[Bug]: Cheats menu doesn't work by default on macOS

[krovellium]

Version of OpenTTD

OpenTTD 12.2, macOS Monterey

Expected result

Cheats menu should open upon pressing Cmd+Opt+C

Actual result

Doesn't open

Steps to reproduce

In order for the cheats menu to open, you have to open hotkeys.cfg and change the cheats line to something like META+C. This fix should be implemented by default.

[Bouke]

The cheat menu opens on macOS by pressing ⌃⌥C (control+option+c).

[krovellium]

I tried that key combo, and it didn’t work, at least for me

[EmperorJake]

I can confirm I also had to edit the .cfg before I was able to open the cheat menu on my mac

[Bouke]

I just tried again, making sure I started with a clean profile by renaming ~/Documents/OpenTTD to something else. Started OpenTTD 12.2, New game, then control+option+c (not command) and the cheats menu is displayed. Note that the original post uses command, which is not the correct shortcut.

[EmperorJake]

I tried again as well, on a fresh OTTD install, and made sure that any key remappings in MacOS were reset to default. I can confirm that I was not able to open the cheat menu using control+option+c or any similar key command. Using MacOS 12.6 Monterey on a M2 Macbook Air

[krovellium]

on a serious note though, you’re gonna wanna also clear you application support folder for openTTD for a complete restart

[jimyouare]

you can edit the hotkeys.cfg file (Documents/OpenTTD):
cheats = CTRL+C
then it should open :)

[Bouke]

In order to match the documented shortcut, it should be ⌃⌘C (control+command+c):

cheats = CTRL+META+C

[flisk]

I just ran into this problem and found the following in my hotkeys.cfg:

cheats = CTRL+ALT+C

I'm guessing ALT is in there because I sync my OpenTTD directory between a Windows and a macOS machine. Manually changing it to CTRL+META+C as @Bouke suggested did the trick for me.