Keyboard and mouse (gamepad defaults are in the data, not listed here)
Changing keys
One action per key in each category
Settings
Mouse sensitivity
Default 0.4, shown range 0.1 to 2
Field of view
Default 90, range 60 to 120
Vehicle third-person field of view
Default 85, range 60 to 110
Internal name
IA_* input actions, DA_Setting_* settings
This article lists the default controls for infantry, vehicles and building, and the settings that change how the game feels to play: aim, field of view and the HUD. The defaults come from the game data. The numbers were read from the data and have not been checked in the game, so a value in the options menu may differ from the one listed here.
Controls
The keys below are the defaults for keyboard and mouse. Some keys do different things on foot, in a vehicle and in a menu, so the same key can appear in more than one table.
Movement
Action
Default key
Move
W, A, S, D
Jump, traverse, climb off a ladder
Space
Deploy parachute
Space
Crouch
C
Go prone
Left Ctrl
Sprint and tactical sprint (toggle)
Left Shift
Slow walk
Left Alt
Lean left and right
Q and E
Swim fast (toggle)
Left Shift
Cut parachute
C
Drag a body
G
Inspect the held item
I
Some keys do different things in different modes. Space deploys the parachute while falling and jumps off a ladder. Shift slides down a ladder and fast-swims. G drags a body.
Combat
Action
Default key
Fire
Left mouse button
Aim down sight (secondary use)
Right mouse button
Throw (hold, then release)
Left or right mouse button
Reload
R
Melee bash
V
Change fire mode
B
Cycle sights
Z
Zero the sight up and down
Page Up and Page Down
Mount or fold the bipod
G
Toggle ancillary fire (secondary fire on weapons that have it)
H
Scope zoom in and out
Mouse wheel up and down
Next and previous item
Mouse wheel down and up
Quick slots 0 to 9
0 to 9 keys
Toggle hands
X
Equipment wheel
4
Vehicles
Action
Default key
Throttle
W (up) and S (down)
Steering
A and D, or mouse left and right
Brake
S
Handbrake
Space
Airbrake
Space
Helicopter collective
Left Shift and Left Ctrl
Helicopter pitch and roll (cyclic)
W, A, S, D, or the mouse
Helicopter yaw (pedals)
E and Q
Airplane throttle up and down
X and Z
Airplane flaps extend and retract
Period and Comma
Airplane wheel brake
Left Ctrl
Horn
H
Aggressive mode
Left Shift
Gear up
G
Gears 1 to 6 and reverse
1 to 6 and R
Change camera view
C
Zoom the camera in and out
Page Up and Page Down
Look left, right and back
Left arrow, right arrow and down arrow
Free look (hold)
Left Alt
Fire countermeasures (flares)
V
Deploy supply crate
G
Next and previous seat
0 and 9
Seats 1 to 12
F1 to F12
Fire vehicle weapon
Left mouse button or Space
Aim vehicle weapon
Right mouse button
Reload vehicle weapon
R
Change vehicle weapon
1 to 6
Cycle vehicle weapons
Z
Vehicle weapon fire mode
B
Cycle lock state
L
Open garage vendor
B
Building
Building uses the hammer and build tool.
Action
Default key
Rotate the piece being placed
R
Toggle snapping
B
Dismantle (hold)
V
Communication
Action
Default key
Push to talk, proximity chat
K
Push to talk, squad chat
J
Toggle voice chat from the scoreboard
U
Open chat
Enter
Ping wheel (hold)
Middle mouse button
Ping
Middle mouse button or Right Shift
Interaction and menus
Action
Default key
Interact, loot and open a vehicle menu
F
Call for help while downed
E
Give up while downed
F
Downed: more information
B
Ready up
F5
Scoreboard
L
Map (and toggle its zoom preset)
M and N
Inventory
Tab
Minimap zoom in and out
[ and ]
Pause menu
Escape or F10
Tips
F1
Each control has a gamepad default in the data as well. The full list, including gamepad and flight stick (HOTAS) defaults, is on the Settings and Input Actions data page.
