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Quick reference keymap
« on: February 24, 2013, 11:28:15 AM »

I made a quick reference keymap for new players to print. Will be in the next manual release, but for now:

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Download of the print version: http://www.mediafire.com/?7225zm7b2aglbai

How is it, did I forget/mix up anything? Anything else a new player should absolutely know that fits in the remaining space (of the page)?
« Last Edit: March 01, 2013, 05:19:31 PM by Gothars »
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2013, 01:28:46 PM »

More thank just "~" hides weapon arcs

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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2013, 01:49:13 PM »

Whaat? I should have known that before I took all those screenshots for the USC 17 splash.
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2013, 01:54:26 PM »

More thank just "~" hides weapon arcs

Where is that located on your keyboard? Next to "1" or next to ENTER?
For me its the "^" key, which is next to 1.

How is it for other people?

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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2013, 02:41:03 PM »

It's the key to the left of 1, regardless of what that key is, also f9 I believe is quick reload by default.

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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2013, 09:21:20 PM »

On US keyboards, the key to the left of "1" is technically the "`" (grave, or grave accent) key, not the "~" (tilde) key, but everyone calls it the tilde key for some reason. I think it's because no one actually knows what the grave accent is.

It's kinda like people calling the "=" key the "+' key. For every other key, we refer to it by the symbol at the bottom of the key ("1" key, ".", ";"), but for those two keys, people switch it up and refer to their top symbol instead. People are inconsistent! *grumblegrumble*

EDIT: Oh, and good work on the keymap. =p I'm sure it'll come in handy for new players.

EDIT2: If I could make one suggestion, it's that the jpeg compression makes some of the text a bit harder to read. Probably not an issue for most people who speak english, but if you could post a higher quality jpeg or png that would probably be for the best.
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2013, 11:44:30 PM »

EDIT2: If I could make one suggestion, it's that the jpeg compression makes some of the text a bit harder to read. Probably not an issue for most people who speak english, but if you could post a higher quality jpeg or png that would probably be for the best.

I think you missed the download link.
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2013, 07:07:25 AM »

More thank just "~" hides weapon arcs

Where is that located on your keyboard? Next to "1" or next to ENTER?
For me its the "^" key, which is next to 1.

How is it for other people?



I remember hiding it by pressing one of the "FN" (where 0<N<13) but that may have been do to my bunion mashing while playing on a laptop and trying to press the "!" key

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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2013, 09:25:39 AM »

Updated download, cleaned up and added a bit more info to the print version.

I left the "hide weapon arcs" key where it is, does them to be correct...right?
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2013, 07:45:00 AM »

Updated download, cleaned up and added a bit more info to the print version.

I left the "hide weapon arcs" key where it is, does them to be correct...right?

Ya, i was wrong about the FN keys it was just me button mashing :P i tested it last night

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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2013, 11:49:13 AM »

I need to ask a question, why would you make this a pdf insted of just a jpg image? Inside the pdf is bascally just a image anyway.
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2013, 12:58:24 PM »

It's easier to print that way, you don't have to worry about the correct format. I would assume printing is the primary way one would use a keymap, is that not so?
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2013, 05:02:58 PM »

What treachery is this!? I didn't even know half of those things were in the game!
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2013, 05:17:03 PM »

What treachery is this!? I didn't even know half of those things were in the game!

Well, glad that this thing is of some use :)


I uploaded a high res picture version for not printing.
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Re: Quick reference keymap
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2013, 05:44:29 PM »

Oh nice. I didn't know about the shift + q/e auto-rotation. :o
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