Oolite Keyboard Controls

Default Key Assignments

Linux users will find the following key assignments in /usr/lib/Oolite/oolite.app/Contents/Resources/Config/keyconfig.plist (assuming you did a default installation!). ++Please Note: All characters in capitals are shift + character, i.e. R = shift + r.++

Action	Key	Keycode (Dec)	Keycode (Hex)	Notes
Roll Left	Left arrow	253	FD
Roll Right	Right arrow	252	FC
Pitch Forward	Up arrow	255	FF
Pitch Back	Down arrow	254	FE
Increase Speed	w	119	77
Inject Fuel	i	105	69
Decrease Speed	s	115	73
Fire Lasers	a	97	61
Target Missile	t	116	74
Untarget Missile	u	117	75
Launch Missile	m	109	6D
Next Missile	y	121	79
Activate Ident System	r	114	72
Cycle forward between targets	+	43	2B	Target System Memory Upgrade needed
Cycle backward between targets	-	45	2D	Target System Memory Upgrade needed
Activate ECM	e	101	65
Launch Escape Pod	Esc	27	1B
Energy Bomb	Tab	9	09
Energy Bomb (On the Mac)	9	?	?
Galactic Hyperspace	g	103	67
Emergency Hyperdrive	H	72	48	won't work, probably
Hyperspace	h	104	68
Jumpdrive	j	106	6A
Dump Cargo	d	100	64
Cycle cargo to dump	R
Autopilot	c	99	63
Autodock	D	68	44
Take a Snapshot	* (shift+8)	42	2A	Written to $HOME/oolite-saves
Docking Music Toggle	s	115	73	Only if Docking Computer fitted!
Scanner Zoom	z	122	7A
Map Dump	! (shift+1)	33	21
Map Home		302		??
Comms Log	`	96	60
Next Compass Mode	\	92	5C
Display Frame Rate	F

Changing Key Assignments

If you want to change key assignments don't alter the default file. Instead copy keyconfig.plist from /usr/lib/Oolite/oolite.app/Contents/Resources/Config/ to /usr/lib/Oolite/AddOns/Config/. (Note that you may need to create the Config directory first.)

You can edit keyconfig.plist with any standard text editor. You'll find a list of Linux keycodes here. Note that Oolite uses decimal values whereas most keycodes are expressed in hexadecimal. This can cause confusion. For example the comma key produces a keycode of 2C (hex) which translates to 44 (decimal), whereas keycode 44 (hex) refers to the uppercase "D" key, which is actually 68 (decimal)! (If you don't have a hex/decimal calculator handy try this table or this online converter.)

Undocumented Keys

The following keys aren't yet official so your mileage may vary!

Action	Key	Keycode (Dec)	Keycode (Hex)	Notes
Toggle Mouse Control	Shift + M	77	4D	When activated, the mouse becomes a virtual joystick. (Under Linux: only in fullscreen mode) The left mouse button fires and the right should re-centre your ship.
Get pwm coordinates	Shift + F			Shows the pwm coordinates at any time while flying in space.
Open the console.log	Pause, 0			It opens the console.log. Highly useful for debugging OXPs or helping Giles or Ahruman to debug Oolite.
Enable planet textures	Pause, t			Turns on the experimental on-the-fly generation of planet textures. Dock and launch or hyperjump to see the effect. This feature is still under development and may produce unintended results.

Silly Keyboard Tricks

• Change key_launch_missile to 112. Now you'll need to hit "p" to launch a missile - which also pauses the game. You'll sometimes get a nice snapshot of the departing missile!