Controls

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The game controls are the inputs by which the player directs movement and other game functions. These can be assigned to keyboard buttons (or "keys"), mouse buttons, or an axis on a joystick.

Configurable controls

These controls can be configured through the Control Configuration menus (Options → Setup Controls → Player 1/2 Controls → Control Configuration...), or through the console commands setcontrol and setcontrol2 (for Player 1 and Player 2 respectively). The keys set for these controls are saved in config.cfg.

Below is the full list of configurable controls along with their default keys for Player 1, split up into the same groups as those seen in the Control Configuration menus:

Movement

Control name	`setcontrol` name	Default key(s)
Move Forward	`"forward"`	W
Move Backward	`"backward"`	S
Move Left	`"strafeleft"`	A
Move Right	`"straferight"`	D
Jump	`"jump"`	Space bar Joystick button #6
Spin	`"use"`	Left Shift Joystick button #5

Camera

Control name	`setcontrol` name	Default key(s)
Look Up	`"lookup"`	Up Arrow
Look Down	`"lookdown"`	Down Arrow
Turn Left	`"turnleft"`	Left Arrow
Turn Right	`"turnright"`	Right Arrow
Center View	`"centerview"`	End Joystick button #10
Toggle Mouselook	`"mouseaiming"`	None
Toggle Third-Person	`"camtoggle"`	V Joystick hat up
Reset Camera	`"camreset"`	R Joystick button #4

Advanced

Control name	`setcontrol` name	Default key(s)	Notes
Rotate Camera L	`"camleft"`	[	¹
Rotate Camera R	`"camright"`	]	¹

¹ These controls do not have any effect in regular gameplay, unless the user has analog control enabled or has development mode enabled. See control modes below for further details.

Multiplayer

Control name	`setcontrol` name	Default key(s)	Notes
Talk key	`"talkkey"`	T Joystick hat left	¹
Team-Talk key	`"teamtalkkey"`	Y	¹
Rankings/Scores	`"scores"`	Tab Joystick hat right	¹
Toss Flag	`"tossflag"`	' Joystick button #1
Next Weapon	`"weaponnext"`	E Joystick button #2
Previous Weapon	`"weaponprev"`	Q Joystick button #3
Weapon Slot 1	`"weapon1"`	1	Red Ring/Infinity Ring
Weapon Slot 2	`"weapon2"`	2	Automatic Ring
Weapon Slot 3	`"weapon3"`	3	Bounce Ring
Weapon Slot 4	`"weapon4"`	4	Scatter Ring
Weapon Slot 5	`"weapon5"`	5	Grenade Ring
Weapon Slot 6	`"weapon6"`	6	Explosion Ring
Weapon Slot 7	`"weapon7"`	7	Rail Ring
Ring Toss	`"fire"`	Right Ctrl Left Mouse button
Ring Toss Normal	`"firenormal"`	C

¹ These controls are for Player 1 only.

Miscellaneous

Control name	`setcontrol` name	Default key(s)	Notes
Custom Action 1	`"custom1"`	None	¹
Custom Action 2	`"custom2"`	None	¹
Custom Action 3	`"custom3"`	None	¹
Pause	`"pause"`	P Joystick button #7	²
Screenshot	`"screenshot"`	F8 Joystick hat down	²
Toggle GIF Recording	`"recordgif"`	F9	²
Open/Close Menu (ESC)	`"systemmenu"`	Joystick button #8	²
Change Viewpoint	`"viewpoint"`	F12	²
Console	`"console"`	Backquote (`)/ tilde (~) key	²

¹ These are reserved for Lua modifications to use; see Constants > Button flags.

² These controls are for Player 1 only.

Non-configurable controls

These controls have pre-determined keys, and as such they cannot be modified.

General

Escape – Brings up the Main Menu, also pausing the game when in Single Player; if used in chat mode however, this will exit the mode instead. A backup key for for the in-game pause menu behavior can be configured using Open/Close Menu (ESC) in the Control Configuration menus (see section above).
F1 – Help Key – displays information on NiGHTS and Multiplayer
F3 – Toggles showhud on/off
F4 – Shortcut key to the Sound Volume menu
F5 – Shortcut key to the Video Mode menu
F7 – Shortcut key to the Options menu
F8 – Takes a screenshot. A backup key can be configured for this control using Screenshot in the Control Configuration menus (see section above).
F9 – Toggles Movie mode on/off A backup key can be configured for this control using Toggle GIF Recording in the Control Configuration menus (see section above).
F10 – Quits SRB2
F11 – Changes the Gamma level (cycles through the 5 available gamma levels used by gamma)
F12 – Switches your view with the view from other players, providing you don't move. This is unusable in Match. A backup key can be configured for this control using Change Viewpoint in the Control Configuration menus (see section above).
Pause/Break – Pauses the game, or unpauses if already paused. A backup key can be configured for this control using Pause in the Control Configuration menus (see section above).

