The single most important thing to understand about this game’s controls is not a keybind. It is that kicking direction comes from where your camera points. The launch press release states it directly:
“Use the camera to aim your shots, and chain skill moves to dodge defenders with flair.”
Combine that with the official no-RNG stance and the loop becomes clear: look where you want the ball to go, manage power and timing, and the physics does the rest. Every misplaced pass is information about your camera habits, which is why we treat camera settings as part of the controls layer, and why the passing guide spends so long on aim discipline.
Verified camera and input settings
| Setting | What it does | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Camera-aimed kicking | You aim passes and shots with the camera itself; there is no target lock or assist. | Launch press release + store page (no RNG, full player control) |
| Camera lock | Alt locks the camera. Useful for keeping your view fixed during set pieces. | v0.78.0 fix notes |
| Focus on ball during jockey | While jockeying, the camera can auto-focus the ball. Shipped as a toggle in settings. | v0.78.0 notes; respected-online fix in v0.82.0 |
| Mouse sensitivity | Adjustable in 0.01 increments (was 0.1), so fine aim tuning is supported. | v0.75.0 quality-of-life notes |
| Invert Look Y axis (controller) | A dedicated setting for inverted vertical look on pads. | v0.78.0 notes |
| Nametag opacity | Slider to fade player nametags, which declutters the aiming view. | v0.75.0 notes |
| FPS tools | Max FPS is a dropdown decoupled from vsync; an FPS display toggle sits top right. | v0.75.0 and v0.80.2 notes |
Tuning sensitivity like a shooter player
Since v0.75.0 the sensitivity slider moves in 0.01 increments, ten times finer than the original steps, and the developer shipped that precision because testers asked for it. Treat it the way FPS players do. Pick a value, play three matches, and watch one thing only: do your long diagonal passes land where you looked? Overshooting swings means too high; feeling late to track a winger means too low. Change it by small steps and stop touching it once passes land, because consistency beats theoretical perfection in a physics game.
Camera lock and set pieces
Alt locks the camera, a bind confirmed by a v0.78.0 fix note. The obvious use is set pieces: lock your view on corners, free kicks, and penalty run-ups so a stray mouse movement cannot bend your aim at the last moment. The v0.80.2 penalty rework makes this concrete, since penalties now charge, aim, then run up automatically, and a locked camera keeps the aim you committed to. Some players also lock the camera while defending crosses to hold a fixed view of the box.
The jockey ball-focus toggle
Defense has its own camera feature: while holding jockey mode, an optional setting focuses your camera on the ball. It shipped alongside the stance in v0.78.0 and got an online-consistency fix in v0.82.0. Turn it on if you ball-watch badly; leave it off if you prefer scanning for runners while you jockey. This is a genuine playstyle choice, and the developer made it a toggle for exactly that reason.
Performance is an aiming setting too
Aim lives on frame timing. The Max FPS dropdown was decoupled from vsync in v0.75.0, and v0.80.2 added the FPS display toggle, so you can see what you are actually getting. If your frames dip in crowded boxes, cap FPS slightly below your average rather than chasing peaks; steady frames aim better than fast ones. The wider stutter and ping discussion is in the settings and performance guide.