Losing Hotkeys

[0o0o0]

Now that I'm a fair way into my game I noticed that my hotkeys for the cheats instant brake and instant accel are missing. A few days later (I probably installed another script somewhere during this time) I'm missing the reload shields hotkey. Anyone know of a simple fix- maybe using the hotkey manager- for this?

[kurush]

There is a bug in AP. More details here

[apricotslice]

It happens when you add new hotkeys and somehow they overwrite old ones.

There is no real fix.

If you catch it immediately, you can abort the game, shut down the computer, cold restart the computer, load game, load save from before adding the new hotkey. That should load the new hotkey correctly. Then save again to be sure you keep it.

But if you add a hotkey after already starting the game, it buggers your list up. No fix if you progress to a new save with it wrong.

At this point, Egosoft are aware of it, have put it to the person who can fix it, but nothing so far has been done. Given that it only happens in a modded game (so far), they dont give it any priority.

Scripting wise, I'm now avoiding using hotkeys and going back to commands.

I dont hold any hope of this being fixed in the mid to long term, if ever. Its a case of them fixing a TC bug by breaking something different in AP and until they do a Bonus Pack update that introduces a new hotkey, they wont care about the bug because it wont affect vanilla players until then. If they never update the Bonus pack with a new hotkey, they will never trigger a need to get it fixed.

Btw, its the hotkey manager thats broken. It was completely rewritten at the command level for AP, and they c*cked it up badly. Obviously no one tested it at all before the game was released.

If your lost hotkeys are a game breaker, you may as well start a new game, as thats the only way to get them all back. BUT, do the game start after a cold start of the computer. Even shutting down and restarting doesnt clear the problem, only power off works. First thing you do is check they are all listed, and reassign all of them to the keys you want them on.

[Cycrow]

[apricotslice]

@Cycrow

Did you modify the hotkey manager for AP ? If so, whats the link to its download ?

There are no unregister calls in my scripts, only in the hotkey manager add script (that I can find), and I frankly dont understand that code.

So if you didnt update hotkey manager for AP, I'd want to see some code for what needs changing.

I dont like the idea of me changing your code without knowing what I'm doing.

[Cycrow]

i've not modified yet, but ill upload a version where it removes the unregistered command completly

[apricotslice]

Thankyou, sooner the better imo.

Please link it here so I pick up the release.

[DrBullwinkle]

[kurush]

[Cycrow]

not sure what registering 100's of scripts would achive other than having 100's of extra scripts/hotkey

if you call unregister hotkey on the last added hotkey, then it'll work.
also, unregistered all hotkeys will also fix it as it'll reset the id back to 0 and allow new ones to be added

[kurush]

[Cycrow]

a simple script to unregister them all

[apricotslice]

Doesnt that have the side effect of needing to reassign all the hotkeys every time you run that ? Thats a major pain in the proverbial.

While that might be a fix, I still want the function fixed permanently. Having to reassign hotkeys every time you start a new game is a major pain.

[Cycrow]

im only suggesting the fix in a broken game. to you dont have to start a new game to get the hotkeys back

not something u should do every time you load the game.
if you avoid using unregister then it should be avoided.

as i said, it cant be fix without needed a patch, so until theres a patch, the only thing to do is use work arounds

[apricotslice]

The game just got patched. How come it wasnt included in that ?