Bridger's Grid Hotkey System Released! - Best Hotkeys Ever!

[Bridger]

Welcome to the Next Level



Very simply this system makes it easy as pie to learn/remember hotkeys and puts them all on the left side of the keyboard so all are in easy reach. The way it works is that each key is bound to a place rather than a command. So rather than W being "lay barbed wire" it will always be whatever command is in the 2nd box over on the top. Every command that apears in the first box will be hotkey Q, etc. I've also made reinforcement and upgrading for units to hotkeys T, G, and B respectively as you can see.

So go ahead and download it right now! Send any feedback to aruzzo@tsncentral.com

And don't forget to check out Tales of Heroes, a weekly CoH Talk show and game broadcast (think ESPN coverage for CoH matches). First episode is here and first match broadcast is here.

[mystiqblackcat]

Woot! You are the man, I need to finish up at work and get home so I can try those. I thank you sir, and may your first child be a masculine child.

[prowlinger]

Ok... I am almost happy... :jest:

#1... does it require the -dev to be used?

#2 does it work online with the Relic servers and rank games?

#3 Please change the TAB to be the current (Numpad0) Tactical Map... Tab would make SOOOO much more sense!

[Corsix]

#1: No
#2: I've tested it in unranked games, and it works without problems. Ranked games shouldn't be any different.

[Victrix Legio]

Definite thumbs up on this one Bridger .

[ceejayoz]

Good work!

[lordkosc]

Thankyou sir!

[MadCatChiken]

Good job mate!

[Demon_Eyes]

Good system, it could also work in a numbpad configuration as well.

[TheGoodEvil]

He forgot to do the allied HQ keys n00b

TGE

[Killer Of Many]

Good job man, they had this for blitzkrieg I think and it worked like a charm.

[Danger30Q]

Looks impressive. I will download it and give it a try. Thanks for the work.

[Shakermaker]

Nice one Bridger.

[[]inveigle[]]

I have a feeling that CoH will produce the best relic community to date.:report:

[NFIH]

How do I watch that match broadcast? I click the link on the TSN site and nothing happens.

Do I have to be a registered user first?

[sgtsaunders]

This is great!! since the hotkeys are postion driven, you'll be able to do a AA command or a SA command, etc.. You'll start to develop a string of 2 letter, 3 letter codes for quick entry rather than screwing around with the mouse and clicking.

[Viper114]

Well, we'll see how these turn out. They look like they've been put in a good order, so let's find out how well they work.

[Arch]

if you research demolitions on allies you can't use the proper repair hotkey

[midnightforever]

if everything here works, you are amazing Bridger! A thousand thank you's and a million !!!

[Bridger]

if you research demolitions on allies you can't use the proper repair hotkey

Please explain, repair is always in the D slot isn't it? I didn't realise it moves when you get demolitions (isn't that actavatable in the X slot? why should it impact repair?).

I'm not at my computer at the moment so i can't check it myself.

[XkaOnslaught]

because demo origianlly use the D hotkey.. and i guess because its a upgrade, it will overlap and thus conflict with your hotkey mod,

[Arch]

yea it overflaps and conflicts etc etc

[mystiqblackcat]

As someone else mentioned before allied HQ was left out, Build engineers is still "E" should be "Q" according to new system. other than that they frickin rock man.

[zenkmander]

Thanks a bunch, I'll give this a try shortly.

[dommafia]

NFIH, are you using firefox? the tsn on demand videos don't work on my firefox either, just use IE for that :P

[NFIH]

NFIH, are you using firefox? the tsn on demand videos don't work on my firefox either, just use IE for that :P

Yeah, I was using firefox. I'll try IE when I get home.

[Bridger]

They work if you get the latest firefox/macromedia flash player. They work fine on my firefox at home.

As for the demolitions, i guess i missed another hotkey in the list >_< Demolitions should be X. Sorry about that guys, i'll fix it when i get home today.

