Controls
In Zeos Fighters, your ship uses several sets of weapons:
Primary WeaponsYour main arsenal consists of lazers and machine guns. You may switch between the two at any time. In addition, the blue power bar on the upper left hand corner of the screen indicates your fire strength. By holding down your primary fire key, you can increase the power of the primary blast upon release if you are shooting lazers only.
Secondary WeaponsYour secondary weapons may consist of two of the following: Rockets, railguns, or winding lazers. These are chosen in the player select screen (Note: The question marks represent unobtained weapons which are not available in this version of Zeos Fighters). You have limited secondary ammunition which is displayed at game time as a red status bar.
BombsIn top-down mode only, you may drop bombs. The location of where the bomb will detonate is determined in the game by a green crosshair (Note: the crosshair in third-person mode indicates only where you are shooting).
Level WeaponsSpecial weapons crates will reveal a power-up that gives your ship an additional weapon for the duration of your ship's life. You may have more than one at the same time.
Enhanced weaponsIf you get more than 3 power-ups, you will acquire enhanced weapons. Your secondary weapons will dramatically increase in strength for a limited time.

When you play Zeos fighters for the first time, the game will generate an inputs data file with default settings for player 1 and player 2. The default settings for player 1 are:
Bank LeftLeft Arrow key
Bank RightRight Arrow key
Pull Up/Go BackUp Arrow key
Dive/Go ForwardDown Arrow key
Fire Primary WeaponsSpace Bar
Fire Secondary Weapon 1Z
Fire Secondary Weapon 2C
Fire Both Secondary WeaponsX
Drop Bomb (Top-Down Only)A
Select Primary Weapon1
Talk in a Network GameT


The default settings for player 2 are only set if a gamepad/joystick is properly detected. The following command list applies to the Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad; the button letters may not necessarily reflect that of your own controller:
AxisControls your ship's movement
Fire Primary WeaponsA button
Fire Both Secondary WeaponsB button
Fire Secondary Weapon 1L button
Fire Secondary Weapon 2R button
Drop BombC button
Select Primary WeaponX button


There are also global commands which you cannot change:
Abort/Exit a ModuleESC
Help (In the game and chat room)F1
Activate Test Console`
Navigate Test ConsoleTAB



CHANGING SETTINGS

The game controls may be changed in Main Menu => Setup => Controls menu in Zeos Fighters. The player for which the controls are displayed is shown in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. To change a control, use the up and down arrow keys to navigate to which control you want to change. Then, press the SPACEBAR. You will then be prompted for the key you want to perform the operation. At this point you may press a key or a gamepad/joystick button. The other options are offered:

Next Player: Shows the controls for the next player

Restore All Defaults: Restores the default controls for both players

Swap Player Settings: Swaps the commands between Player 1 and Player 2. (Note: This will make it easy to transfer joystick controls to Player 1)

Save Changes: Writes the new settings to disk (Note: You may still exit this menu without saving your changes and play Zeos Fighters with the controls you assigned)


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