Game Keyboard Shortcuts

[krs0]

Global Game shortcuts

• Enter - Confirmation
• Escape - Cancel
• E - End turn (Does not work from everywhere, EG: town window)
• L - Load game
• S - Save game
• Ctrl + R - restart game with Yes/No window
• F4 - Toggle Windowed/Full Screen Mode
• F5 - Quick Toolbar?
• F6 - Toggle Hex Grid

Adventure screen shortcuts

• Hold Left/Middle Mouse Button + Mouse move - map panning
• Space - move hero to selected tile (Currently M key is used)
• V or Space - Visit/Revisit current location (now only Space)
• Cursor keys - move hero on adventure map (Diagonal movement not possible)
• Numeric keypad keys - move hero on adventure map (Diagonal movement possible)
• Ctrl + Cursor Keys - Map scrolling
• Hold Alt + hover mouse - See movement points required to reach map tile
• Shift + Left Click on hero - Make clicked hero the active one (Instead of default hero meetup)
• Enter - open the selected hero's info window / open the selected town's window
• N - Select next Hero/Town, depends on context
• H - Select and center fist hero (Currently does Next Hero)
• Ctrl + H - Center map on first hero and open hero's window
• T - Select and center map on first listed town
• Ctrl + T - Center map on first town and open town window
• M - open first Market Place from a town (Currently done by CTRL + T)
• G - open first Thieves Guild from a town with tavern
• Left, Right - selects left/right choice in dialogs (new level, arena, etc.)
• Hold Ctrl while in window mode - disable map scrolling when you leave the window
• BACKSPACE - Resets zoom

Heroes / Towns Panel

• Alt + Mouse Drag - rearrange heroes/towns
• Mouse wheel scroll when hovering over the town/hero list
• Alt + H - Select Next hero (Currently done by H)
• Alt + T - Select next town (Currently done by T)
• Right Click - show hero/town mini info
• Z - Toggle Sleep/Wake Hero (zzzzzzzzz) (now W, Z)
• A - Adventure Options
• O - System(Game) Options
• K - Kingdom Overview
• U - Toggle between map layers (U from Underground)
• I - Scenario information
• Q - Quest Log
• P - Puzzle map
• W - View World (Currently V)
• D - Dig
• C - Adventure map casting
• Escape - cancel Adventure map casting

Combat screen

• W - Wait
• D or Space - Defend
• ALT - Alternate action (Harpy, Beholder, etc)
• G - Ground Area attack / Cast (with Gogs and Liches), Fairy Dragons
• C - Open Spell book
• Escape or Right Click - Cancel Spell Casting
• I - Show hero stats permanently
• T - View Unit Info (T for Troup)
• B - Toggle Battle Queue visibility
• Ctrl + hover mouse unit - See unit's general movement
• Shift + hover mouse unit - See exact unit's movement (calculate obstacles)
• Q - Finish combat with Quick Combat (currently assigned show Battle Queue)
• A - Auto Combat On/Off
• R - Retreat (With Yes/No)
• S - Surrender
• O - Combat Options
• Up/Down Arrow Keys - Scrolls through combat messages
• Hold Shift + Hover Mouse on Unit - Highlight Unit movement
• Hold Ctrl + Hover Mouse on Unit - Highlight Unit movement disregarding other units
• Space - Selects next creature
• S - Start combat during Tactics Phase
• F5 – Cycle through creature pop-up types (All details / only Effects)
• F6 – Toggle hex grid display
• F7 – Toggle mouse shadow display
• F8 – Toggle movement shadow display
• F9 – Toggle hovered units movement highlight
• F10 - Toggle hovered units full ranged damage highlight

