NAME
orbit - space combat simulation
SYNOPSIS
orbit
DESCRIPTION
Orbit is a space combat game with realistic physics and planet graphics.
BASIC CONTROLS
- ESC, q
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Leave the game.
- arrow keys, joystick, mouse
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Change the direction your ship is facing.
- fire button, tab, left mouse button
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Fire your current weapon.
- a
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Accelerate in the direction you are facing.
- z
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Decelerate.
- A
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Accelerate very quickly.
- Z
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Decelerate very quickly.
- space
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Complete stop.
ADVANCED CONTROLS
- insert
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Pitch left.
- delete
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Pitch right.
- b
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Redisplay breifing.
- c
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Toggles a console in the corner of the screen.
- e
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Toggles sound effects.
- f
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Toggles flight model between Newtonian model and the Arcade game model.
- F
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Tooggles display of current frame rate in lower-left corner of screen.
- g
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Toggles gravity. If gravity is on, planets and moons will influence your ship's movement.
- i
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Toggles invulnerability. When you are invulnerable you cannot be destroyed, but your shields can still be damaged.
- j
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Toggles display of space junk.
- l
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Selects lock type. The targeting mechanism can target enemies, friendlies, and planets.
- L
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Loads one of the recently played missions.
- m
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Redisplays the last message (of if one is visible, clears it)
- M
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Toggles mouse control.
- n
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Toggles object name display.
- p
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Pause game. ctrl-P Pause game without displaying "Paused" on screen.
- P
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Takes a snapshot of the screen. The snapshot is saved in ~/.orbit/, as a .ppm file.
- q
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Quit the game, saving your current status.
- Q
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Quit the game without saving.
- r
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Toggles the display of rings.
- s
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Changes how many stars are shown. There are three levels.
- t
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Toggles the use of the joystick throttle.
- u
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Locks weapons system onto the nearest object of the selected type.
- w
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Selects the next weapon.
- x
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Toggles planetary texture display.
- y
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Changes to the next visible target.
- Y
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Changes to the previous visible target.
- 1 ,2 ,3 ,4
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Switch between weapons.
- ]
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Next waypoint.
- [
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Previous waypoint.
SEE ALSO
http://genesis.ne.mediaone.net/orbit/documentation.html for full documentation
AUTHOR
This man page was written by Joey Hess <[email protected]>