Summary of Keyboard Commands for Modded Tornado in Year 2022 (NEW!)

[Frankie]

SUMMARY OF NEW KEYBOARD COMMANDS IN MODDED TORNADO - LAST MODIFIED 21 SEPT 2022

Tracking View (F1)

• Key 1 raises the height of the camera.
• Key 0 lowers the height of the camera.
• Key F1 followed by the Key i- activates a cinematic automatic panning view. Note: You can also hit Z, X, Shift+Z and Shift+X to further shift the panning along.

Reverse (Check Six) (F2)

• Key F2 shows the reverse view. Hit it twice to toggle the two different heights.

Full Screen HUD FLIR mode (Pilot and Navigator)

• Key Shift+D enables the full-screen HUD. First hit Home or PageDown.
• Note: when in Navigator screen, Key ] cycles through various TV-TAB modes (upper right screen of full-screen HUD)

Cloud types

• Key Alt+C - toggle cloud type

Enhanced Pause (Matrix Bullet-time effect)

• Key Shift+P activates the enhanced pause.
• Key Ctrl+Q quits the enhanced pause ands returns you to the simulation's external (tracking) view.
• Use the mouse and the 1, 0, 2 and Shift+2 keys to pan around while in Enhanced Pause mode.

Enhanced Pause Mouse controls

• move mouse forwards - pitch up (climb)
• move mouse backwards - pitch down (dive)
• move mouse right - roll right
• move mouse left - roll left
• move mouse forwards AND click the left mouse button - increase speed
• move mouse backwards AND click the left mouse button - decrease speed
• stop dead -- click both the left mouse button AND  right mouse button

Enhanced Pause Keyboard controls

• Key 1 - pitch up (climb)
• Key 0 - pitch down (dive)
• Key Down arrow - dive around
• Key Up arrow - climb around
• Left arrow - rotate left
• Right arrow - rotate right
• Key 2 key - yaw left
• Key Shift+2 key - yaw right
• Key Plus (+) key - speed up
• Key Minus (-) key - slow down
• Key P key - stop
• Key 5 numeric keypad - stop
• Key 4 - toggle clouds on/off
• Key 5 - toggle horizon gradient on/off
• Key m - toggle mouse control on
• Key k - toggle keyboard control on

Thrust Reversal (THR) Indicator Switch

• Key Control+Backspace toggles the THR on and off

Floating gauges toggle keys in the Tracking View (F1) and in full-screen FLIR (Home, followed by Shift+D) view

• Key `  (Grave Accent)[/b] toggles RWR on and off
• Key / toggles the Stores Management Display on and off
• Scroll-Lock toggles the Central Warning Panel on and off
• Key 3 will cause any TV TAB-based TIALD view to go full-screen.
• Key 5 shows the EScope Terrain Following Radar profile at the bottom left of the screen.
• Key Shift+7 shows the Altitude Direction Indicator (ADI) display at the bottom left of the screen.
• Key Shift+9 toggles the Route Plan Display ON and OFF.
• Key Shift+8 toggles the half-screen-HUD view ON and OFF.
• Alt+T toggles the TV-TAB on and off.
• Alt+M toggles the MFD on and off.
• D cycles through the various modes of the MFD and/or TV-TAB. This key also activates these floating gauges: Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) and Secondary Control Surfaces Position Indicator

Weapon View
Hit Key V key for the weapon's POV. Hit Key V again for the external view of the weapon launched. Hit Key Z or Key X or Key 1 or Key 0 to pan/swivel the camera view angle of the weapon. Hit Key V for weapon's POV. Key V again - the camera angles from previous swiveling are retained. The original TORNADO didn't have this feature.


Pilot View -or- Lookup View Toggle options (Home)

• Key 4 toggles the clouds on and off
• Key 6 toggles the ironwork on and off

Navigator View (PgUp) shortcut to full-screen

• When in the Navigator's station (PgUp). pressing Key Shift+D toggles the full-screen TIALD and FLIR

Kneepad View Toggle options (NumLock)

• Key 3 toggles between Knots and Mach readouts
• Key Shift+4 toggles between Heading and Roll readouts
• Key Shift+5 toggles between Fuel and VAPP readouts
• Key 6 cycles among Allied/Enemy Airplanes and Ground Unit drones
• Key Ctrl+~ (i.e., Ctrl and Tilde key combo) toggles between level and tilt perspective in the external view
• Key 8 toggles among No Sound, Engine sound only and Engine+Effects sound
• Key 9 toggles between the Main Status Bar and the Drone Status Bar
• Key 0 toggles the Unlimited Flares on and off
• Note: The virtual kneedpad also shows the gear (undercarriage) and flaps speed limits - for your convenience!

