Hammer & Anvil

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[edit] Overview

Hammer & Anvil is a concept used in the Planets4 client. You always have (max) 1 hammer object and (max) 1 anvil object. The hammer is what you are using to do something to the anvil.
There are several ways to select your current hammer/anvil object and many different time saving techniques can be found using these. Your current hammer & anvil objects are shown in the Space Command panel.

[edit] Example

• Left-click on a wing in the Galactic Map, you will have selected the wing as the hammer.
• Right-click on a ship in the Galactic Map, you will have selected the ship as the anvil.
• Go into the wing's navigation page and you can pull the ship into the wing's dock target using the left green arrow button.

[edit] Hot Keys

PgUp

Cycle through Ships, Bases, Wings (by ID, upwards)

PgDn

Cycle through Ships, Bases, Wings (by ID, downwards)

B

Select next Base within 10 LY of the Hammer object (Useful for jumping from ship to base under the ship)

S

Select next Ship within 10 LY of the Hammer object (useful for jumping from a base to ships in orbit and from ship to ship within a group of ships around a planet)

W

Select next Wing within 10 LY of the Hammer object

F7

Clear Hammer

F8

Clear Anvil