                      BATTLECRUISER:3000AD KEYBOARD LAYOUT       04.23.98
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                               JOYSTICK CONTROLS

Nose down/VTOL up                                  ....... Forward
Nose up/VTOL down                                  ....... Back
Yaw left/VTOL yaw left                             ....... Left
Yaw right/VTOL yaw right                           ....... Right
Increase/Decrease thrust                           ....... Throttle
Fire Laser                                         ....... Button 1
Roll left/right                                    ....... Button 2 (hold)
Select closest enemy target                        ....... Button 3
Select my closest attacker                         ....... Button 4
Select closest attacker to current target          ....... Button 5
Select nearest target in line of sight             ....... Button 6
Select hat switch mode, VIEW/TARGET                ....... Alt+j

Hat switch, VIEW mode:
 Front view                                        ....... Forward
 Left view                                         ....... Left
 Right view                                        ....... Right
 Rear view                                         ....... Back
Hat switch, TARGET mode:
 Select next weapon                                ....... Forward
 Select and identify previous target               ....... Left
 Select and identify next target                   ....... Right
 Activate CVD damage status mode                   ....... Back
Hat switch *
 Front external view                               ....... Forward
 Left external view                                ....... Left
 Right external view                               ....... Right
 Target view                                       ....... Back

                                FLIGHT CONTROLS

Yaw left                                           ....... LEFT ARROW
Yaw right                                          ....... RIGHT ARROW
Roll left                                          ....... INSERT
Roll right                                         ....... DELETE
Pitch down                                         ....... DOWN ARROW
Pitch up                                           ....... UP ARROW
Switch to VTOL/HTOL mode                           ....... CAPS LOCK
Thrust factor                                      ....... 1-9
Full stop                                          ....... 0 (hold)
Increase/decrease thrust                           ....... + or -
Afterburner/VTOL Up                                ....... `
Retro-rockets/VTOL Down                            ....... TAB
HTOL wings level/VTOL autohover (press & hold)     ....... NUMERIC 5
HyperDrive jump factor                             ....... SHIFT+1-9

                                WEAPONS SYSTEMS

Weapons system ON/OFF                              ....... w
Weapons selection menu                             ....... SHIFT+w
Radar target mask                                  ....... SHIFT+m
Electro Magnetic Disruptor jammer ON/OFF           ....... e
Cloaking system ON/OFF                             ....... SHIFT+c
Passive Target Acquisition ON/OFF                  ....... p
Increase PTA turret laser intensity                ....... SHIFT+'
Decrease PTA turret laser intensity                ....... SHIFT+;
Increase main laser intensity                      ....... '
Decrease main laser intensity                      ....... ;
Fire main laser                                    ....... ENTER
Fire missile                                       ....... SPACEBAR
Cycle missiles and mines                           ....... BACKSPACE
Battlecruiser main laser decouple ON/OFF           ....... SCROLL LOCK

               NAVIGATION INTERFACE DISPLAY, NID, COMPUTER

Navigation Interface Display on/cycle              ....... j
NID OFF                                            ....... SHIFT+j
Video id current target                            ....... v
Clear current target                               ....... x
Clear all waypoints/targets                        ....... SHIFT+x
Increase radar zoom                                ....... z
Decrease radar zoom                                ....... SHIFT+z
Maximum radar zoom                                 ....... CTRL+z
Select previous target/waypoint                    ....... ,
Select next target/waypoint                        ....... .
Select previous probe                              ....... SHIFT+,
Select next probe                                  ....... SHIFT+.
Probe tactical link ON/OFF                         ....... SHIFT+/

                  TACTICAL SCANNER, TACSCAN COMPUTER

Tactical Scanner computer on/cycle                 ....... k
TACSCAN OFF                                        ....... SHIFT+k
Designate FATAL target                             ....... d        
Video id current target                            ....... v        
Select active/passive radar scanning mode          ....... r        
Select single/multiple target acquisition mode     ....... s        
Capture current target in tractor beam             ....... t        
Select closest attacker to my current target       ....... b        
Select my closest attacker                         ....... n        
Select closest enemy target                        ....... m        
Select previous target                             ....... ,        
Select next target                                 ....... .        
Select nearest target in line of sight             ....... /        
Select next target type in current class           ....... >        
Select previous target type in current class       ....... <        
Clear current TACSCAN/FATAL/FPD target             ....... x        
Clear all FATAL targets                            ....... SHIFT+x  
Match current target's speed                       ....... SHIFT+`  

                   COMPUTER VIDEO DISPLAY, CVD, COMPUTER

Computer Video Display computer on/cycle           ....... l       
CVD OFF                                            ....... SHIFT+l 
View current person in video link                  ....... v       
Personnel video link on/off                        ....... SHIFT+v 
Select next crew member                            ....... .       
Select previous crew member                        ....... ,       
Cycle previous officers and pilots                 ....... SHIFT+, 
Cycle next officers and pilots                     ....... SHIFT+. 

