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Standardize Grid Hotkey Slots for Naval static defense

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#3339 opened on Jul 6, 2024

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Description

Description

Currently, hotkeys for naval static defense are all over the place between different builders.

T1 Torpedo launchers are Z, X and E. T1 Naval Laser is X and R, etc

Primary suggestion:

  • T1 Torpedo launcher -> E
  • T1 Naval HLT -> R
  • T1 Naval AA Tower -> F

Same could potentially be applied to T2.

There is one problem. T1 naval cons don't have anything on X->Y in that case, so I don't know how that would work then.

Secondary suggestion, with the above in mind:

  • Standardize hotkeys for all non-naval-only builders, at least.

Why?

The logic is to use the "busiest" con as baseline, which is ambhib/seaplane.

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The context widget covers the usual Z hotkey for Ground LLT (Torp) and AA tower (Naval AA tower), so the direct hotkey for e.g. Torp being E isn't a problem.

What area of the game does this feature request pertain?

Settings, Controls or Hotkeys

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Research direction
The issue suggests standardizing hotkeys for naval static defense. Look at the game's hotkey configuration files, likely in Lua scripts under 'luaui/Config/Hotkeys' or similar. Review the current assignments for T1 and T2 naval builders. The issue mentions a context widget covering Z hotkey; understand its behavior. There is a comment about a problem with X >Y for T1 naval cons; investigate that and propose a solution that maintains consistency across all builders.