hotkeys problems

[fabio]

The big screenshot hotkey CTRL+ALT+F2 on linux switches to console. It should be changed (F3?).

The [ and ] keys to rotate buildings don't work on my MacBook Pro running Ubuntu while I can write them here with at least two different key combinations.

[Andrew]

We will roll this into ticket #567 as there is many issues with the hotkey system right now

[Philip Taylor]

These are independent bugs and not affected by that ticket.

[Øyvind L N]

The [ and ] symbols requires the use of modifier keys on a lot of non-english keyboard layouts, so using them as defaults may not be the best option.

[Philip Taylor]

r8546 changes bigscreenshot to shift+F2, since hopefully that won't conflict with OS things and won't be pressed accidentally. It also moves the 'and' keys to default.cfg so they can be easily changed, but doesn't change them - what symbols might work better?

[Philip Taylor]

(Sorry, that should say it moves the [ and ] keys to default.cfg.)

[fabio]

What about O and P (still unused, other character keys are already being used for camera movement, and they are the most right keys on keyboard)? Anyway the buildings can still be rotated with the mouse, so these keys may not be needed frequently.

The manual on the intro screen should also be updated with the high resolution screenshot key change.

[Kieran P]

We only support English at the moment. That said, you can overwrite nearly every key used in the game.

Just follow the instructions at ​http://trac.wildfiregames.com/browser/ps/trunk/binaries/data/config/default.cfg (create a local.cfg with the custom keys).

The screenshot issue has now been fixes as well, so closing ticket.

[fabio]

The summary on comment:6 shows that the screenshot issue is half-fixed (actually fixed but manual still not updated).

The rotate building issues is not yet fixed, from an end user point is not very smart to have it working only for English people (while others should manually define their own mapping) since it can be easily fixed for all.

That's my opinion, feel free to close again if you feel so :).

[philip]

(In [8760]) Fix reference to big screenshot key (see #627).

[Philip Taylor]

There are a lot more problems with non-English keyboard layouts, e.g. WASD camera controls don't make sense on AZERTY layouts. I think we should find a proper fix for the whole problem, and not worry much about these individual keys now (given that they're not particularly important functionality, and the current choices at least make sense on English layouts). Opened #692 for the more general problem.