ESDF Keybinds

ESDF applies the natural home row position.

TL;DR

• Camera tilt and zoom is handled by "Orbit camera" and mouse wheel, so ignore these.
  
• Move everything one key to the right except for V and T.
  
• Move all V to A so F/V becomes G/A, a smoother next/previous.
  *Leave "Stop or start train" on V to prevent accidental stoppage.
  
• Move T to Q.
  
• Move "Follow train" to LCtrl.

2023-10-23: Moved "Stop or start train" back to default.
2023-10-31: Patch #2 added directional branch hotkeys and horizontal camera rotation.
2024-01-19: Added image.

Keybinds

TIP: "Clone Train" key (R on ESDF) also serves as a pipette tool and selects the correct building when you hover a resource tile!

                        Remap   Default

Move forward            E       W
Move back               D       S
Move left               S       A
Move right              F       D
Tilt camera up                  L
Tilt camera down                H
Zoom camera in                  =
Zoom camera out                 -
Orbit camera            Z       LShift
Rotate camera left              ,
Rotate camera right             .

Select                          Space
Back                            Backspace
Menu                            Escape

Hotbar                          1-7
DETAILS                 W       Q

Rotate building         T       R
Rotate train            T       R
Raise                   G       F
Lower                   A       V
Undo                    R       E
Clone Train             R       E

Hire worker             G       F
Fire worker             A       V
Upgrade                 W       Q

Add train car                   Space
Remove train car        W       Q
Clear train car         C       X
Buy train               R       E
Previous color          A       V
Next color              G       F
Toggle Engine Details   Q       T

Stop or start train             V
Sell train              C       X
Configure train         W       Q
Train camera            G       F
Follow train            LCtrl   ;
Previous camera         A       V
Next camera             G       F
Cycle branch all trains X       Z
Branch Left                     F1
Branch Straight                 F2
Branch Right                    F3
Branch Alternating              F4

Previous song           W       Q
Next song               R       E
Play song               G       F

Prior Filter            A       J
Next Filter             G       K
Toggle Depth of Field   C       X
Toggle Night            W       Q
Toggle UI               X       Z
Screenshot              R       E

Alternatives

"Orbit camera" is secretly assigned to side/middle mouse buttons as well, freeing up a key.
Hold RMB to view names of all resources and buildings on map.

LCtrl is best when physically swapped with Caps Lock. However, if you have a traditional Control key and do not have a way to swap Caps Lock, then LShift/Z may be used to avoid the awkward bottom left key position.

If you care about individual camera controls, you can move "Rotate camera left/right" to J/K and/or shift HJKL to the right to JKL;.

Feel free to suggest improvements.

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The only downside to ESDF compared to WASD is that it is harder for pinky finger to press traditional LCtrl and for the thumb to press Alt. However, this game uses neither of these.

Wouldn't it be nice if games included presets for keybinds? I reset like three times.

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