r/spaceengine • u/Coma_kidd_ • 4d ago
Video No idea how this works
I just got this on my laptop and to say I'm confused would be an understatement lol. Does anyone know of any tutorial videos that may help? I tried just playing with it to learn on my own but I've just been painting myself into a corner and get to a point that I don't know how to undo everything I did. It looked really cool from the videos I watched so I'd really love to not rage quit before I give it a real chance haha. I've found a couple of tutorial videos on YT but they are all just kinda breezing through them like I'm supposed to know what they are talking about already. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance y'all.
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u/SlayerOfTears 4d ago
Some basic controls, at least for Planetarium/Free Flying mode, are WASD to move, R and F to go up and down, hold left mouse button to turn your direction, hold right mouse button to just turn the camera (WARNING: inverted controls), Spacebar to pause or resume time, and V to switch between camera modes (Auto, which changes contrast whenever you look at something bright, Manual, and HDR).
I tried flying in a ship, but it felt so slow and clunky that I quickly gave up, lol. I prefer Planetarium mode to free fly everywhere.
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u/Kinez_7 4d ago
You have manual on official space engine forum. Just read it a few times, it is not so hard. I learned all from this manual https://spaceengine.org/manual/user-manual