First thing you will see when playing, is HUD.
HUD is the interface between you and your vehicle. All the important data you need to know is represented in there.

• 1 This is the communication panel, you will receive here instructions from HQ and important messages. You can also use it to chat by using the T key
  
  
• 2 Altimeter: This instrument displays your current altitude.
  
  
• 3 Hull Damage: you will see here the hull's health. if it arrives at 0, you will blow up.
  
  
• 4 Engine Power: That's a very important thing to keep under control. Sets the engine thrust power.
  
  You don't have to keep it at 100% all the time, for example if you have an evasive enemy nearby, you will use S key to decrease engine thrust and be able to do maneuvers in less space.
  
  
• 5 Displays your current speed, if decreases too much you will stall and start falling.
  
  
• 6 Compass: The compass is a very important piece of your equipment and helps you to head the correct direction. It will rotate as you rotate.
  
  
• 7 MSMEC: Morph Shift Metal Energy Counter is the most important [/b] instrument in your equipment. Displays the energy you have: Energy is used by shooting, afterburners and shields. Always keep an eye on it!
  
  
• 8 Radar: you can see enemies and objects in there, enemies are displayed as RED, Mission Objects are displayed as PURPLE and everything else as YELLOW. You can also see if the displayed object is above, below or at your height, and here's how: objects above you are displayed as ^, objects below you as v and objects at your height as +.
  
  
• 9 Warning Display: here you will find warnings such as:
  
  
  Missile incoming:
  
  
  
  Low energy
  
  
  
  Lights on
  

MOVE MOUSE left and right to yaw, up and down to pitch.

W to increase thrust.

S to decrease thrust.

A to roll left.

D to roll right.

SHIFT to activate afterburner.

CTRL to brake without changing engine power.

F to activate the shield.

C and MOUSE LEFT CLICK to fire.

SPACE to fire secondary

MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON to watch behind you

RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to zoom view (used for precision shooting)

0 (zero) to toggle "vanity mode", in case you want to take a screenshot of your creation.

T to chat

Y to turn the lights on.

O and L to increase or decrease FOV (Field Of View)

X to change camera. You can also toggle horizon HUD with V, in case you need more precision or you are in a cave and need to know if you are upside down.

To bring up options dialog press CTRL+O while playing or in menu.


To change a control's mapping navigate the control's name you want to change and double click it.
It will prompt you for the new key to be assigned.

You can also setup sensivity of controls by using the sliders below and invert the control axis.