AI War Classic keyboard controls

AI War Classic controls

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- Shortcuts
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Tab

Toggle Galaxy view

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H

Center on friendly forces at current planet

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P

Pause

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Ctrl

(hold)  Show names of all planets in Galaxy View

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Ctrl

(hold)     Show movement paths for all allied ships

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Shift(hold)

Show movement paths for all selected ships

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↑  Shift

(hold)      Double pan speed

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↑  Shift

(hold)      (Galaxy Map) Show wormhole paths for all selected ships

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↑  Shift

(hold)      (Galaxy Map, Hover Over Planet) Show links to all adjacent planets

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Z

(hold)  Show range of all selected units, and/or units under mouse cursor

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Z

(hold)      Ships with cursor over them show filled range, others just border

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Z + X

(hold)  Show all enemy ranges in addition to the above

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A

(hold)  Show selection circle around all on-screen ships

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I

(hold)  Show hit percent and damage for all selected ships, and/or units under mouse cursor

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G

(hold)  Ship movement commands issued while this is held will use Group Move

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G

(hold) (Group Mode Already On) Ship movement commands will use Lone Move

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F

Create a Flare

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~

Go to most recent Flare

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⤶ Enter

Open the chat window

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Del

Scrap selected units

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or Backspace
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Esc

If in Galaxy View, return to the main game display

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Esc

If in Main View, bring up the in-game menu (does not pause)

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Space

Center display on selected units

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Space

(hold) Follow selected units with display

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F2

Show/hide score display

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+

Increase game simulation speed

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-

Decrease game simulation speed

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/

Decrease/Increase skipped frames per drawn frame on local machine

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Q

No Zoom

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W

Mid Zoom 1

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E

Mid Zoom 2

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R

Farthest Zoom

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Page Up

Zoom In (centers on mouse cursor)

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Page Down

Zoom Out

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Pan the view

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Ctrl + 0 - 9

Set control group

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Num 0 - Num 9

Add to existing control group

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0 - 9

Select control group ships at current planet (switches to other planet if none at current. Never selects ships from more than one planet at a time)

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↑  Shift + 0 - 9

Select control group ships at current planet in addition to current selected

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0 - 9

(Double) Select control group ships, as above, but also center view on them

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0 - 9

(Triple) Select control group ships on the next planet that has them

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select unit (deselects prior selected)

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(ship placement mode) set position of ship-to-build

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select multiple units (deselects prior selected)

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↑  Shift +

select unit (adds to prior selected)

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↑  Shift +

(build button) queue 5 ships instead of 1

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↑  Shift +

(ship placement mode) set position and stay in mode

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Ctrl +

(on wormhole) send view through wormhole

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Ctrl +

(build button) queue 50 ships instead of 1

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↑  Shift +
+

select multiple units (adds to prior selected)

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select all units of same type on screen group

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Alt +

deselect unit

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(on

(item in build queue) send item to front of queue

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Alt +
+

deselect multiple units

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Alt +

deselect all units of same type on screen group

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Shortcuts with right click
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selected units move to target location

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selected units attack target enemy

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(build button) dequeue ship of clicked type.

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(galaxy map) send selected units to clicked planet.

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(ship placement mode) exit ship placement mode

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↑  Shift +

(build button) dequeue 5 ships instead of 1

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↑  Shift +

selected units add target location to their waypoints

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↑  Shift +

(galaxy map) add wormhole path to end of current path of all selected units.

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Ctrl +

(on wormhole) send selected units through wormhole

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Ctrl +

(build button) dequeue 50 ships instead of 1

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Alt +

(on empty space) attack-move

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Alt +

(on enemy) kill enemy, then attack-move

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Alt +

(on item in build queue) send item to back of queue

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V +

(on empty space) enter free-roaming defender mode

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V +

(on enemy) kill enemy, then be free-roaming defender

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X +

(on capturable enemy on player planet) kill enemy

Shortcuts with mouse wheel
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Zoom in and out (zooming in centers on mouse cursor)

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↑  Shift +

Zoom in and out at double speed

(Press the button to select the next ship of the given type at the current planet. Hold Shift while pressing the button to center the view on that ship.)
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B

Command Stations and Mobile Builders

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S

Science Labs

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Engineers

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D

Docks and Advanced Factories

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T

Starship Constructors

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U

Starships

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O

Scouts

Following buttons do not follow the standard rules of cycling through ships of a type
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,

Select next idle mobile military unit at current planet and center on it

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↑  Shift + ,

Select all idle mobile military units at current planet

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Ctrl + ,

Select all military units (idle or not) at current planet

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L

Select half of the currently selected units (rounding up per ship type)

Press the button to center the view on the next object of the given type.
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Wormholes

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C

Crystal Deposits

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M

Energy Capsules (Where Metal Harvesters Are Built)

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F5

(hold)  Show military ships only

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F6

(hold)  Show wormholes and resources only

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F7

(hold)  Show enemy ships only

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Alt + 1 - 9

Select priority-setting mode 0-9

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F

Create a Flare

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N

Display ModeNormal

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Q

Display ModeMy Ships

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A

Display ModeAllied Ships

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E

Display ModeMy And Allied Ships

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R

Display ModeResources Used

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M

Display ModeMetal Used

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C

Display ModeCrystal Used

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K

Display ModeKnowledge Found

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S

Display ModeMy Science Labs

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O

Display ModeScouts

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L

Display ModeLast Scouted

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U

Display ModeStarships

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T

Display ModeStarship Constructors

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D

Display ModeAll Constructors

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I

Display ModeIncoming Waves

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W

Display ModeHostile Wormholes

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F1

Toggle turn length (ms) display

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F3

Write/clear Debug Info

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F5

Write the UnitTypeStrength.txt file, which can be useful for relative strength analysis

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I

(hold/while debug on)  Show the last target search cycle for each unit onscreen


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Program information

Program name: AI War Classic AI War Classic (Games - PC)

Web page: http://arcengames.com

Last update: 11/11/2019 8:10 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 88%

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Shortcut count: 113

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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