Is there a key to open Surface Map quickly?

[Deathwing]

Currently I have to hold down TAB to open the planet screen, then press G to go to Surface Map. Also, having "G" for both map and throw grenade is a terrible idea. The number of times I have lobbed a frag grenade in front of the UC police in the public square and gone "but officer, I just wanted to check my map..."

[xybolt]

The developers did the same thing at Fallout 4, binding more than one context-sensitive action to a single key. There's Someone there is having a giggle I guess.

I still have to figure it out because at controllers, you can long-press the map button to go to that map directly ........

[SIMelissa]

Originally posted by Deathwing:

Currently I have to hold down TAB to open the planet screen, then press G to go to Surface Map. Also, having "G" for both map and throw grenade is a terrible idea. The number of times I have lobbed a frag grenade in front of the UC police in the public square and gone "but officer, I just wanted to check my map..."

I have thrown more than my share of grenades while trying to open the map, so I feel your pain. Unfortunately, I don't know of any shortcuts.

I tap M (open planet map) and then G (surface map). It took awhile, but I'm mostly used to it now.

Some of the key bindings can be changed. Main menu, Settings, Bindings; then scroll down to Starmap way at the bottom of the page.

I like the grenades on G. Makes it easy for me to remember. So if I change something, it will be the Surface Map key.

As I typed this, I did a quick experiment. I made the key M instead of G] . I press M once to open the planet map and tap it again to open the surface map. (I don't know why they show the bracket with those keys, unless it is to designate that it is a secondary use of the keys.)

For the heck of it, I mapped it to the "home" key to see if I could use it as a one-key way to get to the surface map. It did nothing. Press M to go to planet map and then the home key worked. So, looks like we'll always have to open the planet map first.

edited to add: I think I'm going to keep it on M. I think the double M click will be easiest for me.

[jonnin]

I mapped it to the . key and its instant for me. YMMV

[Deathwing]

Thanks! I will see about re-mapping the keys for it!

Yes indeed I think someone is having a giggle over there at how many grenades we're accidentally chucking at innocent civilians :)

[SIMelissa]

Originally posted by HondoXP:

If I had a nickle for every time I exited the pilot seat trying to select a target or answer a hail ... I suppose this kind of sillyness is the stuff memes are made of.

When I was trying to learn how to conduct a ship battle, I spent more time standing up than in the pilot's seat.