Keyboard Shortcuts List

[Destraex]

Thanks to Wicked Mouse for thus lovely keyboard layout 

 

 

 

Thanks to Ghroznak for this handy category break down of keys.

 

Shooting

Right Click on the side you want to fire from to enter firing mode

Space bar for single ranging shot

Left click for full salvo

 

Shooting Controls 2

Hold ALT while in aim mode to be able to look around you without moving your aim. Remember to stop moving mouse before you let go of ALT.

[ and ] are for full left and right broadsides, respectively. More specifically they fire the full broadside straight out of the side of the ship with no elevation. (assume this means outside of shooting mode?)

Spacebar (hold and release, not in aiming mode) shoot at 0 degree angle (for low distances) - EDIT This seems a little strange, don't see how this could work)

 

Gun Deck Control

F1 F2 F3 F4 to lock a deck for firing (decks 1 to 4 that is, a red cross will be shown on the deck that will not be firing).

Press the key again to unlock the deck (red crosses indicate lock)

 

Rudder

Double tap A or D for permanent left of right rudder setting, Tap once the opposite way from locked left or right and it will centre again.

Hold Rudder key A or D down to turn rudder temporarily. Let go and it will centre again.

 

Mast and Yard Controls

Tap W until you have the sail speed settings and right amount of sail canvas set

Tap S until you have ordered less canvas set to setting you want

Battle sails are activated by pressing "B" - same effect can be had by tapping W or S until you get to the same setting of course.

 

Manual Yard Controls

Q and E to adjust forward mast

Z and C to adjust rear mast

F to return to auto skipper

 

Telescope

Hold Left shift is telescope

Scroll mouse to adjust it to the zoom you want while holding shift down

 

Boarding Ships

G Board ship at lower speeds (this option will pop up when you are close and slow enough to enemy ship)

X Capture ship after successful boarding (your crew will transfer to the other ship) or neutral ship with no crew

 

Chat

Press Enter to enter chat mode and speak

had to press ESC to get out of chat

 

TAB to toggle team chat on and off after pressing enter

 

 

Special Statistics

L = show shot damage

K = show sounds

 

Fire Mortar 

M to enter aim mode for mortar on mortar brig

 

Free Camera (could now be locked out for sea trials to avoid cheating?)

Home key disconnects camera to go looking for the enemy

Home key is spectator after dead

Z X up and down

Scroll for camera speed

Right or left click changes ship in dead free camera mode

 

Screenshots

P screenshot
F8 makes a huge 4K (3840 x 2160) screenshot, it may freeze your game client for a while.
TAB Holding tab down shows team status and side make up.

 

Misc

Ctrl H to hid interface

F11 bug report

 

How to reset Gun Batteries to default: thx Gman

I would add to this that to reset any gun battery to it's default position (such as broadsides to 90 degrees port and starboard, chasers straight forward and aft), aim your camera at said battery and, without entering aiming mode, hold down left mouse button. You will see the water highlighted with your current aim point. Continue holding down the left mouse button will swing your guns to default positions.

Also useful to tap the left mouse button to see what direction your guns are currently trained in.

 

[slik]

P screenshot

F11 bug report

Spacebar (hold and release, not in aiming mode) shoot at 0 degree angle (for low distances)

[O'BrianFan]

 

Boarding Ships

X Capture ship at lower speeds?

 

It's G to start capturing a ship when the positions and speeds are correct - you get a pop up alerting you to it

[Destraex]

It is indeed G now. Edited.

[akd]

Press "B" to toggle battle sails "on/off" (will switch from your W/S sail setting).

"[" and "]" - fire the left or right broadside at pointblank (level) elevation and straight out the side when not in aiming mode.

f1 f2 f3 f4 to lock a deck for firing

press again to unlock (red crosses indicate lock)

Note that red crosses on a deck can also indicate:

-the deck is not able to fire at current aiming point elevation / range because the guns can't elevate any further. (You will see this frequently if you carry both carronades and long guns on a broadside).

-the deck is below the waterline due to flooding and/or heel.

[PrezesOi]

I would like to suggest adding console commands:

/disconnect = back to lobby

/quit = obvious

[Stonehouse]

just an fyi that F8 (I pressed it accidently ) seems to cause the client to lock up.

[Inigo Balboa aka Ronda]

Thanks guys! This topic should be pinned.

[slik]

just an fyi that F8 (I pressed it accidently ) seems to cause the client to lock up.

F8 makes a huge 4K (3840 x 2160) screenshot, it may freeze your game client for a while.

[r6751]

Here's my thoughts, after viewing the Beta.

 

The HUD should have three settings, toggled by the CTRL H combination.   There are three things/topics that a captain would need to monitor; sail settings, battle controls, and damage.  If I am sailing and not in combat, I don't need to see anything but the sailing diagram in the compass, lower left.  A final toggle would be no HUD at all; for just enjoying the view.

[akd]

Destraex, can you update your first post with the additional commands I noted:

B

[

]

[NorthernWolves]

F8 makes a huge 4K (3840 x 2160) screenshot, it may freeze your game client for a while.

Agreed, do not press F8

[akd]

While in gunnery view, you can hold ALT to switch back to normal view and look around your ship. When you release ALT you will return to gunnery view and your aiming will not be reset.

[NorthernWolves]

Thank you for that akd, I was going to suggest that feature, glad it's there.

[Charles Caldwell]

Destraex, can you update your first post with the additional commands I noted:

B

[

]

 

Can you explain in more detail the [] keys please Sir?

[Neusdoorn]

Thanks, very usefull at least now I can start shooting instead of ramming my teammembers while trying to figuring out the controls

 

Any chance we would be able to customize the control settings?

With an Azerty keyboard the W, S, A, D keys are always screwed up

[BungeeLemming]

you can customize the settings in the launcher.

When you start the game heres this little launcher with the resolution setup and all.

This thing has a TAB where you can change any key you wish.

But some of those keybindings are not functional. Like self destruct and such.

 

Also you may keep a screenshot of the standart keybindings since there is no default to reset to.

[Robert Danforth]

Can you explain in more detail the [] keys please Sir?

 

[ and ] are for full left and right broadsides, respectively.

[akd]

[ and ] are for full left and right broadsides, respectively.

More specifically they fire the full broadside straight out of the side of the ship with no elevation. This can be useful, for example, if you sail between two enemy ships at very close range and want to fire into both simultaneously without entering aiming mode. The disadvantage is you get no visual indication of your field of fire.

[Coprolite]

Am I missing the key for inverting the mouse y (up and down) axis or isn't there one?

I really would like one...

[Destraex]

will update shortly...

[NorthernWolves]

Hold ALT while in aim mode to be able to look around you without moving your aim. Remember to stop moving mouse before you let go of ALT.

[Destraex]

Updated thanks guys. Keep letting me know if any of the info is old, outdated or changed.

[avec]

Double tap A or D for permanent left of right rudder setting

 

How to release full rudder?

It was almost impossible to play after I double tapped.

[Destraex]

You just tap the opposite way once to centre it again.