Miscellaneous

• Backslash \ shows the Digital Integration credits (names) screen
• Key 8 toggles Soundblaster Tornado theme music on and off

Split-screen

• Hit Key F1 first to show the tracking view.
• Key ] cycles forwards to the split-screen, then to other views.
• Key [ cycles backwards through the various views.
• Key Ctrl+Tab clears the mini-windows, leaving just the Tracking View view
• Key m shows the half-screen map, corrected centered within the half-screen itself
• Key Shift+1 raises the horizon of the upper-half of the screen.
• Key Shift+0 lowers the horizon of the upper-half of the screen.
• Key Alt+z pans to the left of the landscape
• Key Alt+x pans to the right of the landscape
• Key 6 key will clear the make the bottom-half of the screen to go full-screen. This is basically Tracking View TR6. Hit the 6 key again to return to the previous Tracking view immediately! You can do this without having to cycle through the various tracking views with the [ or ] keys.
• Key 9 will make the upper-half of the split-screen go into full screen.
• In the bottom-half of the screen, you can raise/lower the horizon with 1 and 0. You can also pan left/right the landscape with keys z and x.
• Key M shows the half-screen map in the lower-half of the screen.

Night Vision Colours

• Shift+TAB toggles the green night colors on and off.

Tracking View

• Press and hold F1 to adjust the Tornado to a higher perspective
• Press and hold Alt+F1 to adjust the Tornado to a lower perspective
• Press 1 to shift the horizon down so that more sky is seen
• Press 0 to shift the horizon up so that more ground is seen
• Press 2 to shift the view point right-wards, perspective of vehicle shifts leftwards
• Press Shift+2 to shift the view point right-wards, perspective of vehicle/airplane shifts leftwards

Drone View

• Press 1 to shift the horizon up so that more ground is seen; drone perspective will shift up
• Press 0 to shift the horizon down so that more sky is seen;  drone perspective will shift down
• Press 2 to shift the view point right-wards, perspective of drone shifts leftwards
• Press Shift+2 to shift the view point right-wards, perspective of drone shifts leftwards

Other External Views

• Key F2 shows the rear, "Check Six!" view
• Key F2 pressed a second time will show a lower "Check Six!" view
• Key F3 gives the flyby view of the Tornado after every 6 seconds
• Key 7 temporarily raises the viewpoint of the flyby view
• Key Ctrl+7 temporarily lowers the viewpoint of the flyby view
• Key F5 followed by Left-Square-Bracket shows you the drone's position in relation to the mission flight path
• Key 7 toggles between two Satellite 'looking down at the Tornado from above' views - one higher than the other

Full-screen HUD and TV-Tab views

• Key Shift+D in Pilot cockpit view (Home), will toggle between full-screen pilot HUD and the Pilot's cockpit
• When either the left or right Navigator's TV-Tab is in TIALD view, press Key 3 to toggle between full-screen TIALD view and normal sized TIALD views
• Key Shift+D will activate the full-screen FLIR and TIALD views when in the Navigator cockpit view (PgUp)

ZRK-Romb (Gecko) and ZSU-23-4 (Shilka) views

• Key F11 shows the ZRK-Romb-to-Tornado tracking view. Non-rotatable
• Key F12 shows the ZSU-23-4-to-Tornado tracking view. Non-rotatable
• Combo Keys Shift+Ctrl or Ctrl+Alt activates the rotatable individual vehicle view, ...press < or > keys to zoom in/out to the vehicle to see the vehicle better.
  
• ...which must be followed up with Alt+Shift to display a ZRK-Romb or ZSU-23-4 that has probably already locked onto your Tornado
• Press and hold Shift+Ctrl see the vehicle from a higher angle (e.g. imagine being higher than the vehicle, looking downwards)
• Press and hold Ctrl+Alt see the vehicle from a lower angle (e.g. imagine lying on the grass and you are looking up towards)
• Key 1 to shift the horizon down so that more sky is seen
• Key 0 to shift the horizon up so that more ground is seen
• Key 2 to shift the view point right-wards, perspective of vehicle shifts leftwards
• Key 9 to shift the view point right-wards, perspective of vehicle shifts leftwards
• Key Alt+Shift  to toggle between a ZRK-Romb (Gecko) and ZSU-23-4 (Shilka) view
• Keys z, x, Shift+z and Shift+x to rotate around the ZRK-Romb (Gecko) and ZSU-23-4 (Shilka) vehicle

New command line parameters to simulate component failure

For example, if you use the below command line parameters of /pm and /e1, this means your Tornado will start with Pilot MFD failure and one engine is K.O.'ed.
C:\TORNADO\FLIGHT>FLIGHT /pm /e1

Full list of command line parameters:
/ab airbrakes
/pm pilot MFD
/ad ADC (autopilot)
/rd ground/air radar
/e1 engine 1
/rw RWR
/e2 engine 2
/sp SPILS
/ec ECM
/sw wing sweep
/fl flaps
/to navigator TAB1
/gr gear
/tt navigator TAB2
/hd HUD
/tr thrust reversers
/nm navigator MFD


