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TIE Fighter contains a lot of keyboard controls, but they aren't as daunting as they look. There are only a few which are used constantly throughout the game, and they become second-nature very quickly. It should be noted that a few controls are specific to the craft you are flying.
NOTE: Mouse control is not enabled in the X-Wing Trilogy version of the game
Propulsion[edit]
NOTE: A joystick with a throttle lever can also change speed.
- Joystick or mouse: up/down/left/right movement
- Increase speed
- Decrease speed
- Full throttle
- 2/3 throttle
- 1/3 throttle
- Zero throttle
- Match speed with currently selected target
- Engage hyperdrive (and end current mission)
- Engage/disengage SLAM overdrive (Missile Boat only)
Combat systems[edit]
- Adjust tractor beam recharge rate
- Adjust laser recharge rate
- Adjust shield recharge rate
- Direct energy from shields to lasers
- Direct energy from lasers to shields
Weapons and shields[edit]
- Joystick button 1 or Fire
- Cycle through available weapons
- Select firing mode (single fire, dual fire, linked fire)
- Toggle shield configuration (all forward, all rear, equal distribution)
- Toggle beam weapon on/off
Targeting systems[edit]
- Select next available target
- Select previous available target
- Target enemy fighter nearest to me
- Target the nearest enemy attacking me
- Target the newest craft in the area
- Target the nearest attacker of your current target
- Toggle target component display on/off
- Cycle through your target's components (weapons, engines, etc.)
- Cycle through target's components in reverse order
- Clear CMD of targets
- Threat display of current target
- + to Store current target in one of three presets
- to Select preset target
Communications[edit]
- + Order wingmen to attack your target
- + Order wingmen to cover you
- + Order wingmen to take evasive action
- + Order wingmen to ignore your target
- + Send for reinforcements
- + Orders targeted craft to board and reload you
- + Orders targeted craft to report their status
- + Orders targeted craft to wait for further orders
- + Orders targeted waiting craft to go and resume its previous activity
- + Orders targeted craft to head home
Information systems[edit]
- Display mission goals
- Display in-flight map
- Display message log
- Display damage assessment
- Display keyboard reference
Special[edit]
- + Eject!
- Turn in-flight recorder camera on/off
- View camera film while in flight
- Quit (exits mission)
- Pause
- + Calibrate joystick
- + Cycle through time acceleration modes (normal, 2x, 4x)