The heavens are dotted with human colonies and trade empires. After hundreds of years colonizing the planets, the Human Civilization that started on Earth left that birthplace for the stars. The place: a band of populous star systems a thousand light years from Earth. The time is five thousand years from now. Who are the contending factions in Starshatter:TGS? Some people may prefer the 'virtual joystick' mode for dogfighting because it requires less repositioning of the mouse than the 'mouselook' mode. If you prefer, you can also configure the mouse to work as a 'virtual joystick.' In this mode, the distance of the mouse cursor from the center of the screen controls how fast your ship will turn, instead of how far it will turn. Tap the middle button to select a target, and use the mouse wheel to control your speed. Fire guns with the left button and missiles with the right button. You steer the ship by moving the mouse in the direction you want to go. In flight mode, the mouse works much like the 'mouselook' control in an FPS game. By pressing the key, you toggle the mouse between selection mode and flight mode. You can also use the mouse to fly your ship and fire your weapons. You can right-click on any friendly unit in the chain of command to access a context-sensitive orders menu. When using the third-person exterior view, the mouse is also used to control the camera and to select targets and issue orders to allies, just as in a space-based RTS game. Under normal circumstances, the mouse is used to control the user interface and to manipulate the interactive HUD.

At any time, in any flight model, you can swap the roll and yaw inputs by pressing the key. The stick controls pitch and roll, while the rudder pedals or twist axis controls yaw. In the standard flight model, the joystick is configured as in a high-end airplane simulation. In the arcade flight model, the joystick is configured as in a typical space combat simulation, with the stick controlling pitch and yaw and the twist axis controlling roll. You can easily assign any joystick or gamepad axis to any function you wish, and each axis (including the mouse Y-axis) can be inverted to suit your preferences. Starshatter supports mouse, keyboard, joystick, throttle, and gamepad flight controls simultaneously, so that you can find the control method that works best for you. What Controls are required to fly in Starshatter?

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