Hotkeys and shortcuts for AI War Classic

(Total 73)

⭾ Tab
General
Toggle Galaxy view
H
General
Center on friendly forces at current planet
P
General
Pause
Ctrl
General
(hold)     Show movement paths for all allied ships
↑   Shift(hold)
General
Show movement paths for all selected ships
↑   Shift
General
(hold)      (Galaxy Map, Hover Over Planet) Show links to all adjacent planets
Z
General
(hold)      Ships with cursor over them show filled range, others just border
Z + X
General
(hold)  Show all enemy ranges in addition to the above
A
Galaxy Map
Display ModeAllied Ships
I
Debug info
(hold/while debug on)  Show the last target search cycle for each unit onscreen
G
General
(hold) (Group Mode Already On) Ship movement commands will use Lone Move
F
Galaxy Map
Create a Flare
~
General
Go to most recent Flare
⤶ Enter
General
Open the chat window
Del
General
Scrap selected units
⬅ Backspace
General
Scrap selected units
Esc
General
If in Main View, bring up the in-game menu (does not pause)
Space
General
(hold) Follow selected units with display
F2
General
Show/hide score display
+
General
Increase game simulation speed
-
General
Decrease game simulation speed
/
Object viewing
Wormholes
Q
Galaxy Map
Display ModeMy Ships
W
Galaxy Map
Display ModeHostile Wormholes
E
Galaxy Map
Display ModeMy And Allied Ships
R
Galaxy Map
Display ModeResources Used
Page Up
View
Zoom In (centers on mouse cursor)
Page Down
View
Zoom Out
← ↑ → ↓
View
Pan the view
Ctrl + 0 - 9
Control groups
Set control group
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Num 0 - Num 9
Control groups
Add to existing control group
0 - 9
Control groups
(Triple) Select control group ships on the next planet that has them
↑   Shift + 0 - 9
Control groups
Select control group ships at current planet in addition to current selected
Mouse left click
Mouse
(ship placement mode) set position of ship-to-build
Mouse movement
Mouse
select multiple units (deselects prior selected)
↑   Shift + Mouse left click
Mouse
(ship placement mode) set position and stay in mode
Ctrl + Mouse left click
Mouse
(build button) queue 50 ships instead of 1
↑   Shift + Mouse movement
Mouse
select multiple units (adds to prior selected)
Mouse double click
Mouse
select all units of same type on screen group
Alt + Mouse left click
Mouse
deselect unit
(on
Mouse
(item in build queue) send item to front of queue
Alt + Mouse movement
Mouse
deselect multiple units
Alt + Mouse double click
Mouse
deselect all units of same type on screen group
Mouse right click
Mouse
(ship placement mode) exit ship placement mode
↑   Shift + Mouse right click
Mouse
(galaxy map) add wormhole path to end of current path of all selected units.
Ctrl + Mouse right click
Mouse
(build button) dequeue 50 ships instead of 1
Alt + Mouse right click
Mouse
(on item in build queue) send item to back of queue
V + Mouse right click
Mouse
(on enemy) kill enemy, then be free-roaming defender
X + Mouse right click
Mouse
(on capturable enemy on player planet) kill enemy
Mouse wheel up and down
Mouse
Zoom in and out (zooming in centers on mouse cursor)
↑   Shift + Mouse wheel up and down
Mouse
Zoom in and out at double speed
B
Ship selection
Command Stations and Mobile Builders
S
Galaxy Map
Display ModeMy Science Labs
.
Ship selection
Engineers
D
Galaxy Map
Display ModeAll Constructors
T
Galaxy Map
Display ModeStarship Constructors
U
Galaxy Map
Display ModeStarships
O
Galaxy Map
Display ModeScouts
,
Ship selection
Select next idle mobile military unit at current planet and center on it
↑   Shift + ,
Ship selection
Select all idle mobile military units at current planet
Ctrl + ,
Ship selection
Select all military units (idle or not) at current planet
L
Galaxy Map
Display ModeLast Scouted
C
Galaxy Map
Display ModeCrystal Used
M
Galaxy Map
Display ModeMetal Used
F5
Minimap
(hold)  Show military ships only
F6
Minimap
(hold)  Show wormholes and resources only
F7
Minimap
(hold)  Show enemy ships only
Alt + 1 - 9
Galaxy Map
Select priority-setting mode 0-9
N
Galaxy Map
Display ModeNormal
K
Galaxy Map
Display ModeKnowledge Found
F1
Debug info
Toggle turn length (ms) display
F3
Debug info
Write/clear Debug Info
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F5
Debug info
Write the UnitTypeStrength.txt file, which can be useful for relative strength analysis