Controls &
Bindings
Tiny Combat Arena features a rebindable set of controls.
Sensible defaults have been provided to facilitate both mouse/keyboard play,
and gamepad play.
Flight Controls View Select Camera Controls Weapon Controls Mouse Controls
Mouse controls are handled a bit
External Chase
differently compared to the typical
(Previous) (Previous)
keybinds. To enable/disable mouse
+ +
Shift F2 Shift F3
controls, change the Mouse Control Mode
in the controls settings menu to
Flyby VirtualJoystick. This will enable the
External mouse for flight controls. Keep in mind
(Follow)
however, that enabling the virtual
+
Shift F4
Cockpit Chase Flyby Free Camera joystick disables the
(Static) controller/joystick for flight input.
Padlock
Zoom
Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PrtScn ScrLK Pause
SysRq Break
Lock Target
(Hold to unlock)
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Fire Gun
' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = 1 Weapon
Up/Down
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VTOL Nozzle (Mouse Wheel Down)
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Brakes
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Shift S
Fire Gun
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Brakes
(Toggle)
Pitch Roll Pitch Yaw
Flares Chaff Yaw Throttle Flaps Landing Start/Stop Lock Target Roll Pitch Yaw Pitch
(Digital) Gear Engine (Hold to unlock) Center
Camera
Unlock Target
Left/ Forward/ Camera
Mouse flight controls are Mouse camera controls
+
Shift T
Right Back Speed
set through the Controls for free camera are
menu hardcoded
Release Weapon
Gamepad Controls Joysticks/HOTAS
For a joystick, there are some very basic defaults. However,
it’s difficult to create default controls to cover every
joystick ever made, so some manual binding/customization
will be required to set up a joystick or HOTAS. Analog input
Yaw Yaw axes are provided where relevant (e.g. throttle) to provide
Left Right an alternative suited for joysticks.
Down Up
Further tuning can be done through the Calibrate button on
Throttle Down Throttle Up the control bindings screen. A small bar visualizes how the
axis will respond, and can be manipulated in real time.
Lock Target (Hold to unlock)
Roll Release Weapon
Chaff/ Pitch
Flares Fire Gun
Select an axis you wish to modify, and the
Select Next Weapon following parameters can be adjusted.
Left/
Right
Dead Zone: No control input is registered until
Forward/
the axis moves outside of the deadzone.
Back
Zero: Sets where on the axis zero is considered.
Brakes Yaw For something like a throttle, which is designed
(Toggle) to work with limits of [0, 1], the zero should be
Pitch set to either 0 or 1 depending on your hardware.
VTOL lower VTOL Raise Center Camera Sensitivity: This applies a multiplier to the
Nozzle Nozzle axis to make it more or less sensitive. In most
cases, it’s best to leave this centered at the
Landing default value.
Gear