Console

Main article: Console > Controls

Automap

Main article: Development mode > Automap

Mouse

Console variables

Joysticks

Joysticks are an alternative way to play SRB2 – joysticks can be configured through the Joystick Options menu (Options → Setup Controls → Player 1/2 Controls → Joystick Options / Second Joystick Options), or through the corresponding console variables: for instance, the joystick device number used for a player can be selected via the "Select Joystick" menu, or though use_joystick.

A joystick axis can be assigned as the controlling axis for a specific control (or a specific pair of controls) out of a limited selection. Joystick axes can also be configured through the Joystick Options menu, or through the corresponding console variables for each controlling axis. These and the corresponding controls each axis can control are listed in the table below, along with the defaults for each axis (defaults apply to both Player 1 and Player 2).

Control axis	Corresponding control(s)	Console variables	Default axis
Axis For Turning	Turn Left/Right	`joyaxis_turn`/`joyaxis2_turn`	X-Axis
Axis For Moving	Forward/Reverse	`joyaxis_move`/`joyaxis2_move`	Y-Axis
Axis For Strafe	Strafe Left/Right	`joyaxis_side`/`joyaxis2_side`	Z-Axis
Axis For Looking	Look Up/Down	`joyaxis_look`/`joyaxis2_look`	None
Axis For Firing	Ring Toss	`joyaxis_fire`/`joyaxis2_fire`	None
Axis For NFiring	Ring Toss Normal	`joyaxis_firenormal`/`joyaxis2_firenormal`	None

List of joystick axes

The table below lists the available joystick axis numbers and their corresponding names for use in the console variables above. Note that negative axis numbers (or axis names with a "-" suffix) will act as flipped versions of the corresponding positive axis numbers and names.

Value	Name	Value	Name
0	"None"
1	"X-Axis"	-1	"X-Axis-"
2	"Y-Axis"	-2	"Y-Axis-"
3	"Z-Axis"	-3	"Z-Axis-"
4	"X-Rudder"	-4	"X-Rudder-"
5	"Y-Rudder"	-5	"Y-Rudder-"
6	"Z-Rudder"	-6	"Z-Rudder-"
7	"U-Axis"	-7	"U-Axis-"
8	"V-Axis"	-8	"V-Axis-"

Control modes

There are a number of different ways of controlling the player present in SRB2, most of which depend on the type of level being played. Any important changes/differences in controls are noted in the table below:

Control mode	Activation method	Controls
Normal (3D mode)	n/a	The player moves as in any first-person game (such as Doom itself), normally with the camera located behind the player. This applies regardless of whether the player uses the third-person or first-person camera. Forward: The player will walk forwards, moving in the direction they are currently facing. Reverse: The player will walk backwards, moving in the opposite direction to the current direction they are facing. Turn Left/Right: The player will turn left/right on the spot; the camera viewing angle will be adjusted to remain viewing the player at the same relative angle. Strafe Left/Right: The player will strafe left/right, moving at 90° to the side relative to the current direction they are facing. Rotate Camera L/R: These are disabled for normal gameplay; if development mode is enabled, they will allow the camera to be rotated around the player to the left/right to view the player from other angles other than from behind. Note: it may be difficult to re-adjust the camera's view back to normal without using the `cam_rotate` console variable.
Analog	`useranalog` is enabled; Player is using the third-person camera.	The player moves à la games such as Sonic Adventure, where the player will generally move in the direction the controls direct them, relative to the angle the camera is currently facing. If the player moves a direction other than forwards, the camera will automatically turn itself to keep the player on-screen. Forward: The player will walk away from the camera, moving in the direction the camera is currently facing and turning to face this direction. Reverse: The player will walk towards the camera, moving in the opposite direction to the direction the camera faces and turning to face this direction. Turn Left/Right: The player will walk to the side of the screen, moving at 90° to the side relative to the direction the camera is facing. Strafe Left/Right: Identical to Turn Left/Right. Rotate Camera L/R: The camera's view will be rotated around the player to the left/right. If the player switches to the first-person camera at any point, the player will have the normal control scheme instead of analog controls.
2D mode	The player is in a 2D mode level; Linedef type 432	The exact control scheme for 2D mode depends on the camera mode the player is currently using: Third-person camera: Turn Left/Right: The player walks left/right, moving to the West-East. The player will face the current direction of movement. Strafe Left/Right: Identical to Turn Left/Right. Forward: Has no effect. Reverse: If the player is moving, this will put the player into a spin. Rotate Camera L/R: Has no effect. First-person camera: Forward: The player walks East-wards. The player will face the current direction of movement. Reverse: The player walks West-wards. The player will face the current direction of movement. Turn Left: If the player is moving, this will put the player into a spin. Turn Right: Has no effect. Strafe Left/Right: Identical to Turn Left/Right. Rotate Camera L/R: Has no effect.