WARDOGS FIELD MANUAL
Helicopters are the fastest way to change the fight—and the fastest way to donate a vehicle when the inputs are unfamiliar. Set up the controls, test one variable and carry the recovery answer.
The control mapping below is sourced from the current Steam FAQ and community launch notes. It is a setup guide, not a claim that every peripheral or default bind behaves identically.
HELICOPTER SETUP
Spend one safe run checking pitch, roll, yaw, collective, free-look and the emergency exit. Changing every setting at once makes the next crash impossible to diagnose.
Open Settings → Controls → Settings. The current Steam FAQ points players to the rotary-vehicle mouse controls rather than assuming the default aircraft profile is comfortable.
Flight Assists, Stability Assist and Auto-Hover Assist are there to reduce workload while you learn the aircraft. Turn on one assist, test it, then change one variable at a time so you know what improved the aircraft.
Free-look is listed on Left Alt in the current FAQ. Use it to scan a landing or extraction path without asking the aircraft to yaw through the same movement.
The FAQ notes that Spacebar may fire helicopter weapons and can conflict with parachute behavior. Test the bind in a safe session before relying on it during an emergency exit.
The current community tip sheet calls out fuel, a wrench and a resuscitator. A pilot who can repair, refuel or recover the crew keeps the vehicle in the team economy instead of turning every mistake into a replacement bill.
SAFE TEST
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wardogs\Saved\Config\WindowsClient.Record the aircraft, input device, exact setting and client version. Use the official access and issue triage path for a report instead of publishing a workaround as a universal fix.
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