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Hotkeys

Bianca van Schaik edited this page Jul 30, 2020 · 8 revisions

The following hotkeys are enabled by default. If you have a non-US keyboard layout, the position of these hotkeys may differ. You can customize the hotkeys within the game by going to Options → Configure hotkeys.

Default hotkeys

Global hotkeys

Key Alternative Action
Enter On dialogs with Ok/Cancel buttons: accept the dialog
Esc On dialogs: close dialog. Otherwise: exit game
F6 Alt Enter Toggle fullscreen
F5 Center window
F7 Resize window to 640x480
F8 Resize window to 800x600
F12 Alt F12 Take a screenshot of the current window
Ctrl F12 City view: take screenshot of the entire map
Ctrl O Load file
Ctrl S Save file

City hotkeys

Key Alternative Action
] PageUp Increase game speed
[ PageDown Decrease game speed
P Toggle pause
L Cycle through legions
Home Rotate map left
End Rotate map right

Advisors

Key Alternative Action
1 Keypad 1 Show labor advisor
2 Keypad 2 Show military advisor
3 Keypad 3 Show imperial advisor
4 Keypad 4 Show ratings advisor
5 Keypad 5 Show trade advisor
6 Keypad 6 Show population advisor
7 Keypad 7 Show health advisor
8 Keypad 8 Show education advisor
9 Keypad 9 Show entertainment advisor
0 Keypad 0 Show religion advisor
- Show financial advisor
= Show chief advisor

Overlays

Key Action
Space Toggle current overlay on/off
F Show fire overlay
D Show damage overlay
C Show crime overlay
T Show problems overlay
W Show water overlay

City map bookmarks

Key Alternative Action
F1 Go to bookmark 1
F2 Go to bookmark 2
F3 Go to bookmark 3
F4 Go to bookmark 4
Ctrl F1 Alt F1 Set bookmark 1
Ctrl F2 Alt F2 Set bookmark 2
Ctrl F3 Alt F3 Set bookmark 3
Ctrl F4 Alt F4 Set bookmark 4

Editor

Key Action
Ctrl A Empire map: toggle distant battle info