Fix the hotkeys please

Age of Mythology: Retold Discussion
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  1. Please add 2 customizable hotkeys for altering box-selections.
    Currently we have the option to drag-select military.
    I and many others wish for 2 keys in order to change the box-drag behaviour.
    For example, with military-drag enabled in options:
    Shift - drag = select eco units only, ctrl - drag = select all units.
    Drag without hotkey = military drag.

  2. enable doubble-press hotkeys
    Doubble-pressing a key should have a different outcome than pressing it once.
    For example pressing F1 select all barracks, doubble press F1 select all military buildings.

  3. y and z keys are interchanged in German keyboard layout.
    This has to be fixed ASAP.
    All grid buttons in the game aom are screwed up because of that.
    I have to exchange EVERY SINGLE y and z hotkey in the game to fix this.
    Please fix via hotfix in the coming days!

  4. please rework the whole hotkey presets and work arround attackmove being on button A, like in all other modern RTS games such as Aoe4.
    Space should NOT be used for attackmove.
    It’s for focussing on selecting building/unit

  5. Give us an option to not only find but just select any unit or building in game with hotkeys.
    Currently when using “find towncenter” the camera always jumps there.
    Please give us an option to disable that globally for all finding/selection hotkeys.

  6. there seems to be a problem with shift-queue
    I can’t hold shift and then use the hotkey for select a building-blueprint.
    In aoe4 that worked.
    For now, you always have to first select the blueprint and then press shift.
    Please hotfix asap!

  7. garrisoning/back to work/seek shelter.
    This being multiple combined buttons including alt is a catastrophe.
    Please fix.

I’ll keep editing this post as people bring up more ideas.

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Strongly agree with 1. It really needs to be fixed.

2 could be cool, I guess.

3 is an artifact of the game’s age. I have the same problem as a Dvorak user with all the DE Age games, but AoE4 is intelligent enough to detect it properly. Just switch your keyboard layout to QWERTY while playing games; that’s what I do. Or you can spend the effort to remap your hotkeys. As a QWERTZ user it’ll be a lot easier for you than it would for me on Dvorak.

You’re making some big assumptions with 4. “All other modern RTS games”… Just change it to what you want, if you don’t like the default.

Conveniently, they added the option for 5 for at least some options in the latest patch!

Yeah 6 would be pretty cool to see. I didn’t realise it worked that way in aoe4! I’ve always just held shift when placing the foundation, but not when selecting what building.

I’m not sure what you mean by 7. Maybe some screenshots would help?