Transport Fever

Transport Fever

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Knub Nov 9, 2016 @ 4:43pm
Hotkey setups
So I wanted to complain about missing hotkeys but then I found that the game has customizable hotkeys. This is awesome. My goal was to get an OTTD hotkey feeling, so I use this setup:

Camera move up - Up
Camera move down - Down
Camera move left - Left
Camera move right - Right

This frees WASD and hardbinds the arrowkeys to cam movement (instead of selecting items in the menus, when menus are opened)

So with the free space I did this:

Show/Hide track builder - A
Show/Hide signal builder - S
Show/Hide street upgrade - V
Show/Hide street builder - W
Show/Hide street modifier - Y (german: Z)
Show/Hide passenger station builder - X
Show/Hide cargo station builder - C
Show/Hide bus/tram station builder - F
Show/Hide truck station builder - T
Show/Hide road depot builder - R
Show/Hide terrain modifier - Z (german: Y)
Show/Hide line manager - Left Ctrl
Toggle bulldozer - D
Show/Hide land use - G
Show/Hide contour lines - < (key left of Z on english keyboard; left of Y on german)
Construction Option 1 - Q
Construction Option 2 - E


So far this allows for smooth building, especially having Q and E near the buttons to select the different stations and the Shift-Key is really nice. I am not certain if I keep all the stuff because I don't really use everything so far. I tried to make it OTTD like that is why camera movement is on the arrow keys.

What key setups do you use? Any hints or advanced tricks? Are there modding possibilities to get key bindings like Ctrl+A? This would be awesome to select the different kinds of streets and stuff.
Last edited by Knub; Nov 9, 2016 @ 4:44pm
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SBGaming Nov 29, 2016 @ 4:40pm 
With my keybinds, I kept the WADS/QE/RF for camera controls, because it feels the most natural.

Pause: Spacebar

Show/Hide Tracks Menu: 1
Show/Hide Streets Menu: 2
Show/Hide Rails Menu: 3
Show/Hide Road Menu: 4
Show/Hide Water Menu: 5
Show/Hide Air menu: 6
Show/Hide Terrain menu: 7

Construction Option 1: V
Construction Option 2: C

What were the developers thinking with a WADS setup to have Construction Options 1 and 2 on the opposite side of the keyboard, and not within reach of where you'd have your hand normally? I would have put them on Q/E, but I liked the ability to rotate the camera with those keys.

Also, what were the developers thinking not having the Spacebar bound to Pause? it's so awkward to move the mouse down to the pause button, and there's times when you need to quickly tap, and your Left Thumb is doing almost nothing anyway.
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Date Posted: Nov 9, 2016 @ 4:43pm
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