Edit: I already fixed the allied HQ buttons, so you can redownload that right now and get the new .sga Just overrwrite the old one.

[prowlinger]

Please makeTAB to be the Tactical Map please please please please! :cata:

[NFIH]

They work if you get the latest firefox/macromedia flash player. They work fine on my firefox at home.

As for the demolitions, i guess i missed another hotkey in the list >_< Demolitions should be X. Sorry about that guys, i'll fix it when i get home today.

Edit: I already fixed the allied HQ buttons, so you can redownload that right now and get the new .sga Just overrwrite the old one.

OK, but isn't firefox or macromedia flash supposed to give you a message telling you the media can't be played because of such and such and then prompt you to download whatever you need to enable the media? There's no pop-up message or anything to indicate something is wrong. Oh well. I'll update when I get home.

[mickeykool]

What program do we use to open the .sga file so we can edit our own hotkeys?

[ghodan]

Mickeykool:
This tool is used to open sga files from CoH
http://wiki.reliccommunity.com/Moddi...io_Usage_Guide

[Bridger]

it's a little more complicated than just opening the program and saving it unfortunately. Here's a link to corsix's guide on chaning hotkeys (this is how i did it):
http://wiki.reliccommunity.com/Moddi...Heroes/Hotkeys

[karmatic]

I give you my thanks! Been waiting on this ! good work!

[step2ice]

Ah, good stuff.

And thanks for the wiki link.

Relic is really awesome in making great RTS games but why there is no custom key setting available right from the start in DoW or CoH is a mystery to me.

[El Tea]

I installed this. Great idea, and your efforts are much appreciated! However, after giving it a try, I found that there were a number of situations where the grid didn't work. (I only play the single-player game, if that matters). I will try to make a comprehensive list later, but the one I remember right now was the "get fired up" button for paratroopers.

Anyone else having problems?

[Oryhara]

Awsome work, you only missed a few keys:
"Fire Up" for Rangers and Paras still binded to "F"
AP rounds for the Allied .30 Cal MG still binded to "Q"
AP shells for the Allied 57mm AT gun still binded to "Q"
Demo Charges still "D" (already posted, just restating just incase)

Will try to find out if there is anymore you missed.

[Bridger]

After finding quite a few bugs with the first release i've gone back and fixed all that were reported (fire it up, allied HQ buttons, AP ammo for MG and AT gun, and demo replacing repair). I've also added a few new ones (specifically the buttons that used to cycle through builders/infantry/vehicles as well as the tactical map and company commander screen).

You can see the new buttons here (click to enlarge):



Here's the Updated Files. If you are updating all you have to do is replace the .sga file. If you are installing for the first time please read the original post.

[Oryhara]

Awsome, no more moving my hand to numpad 0!

[Carch]

I had already patched before I installed this, and it doesn't work (?)

Does that have something to do with needing the original modules file? Seems kind of ungood to require the original modules file, in case a patch modifies the modules file...

EDIT:

Annnd of course it was PBCAK.

I neglected to create the module_backup file named module_backup. After I did that, everything worked fine. Thanks!

[RaiJ]

Nice config, it will help out noobs like me a lot more.

Question, you know how you set F1,F2,F3 etc to those things above the action box? Is it possible for them to be changed to the abilities that come up from the commander points?

E.G. I am Allies, airbourne company. I got the paratroopers ability, I want it so when I press F1, it drops paratroopers for me.

[djukel]

Is there any way to rebind camera moving ARROW keys, because they are not listed in keydefaults.lua?

[lion]

if i add this to my nostromo it will pwnarize!
nice work.

[xViperx]

Loving the hot-keys bridger, just one lil thing.
They seem to get messed up when toggling a foward barracks.
Least for the allies anyway...

Seems that both engineers and riflemen when being produced from the FB are bound to "q"

Past that, freaking awesome man.

[Waggz]

BRIDGER, nice work on this, i also really enjoy your show. Been watching/listening to it from the start!