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  1.                        ╔═══════════════════════╗
  2.                        ║    REFERENCE CARD     ║
  3.                        ║   for DESCENT 1.0     ║
  4.                        ║       SHAREWARE       ║
  5.                        ╚═══════════════════════╝
  6.  
  7. GAME OPTIONS KEYS
  8. -----------------
  9.  
  10. ESCAPE          Main menu/Abort game
  11.  
  12. F1              Help screen
  13. F2              Options
  14. F3              Cockpit on/off
  15. F4              calibrate joystick
  16.  
  17. F5              Demo recording on/off
  18. F6        Toggle teammate IDs (team mode only)
  19. F7              Kill list display (multiplayer only)
  20. F8              Send typed message (multiplayer only)
  21. F9-F12          Taunt macros (multiplayer only)
  22.  
  23. SHIFT-F9        Define F9-F12 taunt macros (multiplayer only) 
  24.   thru
  25. SHIFT-F12
  26.  
  27. PAUSE           Pause game
  28. +/-             change window size
  29. print scrn      save screen shot 
  30.  
  31. SHIFT-ESC       Quick exit
  32.  
  33.  
  34. DEFAULT CONTROLS
  35. ----------------
  36. The following assignments may all be modified in the
  37. Options/Controls/Customize menus
  38.  
  39.  
  40. JOYSTICK:  
  41.  
  42.  
  43.                    dive
  44.  
  45.                     /\
  46.                     |        Button 1: fire primary
  47.                     |        Button 2: fire secondary
  48.  
  49.                 ----------
  50.                |          |
  51.                |          |
  52.                |    --    |
  53.  turn left <-- |   |XX|   | --> turn right   
  54.                |    --    |
  55.                |          |
  56.                |          |
  57.                 ----------
  58.  
  59.                     |
  60.                     |
  61.                     \/
  62.  
  63.                    climb
  64.  
  65.  
  66. KEYBOARD FLIGHT:
  67.  
  68.  
  69. ARROW KEYS      ship rotations
  70.  
  71. A               forward
  72. Z               reverse
  73.  
  74. Q or PAD 7      bank left
  75. E or PAD 9      bank right
  76.  
  77. LEFT ALT        slide on
  78. PAD 1           slide left
  79. PAD 3           slide right
  80. PAD -           slide up
  81. PAD +           slide down
  82.  
  83. S               cruise faster
  84. X               cruise slower
  85. C               cruise off
  86.  
  87. R               rear view
  88. TAB             automap
  89.  
  90.  
  91. WEAPONS:
  92.  
  93. CTRL            fire primary
  94. SPACEBAR        fire secondary
  95. B               drop Proximity Bomb (if available)
  96.  
  97.  
  98.    WEAPON SELECTION:
  99.  
  100.    1 = Lasers              6 = Concussion Missile
  101.    2 = Vulcan Cannon       7 = Homing Missile
  102.    3 = Spreadfire Cannon   8 = Proximity Bomb
  103.    4 = Plasma Cannon       9 = Smart Missile
  104.    5 = Fusion Cannon       0 = Mega Missile
  105.  
  106.  
  107.  
  108. DEMO PLAYBACK CONTROLS
  109. ----------------------
  110.  
  111. UP ARROW        play
  112. DOWN ARROW      stop
  113. RIGHT ARROW     single frame forward
  114. LEFT ARROW      single frame reverse
  115.  
  116. SHIFT-RIGHT     fast forward
  117. SHIFT-LEFT      fast reverse
  118.  
  119. CTRL-RIGHT      go to end
  120. CTRL-LEFT       go to start
  121.  
  122.  
  123. AUTOMAP
  124. -------
  125.  
  126. Your ship's Automap will show areas of the mine you have seen.
  127. Arrow keys will rotate the view left/right and up/down.  Hitting +/-
  128. will zoom in/out.  
  129.  
  130.  
  131.