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[Frankie]

May 2025 Update of Modded Tornado Special Keys

Numlock      
         Kneepad Settings View1
            1 = Speed Unit
            Knots->Mach
            2 = Angle
            Bank->Roll
            3 = Approach Speed
            Fuel->VAPP
            4 = Mode
            Normal->Super (invincible, unlimited fuel)
            5 = Horizon effect
            Flat->Tilt
            6 = Panel Colour
            Green->Red
            7 = choose damage effects row1 (Engine1 out, Flaps, Pilot MFDs, TV-TABs)
            8 = choose damage effects row2 (Engine2 out, Gear, Radar, HUD)
            9 = choose damage effects row4 (Afterburner, Sweep wings, RWR, Electronics)
               Enter = Save/Clear damage settings toggle
            0 = unlimited chaff and flares;
      
         Kneepad Settings View2
            1 = Visibility (as per original 1993)
            2 = Ground Textures (as per original 1993)
            3 = Hill Textures (as per original 1993)
            4 = Sky/Clouds (toggle on/off)
            5 = Horizon Textures (as per original 1993)
            6 = Fog/Overcast toggle
            7 = Devices (as per original 1993)
            8 = Sound effects (as per original 1993)
            0 = Min/Max visuals (as per original 1993)
            < or >  = Toggle between Kneepad1 or Kneepad2 view

p         Pause/Unpause (subtle darkening)

Home      Pilot Panel View
         Shift+D         Full screen HUD
         Shift+D again   Full screen non-HUD view
                  1            pan up
                  0            pan down
                  <            pan left
                  >            pan right
                  Ctrl+1         reset/recenter non-HUD view

         d         return to Pilot Panel view

Ctrl+      Auto-Thrustreverser (THR) selector
Backspace
         
PgDown      Navigator Panel View
   
         Shift+D      Full HUD / Full TIALD view toggle
      
         3         When viewing TIALD in MFD, will go full-screen TIALD

V          Weapon's POV.
Vx2       External view of the weapon launched.
Z,X,1,0    Pan/swivel the camera view angle of the weapon.
         The original TORNADO didn't have this feature.

F1         External view   defaults to external view TR0 (see bottom-right status bar)     
         1       shift view up
         0       shift view down
         2        shift view left
         Shift-2    shift view right
         7 view       looking down
         Ctrl+7      looking down but looking ahead further
         i       cinematic slowly rotating anti-clockwise view         
               o      Action sub-view
                     TAB      Toggle front/rear looking Action sub-view      
         
         9       toggle alternate bottom status bar

         `  (Grave Accent)    toggles RWR on and off
         /                toggles the Stores Management Display on and off
         Scroll-Lock       toggles the Central Warning Panel on and off
         5                toggles EScope Terrain Following Radar
         Alt+T             toggles the TV-TAB on and off.
         Alt+M             toggles the MFD on and off.
         D cycles through the various modes of the MFD and/or TV-TAB.
      
         This D key also activates these floating gauges:
         Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) and Secondary Control Surfaces Position Indicator

]         Cycle to new external views:

         Ctrl+Alt   Show Sam Launcher or AAA unit
         F11         Toggle between Sam Launcher and AAA unit

         F12         Activate Tri-missile view
                  F1      Missile launch and flying view
                  F2      Rear Missile POV
                  F3         Front Missle POV
                  ] and [ keys   show Tracking View split level (TR01 to TR06)

Meaning of Tracking Views1 to 6
         TR1 (Superimpose waypoint, MFD, TAB, Weapon armed status)
         TR2 (Action 2-way or 3-way split-screen - shows weapon delivery impact point)
         TR3 (Waypoint/Target view split-screen)
         TR4 (TIALD ground reconnaisance split-screen)
         TR5 (SAM view)
         TR0 (default no-frills external view)

         Shift+8      toggle Split-screen HUD (upper-half)
         m         toggle Split-screen map (lower-half)
         6         quick escape key to TR0

Shift+P      Bullet-time freeze view
         mouse move left            rotate view left
         mouse move right          rotate view right
         -                     slow down camera
         +                     speed up camera
         mouse left & right buttons   stop camera
         up arrow               shift camera up
         down arrow               shift camera down
         Ctrl+Q                  exit Bullet-time freeze view

Ctrl+F1      Reset external view

F2         Reverse (check six!) high view
Shift+F2   Reverse (check six!) low view

F3         Flyby View with current viewpoint height retained
         7         lower bystander viewpoint
         Ctrl+7      raise bystander viewpoint
         Ctrl+F3      Flyby from ground zero viewpoint
         Shift+F3   Flyby from plane's level viewpoint

F5          Drone View
         1      Shift camera down
         0      Shift camera up
         2      Yaw camera left
         Shift+2      Yaw camera right

Alt+c      Dither / Solid clouds toggle


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Edit by Frankie Kam
10/5/25