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Controlling the 'BUG':
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Sandwarriors is designed to use a combination of control methods. Keyboard
only, Keyboard & Mouse or Keyboard & Joystick. If you have a mouse connected
Sandwarriors will automatically detect and use it for the menu screens and
for AVC steering and weapons control
The default controls:
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Steering: Move the mouse towards you to raise the nose or climb. Push the
mouse forwards to lower the nose or dive. Left and right to bank left or
right.
Left Button: Fire Laser, Rockets, Missiles dependant on which is selected.
Right button engages side thrusters
If you chose to use a Joystick you must first calibrate it (see Game
Configuration, Joystick), when this has been done the default controls are
as follows:
Steering: To bank left or right move the Joystick shaft left and right. Pull
back on the shaft to climb and push forward to dive.
Fire: Fire Lasers, Rockets, Missiles dependant on which is selected. Some
Joysticks may have extra buttons, you could use these to Accelerate or
Decelerate, depending on which buttons you have selected.
Default Keyboard Controls:
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ENTER - Set speed to max
BACKSPACE - Safe speed
0 - Zero speed
+ - Increase speed
- - Decrease speed
] - Increase speed at high rate
[ - Decrease speed at high rate
A - Increase speed at high rate
Z - Decrease speed at high rate
\ - Zero speed
TAB - Afterburner
Q - 'Sphinx' Manoeuvre (reverse retros)
L - Toggle main search lights ON/OFF
T - Target craft (missiles)
R - Radar Zoom facilitiy (two modes)
O - Repeats mission objectives, in flight (audio)
P - Pause Game
C - Toggle cockpit (4 modes)
ALT (+ Direction) - Engagae auxiliary thrusters
CTRL - Fire
F1 - Front view (default)
F2 - Left view (0,45,90,45)
F3 - Right view (0,45,90,45)
F4 - Rear view (through monitor)
F5 - Look directly up (through monitor)
F6 - Look directly down (through monitor)
F7 - 'Needle' manoeuvre (ascend)
F8 - 'Needle' manoeuvre (descend)
F9 - 'Dune Vulture' manoeuvre
F10 - 'Jackal' manoeuvre
F11 - 'Isis' manoeuvre
F12 - 'Orion Corona' manoeuvre
- - Flare
1 - 'Osiris' chain gun
2 - 'Porphyry' canister cannon
3 - 'Scarab' laser gun
4 - 'Delta' plasma cannon
5 - 'Palermo Invader' dumb missile
6 - 'Harakhy' Heat-Seeking Falcon
7 - 'Relhmire Pharaoh' Cluster Missile
8 - 'Sirius Ra' Cluster Bomb
9 - 'Orion' Penetrator Bomb
Space - Next weapon available
X - External view (elastic band)
S - External view (use cursor keys to move camera view)
Cursor up - Camera up
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Cursor down - Camera down
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Cursor left - Camera left
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Cursor right - Camera right
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Ins - Zoom-in Camera
Del - Zoom-out Camera
M - In-flight map Facility
Flight Path Cursor up - Cursor up
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
Flight Path Cursor down - Cursor down
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
Flight Path Cursor left - Cursor left
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
Flight Path Cursor right - Cursor right
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
ESC - Access the In-game menu screen
======================
Sandwarriors is designed to use a combination of control methods. Keyboard
only, Keyboard & Mouse or Keyboard & Joystick. If you have a mouse connected
Sandwarriors will automatically detect and use it for the menu screens and
for AVC steering and weapons control
The default controls:
=====================
Steering: Move the mouse towards you to raise the nose or climb. Push the
mouse forwards to lower the nose or dive. Left and right to bank left or
right.
Left Button: Fire Laser, Rockets, Missiles dependant on which is selected.
Right button engages side thrusters
If you chose to use a Joystick you must first calibrate it (see Game
Configuration, Joystick), when this has been done the default controls are
as follows:
Steering: To bank left or right move the Joystick shaft left and right. Pull
back on the shaft to climb and push forward to dive.
Fire: Fire Lasers, Rockets, Missiles dependant on which is selected. Some
Joysticks may have extra buttons, you could use these to Accelerate or
Decelerate, depending on which buttons you have selected.
Default Keyboard Controls:
==========================
ENTER - Set speed to max
BACKSPACE - Safe speed
0 - Zero speed
+ - Increase speed
- - Decrease speed
] - Increase speed at high rate
[ - Decrease speed at high rate
A - Increase speed at high rate
Z - Decrease speed at high rate
\ - Zero speed
TAB - Afterburner
Q - 'Sphinx' Manoeuvre (reverse retros)
L - Toggle main search lights ON/OFF
T - Target craft (missiles)
R - Radar Zoom facilitiy (two modes)
O - Repeats mission objectives, in flight (audio)
P - Pause Game
C - Toggle cockpit (4 modes)
ALT (+ Direction) - Engagae auxiliary thrusters
CTRL - Fire
F1 - Front view (default)
F2 - Left view (0,45,90,45)
F3 - Right view (0,45,90,45)
F4 - Rear view (through monitor)
F5 - Look directly up (through monitor)
F6 - Look directly down (through monitor)
F7 - 'Needle' manoeuvre (ascend)
F8 - 'Needle' manoeuvre (descend)
F9 - 'Dune Vulture' manoeuvre
F10 - 'Jackal' manoeuvre
F11 - 'Isis' manoeuvre
F12 - 'Orion Corona' manoeuvre
- - Flare
1 - 'Osiris' chain gun
2 - 'Porphyry' canister cannon
3 - 'Scarab' laser gun
4 - 'Delta' plasma cannon
5 - 'Palermo Invader' dumb missile
6 - 'Harakhy' Heat-Seeking Falcon
7 - 'Relhmire Pharaoh' Cluster Missile
8 - 'Sirius Ra' Cluster Bomb
9 - 'Orion' Penetrator Bomb
Space - Next weapon available
X - External view (elastic band)
S - External view (use cursor keys to move camera view)
Cursor up - Camera up
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Cursor down - Camera down
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Cursor left - Camera left
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Cursor right - Camera right
(Numlock + cursor keys if keyboard ctrl.)
Ins - Zoom-in Camera
Del - Zoom-out Camera
M - In-flight map Facility
Flight Path Cursor up - Cursor up
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
Flight Path Cursor down - Cursor down
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
Flight Path Cursor left - Cursor left
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
Flight Path Cursor right - Cursor right
(SHIFT + NUMERIC cursors if keyboard ctrl.)
ESC - Access the In-game menu screen