Han Solo never said “Don’t hit E when you meant to hit F, kid,” but he would have if he was playing video games instead of being imaginary. Star Wars: Squadrons has a fairly simple control scheme for a game that is based in space, and we have the entire list of controls you will need on PC below.
It might take a while to learn them all, so you can just keep this list open on a second monitor while you play to avoid needing to open up the menus and track down which button to push. That would certainly be a bad idea in the game’s multiplayer mode.
If you want to change any of the keybindings you can do it in Options, Settings, Controls, and Keybindings. Here, you can assign any function to any key you like.
| Key | Function |
| W | Throttle Increase |
| S | Throttle Decrease |
| A | Roll Left |
| D | Roll Right |
| Mouse Y axis | Pitch |
| Mouse X axis | Yaw |
| Space | Boost |
| Shift | Drift (while boosting) |
| L | Free Look |
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| Mouse left | Primary Weapon |
| Mouse 5 / Q | Fire Left Auxiliary |
| Mouse right / E | Fire Right Auxiliary |
| Mouse 4 / R | Deploy Countermeasures |
| Mouse Wheel Up | Shield to Front / Power to Engines |
| Mouse Wheel Down | Shield to Back / Power to Weapons |
| Mouse Wheel Click | Balance Shields / Reset Power |
| C | Shield Focus / Power Conversion |
| 6 | Comm Menu |
| Y | Team Chat |
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| H | Ping Target |
| B | Acknowledge Ping |
| I | Toggle Chat Visibility |
| 1 | Increase Engine Power |
| 2 | Increase Weapon Power |
| 3 | Increase Shield Power |
| 4 | Balance Power |
| T | Select Target Ahead |
| F | Cycle Targets |
| G | Target My Attacker |
| 5 | Targeting Menu |
| Esc | Menu |
| Tab | Show Loadout |
| – | VR Recenter |
HOTAS and VR Controls
Star Wars: Squadrons features full HOTAS functionality but default mappings are only provided for joysticks. You will need to map the controls for your additional HOTAS peripherals if you own them. This can be done through the Options menu.
| Joystick Y-Axis | Pitch Control |
| Joystick X-Axis | Yaw control |
| Joystick Z-Axis rotation | Roll |
| JOY 1 | Fire Primary Weapon |
| JOY 3 | Fire Auxiliary Weapon 1 |
| JOY 4 | Fire Auxiliary Weapon 2 |
| JOY 6 | Countermeasure |
| Throttle Input | Throttle Control |
| JOY 9 | Activate and Deactivate Boost / Drift (hold while boosting) |
| JOY 5 | Cycle Targets / Target Highest Threat (double-tap) |
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| JOY 2 | Select Target Ahead |
| JOY 10 | Targeting Menu |
| JOY 8 | Ping / Acknowledge Ping (double-tap) / Comm Menu (hold) |
| JOY 1 | Contextual Interaction |
| POV West | Increase Engines Power (hold for max power) |
| POV North | Increase Weapons Power (hold for max power) |
| POV East | Increase Shields Power (hold for max power) |
| POV South | Balance Power |
| JOY 11 | Menu |
| JOY 7 | Radial Menu for Shield Focus / Emergency Power Converter |
