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Started by dedgren, February 07, 2007, 07:55:45 AM

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dedgren

Not so much a tutorial as simply a helpful all-in-one guide to the various available keyboard shortcuts.


Key/s
Function
General Game Functions
[ F1 ]"Game" God Mode Menu
[ F2 ]Mayor Mode Menu
[ F3 ]My Sim Menu*
[ F4 ]Open Options Panel
[ F5 ]Day Only View
[ F6 ]Night Only View
[ F7 ]Normal Day/Night View
[ F8 ]Exit to Region Menu
[ F9 ]Graphics Options Menu
[ F10 ]Audio Options Menu
[ F11 ]Game Options Menu
[ F12 ]Quit Game Menu
Saves
[Ctrl] and [ S ]Save
[Ctrl] and [ Alt ] and [ S ]Fast Save (No region thumbnail update)
Game View Level
[ 1 ]Zoom to View Level 1
[ 2 ]Zoom to View Level 2
[ 3 ]Zoom to View Level 3
[ 4 ]Zoom to View Level 4
[ 5 ]Zoom to View Level 5
[ - ]Zoom Out
[ + ]Zoom In
Game Viewpoint
[ Page Up ]Rotate View 90° Counterclockwise
[ Page Down ]Rotate View 90° Clockwise
[ Down Arrow ]Scroll Down
[ Up Arrow ]Scroll Up
[ Right Arrow ]Scroll Right
[ Left Arrow ]Scroll Left
[ Spacebar ]Center on cursor
Game Speed
[ Ctrl ] and [ ' ]Pause Simulation
[ Ctrl ] and [ 1 ]Turtle Speed
[ Ctrl ] and [ 2 ]Rhino Speed
[ Ctrl ] and [ 3 ]Cheetah Speed
Zoning
[ Q ]Zone Light Density Residential
[ W ]Zone Medium Density Residential
[ E ]Zone High Density Residential
[ A ]Zone Light Density Commercial
[ S ]Zone Medium Density Commercial
[ D ]Zone High Density Commercial
[ Z ]Zone Agriculture
[ X ]Zone Medium Density Industrial
[ C ]Zone High Density Industrial
[ V ]Remove Zoning
Grid
[ G ]Toggle Grid
Transport
[ R ]Road Tool
[ Alt ] and [ R ]Street Tool
[ Ctrl ] and [ R ]Avenue Tool
[ Shift ] and [ R ]Elevated Highway Tool
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ R ]Place Bus Stop
[ T ]Rail Tool
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ T ]Build Passenger Train Station
[ Shift ] and [ Alt ] and [ T ]Build Freight Station
[ Shift ] and [ T ]Subway Tool
[ Shift ] and [ Alt ] and [ T ]Build Subway Station
[ Ctrl ] and [ T ]Elevated Rail Tool
[ Alt ] and [ T ]Build Elevated Rail Station
[ M ]Build Vehicle Ferry Terminal
[ Ctrl ] and [ M ]Build Passenger Ferry Terminal
Utilities
[ I ]Pipe Tool
[ L ]Power Line Tool
[ Y ]Create Landfill
Civic Buildings
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ P ]Build Police Kiosk
[ P ]Build Small Police Station
[ Alt ] and [ P ]Build Large Police Station
[ Shift ] and [ P ]Build Jail
[ F ]Build Small Fire Station
[ Alt ] and [ F ]Build Large Fire Station
[ K ]Build Elementary School
[ Alt ] and [ K ]Build High School
[ Shift ] and [ K ]Build City College
[ H ]Build Clinic
[ Alt ] and [ H ]Build Hospital
Civic Dspatch
[Ctrl ] and [ P ]Dispatch Police
[Ctrl ] and [ F ]Dispatch Fire
Positioning
[ Home ]Rotate Building or Lable 90° Clockwise
[ End ]Rotate Building or Lable 90° Counterclockwise
Bulldoze/Destroy
[ B ]Demolish Tool
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ O ]Obliterate Quad/City
Queries
[ / ]Query Tool
[ Alt ] and [ / ]Commute Query Tool
Pics
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ S ]Snapshot Mode
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ A ]Show Photo Album
Terraforming
[ Shift ] and [ # (1-9) ]Control size of terraforming tooltip - 1=smallest to 9=largest
[ Shift ] and [ F# (1-9) ]Control effect of terraforming tooltip - 1=weakest to 9=strongest
Misc and Cheats
[ Esc ]Close or Release any Tool
[ Ctrl ] and [ Shift ] and [ C ]Toggle Ingame Contour Line Display
[ Ctrl ] and [ X ]Display Game Parameter Adjustment Box
[ Ctrl ] and [ Alt ] and [ Shift ]True God Mode**
[ Ctrl ] and [ Alt ] and [ Shift ] and [ F ]          Refresh Screen***

