Play and Configure, the two modes
The window has two modes, switched at the top left or with Ctrl+1 and Ctrl+2.
- Play is one screen: is the rig ready for the setup you used last, fix what is not, launch. After the session, Stand down. See The Play screen.
- Configure is everything else, in five groups down the left side. Each page has its own page in this manual. The menu names no game: a page about one game opens from Games, and the bindings of every game from Bindings, which opens the game you looked at last (the first time, the game of the setup you use) and has a Game picker above the page for the others. Bindings offers only games found on this PC, and says so when there is none.
| Group | Pages |
|---|---|
| Setups | Setups, Backups, Share |
| Games | Games, and from its cards the DCS World and Racing pages |
| Controls | Bindings, with a game picker: DCS or iRacing; Binding guide (DCS aircraft, there when DCS is found), Cheat sheets, Overlay |
| Hardware | Devices, Monitors, Audio, Wheel, Stream Deck, TrackIR, Virtual controller |
| RigReady | Settings, Safety, Diagnostics |
Find or run: Ctrl+K
Ctrl+K, or Find or run at the top right, opens the command palette: one field that finds every page and runs the common actions from wherever you are, such as Make ready, Launch, Stand down, switching to another setup, applying a saved monitor layout, Back up now, and finding a device by pressing a button on it. Type a few letters, press Enter, and you are there or it is done. The command palette has the whole list and how the result of an action is reported.
Help for the screen you are on
The question mark at the top right, next to Find or run, opens the page of this manual about the screen you are on, in your browser. It knows the tab you are on as well: on Backups > Tracked files it opens Tracked files, on a game's page that game's page. The command palette has the same as Open the manual page for this screen, and Open the manual for the front page; About and Settings link to the manual too.
A notice about something that went wrong (controllers that could not be read, a DCS file RigReady will not write, a setup file that cannot be read, a damaged data file) has a What to do link to its page under Troubleshooting.
The manual is on the website, so these links need a connection; without one the browser says so and RigReady is not affected.
Other keys
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 | Go to Play, go to Configure |
| Ctrl+K | Find a page or run a command |
| ? | Show the keyboard shortcuts (outside a text field) |
| Enter | On the Play screen, the main action: Make ready and launch, or Launch once the rig is ready |
Keyboard shortcuts is the complete list; Text size covers Ctrl and +, Ctrl and - and F11.
The version number at the top right opens About: the version, the licence, the data folder, and where to report a problem.