================================= AI War Classic keyboard shortcuts ================================= First published at 9/17/2018 on https://defkey.com/ai-war-classic-shortcuts AI War Classic has 113 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. General ------- Tab Toggle Galaxy view H Center on friendly forces at current planet P Pause Ctrl (hold)  Show names of all planets in Galaxy View Ctrl (hold)     Show movement paths for all allied ships Shift(hold) Show movement paths for all selected ships Shift (hold)      Double pan speed Shift (hold)      (Galaxy Map) Show wormhole paths for all selected ships Shift (hold)      (Galaxy Map, Hover Over Planet) Show links to all adjacent planets Z (hold)  Show range of all selected units, and/or units under mouse cursor Z (hold)      Ships with cursor over them show filled range, others just border Z + X (hold)  Show all enemy ranges in addition to the above A (hold)  Show selection circle around all on-screen ships I (hold)  Show hit percent and damage for all selected ships, and/or units under mouse cursor G (hold)  Ship movement commands issued while this is held will use Group Move G (hold) (Group Mode Already On) Ship movement commands will use Lone Move F Create a Flare ~ Go to most recent Flare Enter Open the chat window Del Scrap selected units Backspace Scrap selected units Esc If in Galaxy View, return to the main game display Esc If in Main View, bring up the in-game menu (does not pause) Space Center display on selected units Space (hold) Follow selected units with display F2 Show/hide score display + Increase game simulation speed - Decrease game simulation speed / Decrease/Increase skipped frames per drawn frame on local machine View ---- Q No Zoom W Mid Zoom 1 E Mid Zoom 2 R Farthest Zoom Page Up Zoom In (centers on mouse cursor) Page Down Zoom Out Arrow keys Pan the view Control groups -------------- Ctrl + [0 - 9] Set control group Ctrl + Shift + [Num 0 - 9] Add to existing control group [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) Shift + [0 - 9] Select control group ships at current planet in addition to current selected [0 - 9] (Double) Select control group ships, as above, but also center view on them [0 - 9] (Triple) Select control group ships on the next planet that has them Mouse ----- Left click select unit (deselects prior selected) Left click (ship placement mode) set position of ship-to-build Left click + Move the mouse select multiple units (deselects prior selected) Shift + Left click select unit (adds to prior selected) Shift + Left click (build button) queue 5 ships instead of 1 Shift + Left click (ship placement mode) set position and stay in mode Ctrl + Left click (on wormhole) send view through wormhole Ctrl + Left click (build button) queue 50 ships instead of 1 Shift + Left click + Move the mouse select multiple units (adds to prior selected) Double click select all units of same type on screen group Alt + Left click deselect unit (on (item in build queue) send item to front of queue Alt + Left click + Move the mouse deselect multiple units Alt + Double click deselect all units of same type on screen group Shortcuts with right click Right click selected units move to target location Right click selected units attack target enemy Right click (build button) dequeue ship of clicked type. Right click (galaxy map) send selected units to clicked planet. Right click (ship placement mode) exit ship placement mode Shift + Right click (build button) dequeue 5 ships instead of 1 Shift + Right click selected units add target location to their waypoints Shift + Right click (galaxy map) add wormhole path to end of current path of all selected units. Ctrl + Right click (on wormhole) send selected units through wormhole Ctrl + Right click (build button) dequeue 50 ships instead of 1 Alt + Right click (on empty space) attack-move Alt + Right click (on enemy) kill enemy, then attack-move Alt + Right click (on item in build queue) send item to back of queue V + Right click (on empty space) enter free-roaming defender mode V + Right click (on enemy) kill enemy, then be free-roaming defender X + Right click (on capturable enemy on player planet) kill enemy Shortcuts with mouse wheel Wheel up and wheel down Zoom in and out (zooming in centers on mouse cursor) Shift + Wheel up and wheel down Zoom in and out at double speed Ship selection -------------- (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.) B Command Stations and Mobile Builders S Science Labs . Engineers D Docks and Advanced Factories T Starship Constructors U Starships O Scouts Following buttons do not follow the standard rules of cycling through ships of a type , Select next idle mobile military unit at current planet and center on it Shift + , Select all idle mobile military units at current planet Ctrl + , Select all military units (idle or not) at current planet L Select half of the currently selected units (rounding up per ship type) Object viewing -------------- Press the button to center the view on the next object of the given type. / Wormholes C Crystal Deposits M Energy Capsules (Where Metal Harvesters Are Built) Minimap ------- F5 (hold)  Show military ships only F6 (hold)  Show wormholes and resources only F7 (hold)  Show enemy ships only Galaxy Map ---------- Alt + [1 - 9] Select priority-setting mode 0-9 F Create a Flare N Display ModeNormal Q Display ModeMy Ships A Display ModeAllied Ships E Display ModeMy And Allied Ships R Display ModeResources Used M Display ModeMetal Used C Display ModeCrystal Used K Display ModeKnowledge Found S Display ModeMy Science Labs O Display ModeScouts L Display ModeLast Scouted U Display ModeStarships T Display ModeStarship Constructors D Display ModeAll Constructors I Display ModeIncoming Waves W Display ModeHostile Wormholes Debug info ---------- F1 Toggle turn length (ms) display F3 Write/clear Debug Info Ctrl + Shift + F5 Write the UnitTypeStrength.txt file, which can be useful for relative strength analysis I (hold/while debug on)  Show the last target search cycle for each unit onscreen Last modified on(UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.