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Old 02-28-10, 07:46 PM   #1
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Default [REL] Command Keys (fix-1.02)

Update:
Disabled Z and Ctrl+B (Silent Running and Battle Stations) shortcuts for now due to possible issues. Use the "special abilities keys" to activate these for now.


And so it begins.

Since I'm one of the lucky Canadians to run to EB games and grab an early copy of the game....

COMMAND KEYS 1.0 FOR SILENT HUNTER 5*

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1553

This mod brings SH5's controls more in line with those of SHIII/IV. These are not exactly in line with the older games due to some inevitable changes in game mechanics, but I think experienced players will feel more at home. It also allows some functions for which I have not yet found an easy access in the game's interface (like toggling battery recharges or various crew reports) to be called up with quick keystrokes.

I will try to make a keyboard layout image, meanwhile here are the changes -


LIST OF KEY COMMANDS

Move camera/character - ARROW KEYS
Raise/Lower Free Camera - Home/End

F1 - Help
F2 - Toggle External Camera
F3 - Toggle Nav Map
F4 - Systems Control Menu
F5-F12 Special Abilities
ENGINE CONTROLS
~ all stop
1-5 forward (slow - emergency)
6-9 back (slow - emergency)
- (main minus) - view to heading
+ (main plus) - heading to view

Enter - Time Compression 1x

W - Cycle Torpedo Tubes
Ctrl+W - Report Weather
Ctrl+E - Emergency Blow
R - Toggle Propulsion/Recharging
Ctrl+R - Return to Course
Shift+R - Report Maximum Range
Shift+U - Get Avatar un-stuck
P - Go to Periscope Depth

[ - Rudder Hard Port
] - Rudder Hard Starboard
' - Rudder Amidships

A - Hold Current Depth
S - Surface Boat
D - Dive
Ctrl+D - Report Depth Under Keel
C - Crash Dive
J - Deploy Decoys

I - Weapons Management
O - Crew Management
K - Captain's Control Panel
M - Radio Messages

B - Binoculars
X - Stopwatch

Ctrl+Z - Report Nearest Sound Contact
Shift+Z - Report Nearest Warship Sound Contact
Ctrl+X - Follow Nearest Sound Contact
Shift+X - Follow Nearest Sound Contact
Ctrl+V - Report Nearest Visual Contact

Attack Periscope: Ins/Del - Raise/Lower, Shift+Ins/Del - Raise/Lower Fully
Observation Periscope: PgUp/PgDn - Raise/Lower, Shift+PgUp/PgDn - Raise/Lower Fully

Numpad . - Turn off HUD

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This is an extremely basic mod, but I hope it helps experienced SHIII/IV players make the jump, and saves some annoying time of going through the config file by hand (since there is no easy way to change controls in-game)


(*sequel to Command Keys for SH4, the first-ever mod for that subsim - and now also first-ever mod for SH5!)





...and I resurface, feeling rather sheepish at my foolish disappearance a year ago. For those who remember me - long story, I will have to explain it later. I may yet be court-martialed for jumping ship without notice, but sadly I've had some real-life issues that made me flip and disappear. I'm sorry I ever left and I sincerely apologize for ditching my duties as mod and modder.
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Old 02-28-10, 07:58 PM   #2
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Awesome, I just finished playing my first 10 minutes with the game and I was ready to throw my keyboard through the window!

You just saved a lot of time and frustration to a lot of people.

Danke CCIP!
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Old 02-28-10, 08:21 PM   #3
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Oh mang, i downloaded it and was about to use it, but then i noticed you remapped the WASD movement keys.

Using keys other than WASD to walk around is just too foreign to me.
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Old 02-28-10, 08:27 PM   #4
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WASD makes good sense to me too... just not so much in SH. Other than being shooter's habit, there's really no reason for these controls in SH5. Mods for SH3 and 4 have free cameras too, and those were always using arrow keys.

As I said, this is mostly for old SH players who feel weird diving with anything other than a D, C or P

These are easy to change BTW, just takes a little digging and copy-pasting in the config (took me a couple of hours to find, edit and test commands to my liking).
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Old 02-28-10, 08:27 PM   #5
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Awesome work. When I get the game I'm betting this is my first Port of call.
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Old 02-28-10, 08:30 PM   #6
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Also, a request to devs/other modders - can someone figure out the torpedo-tube-flooding mechanic? There are a couple of different commands, but I can't get these to respond correctly. The game keeps opening either Tube 1, or Tube 1 + Tube 2, whatever I select...

(there is no default shortcut for flooding tubes, that I have found anyway...)
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Old 02-28-10, 08:31 PM   #7
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Sorry 'first person shooters', but in a Subsim 'S' should always be 'Surface the Boat'.
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Old 02-28-10, 09:19 PM   #8
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Well, the speculation's over. There's our FIRST MOD!
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Oh mang, i downloaded it and was about to use it, but then i noticed you remapped the WASD movement keys.

Using keys other than WASD to walk around is just too foreign to me.
Haven't played many subsims? Arrow keys and Numpad 8/4/6/2 have always been movement keys.

Of course SH3 and SH4 are the only subsims to have movement, and then only with mods, and I'm not so much a gamer as a history buff, so what do I know?
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Old 03-01-10, 11:45 AM   #10
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Good show, just what I need, the default SH5 keys were driving me batty. I keep ordering hard right rudder when all I want to do is to rotate the scope........


I see quite a few undocumented keys in there also. I wonder why they always leave those out of the game.
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Old 03-01-10, 12:18 PM   #11
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Haven't played many subsims? Arrow keys and Numpad 8/4/6/2 have always been movement keys.

Of course SH3 and SH4 are the only subsims to have movement, and then only with mods, and I'm not so much a gamer as a history buff, so what do I know?
In previous SH's the arrow keys only controlled external camera movement.. which i never used because i didn't have that option enabled.

I've already started remapping controls to my liking.. and WASD is better because there are more buttons around it for other controls. Sure i have to relearn a few controls.. but in the end it's more ergonomic.

You can use your arrow keys and keep moving your hand from one side of the keyboard to the other if you like... but im not. I'm not so stuck on using old SH controls that i can't change.
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Old 03-01-10, 01:40 PM   #12
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Is this really working?

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Oh mang, i downloaded it and was about to use it, but then i noticed you remapped the WASD movement keys.

Using keys other than WASD to walk around is just too foreign to me.
Same here - EXCEPT - being a leftie, anything I can't map to PL:@ isn't going to float my U Boat or have me playing any other game for that matter. Hope you get to read this more than a decade later. Lol
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Old 03-03-10, 08:52 AM   #14
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Had to stop lurking and register to download this so I thought I might aswell post thanks.

Thanks man, and all you other modders out there. Keep up the good work.
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Old 03-03-10, 03:24 PM   #15
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I will be using these tonight. the defualt controls are just to dam weird for me to understand.

When I want to go to periscope depth I want to push P not F lol.
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