Search and Rescue Manual
Contents -> Controls

Remember that you can press F1 during simulation to get a quick list of keyboard commands.

Menu keyboard functions, these keys can be pressed while you are in the menus to highlight and select various items.

  • TAB and SHIFT + TAB highlights next or previous item.
  • ENTER or SPACE selects highlighted item.
  • CURSORS scroll/select/cycle list or spin item.

In game keyboard functions, these keys be pressed during simulation.

  • F1 Display `quick help'.
  • F2 Switch to cockpit view.
  • F3 Spot view.
  • F4 Fly by tower view.
  • F5 Rescue basket view.
  • LEFT Bank left.
  • RIGHT Bank right.
  • DOWN Pitch down.
  • UP Pitch up.
  • CTRL + LEFT Heading left.
  • CTRL + RIGHT Heading right.
  • SHIFT + CURSORS Change camera direction or position.
  • BACKSPACE Normalize view.
  • PGUP Increase throttle.
  • PGDN Decrease throttle.
  • HOME Elevator trim down or slew up in slew mode.
  • END Elevator trim up or slew down in slew mode.
  • CTRL + HOME Elevator trim center.
  • MINUS Zoom out.
  • PLUS Zoom in.
  • CTRL + MINUS Rescue basket hoist out.
  • CTRL + PLUS Rescue basket hoist in.
  • E Start up engines.
  • SHIFT + E Turn engines off.
  • G Raise/lower landing gears (retractable gears only).
  • P Select hoist deployment type (basket/diver).
  • D Close/open door.
  • O Strobes (flashing lights) on/off.
  • L Vector and lumination search lights on/off.
  • H HUD and outside text brighten.
  • SHIFT + H HUD and outside text darken.
  • M Map view.
  • W Select next way point.
  • F Print fuel status and alift time left dependent of available fuel.
  • SHIFT + F Transfer fuel from external fuel tanks.
  • CTRL + F Jetteson external fuel tanks.
  • S Print scores, payload, occupancy, and mission status.
  • PERIOD Wheel brakes.
  • SHIFT + PERIOD Parking brakes.
  • Z Decelerate time (slow motion).
  • SHIFT + Z Accelerate time (compress time).
  • CTRL + A Slew (cheat) toggle.
  • / Literal command (for editing/debug/cheat).
  • T Increase time of day (does not affect other timmings).
  • SHIFT + T Decrease time of day (does not affect other timmings).
  • CTRL + D Adjust flight physics difficulty.
  • CTRL + S Adjust sound level.
  • F9 Toggle ground base texture (not objects or landmarks).
  • F10 Toggle atmosphere.
  • F11 Toggle object texturing.
  • F12 Toggle clouds and horizon.
  • SHIFT + F12 Toggle rotor prop wash effects.

In game joystick functions (Linux version only):

  • STICK AXIS XY Bank and pitch (respectivly) or forwards/backwards and sideways (respectivly) in slew mode.
  • STICK AXIS Z Heading and turning directional landing gears.
  • THROTTLE Throttle.
  • HAT Camera direction/position.
Joystick button functions are mappable, go to Options->Controller->Buttons or edit SearchAndRescue.ini.

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