> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.czautoz.co.uk/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Mouse Flight

> Press U in the pilot seat to steer the cyclic with the mouse — mixed on top of the keyboard, saved to your profile, shown by a badge on the HUD.

Mouse Flight lets you fly the cyclic with the **mouse** instead of hammering `W`, `A`, `S` and `D`. It is a per-player preference, not a server setting — turn it on and it follows you.

## Turning It On

Press **`K`** while seated in the **pilot seat**. An on-screen confirmation tells you which state you just switched to (new in v0.4.0), and the badge on the HUD updates.

The toggle has a **0.5 second debounce**, so a fumbled double-press cannot land you back where you started.

Your choice is **saved to your DayZ profile** and persists between sessions and between servers — set it once and it stays set.

## How It Steers

Mouse aim deltas are mixed **additively** into cyclic pitch and roll **on top of the keyboard input**. The keyboard is not replaced or reduced: `W`/`A`/`S`/`D` keep their full authority, and mouse movement adds to whatever they are already commanding. You can fly on either, or both at once.

The mix is smoothed, so the aircraft follows the mouse rather than snapping to it.

## Limits

* **3rd person only.** Mouse Flight does not operate from the 1st-person cockpit view
* **Only from the seat holding flight control** — on DayZ 1.29 that is the pilot seat. Passengers and the co-pilot are unaffected
* **Suspended while free look is active.** Free look is you moving the camera, not the aircraft, so the mouse stops feeding the cyclic for as long as it is on and resumes when you drop it

## The HUD Badge

The dial cluster carries a **Mouse / Keyboard badge** so you never have to guess which mode you are in:

| Badge            | Meaning                                        |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Green mouse**  | Mouse Flight is **on**                         |
| **Red keyboard** | Mouse Flight is **off** — keyboard cyclic only |

See [HUD & Fuel](/features/hud-fuel#hud) for the rest of the cluster.

## Sensitivity

Sensitivity is read from the **`CZAutoz_MouseSens`** key in your DayZ profile.

| Key                 | Default | Range          |
| ------------------- | ------- | -------------- |
| `CZAutoz_MouseSens` | `0.3`   | `0.01` – `2.0` |

The key is written with its default the first time you fly, so it will be there to edit. Values outside the range are clamped. An **in-game settings page for this is planned** — until then, editing the profile key is the way to change it.

## Free Look Interaction

On servers running `features.freeLookAlwaysOn = 1`, free look is normally pinned on for crew. Mouse Flight needs the mouse for the cyclic, so it suppresses that pin.

<Note>
  Since **v0.4.0** that suppression applies **only to the crew member holding the controls**. Passengers always get the server's configured free-look behaviour, regardless of what the pilot has Mouse Flight set to.
</Note>

<Tip>
  If free look seems **stuck off** for a pilot on a `freeLookAlwaysOn` server, that is Mouse Flight doing its job. Press **`K`** to turn it off and free look returns.
</Tip>