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GAME OPTIONS KEYS
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ESCAPE          Main menu/Abort game

F1              Help screen
F2              Options
F3              Cockpit on/off
F4              calibrate joystick

F5              Demo recording on/off
F6		Toggle teammate IDs (team mode only)
F7              Kill list display (multiplayer only)
F8              Send typed message (multiplayer only)
F9-F12          Taunt macros (multiplayer only)

SHIFT-F9        Define F9-F12 taunt macros (multiplayer only) 
  thru
SHIFT-F12

PAUSE           Pause game
+/-             change window size
print scrn      save screen shot 

SHIFT-ESC       Quick exit


DEFAULT CONTROLS
----------------
The following assignments may all be modified in the
Options/Controls/Customize menus


JOYSTICK:  


                   dive

                    /\
                    |        Button 1: fire primary
                    |        Button 2: fire secondary

                ----------
               |          |
               |          |
               |    --    |
 turn left <-- |   |XX|   | --> turn right   
               |    --    |
               |          |
               |          |
                ----------

                    |
                    |
                    \/

                   climb


KEYBOARD FLIGHT:


ARROW KEYS      ship rotations

A               forward
Z               reverse

Q or PAD 7      bank left
E or PAD 9      bank right

LEFT ALT        slide on
PAD 1           slide left
PAD 3           slide right
PAD -           slide up
PAD +           slide down

S               cruise faster
X               cruise slower
C               cruise off

R               rear view
TAB             automap


WEAPONS:

CTRL            fire primary
SPACEBAR        fire secondary
B               drop Proximity Bomb (if available)


   WEAPON SELECTION:

   1 = Lasers              6 = Concussion Missile
   2 = Vulcan Cannon       7 = Homing Missile
   3 = Spreadfire Cannon   8 = Proximity Bomb
   4 = Plasma Cannon       9 = Smart Missile
   5 = Fusion Cannon       0 = Mega Missile



DEMO PLAYBACK CONTROLS
----------------------

UP ARROW        play
DOWN ARROW      stop
RIGHT ARROW     single frame forward
LEFT ARROW      single frame reverse

SHIFT-RIGHT     fast forward
SHIFT-LEFT      fast reverse

CTRL-RIGHT      go to end
CTRL-LEFT       go to start


AUTOMAP
-------

Your ship's Automap will show areas of the mine you have seen.
Arrow keys will rotate the view left/right and up/down.  Hitting +/-
will zoom in/out.  


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