*   use of this key may cause computer to explode, hair to fall out and other adverse consequences
**   all icon menus must be minimized in order for this combination to work
***   maybe yes, maybe no.


Enjoy.
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M4346

Although not a tutorial per se, it's still very helpful! Thank you!  :thumbsup:
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lol, I love the F3 note, so true. But need to use it to toggle UDI off


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callagrafx

You forgot one...[CTL] + [ALT] + [DEL] Quick Exit  :D :D :D
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M4346

Quote from: callagrafx on February 07, 2007, 08:15:52 AM
You forgot one...[CTL] + [ALT] + [DEL] Quick Exit  :D :D :D

Well I personally prefer [ALT] + [TAB] and then [CTRL] + [ALT] + [DEL] for my quick exits... :P
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Rayden

My quick exits are with Alt+F4  ;)

dedgren

#6
I have updated the list of shortcuts [linkie] to include terraforming tooltip controllers.

Enjoy.


David
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ssc4k

my extremely quick exits are with the power cord (not advisable)
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david i have to ask did you find these or did you just start playing with it to find out the effects???
either way thank you - pat

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dioangel

Thank you so much david!  :thumbsup: This will be a lot easier for me.  &apls


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dragonshardz

He most likely found them by looking at the booklet that comes with the game, these shortcuts and more are listed on the back of it.

dedgren

#11
Thanks to nerdly_dood, we now know that [Ctrl] and [Shift] and [P] give us the Police Kiosk.  I've once again updated the list of shortcuts [linkie] to include that.

Enjoy.


David
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dedgren

QuoteOn Screen - ST... sorry about that.

Oh, heck, Craig (abcvs)- no need to be sorry, we're just glad you drop by over here every so often.


David
D. Edgren

Please call me David...

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jondor

I don't know if anyone knows about this, but I didn't see any posts about it when I searched, so I might as well show it off.  It may be useful to modders for debugging.  Not quite a keyboard shortcut, but this seemed like the best place to put it.

I came across this one accidentally, going after the God Mode cheat to fix a terraforming snafu.  If you have the query tool selected, hold down the [ctrl], [shift] and [alt] keys and hover over a building, you get a dialog with a bit of what looks like raw simulator data.

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Swamper77

I played around with your find a bit. It's not just simulator data, it's mostly a read-out from the Building Exemplar for the lot.

Some of the harder to read items that I have figured out:

The name at the top: The actual name of the building exemplar. Useful if you are trying to locate a specific building in the game's files.
Zoned: The more # signs you see, the higher the density.
Jobs: The numbers indicate the number of $, $$, & $$$ jobs for that particular work place. For your image, there are 96 low wealth jobs, 311 medium wealth jobs, and 72 high wealth jobs available for that workplace.
Alt: The altitude of the lot above sea level.

The rest are either easy to read or I can't figure out properly.

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Pat

That indeed is a new Key Board short cut if I do say so...

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RippleJet

jondor, that's a very good discovery!
I can think of several occasions when I can use that... ::)

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daeley

nice find! makes you wonder what else is in there! think I'm going to start pressing [Ctrl], [Alt] and [Shift] with every combination of buttons now :P
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dedgren

That's a karma point at least, jondor!  I'm with everyone else- you struck some gold with this one.


David
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