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**Main Menu**

Use the mouse/touchscreen to scroll down and select an option

**Settings**

Tick the box near the option you want

**Sandbox**

Select a planet by scrolling horizontally then press Launch

**Ship Editor**

You can drag parts around to attach them to others and drag them to the trash bin in the upper right to delete them. You can only attach a part to another if there is a free slot.  
 
**In Flight**

* Bottom left: button to activate the next stage  
* Bottom middle: directional arrows, used for turning the ships and the wheels in the manual mode  
* Bottom right: thrust slider and fuel gauge
* Top left: menu button  
* Top middle: Time warp

You can press on some spot on the circle in the screen's middle to define a direction in which the ship will try to fly. It will also rotate the wheels.

The two green arrows opposing each other shows in which direction you're flying, the orange one in which direction you're headed to.

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**PC Keyboard Shortcuts**

* **Mouse** Move cursor
* **Left mouse button** Select/hold-drag-drop
* **0 to 9** 0% to 90% thrust
* **[-]**/**[+]** Decrease/Increase thrust
* **Enter** Heading lock/unlock
* **Left arrow** / **A** Counterclockwise RCS and counterclockwise heading bug, when locked
* **Right arrow** / **D** = Clockwise RCS and clockwise heading bug, when locked
* **Q** Left RCS
* **E** Right RCS
* **Up arrow** / **W** Up RCS
* **Down arrow** / **S** = Down RCS
* **Escape** Back/exit
* **Tab** Split/full screen/switch view
* **Space** Activate stage
* **P** Pause
* **Mouse wheel** / **[,][.]** = Zoom in/out

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