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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0028394Heart Of The MachineGUIJun 1, 2024 4:13 pm
ReporterStrategic Sage Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version0.521 Mental Energy Visibility 
Summary0028394: Suggest a seperate hotkey for advance turn/unit cycling
DescriptionCurrently Spacebar does both of these as well as opening the next notification, but sometimes you want to look at a unit even after you've used all of your action points. Right now that just means that spacebar will send you to the next turn. I recommend having a different key for cycling between units than advancing the turn/notifications.
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Strategic Sage

May 25, 2024 7:12 pm

reporter   ~0068641

Ok, now I realize there already is one (P). So I'm amending this suggestion to leave spacebar exactly how it is, and make P more prominent. At minimum I think it would be good to have it in the tooltip for the Spacebar, where it currently tells you to go to the Forces Sidebar to find and select units that are unable to act more. I think using P is going to be, esp. early on, an easier and more common way of doing that.

Alias50

May 25, 2024 7:42 pm

developer   ~0068642

It is pretty frequently used. I actually also think 'P' is a little awkward as a default, as you can't easily reach it with your left hand without leaving WSAD (but I gather camera panning will be on middle mouse by default now, so maybe there's no reason to change the default binding).

Chris_McElligottPark

May 25, 2024 8:37 pm

administrator   ~0068643

Is P actually something that folks use that frequently? I had expected it to gather dust, but you two are not the first two to mention it. I can shift around some bindings to make it easier.

Alias50

May 25, 2024 9:47 pm

developer   ~0068649

I think 'P' was my third-most used binding behind 'B' and 'Tab'. In general, for games like this I prefer cycling units using the keyboard manually, not least because then I know everyone has moved in the order I want, and I don't miss anyone manually jumping around with the mouse. I can't speak to anyone else but I would be surprised if people didn't like cycling units using the keyboard.

Chris_McElligottPark

May 26, 2024 12:45 am

administrator   ~0068657

Oh, I also cycle units. But I do it with spacebar. It just goes to my units that are actually able to act. Is there a reason you didn't just use spacebar?

The only thing that P does that spacebar does not is select units that are out of AP. That might be useful if you still have some mental energy but all your units are out of AP, or if you want to switch to a unit that has no AP instead of ones that do have AP. But otherwise spacebar is the expected button.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
May 25, 2024 7:06 pm Strategic Sage New Issue
May 25, 2024 7:12 pm Strategic Sage Note Added: 0068641
May 25, 2024 7:42 pm Alias50 Note Added: 0068642
May 25, 2024 8:37 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0068643
May 25, 2024 9:47 pm Alias50 Note Added: 0068649
May 26, 2024 12:45 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0068657
May 26, 2024 12:45 am Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
May 26, 2024 12:45 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => feedback
Jun 1, 2024 4:13 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status feedback => closed
Jun 1, 2024 4:13 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => no change required