[Bonus Plugin] Group Hotkeys (GHK)

moggy2 · Post by **moggy2** » Wed, 17. Oct 07, 18:08

boulistar wrote:Great work moggy2, thanks for those good scripts you made.

There are so many hotkeys to configure, I wonder what keys do you guys use.

Thanks again.

I use shift+numkeypad. 1-6 are the groups numlock / * - + enter and del are the commands.

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 10:07

I feel really stupid to ask about this, but what do I need to do to map the keys? do I have to use the scripteditor or is this done elswere?

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 10:44

No need for scripteditor. IIRC, under Options is Controls, and there edit "Profile".

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 12:14

ok, thanks! I found that...but how do I assign the groups? cant find any keys for that...

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 12:51

Propy wrote:how do I assign the groups?

Please explain.

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 15:50

what I mean is; how do I get a group of ships to become "hotkey1" (in my case it should be F9). like in a strategy game when you select multiple units and press ctrl+1 to make them group 1.

hope this explains what Im asking for...

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 19:57

There are 6 "GHK: Select Group" functions you can bind. They select groups 1 through 6. So if you bind 'F9' to "GHK: Select Group 3" and then press 'F9', from then-on pressing the GHK command hotkeys (that you have to bind to other keys) will go to Group 3.

So how to define the "Group 3"? You create groups with Group Management System. There, on "Setup Group" command one parameter is a group-number.

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 20:40

aha! I tried that, but I couldnt find the GMS commands ingame. Were should I look? is it in the normal commands screen? do I have to buy some system?

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 28. Dec 07, 20:55

GMS requires Fight Software Mk2. (Funny, could not spot that on the ReadMe.

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"Setup Group" will be under "General" commands.

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Sat, 29. Dec 07, 09:59

Thanks alot! they should add that to the readme...will try it in a moment!

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Sat, 29. Dec 07, 11:51

Tested it a moment ago. Didnt work...

well I can do the grouping but the only thing that happens is that the ship I run the command on changes its name to the fleetname followed by fleet number and "leader". Can someone give me a step-by-step guide? I feel really stupid...but I dont get it. I have three ships I want to put in the group (2 M4 and one M5), they are docked at the same station...

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Sat, 29. Dec 07, 17:33

Have you checked the GMS thread for examples? Or its precursor, the thread predating signing?

Propy · Post by **Propy** » Thu, 3. Jan 08, 15:54

Thanks! now I got it to work. Too bad that they didnt make any notification so that you know tat you have selected them...but it works!

Trwkey · Post by **Trwkey** » Mon, 11. Feb 08, 01:27

Where in game to i got to map the umm hotkeys. Like i have no idea how i'm supposed to mapp them.

Trwkey · Post by **Trwkey** » Mon, 11. Feb 08, 05:02

jlehtone wrote:No need for scripteditor. IIRC, under Options is Controls, and there edit "Profile".

ok does that mean to set the hot keys I have t go to controls but i went there and looked through all the options and i don't see it. I really need this because ever time i got to dock and my escort crash into another ship or the station so it would be useful to have have them stop moving so I would not waist credits buying new ships. i downloaded this with the bonus pakage and i was thinking there would be instructions on how to use it here but ummm i still don't get it. help me out. What do u mean by IIRC?

dlabyer · Post by **dlabyer** » Sat, 15. Mar 08, 01:52

How do I set up the group?
I want a fighting group of about 8 ships.
How do you add the ships to the group?
Thanks, Don

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Sat, 15. Mar 08, 08:54

dlabyer wrote:How do I set up the group?

With [Bonus Plugin] Group Management System (GMS).

Nataku02 · Post by **Nataku02** » Wed, 17. Sep 08, 00:01

My Ghk doesnt work please help

moggy2 · Post by **moggy2** » Wed, 17. Sep 08, 18:29

Nataku02 wrote:My Ghk doesnt work please help

could be either user error or a broken install. I can't tell anymore than that from the current description of the problem.

Nataku02 · Post by **Nataku02** » Sat, 20. Sep 08, 17:12

Um yeah basically i can se up groups and everything fine but when it comes to seeting up hotkeys i can assign the hotkeys but when pressed they do nothing! since my copy of X3 is essentially vanilla i am attempting to be able to control certain groups of ships my self whilst i use the bul of y force to take out Khaak Destroyers (BUT THATS NOT RELEVANT) however controlling the groups manually is difficult . For example when i press the hotkey designated for selecting group 1 can u please tell me whats supposed to happen cos nothing seems to happen and i hae tried selecting a group and issueing a command but nout happens the either!

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[Bonus Plugin] Group Hotkeys (GHK)