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Filedate Saturday, 31 December 2011 00:00

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Created Sunday, 13 February 2011 19:26

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Navigation, Interface, and Cockpit Enhancement (Advanced Single-key System) 

Overview 
  • This script installs 11 hotkeys. 
    On 10 of them you can save an object each. 
    1 is for the message system and config menu, through which you can control multiple ships as well. 
     
  • Once locked in, ships are accessible from the whole universe, not just in sector. 
     
  • Each object can be commanded using shortcuts or the regular command menu (!) and can serve as a target for other functions at the same time. 
     
  • Pressing a hotkey multiple times activates different functions. 
    If the script misunderstands you because you are clicking too slowly, increase the keypress delay in the config menu. 
     
  • "Notify when orders completed" - with eye tracking! 
     
  • Attack queue 
    You can queue an attack order for a ship. 
    That means that it will immediately attack the target you want with extreme prejudice. 
    Even if attacked, it will never switch targets to anything else until this primary target is destroyed. 

    When the target is destroyed, the ship will continue with whatever it was doing before. 

    You can leave your wingmen on Protect, only ordering them to attack special targets as needed. That way they always switch back to protecting you... and never get lost! 
    You never have to rebuild the chain of who protects who. 

    You can queue at least 100 such attack orders for every single ship. 
    The ship will work through the list in reverse order, always giving your last order the highest priority. 
    So whatever your ships are currently doing - you can always send them after special targets without having to fix their orders afterwards! 
    They automatically go back to their previous orders... 
     
  • In (nearly?) all cases these hotkeys work equally well on the sector map. 



Usage

  • Hotkey 1x : Target saved object + get command access
    • For four seconds, this object can be the target of the following hotkey shortcut. 
      If you are in Paranid Prime and bring up Terracorp HQ, you can order a freighter to fly and dock there - never leaving the cockpit. 
       
    • It does not matter where the ship is in the universe or if it's docked or not... 
      Betty briefly displays the ship in your target window so you can see name, shield, hull, and current command. 

      If the ship is not in your sector, she tells you where it is and always tells you the ship type (short), and if the ship is landed. 

      "Argon Prime, Caiman, Landed" 
      "Heretics End, Elephant" 

      During that time you have full command access to the ship! 

      You can give explicit commands to the fighters that are docked at the carrier you're flying. 
      You can give direct commands to ships that are 5 sectors away... 

      This is not limited to some hardcoded instructions I included. The full command menu is accessible! 
       
    • This hotkey can even be useful on the sector map. 
      It briefly puts the ship in the sector map's ship list so if you're quick you can catch it there and open the command menu. 
      Order OOS ships from your sector map. =) 
       
    • If you activate your ship's autopilot while such a target is displayed, your ship automatically jumps / flies there. 
      A quite intuitive way to save / use navigation waypoints. 
       
    • Note: 
      While stations are displayed in the target window, you do not have command access for them. 
      Please do not drop freight from the remote ships while they are displayed in the window. Wait a second or two and even that will work remotely.

     
  • Hotkey 2x : Heel! / Stop 
    Saved ship will jump/fly to your sector and move to your current position. 
    Obviously this only works on your own ships. 

    If that ship happens to be a wingleader in the carrier you fly, it will launch because of the move to order. 

    Issueing the same order again stops the ship... and aborts the jump sequence if you're fast enough. 

    I mostly use this to call in my support ship(s) to refuel, pick up cargo or ships... or whatever chores I want done. 
    No more searching for them in the property list! 

    Once my support ships have jumped to my sector I can change their orders easily enough because I have quick target keys for them. 
     
  • Hotkey 3x : Attack target
    • If you activated another saved target during the last 4 seconds, your 
      ships will attack the saved target. 
      Else the ship attacks your current cockpit target. 
       
    • If you did not provide any target or had the ship itself targeted, it will Attack All Enemies. 
       
    • If the ship had a homebase or had to launch in order to do this, it will return to base as soon as the order is completed and said base is in the sector. 
      Until that happens, the ships continue to Attack All Enemies. 
      If the carrier that launched them enters the sector later, they will return to it... 

      A homebase is optional. The ships always return to where they launched from. 
       
    • This uses my Attack All Enemies upgrade where ships actually find the enemy. 
      If you see an enemy on the sector map, so will your ships. Always. 
      Scouts and satellites do now have a purpose. 
       
    • If the target is not in the same sector as the ship it will Move/Jump there. 
       
    • If the ship is in the same sector as the target when the order is given, it will not switch targets until it's primary target is destroyed. 
      This is intended for small scale operations when you want your wingman to attack this target right now instead of playing with a few random M5. 
       
    • If the ship is not docked and in the same sector, this command queues an attack order. 
      This way you can force your wingmen to attack targets in a certain order, never doing anything else - until completed. 

