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Privateer 2: The Darkening keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 4/11/2023 on
https://defkey.com/privateer-2-the-darkening-shortcuts

Privateer 2: The Darkening is a 1996 space flight simulation game developed
by EA Manchester and published by Electronic Arts. The game is a sequel to
Wing Commander: Privateer.

Privateer 2: The Darkening has 63 shortcuts and we have listed all of them
below.



Targeting
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Q                       Targets any object under the targetfinder
A                       Select next target, if any
Z                       Select previous target, if any
W                       Select nearest enemy target
S                       Select nearest friendly target
E                       Cycle radar range
Alt + R                 Toggle radar mode
Alt + T                 Toggle off
Shift + [0 - 9]         Store current target to that number
[0 - 9]                 Restore saved target if any


Thrust/Brake
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X                       Match speed with target
Tab                     (hold) Afterburners
+                       Increase set speed
-                       Decrease set speed
[                       Set desired speed to zero
]                       Set desired speed to full
J                       Jump


Views
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F1                      Forward
F2                      Left
F3                      Backward
F4                      Right
F5                      Player ship external
F6                      Target track camera
F7                      Target ship external
F8                      Target chase camera
F9                      Fixed camera
F10                     Cinematic camera
[                       Zoom in
]                       Zoom out
Arrow keys              Rotate view


Windows
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C                       Open/Close Comms window
D                       Open/Close Damage window
M                       Open/Close Missile window
G                       Open/Close Guns window
B                       Open/Close Decoy/Mine window
Alt + X                 Exit to DOS


Communications
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[1 - 9]                 Select signal to communicate with


Weapons
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Trigger                 Fire Guns
Enter                   Fire Missile
F                       Toggles between full guns and no guns selected
H                       Move the cursor in the current weapon window
N                       Toggle the current selected weapon
Backspace               Launch mines and decoys


Special equipment
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O                       Toggle distress receiver on/off
T                       Pickup package
Y                       Drop package
Alt + W                 Activate Warp Shield
Alt + S                 Activate Nukem
Alt + B                 Activate BSE


External screens
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In flight:

Alt + O                 Options Screen
Alt + D                 Diary Screen
Alt + H                 Hotkeys Screen
Alt + N                 Navigation Map

In Nav Map:

F                       Enter destination through keyboard
Enter                   Confirm entered destination
-                       Zoom out
+                       Zoom in
R                       Rotate Nav Map
C                       Re-Centre Nav Map
1                       Toggle Stellar diagram
2                       Toggle Nav Point diagram
3                       Toggle Nav Point numbers
4                       Toggle Ship diagram

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