There are two ways to control your ship : joystick and keyboard. Although I think using the joystick sucks bigtime because of less accurate aim, some people will still prefer it over the keyboard. Some people will also use the mouse along with the keyboard, but this isn't a good idea either. There are alot of keys used in SubSpace, and you need to be able to reach all of them immediately. If you use the mouse, you probably won't be fast enough to press some harder-to-reach keys in time.

Basic movement & weaponry

Left arrow

Rotates your ship counter-clockwise

Right arrow

Rotates your ship clockwise

Up arrow

Activate forward thrusters

Down arrow

Activate reverse thrusters

SHIFT+Up arrow

Activate forward afterburner

SHIFT+Down arrow

Activate reverse afterburner

CTRL

Fire your gun (if available)

TAB

Fire a bomb (if available)

SHIFT+TAB

Drop a mine (if available)

Weaponry and special items

Shift-CTRL

Activate Repel

Delete

Toggles multifire ON/OFF

Shift-Delete

Uses a Burst

Insert

Warps your ship to a random spot on the map

Shift-Insert

Drops a Portal

End

Toggles Xradar

Shift-End

Toggles Antiwarp

Home

Toggles Stealth

Shift-Home

Toggles Cloak

F3

Fire Rocket

F4

Drop a Brick, perpendicular to the nearest wall

F5

Launch a Decoy

F6

Fire a Thor's Hammer

F7

Attach to ticked player

F11

Change your ship to the Spectator model (you need full energy for this ; turn off stealth/xradar etc..)

Communication

F2

Display the player list

PageUp

Scroll up the playerlist (list will automatically popup if not present)

PageDown

Scroll down the playerlist (list will automatically popup if not present)

SHIFT+(F1-F8)

Store text macro number F1-F8. Type something and press SHIFT-F#. The game will notify you that the macro has been stored. Press SHIFT-F# again to recall the macro you just stored.

The communication system in SubSpace is rather advanced. The commands section lists all in-game commands one should know about.

Miscellanneous options

The following commands are available ONLY after you have pressed the ESC key.

F1

Bring up a menu with most available in-game commands. Press F1 again to scroll through all of them. !!NOTE : THE F1 KEY DOES NOT WORK IN V.135 DUE TO A BUG!!

F2

Cycle through the player stat boxes.

F3

Cycle through the types of name tag display.

F4

Switch your radar on/off.

F5

Toggle messages on/off

F6

Turn message ticker on/off. (newbies should turn this helpful tool on)

F7

Toggle background stars on/off.

F8

Toggle engine sounds on/off

F9

Cycle through four levels of gamma correction. (gamma correction makes your screem brighter)

A

Bring up the arena select menu.

B

Bring up the banner selection menu. Only available if you are in spectator mode.

C

Change server options. This will work only if you are a sysop.

I

Toggle public macros on/off

Q

Exit SubSpace.

1

Change your ship to a Warbird.

2

Change your ship to a Javelin.

3

Change your ship to a Spider.

4

Change your ship to a Leviathan.

5

Change your ship to a Terrier.

6

Change your ship to a Weasel.

7

Change your ship to a Lancaster.

8

Change your ship to a Shark.

S

Change your ship to the Spectator model. Selecting someone in the playerlist and pressing FIRE will make you spectate that specific player.

Pgup/Pgdown

Ajust the size of the playerlist.

Spectator options

These are options that are available ONLY when you are in spectator mode.

F3

Free movement mode. Now you can move around freely using the arrow keys. Press and hold the SHIFT-key to move around faster.

F5

Soccer mode. You will keep following the soccer ball.

CTRL

Spectate the person your ticked in the player list. Press Pageup/Pagedown to select someone.

arrow keys

Move the view around the map. Press SHIFT and an arrow key to move around faster.