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In this little guide, we give you a walkthrough of the changes we made for our VKB keybinds for primariliy an industrial gameplay. We are aware, that keybinds are a matter of personal preference but at the end it comes down to practice and muscle memory. We maintain as much as possible from BuzZzKiller, so that you can import his configuration according to his awesome guide and start from there. \

You might get overwhelmed by the amount of possibilities of keybindings Star Citizen has to offer. Even after 2 years of playing, we still haven’t utilized the whole potential but rather focus on industrial gameplay. It might be, that your focus of gameplay is different, but going through our thought process may help you to find suitable keybindings to your gameplay as well.

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Since Star Citizen is a space simulator, we focus first on the keybindings for handling the ship. Keep in mind, we do industrial gameplay, so we do bindings for the weapons, self defense but not really knowing, what we’re doing.

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First of all, we need to identify the preconfigured buttons (physical) we think, is “wrong” since they utilize function we don’t use nor have no use for. Then we need to identify the buttons (logical) in Joy2Key and as well the button names in Star Citizen. We acknowledge, that with the correct configuration file in JoyToKey - the button names names / numbers are the same.

The structure is as followed:

Button in JoyToKey is label BuzZzKiller’s Binding Chart and button in Star Citizen and where to find the Keybindings

• Button 9 is A3 left - Button 9 - FOIP - Enable Head Tracking (Toggle)
  we have E.S.P. off in general, no button to asign we have G-Force safety off in general, no button to asign
• Button 13 is A4 down - Button 13 - Flight Power - Engines
• Button 14 is A4 left - Button 14 - Flight Power - Weapons
• Button 12 is A4 right - Button 12 - Flight Power - Shields

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The difference of changing keybindings is to remember, what you overwrite and where to set the new keybindings.

• Button 11 - Headlight / Light Amplification

The structure is as followed:

Keybindings in Star Citizen’s Keybindings (Action) - Keybindings (key combination)

• Vehicles - Seats and Operator Modes Light Amplification Toggle - R CTRL + Button 11

• Vehicles - Cockpit Flight / Systems Ready - button52 (SEM Start)

• Vehicles - View Freelook (Hold) -

• Flight - Movement Boost - **** Landing System (Toggle) - Button 13 Toggle VTOL - Button 14 Expand Configuration - button64 Retract Configuration - button62 Cycle Configuration - Button 12 Cycle Master Mode (Short Press) - Button 21

• Flight - Docking Toggle Docking Modes - R CTRL + Button 14 Invoke Docking - R CTRL + Button 14

• Flight - Power Toggle Power - All - Button 15 Set Power On - button54 (SEM E Dial) Set Power Of - button53 (SEM E) Engines - Button 8 Shields - Button 10 Weapons - Button 9 Reset Assignments - Button 6

• Lights Headlights (Toggle) - Button 11

• On Foot - All Free View Camera (Hold) -

• E.V.A - All Freelook (Hold) -

• Ground Vehicle - General Freelook (Hold) - Flight / Systems Ready - button52 (SEM Start)

• VOIP, FOIP and Head Tracking Enable Head Tracking (Toggle) - Left (Hat 1) Recenter Head Tracking Device - Right (Hat 1)

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Modifier and Hold (Long Press) is ignored in this list. The focus is on the button used, not how the button is used.

• Button 6 (A3 up) On Foot - All: Flashlight (Toggle)
  Turret Movement: Turret Gyro Stabilization (Toggle)
• Button 7 (A3 right) On Foot - All: Customize Weapon
  Flight - Movement: G-Force Safety On/Off (Toggle / Hold)
• Button 8 (A3 down) On Foot - All: FPS Underbarrel Attachment Action Turret Advanced: Recenter Turret (Hold) Turret Advanced: Change Turrent Position Flight - Movement: Autoland Quick Keys, Interactions and Inner Thought: Drop Item On Foot - All: Drop Item
• Button 9 (A3 left) On Foot - All: Change Fire Mode Turret Advanced: Turret E.S.P. Toggle On / Off Flight - Movement: E.S.P. - Toggle On / Off (Press)
• Button 10 (Modifier + A3 press) Camera - Advanced Camera Controls: Reset Current View
• Button 12 (A4 right) On Foot - All: Select Secondary Weapon
• Button 15 (A4 press) Quick Keys, Interactions and Inner Thought: Consumable Select Radial Menu
• Button 21 On Foot - All: Prone
• Button 22 On Foot - All: Croch

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