berto -> RE: Wish List thread (5/2/2015 5:31:18 PM)
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More hot keys. The more the merrier. quote:
ORIGINAL: Yogi the Great 21. Hotkeys List +/- keys cycle through unmoved units CTRL + +/- keys zooms in/out <Escape> deselects the active unit, and if Scouts is selected at the corps level deactives that <Tab> toggles on and off movement arrows <Spacebar> deselects the active unit A toggles on/off the unit Strength/Morale/Supply/OOC overlay H toggles on/off the Echelon Window T causes the appearance of a pop-up indicating the terrain under the mouse U toggles on/off the Order of Battle Display V toggles on/off NATO chits Z toggles between maximum zoom-in and zoom-out A very brief list. Many, many more possibilities! Here are some suggested additions: N go to Next unit (functionally equivalent to the Control Box > icon toggle) P go to Prev unit (functionally equivalent to the Control Box < icon toggle) C toggle on/off the Command Radius for the selected commander M toggle on/off the Moved highlight D toggle on/off the Disordered highlight R toggle on/off the Ready-to-Fight highlight O toggle on/off the Out-of-Command highlight S toggle on/off the Out-of-Supply highlight V cycle through Victory hexes (and reassign above NATO chits toggle to something else more mnemonic) And so on. As much as possible/practical, assign a hot key to every Control Box toggle, highlight, etc. In general, assign hot keys to as many game functions as possible/practical. If you begin running out of letters, consider Ctrl- and Alt- key combinbations. If the F1 Help display begins to fill up, use a smaller font. Already I can see that this game is a bit of a clickfest, an ergonomic challenge. Hot keys will make it less so. My poor, tired, aching right arm and mouse finger! (No joke. After decades of computing, from overuse, I now have an arthritic, "snappy" right index [mouse] finger.) Give my otherwise idle left hand something useful to do! (You mean, other than hold the beer can, Berto? [:D])
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