESCAPE, ENTER    Game menu



Printable version of SF6 key mappings
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