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Meglok

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Below is a list of all the shortcuts I have been able to locate from previous posts and the old wiki table. If you know of one that is not listed below, PLEASE pass it on and I will add it to the list.

Select Province, then
- 'shift a' builds an Airbase
- 'shift n' builds a Naval Base
- 'shift c' Builds a Coastal Fort
- 'shift l' Builds a Land Fort
- 'shift i' Builds IC
- 'shift r' builds a Radar Station
- 'n' builds Anti-Aircraft Artillery
- 'u' builds a Nuclear Test Reactor
- 'f' builds Infrastructure
- 'o' builds a Rocket Test Site

Select unit(s), then
- 'a' opens up attachment interface.
- 'c' creates a new HQ above current unit.
- 'd' detaches a selected unit from current HQ.
- 'g' merge two selected units.
- 'l' loads or unloads a unit to a ship.
- 'p' loads or unloads a unit to a plane.
- 'w' moves the map to the location of current selected unit.
- 'r' reorganize/create new unit.
- 's' now opens up the stance selection window.
- ',' selects all air units loaded on ship.
- '.' selects all loaded land units on a ship or plane.
- 'shift left click' allows you to select 1 or more units from all selected units in a province or "box".

To select all units attached to a HQ, select HQ, then left-click the olive-green tab that lists the number of units assigned to the HQ.

Generic Shortcuts -
- F1 thru F7 - toggles the various Diplomacy, Production, Tech, Pol, Intel, Theater, Stats screens on/off in order
- F11 - Print screen
- F12 - Print World Political Map
- Escape - deselect all selected units, or if no units selected, opens ingame menu
- < - open/close log screen
- Spacebar - Pause game
- Arrow keys - move map
- Control "number" - assign a unit to a hot key
- Numpad +/- Change game speed faster or slower
- Shift left-click on province(s) - select multiple provinces at same time

- Production screen sliders - to set and lock a slider to the minimum IC needed, left-click the "need x" tab under each unlocked slider category. There must be at least one other slider unlocked.

- Tech screen leadership sliders - to set and lock a slider to the minimum leadership needed, left-click the "need x" tab under each unlocked slider category. There must be at least one other slider unlocked, and if no need is listed the slider will be set to zero.

CONSOLE EDITOR

It is possible to open up the console to enter cheat codes or use developer tools. BE AWARE, you can really mess up your games doing this, SAVE FIRST

- "~" key, or "ALT 21" on numeric key pad- opens console command editor.

Commonly used console commands -

- "tag {xxx}" - allows you to switch countries while PAUSED in the console editor. {xxx} equals country code, example ENG=england, GER=germany, ITA=italy, JAP=japan, CHI=natchina, SOV=russia, USA=usa, FRA=france. Further country codes can be found on wikihoi3 site http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi3wiki/Main_Page
WARNING - unpausing while tag switching WILL mess up your game. SAVE FIRST!!! And after tagging, switch back to your country, save, exit, and reload save. Tag switching has been known to mess up the AI. But it is a good way to "assist" your allies in their build and tech choices, see what your allies are doing, etc.

- "debug fow" - while in console, this command will allow you to see everything and everyone. Consider it RADAR level 1000 :) This may slow your computer down.

- "tdbg" - this will enable province tool tip, which when scrolling over a province will show details includng province code. A godsend for modders.

- "noneutrality" - typing this in console will set player's nation to zero neutrality. For those who want to sandbox or play "what if?", especially with minor nations.

- "help" - lists the entire console command inventory, cheat codes, modder tools, the works. Use some of these at your own risk. As always, saving before toying with these commands is highly recommended.


Edit - Added game speed shortcut
Edit - Added multiple province selection, production/tech screen slider shortcuts
Edit - added console editor info
Edit - added console help command
 
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Thanks mate :)
 
Thanks Carlo, added it to the list. Anyone else have any new ones? If nothing else having them in one place will make it an easy search for people in the future.
 
I guess the best way is to push the keypads randomly, since there is no official list of shortcuts in HoI :)
 
Thanks for the effort. Nice.
 
Brilliant almost qualifies for a sticky
 
Added info on console editor and commands and attached a link to hoi3wiki site.

Anyone else know of shortcuts not on the list? I have gone thru old posts and can't find any new ones.