I've created a mod that adds grid hotkeys for anyone whos interested

[Smitty]

This mod contains the following hotkey profiles
* GridAtlantean
* GridGreek
* GridNorse
* GridEgyptian
* GirdUnitsOnly - This profile uses the default hotkeys for buildings. This makes it idle for players who play random or multiple civilizations.

Unfortunately it's currently not possible to combine each civilizations into a single profile since each civilizations has a slightly different layout, as can be seen here: http://i.imgur.com/4SR9pHZ.jpg

I'm looking into creating a custom UI that will create a common layout among all the civiliations. I'm not sure if that will be possible.

The mod requires a manual installation. Head over to the steam workshop page and it will explain how to install the mod.

Steam Workshop page:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=258644336

[cofigabo]

very interresting. it can be used for ladder game ?

[Smitty]

Yep, it works perfectly fine for multiplayer.

[cofigabo]

cool thanks ! going to download it !

[2CR]

@Smitty
I just looked into it and rearranging the icons seems possible

http://imgur.com/63u1JQy

Can be modified inside of:
..\Steam\SteamApps\common\Age of Mythology\data\protox.xml

I changed the position of the granary by altering line 21940:
<train row="0" page="1" column="2">Granary</train>
Where rom / page / column is the position of the icon.

Mod manager at this time does not allow to modify some critical files such as the protox. Therefore manual installation would be required.

[cofigabo]

someone knows how to modify the attack key from forum ? in fact, when i click to A to build a new villager, the cursoe becomes a spear (to say to the forum to attack someting). the villager is build but impossible to find the key saying the forum to attack and then modify it.

[Macibax]

Nice, configuring grid hotkeys manually is a chore, I'll check this out

[Smitty]

@2CR great find! I'll check it out and if it works I'll add it to the mod. I'll give you credit of course.

@RS_AliD to build a villager it should be 'Q' no 'A' so you shouldn't be having any problems. However you may be able to change it in ..\Age of Mythology\startup\gamex.con

[cofigabo]

oh yes sorry, forgot to say, as i am french, i changed Q to A, as we have AZERTY keyboards !

[MISATO KATSURAGI]

Thank you, I recently went through and did this manually for greeks which was a pain as you can't do it during the game, so I was dreading do it for the other civs as well. Very handy.

[Smitty]

Bad news if you edit the protox.xml file like 2CR mentioned you wont be able to player multiplayer. When you try to join a game it gives you an error saying your gamer version doesn't match the host's game version.