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)

Home

Cycle through the current Ships hull only (by ID, upwards (Give orders to only your H Ross, ignoring all other ship hull you have.))

Del

Delete Point in Space or old objects

End

Cycle through the current Ships hull only (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