Settings
Each setting has a default. Some have an exact range; where the export does not give a range, the table says so.
Aim and sensitivity
Setting
Default
Range or options
Sensitivity
0.4
0.1 to 2 (shown range)
Vertical axis multiplier
1
0.01 to 5
Aim down sight (FOV)
Affected
Affected or Independent
Sensitivity scaling mode
Relative
Relative or Legacy
Sensitivity scaling transition
ADS Transition
While Transitioning, ADS Transition, Transition Finished or Instant
Monitor matching distance
100
Not in export
Bipod deployment
Automatic
Automatic or Manual
Sprint
Toggle
Hold or Toggle
Gamepad steady aim
Hold
Hold or Toggle
Gamepad crouch
Toggle
Toggle only
Gamepad ADS multiplier
0.5
0.01 to 5
Gamepad horizontal sensitivity
4
Stored 1 to 7, shown 1 to 10
Gamepad vertical sensitivity
3
Stored 1 to 7, shown 1 to 10
Look acceleration multiplier
1.5
1.2 to 5
Look acceleration curve
Standard
Standard, Linear or Aggressive
Look acceleration threshold
0.9
Not in export
Look acceleration pitch weight
0.2
Not in export
Gamepad response curve
Standard
Linear, Standard, Classic or Dynamic
Slow walk speed
Slow
Slow, Moderate or Fast
Two different gamepad curve settings exist in the data: the look acceleration curve (Standard, Linear or Aggressive, with its own threshold, pitch weight and max multiplier) and the gamepad response curve (Linear, Standard, Classic or Dynamic). The data does not show how the two relate.
Field of view and view model
The character’s first-person field of view is set to 106 in the pawn data, while the Field of view setting below defaults to 90. Which one applies in play was not checked, because the game was not run.
Setting
Default
Range or options
Field of view
90
60 to 120
Third-person field of view (vehicles)
85
60 to 110
Weapon view model scale
0.3333 (stored)
Shown 1 to 10 in steps of 1
Vehicles and helicopters
Setting
Default
Range or options
Ground vehicle multiplier
0.5
0.01 to 2
Vehicle weapon sensitivity
1
Not in export
Transmission type
Automatic
Automatic or Sequential
Helicopter mouse pitch, roll and yaw sensitivity
50 each
1 to 100
Helicopter mouse swipe left and right
Roll
Roll, Yaw or Disabled
Helicopter mouse swipe up and down
Pitch
Pitch or Disabled
HUD and information
Setting
Default
Range or options
HUD visibility preset
Dynamic
Always On, Dynamic, Off or Custom
Quick slots
Dynamic
Always On, Dynamic or Off
Nameplate background opacity
Not in export
Not in export
Killfeed filter
Show All
Show All, Show Squad Only, Show Self Only or Show Squad and Proximity
Brightness
2.2 (stored)
Shown 50 to 150
Video and quality options (upscaling, resolution scale, DLSS, FSR and similar) are in the data but are not covered here. Two numbers from the data are worth knowing:
Texture streaming memory. The texture streaming pool depends on the texture quality level: 1,280 MB at level 0, 2,048 MB at level 1, 3,072 MB at level 2 and 6,144 MB at level 3. These are the configured pool sizes for each level.
Languages. The game files hold text for 15 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
Sprint is set to Toggle by default, so Left Shift switches sprinting on and off rather than being held.
Aim down sight (FOV) is set to Affected by default. With Affected, the aimed field of view starts from your field of view setting, so changing the slider also changes the scope view. With Independent, the aimed field of view always starts from a fixed 72 degrees, and the slider no longer changes the scope view. The aimed view is that base divided by the sight’s magnification, so a 4x sight gives 22.5 degrees from the default 90. In Affected mode, a weapon whose value reaches 3.25 also uses 72 degrees. These rules come from the camera code and were not checked on screen; that the 72 degree rule belongs to this setting is inferred from the code, not traced. See Sights and optics.
Chat distances. Proximity chat reaches 1,500 and team chat 10,000 (units not stated in the data). The chat history keeps the last 250 messages.
See also
Movement: the stances and sprint rules these keys control