     
  • Hotkey 4x : Protect
    • The ship can protect objects that are not hostile in any way and that the ship is not hostile to. 
       
    • If you activated another saved target during the last 4 seconds, your 
      ships will protect the saved target. 
      Else the ship protects your current cockpit target. 
       
    • If you did not provide any target or had the ship itself targeted, it will protect you. 
       
    • The hotkeyed ship will assist the leader when there is nothing to protect against. 
       
    • If not, the hotkeyed ship will Protect you. (the Playership) 
       
    • If the target is not in the same sector as the ship it will Move/Jump there.

     
  • Hotkey 5x : Jump / FlyTo / Dock 
    This one is even more flexible than what you saw before. =)
    • If you activated another saved target during the last 4 seconds, this will be the destination. 
      Else your current cockpit target is it. 
       
    • If you did not choose a destination, your personal ship will engage the autopilot and head to the target. 
      If the object is your PHQ, you now have a feature for "Home, James!". 
       
    • If the ship (and all it's escorts!) can dock at the target it will do so. 
       
    • If not, they switch to Protect/Follow, depending on how friendly the target is. 
       
    • If the destination is not in the same sector as the ship it will Move / Jump there.

     
  • Hotkey 6x : Save current target to this hotkey. 
    On each of them you can save an object, like one of your ships. 
    Pretty much every targetable thing can be saved and recalled but since ships are the most useful items, I usually refer to those. 

    You can also target things universe wide if you choose to. 
    You may not be able to aim at OOS ships or station... but your autopilot can! 
    Clear your cockpit target (t 2x) and give your ship an order to protect, attack, or dock at some OOS object. 
    Now this remote autopilot target can be locked to a hotkey just like your cockpit target. 

     
  • Hotkey 7x : Notify when orders completed : Activate / Deactivate 
    This has nothing to do with the Egosoft "Notify when orders completed".
    • There is a hotkey to display a list of ships without order and the same hotkey selects them from the list. 
       
    • To activate/deactivate this feature you have to assign a ship to a target hotkey (1-10) - at least temporarily - and press it 7x to activate the message system for this ship. 
      This feature stays enabled if the ship is no longer locked onto a Hotkey. 
       
    • If a ship then finishes it's order it will send an audio message to you. 
      Instead of a meager "Incoming message" you might hear 
      "Kingdom's End, Mercury, Successfully docked". 
      It also sends a more detailed message to the NICE message log. 

      This menu can be viewed with pressing the Message Hotkey once. 
       
      Super freighter 4 has just bought EC. (I used "Best Buy"). 
      Hauler 6 just stopped in space 28 sec ago. 
      With Hauler 3 I was manually trading at a weapons fab. 
      Sold some EC and bought the weapons. 

      All this data can be called up again - until you send the freighter on a new mission. 
      Then it takes a snapshot of it's cargo bay before heading out and compares to that when the order is finished again. 

      Remote trading is now... easier. 

      This menu has 2 hot areas for each ship. 
      The one or multiple lines for the cargo manifest switches between 3 display modes. 

      The other 3 lines target the ship so you can issue commands manually. 
       
    • In the log, every entry is preceeded by something like 2x :. 
      That means: Press the same hotkey 2x and the ship that sent the message will pop up. 

      So if you just want to give orders to the last ship that completed it's orders - no need to go through the menu if you don't want to. 

      You can view / select the ship as often as you like. 
       
    • If you use a target hotkey to pop up an object (like Terracorp HQ), this will be "the destination" for the next 4 seconds. 

      Now pressing the message key to pop up a freighter will directly send it to jump/fly/dock at this destination. 

      This overrides Eye Tracking. 
       
    • Eye Tracking 
      When doing remote trading you will often want to call a trader to the sector map you are currently watching. 
      (You just found a factory full of cheap AHEPT there...) 

      If you are watching any sector map (including the sector your personal ship is in), pressing the message key will not pop up the freighter without orders. 
      Instead it will jump/fly directly to the sector you are watching. 

      So basically, you snap your fingers and a freighter goes to the sector where you want to buy those cheap AHEPT. 

      This is also useful if you are done buying things with your trader. 
      If you go back to the sector map and use the message hotkey for that ship, it will again... undock and fly to your sector. 
      You don't have to issue lenghty undock orders if you have more plans with that ship... 
       
    • This log is never spammed. Ships / Messages that have orders again are automatically removed. 
      Instead of the "galactic stardate" (does anyone use this?) those messages directly tell you how old they are in Min/Sec. 
       
    • If the ship that sends the message is the leader of a fighter wing that landed on your carrier then the message is delayed until all ships of the wing have landed. 
      You can quickly check if all fighters are safely home before you jump the carrier out.


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