LHX Keyboard Reference
Startup Parameters (command line arguments)
cga CGA graphics
ega EGA graphics
mcga MCGA graphics
tandy Tandy graphics
joystick joystick control
keyboard keyboard control
mouse mouse control
mouse2 slow mouse control
low low detail
medium medium detail
high high detail
nosound don't load any sound driver. This also saves about 2k to 6k of RAM.
pcsound load sound driver for PC speaker
adlibsound load sound driver for Adlib sound card (not yet)
tandysound load sound driver for Tandy 1000 speaker (not yet)
small use if running on < 640k machines, to minimize RAM requirements
(throw away complex versions of some shapes, etc).
Views
F1 cockpit
F2 mast (only for Osprey / LHX)
F3 map
F4 right side
Shift-F4 left side
F5 chase plane
Shift-F5 looking back at player
F6 ground, looking at player
Shift-F6 circling around player
F7 player to target
F8 target to player
F9 satellite (press again to increase view altitude. Shift-F9 decreases view altitude)
F10 missile
Shift-F10 target's cockpit
Arrows slew view angle, if mouse or joystick control
Ctrl-Arrows slew view angle
Flight control
1 to 5 set player vertical velocity (1 = down fast, 3 = level, 5 = up fast)
6 throttle -10%
7 throttle +10%
9, 0 tail rotor left/right
v if Osprey, convert between airplane and helicopter flight controls
g Osprey / LHX: toggle landing gear up/down
~ engage/disengage main rotor (for autorotation)
Cyclic control:
Arrows, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn (if keyboard control)
Joystick (if joystick control)
Mouse (if mouse control)
/ center cyclic, if mouse or keyboard control. first press centers x, next does y
Cockpit control
Backspace toggle cockpit (only affects Cockpit and Mast views)
[ ] select weapon
Space, Button 0 fire weapon
Enter, Button 1 select next target to right of current target
Single Quote select target closest to aiming crosshair
c fire chaff
f fire flare
r toggle radar jammer
i toggle IR jammer
Comma, Period decrease/increase RWR magnification
a, A next/prev mode on first cockpit CRT
s, S next/prev mode on second cockpit CRT
d, D next/prev mode on third cockpit CRT
Ctrl-a configure first cockpit CRT
Ctrl-s configure second cockpit CRT
Ctrl-d configure third cockpit CRT
w, W next/prev waypoint
x drop box of supplies (if scenario includes carrying supplies)
X pick up box of supplies (if scenario includes carrying supplies)
Miscellaneous
Esc show menus
Ctrl-p pause
Ctrl-s alter sound level (not yet implemented)
Ctrl-q end mission
Ctrl-c exit to DOS. You will be asked to press "Y" to confirm that you want to exit.
Ctrl-o cycle through shapes to use for player (don't document this)
t toggle 2x time compression
Menu commands
Left, Right prev, next menu
Up, Down prev, next item
Home, End first, last item
Esc remove menus
Enter make selection, then remove menus