- Celestia Mouse, Keyboard and Joystick Controls
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- MOUSE CONTROLS
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- Left Drag ................................. Orient camera
- Right drag ............................... Orbit selected object [Shift+Arrow keys]
- Left+Right Drag left/right ........ Roll view left/right [Left/Right arrows]
- Left+Right Drag up/down ....... Adjust distance to selection [Home/End]
- Wheel ..................................... Adjust distance to selection [Home/End]
- Ctrl+Left Drag up/down .......... Adjust distance to selection [Home/End]
- Shift+Left Drag ....................... Change Field of View (FOV) [. / ,]
- Middle Button ......................... Toggle FOV between 45 degrees and previous setting
- Left Click (on object) .............. Select object [Enter key -- by object name]
- Left Click (on no object) ......... Cancel selection
- Left Double Click (on object) ...Select and Center object
- Right Click .............................. Bring up context menu
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- KEYBOARD CONTROLS
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- --- Navigation ---
- 1 - 9 .................................. Select planet around the nearest star
- 0 (zero) ............................. Select parent star of current planet or system
- H ...................................... Select Sol (Home system)
- C ....................................... Center on selected object
- G ...................................... Goto selected object
- F ....................................... Follow selected object
- T ....................................... Track selected object
- Y ....................................... Sync Orbit selected object at a rate synced to its rotation
- : ........................................ Lock on selected object
- " ........................................ Chase selected object
- Shift+C .............................. Center/orbit --center the selected object without changing
- the position of the reference object
- Ctrl+G ............................... Goto surface of selected object
- Ctrl+F ................................ Toggle Alt-azimuth mode
- Home ................................ Move closer to object
- End ................................... Move further away from object
- * ........................................ Look back
- Backspace ....................... Select parent of current object or clear the selection
- Esc ................................... Cancel motion or script
- --- Time Control ---
- Spacebar .......................... Pause/Resume the flow of time and scripts (toggle)
- J ....................................... Reverse/Forward time (toggle)
- ....................................... Set time rate: 1x forward (norm), cancels faster/slower x factors
- L ....................................... Change time rate: 10x faster
- K ....................................... Change time rate: 10x slower
- Shift+L .............................. Change time rate: 2x faster
- Shift+K .............................. Change time rate: 2x slower
- ! ........................................ Set time to current system date and time
- ? ....................................... Display light-travel delay between observer / selected object
- - (hyphen).......................... Subtract light-travel delay from current simulation time
- --- Labels (on/off Toggles) ---
- E ...................................... Galaxies
- Shift+E ............................. Globulars
- B ...................................... Stars
- P ...................................... Planets
- Shift+P ............................. Dwarf Planets
- M ...................................... Moons
- Shift+M ............................. Minor Moons
- W ..................................... Asteroids
- Shift+W ............................ Comets
- N ...................................... Spacecraft
- = ....................................... Constellations
- & ....................................... Locations
- --- Render/Display (on/off Toggles) --
- U ..................................... Galaxies
- Shift+U ............................ Globulars
- ^ ...................................... Nebulae
- Ctrl+A .............................. Atmospheres
- I ....................................... Clouds
- Ctrl+L ............................... Night side maps
- Ctrl+T ............................... Comet tails
- Ctrl+E ............................... Eclipse shadows
- Ctrl+B ............................... Constellation boundaries
- / ....................................... Constellation diagrams
- ; ........................................ Earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere
- Ctrl+K ............................... Markers (placed on objects)
- O ...................................... Orbits (toggle ALL selected orbits)
- --- Render Options ---
- { ....................................... Decrease Ambient Light
- } ....................................... Increase Ambient Light
- ( ....................................... Decrease Galaxy Light Gain
- ) ....................................... Increase Galaxy Light Gain
- [ ....................................... Decrease Magnitude Limit :
- - If AutoMag OFF: Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars)
- - If AutoMag ON : Decrease limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV
- ] ....................................... Increase Magnitude :
- - If AutoMag OFF: Increase limiting magnitude (more stars)
- - If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV
- Ctrl+Y ............................... Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of star visibility to FOV
- , ....................................... Narrow Field Of View [Shift+Left Drag]
- . ....................................... Widen Field Of View [Shift+Left Drag]
- Ctrl+X ............................... Toggle Antialias lines
- Alt+Enter .......................... Toggle Display mode (Full-Screen / Windowed)
- Ctrl+P ............................... Mark selected object
- Ctrl+V ............................... Cycle among supported OpenGL render paths
- + ...................................... Toggle Planet Texture type (Artistic / Limit of Knowledge)
- % ..................................... Star color table toggle
- Ctrl+S ............................... Cycle the Star Style (points / fuzzy discs / scaled discs)
- V ...................................... Cycle the Info text verbosity (None / Terse / Verbose)
- Ctrl+W .............................. Toggle Wireframe mode
- --- Multiview Options ---
- Ctrl+U ................................ Split view horizontally
- Ctrl+R ................................ Split view vertically
- Tab ................................... Cycle through all active views
- Del .................................... Delete active view
- Ctrl+D ................................ Delete all views except active one (reset to Single view)
- --- Navigation via Arrow Keys ---
- Up/Down Arrow ................. Pitch down/up
- Left/Right Arrow ................. Roll left/right
- Shift+Left/Right Arrow ........ Orbit object: right/left
- Shift+Up/Down Arrow ........ Orbit object: down/up
- --- Navigation via number Pad Keys (with NumLock active) ---
- 8 ...................................... Pitch down [Down arrow]
- 2 ...................................... Pitch up [Up arrow]
- 7 ...................................... Roll left [Left arrow]
- 9 ...................................... Roll right [Right arrow]
- 5 ...................................... Stop rotation
- 4 ...................................... Yaw left
- 6 ...................................... Yaw right
- --- Motion (Spaceflight) ---
- Z ...................................... Decrease velocity
- A ...................................... Increase velocity
- Q ...................................... Reverse direction
- X ...................................... Set movement direction toward center of screen
- F2 .................................... Set velocity to 1 km/second
- F3 .................................... Set velocity to 1,000 km/second
- F4 .................................... Set velocity to speed of light (1 c)
- F5 .................................... Set velocity to 10x the speed of light (10 c)
- F6 .................................... Set velocity to 1 AU/second
- F7 .................................... Set velocity to 1 light year/second
- F1 .................................... Stop motion
- S ...................................... Stop motion
- --- Other Functions ---
- Ctrl+C .............................. Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL)
- Ctrl+Insert ........................ Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL)
- F10 .................................. Capture Image to file (screenshot)
- Shift+F10 ......................... Capture Movie to file (video)
- F11 .................................. While in Movie Capture: Start / Pause capture
- F12 .................................. While in Movie Capture: Stop capture
- ~ ..................................... Toggle debug console (use Up/Down arrow keys to scroll list)
- ` ...................................... Toggle display of "frames per second" (FPS) being rendered
- Ctrl+O .............................. Display "Select Object" dialog box
- @ .................................... Edit Mode toggle (to assist in the placement of objects)
- D ..................................... Run demo script (/celestia/demo.cel)
- Enter ............................... Toggle Name entry Mode (use Tab / Shift+Tab to highlight
- an item, Esc to exit)
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- JOYSTICK CONTROLS
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- F8 .................................... Toggle Joystick control
- X axis ............................... Yaw Left/Right
- Y axis ............................... Pitch Up/Down
- L trigger ............................ Roll Left
- R trigger ........................... Roll Right
- Button 1 ........................... Move slower
- Button 2 ........................... Move faster