Town Screen

• Space - Move hero from garrison into town, and vice versa
• Up Arrow – Previous town
• Down Arrow – Next town
• F10 - Switch armies from garrison into town, and vice versa
• E - Open Hero trade window
• B - Open build menu (town hall)
• R - Open recruit creatures menu (fort click)
• M - Open marketplace (B in HotA)
• Click creature portrait in town screen - open buy creature window
• Alt + Click creature portrait in town screen - Immediately buy all creatures of that type (available in town)
• Click town icon (to the left of income icon) to open quick buy creatures window
• Alt + Click town icon (to the left of income icon) to instantly buy ALL available creatures in town

View Unit Info Window

• D - Dismiss Unit
• U - Upgrade Unit

Town Quick buy creatures screen

• M - select maximum available numbers of all creatures
• Enter - buy creatures according to selection
• Up Arrow - select maximum available number for current creature (currently SHIFT selects max for all creatures)
• Down Arrow - to select 0 of the current creature (currently CTRL selects min for all creatures)
• Right Arrow - select next creature
• Left Arrow - select previous creature

Town screen / Hero info window / Hero info panel / Hero meetup screen

On Stack

• Alt + Shift + Click - dismiss stack with confirmation window
• Ctrl + Click - splits current stack to next empty slot, if possible
• Ctrl + Shift + Click - splits from current stack, stacks of 1 in all free slots
• Alt + Click - merges all units of same type into 1 stack
• Shift + Click - progressively splits the current stack into equal stacks on available slots (empty and occupied by same unit), but not over 1 unit slots of that type. (you can do multiple clicks to divide the stack further)
• Left Arrow key - Scroll artifact backpack left
• Right Arrow key - Scroll artifact backpack right

On Artifact

• Alt + Click - move the artifact from the doll to the backpack and from the backpack to the doll
• Ctrl + Click - transfer the artifact to the other hero's doll
• Alt + Ctrl + Click - transfer the artifact to the other hero's backpack

Town screen / Hero meetup screen

• F10 - full army exchange between heroes
• Alt + Ctrl + Click - transfers whole stack to other hero, filling the left most slot, or putting it over an existing stack of same type
• Alt + Ctrl + SHIFT + Click - transfers full army except 1 unit of current selected stack

Hero meetup screen

• Ctrl + Click on transfer artifacts button - transfer doll artifacts only
• Shift + Click on transfer artifacts button - transfer backpack artifacts only

Spell Book

• Left/Right Arrow keys - Turn pages
• Up/Down Arrow keys - Move through School of Magic bookmarks
• A – Displays adventure spells
• C – Combat spells
• Hold Alt + Key 1-9, -, = - Cast spell from your spell book from that slot

Hero Info Window

• D - Dismiss Hero
• Q - Quest Log
• T - Unit Formation Tight
• L - Unit Formation Loose
• C - Open Commander (WoG)

World View Screen

• 1 - x1 Zoom
• 2 - x2 Zoom
• 4 - x4 Zoom
• P - Puzzle map
• U - Toggle between map layers (U from Underground)

Kingdom Overview

• H - View Heroes
• T - View Towns

Hill Fort

• 1-7 key - Upgrade all creatures from that creature slot

Chat

• Tab - Start Chat Mode (Shows prompt that allows you to enter text and commands)
• Escape - Exit Chat Mode (Discards current text in chat)
• Enter - Sends Chat message (Exiting Chat Mode)
• Backspace - Deletes text from chat
• Up Arrow key - Next entry in chat history
• Down Arrow key - Previous entry in chat history
• / - If it is the first character in chat, a client command is expected

System Menu

• L - Load Game
• S - Save Game
• R - Restart Scenario
• Q - Quit to Desktop
• Escape - Return to Game

In game Lobby Menu

• S - Show Available Scenarios
• R - Random Map Menu
• A - Advanced Options
• H - Show Chat (Does not toggle, better option?)
• B - Begin Scenario/Campaign
• L - Load Scenario

Scenario Selection

• Up Arrow Key - Move Up in List
• Down Arrow key - Move Down in List
• Page Up - Move Up one Page
• Page Down - Move Down on Page
• Home - Move to the first Scenario in list
• End - Move to last Scenario in list

Ideally, all hotkeys should be configurable via json.

