SHOW/HIDE UI
Click on the three dots button at the top left corner to show/hide the entire UI.
The game starts with the UI turned off by default.
Click to show the UI.
Once you are in orbit or in a phase of the mission where you do not need to actively control the spacecraft, you may wish to click to hide the UI for a better view of the Earth.
The Esc key is a shortcut to toggle the UI on and off.


CONTROL WINDOWS
Controlling the spacecraft can be done at different levels. While you can use the cockpit instrument panels, most users will prefer to use the control windows.
The list of available control windows is stacked along the bottom of the screen.

To MOVE the window, drag on the top left tab of the window, over the move icon and the window name.















To SCALE the window, drag on the bottom right corner to scale the window to the desired size and proportion.














To INCREASE the TEXT SIZE of the main menu, press Ctrl and scroll up.
Ctrl and scroll down to decrease text size.













CAMERAS
F1 is the keyboard shortcut to cycle through the available camera views, namely, internal cockpit view, exterior virtual HUD view and exterior spacecraft view.
In the interior cockpit view, left mouse drag rotates the camera and right mouse drag moves the camera in the cockpit. Mouse scroll moves the camera forwards and backwards.

PAUSE
The pause button is located in the TIME window.













EXIT
To close the game, select Exit Space Simulator in the main menu Index.


INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROLS

Hover over switches to show popup with switch name and description.
The majority of switches are three-way switches. They can be in the up, down or center mode. Some switches are two-way switches that can be in the up or down mode.For both types:
LEFT MOUSE CLICK pushes switch UP.
RIGHT MOUSE CLICK pushes switch DOWN.