Hotkeys

[Rillruin]

New to the game. Is their any way to set hotkeys for specific ship controls? For example to shut off specific (not all) hover engines, or turrets.

[Effluo]

yes, it is in the ship menu.

press "P"

[Rillruin]

I know how to access the ship menu. I want to know if their is a way to set up custom hot keys for systems. For example to shut down hover engines to drastically lower the front end for mining, etc.

[Obz3hL33t]

If there is a console command that toggles switches in the "Custom" bank you could assign a "Console Shortcut" hotkey to that command then assign the devices you want linked to one switch to a group linked to a custom switch.

Obviously if I don't know whether or not it can be done I wouldn't know how to do it. But programming a "Console Shortcut" hotkey is probably your best bet.

[BlazeD]

You know how to lock your HVs angle, right. No need to shut off engines. Point the HV, hit the lock button, mine.

In your control panel click on the group your forward HVs are in (you grouped them together, right?) and set it to Shortcut 1.
On the Main Control Panel screen you now have a toggle called Shortcut 1 that turns on and off your forward HV engines. You can rename it to Forward HV Engines or something.

Its not a 'hotkey', exactly, but its faster than clicking off each engine individually.

[Yuz]

just don't hit the autosort button for groups, it will erase all your custom groups and you wiil need to redo everything again.

Other solution is to use levers, but you need to designate the signal for each device. I like to use levers because i'm always hiting auto sort by mistake.

[NimrodX]

no, you have to either use switches on the wall with F or hit P and use the control panel.

The only hardcoded one I know of is L which will toggle spotlights, I think, if you're in the pilot seat when you hit it.

The game is lacking a bit with hotkeys at the moment, especially hotkeys to switch to turret control. No way to create fire groups with weapons either; it's fire all of one type of weapon at the same time or nothing.

[windessy]

Create group, move needed engines to this group, set "shotrcut" in this group, switch them with this shortcut toggle.

[kDM]

Originally posted by windessy:

Create group, move needed engines to this group, set "shotrcut" in this group, switch them with this shortcut toggle.

This.
Assign the devices to a Group in the Main Control

anel, use Ctrl+Shift+1 (to 8) to toggle them on and off.