Hot Keys

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Contents 1 Overview 1.1 General 1.2 Hammer/Anvil 1.3 Space Command 1.4 Data Pad 1.5 Map Navigaion 1.6 Ship Commands 1.7 Wing Commands 1.8 Base Commands

[edit] Overview

There are several hot keys that can be used to make common task within the client easier.
Take care that some of this hotkeys can be used everywhere in the program while others require a certain kind of object to be selected.

[edit] General

Esc

Close the current window

F5

Open Weapon Specs

L

Show Log window

F3

Open Mini Star Map

0

(Number Pad) Draw distance rings around Hammer object

Ctrl

Hide all but planets, bases and minefields on the main star map

[edit] Hammer/Anvil

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.))

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

[edit] Space Command

F4

Open Space Command

H

Set Space Command Hammer mode

A

Set Space Command Anvil mode

,

Move up the Space Command object list

.

Move down the Space Command object list

CTRL

Have Groups open then CTRL-click an object to add it to the active group

[edit] Data Pad

F9

Open Hammer Data Pad

F10

Open Anvil Data Pad

[edit] Map Navigaion

+

(Number Pad) Map Zoom in

-

(Number Pad) Map Zoom out

1-9

(Number Pad) Scroll Map

5

(Number Pad) Center Map on Hammer object

[edit] Ship Commands

E

Hammer object escorts the current Anvil object

I

Hammer object intercepts the current Anvil object

1-9

Set Ship speed (Speed 1 is slowest, 9 is fastest)

T

Open Ship Command - Trans

[edit] Wing Commands

E

Hammer object escorts the current Anvil object

I

Hammer object intercepts the current Anvil object

1-9

Set Wing speed, Set Wing: Speed 1 is slowest, 9 is fastest

[edit] Base Commands

O

Open Base Command - Parts