Game Controller

Celestia has full support for game controllers. When your device is paired with a supported game controller, Celestia starts receiving inputs from the controller automatically with no action required (On Win32, you can use F8 to toggle game controller control).

While vanilla Celestia for Win32 only uses a limited number of buttons (see here), Celestia on Android/iOS/macOS/Windows(UWP) adds a layer of customization which enables uses of more buttons. You can find out about them in Settings -> Game Controller (on Windows, it is File -> Settings -> Game Controller).

Buttons

For the buttons listed in the settings, you can assign an action to each of them. The Menu/Select button is kept for showing the menu.

Action	Description
None	Button action will be ignored
Travel Faster	Increase the speed of traveling (default for button X / Square)
Travel Slower	Decrease the speed of traveling (default for button A / X)
Stop	Set the speed of traveling to 0
Reverse Travel Direction	Travel in the opposite direction, current orientation is kept
Reverse Observer Orientation	Change orientation to the opposite of current
Tap Center	Simulate a click at the center of the view
Go to Object	Go to the current selected object
Esc	Simulate Esc key
Pitch Up/Down	Change pitch (default for D-pad up, down)
Yaw Left/Right	Change yaw
Roll Left/Right	Change roll (default for LT RT / L2 R2, D-pad left, right)

For example you can custommize and apply the settings from below to get an experience closer to other games that supports game controllers.

Button	Suggested Action
A / X	Tap Center
B / Circle	Esc
LT / L2	Travel Slower
D-pad Left	Yaw Left
D-pad Right	Yaw Right

Thumbsticks

Thumbsticks are used for Pitch Up/Down and Yaw Left/Right. You can invert them in the settings if necessary.