diff --git a/Quickstart.txt b/Quickstart.txt index 6fefe3c341c..e7dcff4e7ae 100644 --- a/Quickstart.txt +++ b/Quickstart.txt @@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ Getting started with Pioneer The principles of the game are largely the same as those of Frontier: Elite 2. -You can buy and sell on the commodities market, take missions on the bulletin -board, buy and upgrade ships in the shipyard, when docked. Do all of this with -the mouse. - -The eight main console buttons are activated by the F1-F8 keys or the mouse. +You can buy and sell on the commodities market, take missions or interact with +people on the bulletin board, buy new ships in the ship market, install or +remove equipment on the equipment market, repair your ship or contact local +law enforcement when docked. Do all of this with the mouse. F1: Change view mode (cockpit/external/sidereal) F2: Use the map system. F3: Look at your own information. -F4: Select targets, operate autopilot and communicate. +F4: Switch to station screen. (when docked) The view direction can be controlled, with keys: KP 8: Front Camera / Rotate External/Sidereal Up @@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ Home: Reset zoom (sidereal view only) (NOTE: If you do not have a numeric keypad, please rebind the view direction controls from the View tab in the Settings screen) -The next four buttons change function depending on the first four. Hover the -mouse over them to see what they do. +You can hold your mouse over various buttons for tooltips to appear, in order +to see what they do. F5 turns off the autopilot, and changes between manual flight and set speed flight. @@ -66,21 +65,26 @@ button. Use the cursor keys to move the camera in external and sidereal view. In sidereal view, use ',' (comma) and '.' (period) to roll the camera in place. -To jump to another system, use the map (F2) and click on another system. Systems -with ports are labelled in blue. You need enough Hydrogen to get there, and it -must be close enough for your ship. F7 will start the hyperdrive. +To jump to another system, use the map (F2) and click on another system. The +map will provide you with info about the system, such as population, faction +and economy. You need enough hydrogen to get there, so it must be close enough +for your ship and hyperdrive. F7 will start the jump sequence. You can press +F7 again to abort the jump while the countdown is running. -To fly to a station, press F4, and select one from the right. You can turn on -the autopilot with the buttons on the left. +To use the autopilot to reach a station, expand the overview window on top right +corner of the flight view. Right click on your destination to see the radial +menu, from which you can instruct your autopilot to "fly to vicinity" or "dock +with target". -Trade is hard. Deliveries are fun, but can be hard. +If you wish to fly manually, you should see the following wiki page: +https://pioneerwiki.com/wiki/How_to_fly_without_autopilot Press Escape while in-game (not the main menu) to open the settings screen. Here you can change screen res/fullscreen mode, language, controls and other things. Many options require you to restart Pioneer before they will take effect. -Pioneer is alpha-quality software. Saved games are not guaranteed to load in -different versions of Pioneer. The universe might not be the same in the next -version of Pioneer. Anything can change. The game is not finished, and we would +Pioneer is continuously under development. Saved games are not guaranteed to load +in different versions of Pioneer. The universe might not be the same in the next +version of Pioneer. Anything can change. The game is never finished, and we would like feedback. See README.txt to find out how to do that.