                                  VIEWS

Forward/clean screen                               ....... F1                  
Left                                               ....... F2                  
Right                                              ....... F3                  
Co-Pilot (interceptor only)                        ....... F4                  
Fore Battlecruiser turret                          ....... F5                  
Mid Battlecruiser turret                           ....... F6                  
Aft Battlecruiser turret                           ....... F7                  
Locked/Tactical/Floating/I-tactical                ....... F8                  
Missile camera on/off                              ....... F9                  
Locked/Tactical/Floating/I-tactical view of target ....... F10                 
Yaw left                                           ....... LEFT ARROW  |       
Yaw right                                          ....... RIGHT ARROW |       
Pitch down                                         ....... DOWN ARROW  |       
Pitch up                                           ....... UP ARROW    |       
Zoom in fine                                       ....... PAGEUP      |numeric
Zoom out fine                                      ....... PAGEDOWN    |       
Zoom in coarse                                     ....... HOME        |keypad 
Zoom out coarse                                    ....... END         |       
Tilt left                                          ....... INS         |       
Tilt right                                         ....... DEL         |       
Reset view to default (press & hold)               ....... 5           |

                            LAUNCH COMMANDS

Switch to Battlecruiser                            ....... ESC              
Launch/switch to interceptor 1 - 4                 ....... ALT+F1-F4        
Launch/switch to shuttle 1 - 4                     ....... ALT+F5-F8        
Launch/switch to ATV 1 - 4                         ....... ALT+F9-F12       
Launch current probe                               ....... ALT+l
                                                                           
                                GENERAL COMMANDS                            
                                                                            
Interceptor infra-red HUD ON/OFF                   ....... \                
Autopilot ON/OFF                                   ....... a                
Autopilot direct or ai mode                        ....... SHIFT+a          
Engine ON/OFF                                      ....... SHIFT+e          
Reactor ON/OFF                                     ....... SHIFT+r          
Assign FPD target                                  ....... f                
HUD color change                                   ....... h       
HUD declutter                                      ....... CTRL+h           
Target Tracking Designator,TTD toggle              ....... SHIFT+h
Engage orbital profile                             ....... o                
Increase shield protection                         ....... ]                
Decrease shield protection                         ....... [                
Full shield protection                             ....... SHIFT+]          
Shield OFF                                         ....... SHIFT+[          
Evacuate ship                                      ....... CTRL+e           
Request SOS tow ship                               ....... CTRL+s           
Request docking clearance with target              ....... ALT+d            
COMMLINK communications computer                   ....... ALT+c            
LOGISTIX engineering computer                      ....... ALT+e            
MISCON computer                                    ....... ALT+m            
NAVITRON navigation computer                       ....... ALT+n            
CONFIG configuration computer                      ....... ALT+o            
PERSCAN computer                                   ....... ALT+p
ROSTER computer                                    ....... ALT+r            
TACOPS tactical/strategic operations computer      ....... ALT+s            
TACTICAL combat operations computer                ....... ALT+t            
Request new ACM mission                            ....... CTRL+ALT+c       
                                                                            
                                 MISCELLANEOUS                              
                                                                            
Quit to DOS                                        ....... ALT+q            
Increase surface visibility (20-100 m)             ....... CTRL+w           
Decrease surface visibility                        ....... CTRL+q           
SVGA display mode                                  ....... CTRL+ALT+v       
Display frame rate counter/display mode/version    ........CTRL+v           
Calibrate joystick                                 ....... CTRL+j           
Pause game (any key to unpause)                    ....... CTRL+p           
Capture single PCX image                           ....... CTRL+g           
Frame by frame PCX capture                         ....... CTRL+SHIFT+g     
Accelerate time 2x, 4x,                            ....... CTRL+a           
Deccelerate time /2, /4,                           ....... CTRL+SHIFT+a     
MIDI volume increase                               ....... CTRL+SHIFT+.
MIDI volume decrease                               ....... CTRL+SHIFT+,
GAMMA increase                                     ....... ALT+.
GAMMA decrease                                     ....... ALT+,
                                                                           
                               COMMANDLINE OPTIONS                          
                                                                            
Bypass intro                                       ....... /n               
Query connected joystick                           ....... /j               
Query supported video cards                        ....... /v?              
Force use of specific video card (# = 0-69)        ....... /v#              
                                                                            
                             DEBUGGING CHEAT CODES
                             
You MUST be in debug mode to use any of these testing cheats. The DEBUG.TXT
file created contains detailed information on what's going on in the game
world. The higher the debug code, the more data, the slower the game will run
since it has to record a lot of stuff. If you just want access to the cheat
codes for testng, use mode /d1 (debug mode 1)
                                                                            
Enable debug mode (1-5)                            ....... /d?              
View 3D object                                     ....... /o<file.3dc>     
Disable object auto-generation                     ....... /q               
Do not preload textures                            ....... /j               
Disable keyboard                                   ....... /k               
Bypass startup menu                                ....... /r               
Invincible ship (BC cannot be destroyed)           ....... /i               
Elapse 1 min                                       ....... SHIFT+t          
Elapse 1 hour                                      ....... ALT+SHIFT+t      
Hyperjump using target anomaly                     ....... ALT+SHIFT+j      
Disable dynamic ai update                          ....... ALT+CTRL+f       
Switch to current target                           ....... ALT+SHIFT+s      
Create friendly ships at target jump point         ....... ALT+SHIFT+g      
Create hostile ships at target jump point          ....... ALT+SHIFT+h      
Destroy current target                             ....... ALT+x            
Make current target hostile                        ....... ALT+/            
Make all targets in region hostile                 ....... ALT+CTRL+s       
Destroy all shuttles & missiles in region          ....... CTRL+SHIFT+d     
Create asteroid field in center of region          ....... CTRL+F4          
Destroy asteroid field                             ....... CTRL+F5          
Use cheat code #1-6                                ....... ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+# 

  1 - Restore personnel to perfect health
  2 - Restore all ship systems to fully operational
  3 - Install maximum shield,reactor,engine,armor upgrades
  4 - Promote to Supreme Commander
  5 - Infinite weapons for all ships
  6 - Give all artifacts