[kambala-decapitator]

related: #1382

[krs0]

@kambala-decapitator Combine and discard that one?

[kambala-decapitator]

@kambala-decapitator Combine and discard that one?

I'm fine with that

[krs0]

From kambala-decapitator for debate :)
"purchase buildings" screen can also receive hotkeys, e.g. 1-7 keys to build/upgrade respective dwelling

[IvanSavenko]

Space - move hero to selected tile (Currently M key is used)
H - open first listed hero's window (Currently Next Hero)

Not sure if we should change shortcuts that were in H3

G - Ground Area attack / Cast (with Gogs and Liches), Fairy Dragons

I think we already have that but at 'F'

Left, Right - selects left/right choice in dialogs (new level, arena, etc.)

I believe we have 1/2/3... for these. IMO might be better since works for 3+ components.

[krs0]

Regarding changes to original H3, or even HotA shortcuts... 99% of the time they should stay as they are so players do not get surprises, but!
Game evolved a lot in functionality, and some things can be corrected.
AFAIK 2 keys (99% out of 150 keys :) ) were proposed to be changed: M, and H for Next Hero.

Regarding M key for move hero... Space key fills that functionality already with revisit object. M is natural for Marketplace, on adventure map and in Town screen.
By consolidating hero move to Space, M key is freed up for Marketplace, which in turn frees B (HotA Marketplace) for morè natural Build (in Town menu).

M opens Marketplace, G opens Guild, T opens first town, H opens what...? first hero :) Alt H cycles heroes, Alt T cycles towns.
Opening first hero will be more useful once heroes can be rearanged. You will have a one Key shortcut to go to view your main.

[IvanSavenko]

If we're OK with rearranging shortcuts a bit then:

1. Market & Space behavior:

• W -> Z - Wake Hero - merged with Sleep, making it into a toggle
• V -> W - View World
• V - Visit Current Object
• Space - Move Hero
• M - Open Market

2. Lists scrolling:
   H - Select First Hero
   T - Select First Town
   N - Select Next (Town or Hero, context-depending)
   Enter - Open Selected

Also, I think we should minimize shortcuts with modifiers keys - Alt, Ctrl, Shift & use them only for "advanced" functionality - something that casual players are unlikely to use.

[krs0]

I like the proposals... its simple and clean! will update issue.
I would keep Space as secondary option for revisit. It is likenthat since forever and it does not disturb your proposal.

[IvanSavenko]

In that case, here is how adventure map keyboard layout looks like:

(your list is nice, but hard to visualize & find unused buttons)

[krs0]

Updated list with your suggestions.
What you said about Ctrl,Alt makes sense.... I would still keep them available, but will group those at some point as Advanced Sortcuts.

[Laserlicht]

Maybe we can adapt some things from SOD_SP?

For example quick save/load, quick spell, auto upgrade (all units)?

[krs0]

Quickspell is a nice one.
You save some 9 spells, they appear always besides your combat screen, and you can cast them by pressing the according number key

[luk3ZPL]

• Backspace reset zoom.

[krs0]

Added ty.

[swats-the-floran]

Hero meetup screen - may i suggest closing the screen by Esc?

[IvanSavenko]

That's not possible at the moment?
Makes sense. IMO any screen should be possible to close via both Enter and Escape

[swats-the-floran]

That's not possible at the moment? Makes sense. IMO any screen should be possible to close via both Enter and Escape

totally agree. i will add other screens here if i find any.

[swats-the-floran]

Screens that user can't close by Esc atm:

• View World
• Quest Log
• Hero Exchange
• Battle result screen
• University (elemental city building)
• harrison (mines)

[Laserlicht]

Would also great if such windows could closed by clicking outside window (better experience on touch screen).