User Guide

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SECTION 2 SECTION 2
Free-Flight Mode
STEERING
There are two ways to steer via mouse. The  rst is to click and
drag, which allows you to easily interact with your various HUD
functions. The second method steers your ship in the direction
your mouse moves (without requiring the click and drag). Find
the technique that best suits your personal  ying style, or toggle
between them both by pressing the SPACEBAR.
Trent: I stick with the click-and-drag
style unless I’m in a serious brawl where
holding down the left mouse button can
sully up my shooting hand.
THROTTLE CONTROL
Ship speed is adjusted in a number of ways:
THROTTLE Press W to increase and S to decrease
throttle, or rotate the mouse wheel accordingly.
CRUISE ENGINES Click the Cruise icon below the
Maneuver icons or press SHIFT+W to dramatically increase
speed. Be mindful that you cannot  re weapons while cruise
engines are engaged.
AFTERBURNER Press TAB to engage the ship’s
afterburners and drastically increase your speed. Note that
afterburners have limited burn time before recharge is necessary.
ADVANCED THROTTLE CONTROL
Stra ng left or right (press A or D, respectively) moves your
ship laterally to help avoid incoming obstacles. Cutting engine
power (press Z) allows your ship to utilize its forward momentum
to travel in a direction other than the one you are facing.
Engaging the reverse thrust (press X)  res your rear engines,
moving you backward.
If your ship’s not responding to Free
Flight commands, you haven’t properly
released her from Maneuver Mode.
Try clicking the Free Flight icon or
press SHIFT+ESC.
Maneuver Mode
Maneuvers are autopilot functions designed for speci c tasks,
such as docking with a Trade Lane or Jump Gate, joining a vessel
or group of vessels in formation, and so on. Click the onscreen
target (or select it in the Contact List on your Target Status
Menu), and then click the appropriate icon on the Maneuver
Menu. Click the Free Flight icon (or press ESC
) to cancel any
active maneuver.
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Trent: Maneuver functions are
situational, so if you’re trying to use
the Formation move on a planet,
you’ve had too much grog.