Top 3 Mac Hotkeys Request

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Top 3 Mac Hotkeys Request

Post by veritas »

Many of the PC hotkeys either don't exist or are different and not readily identifiable on the Mac. Here's the top 3 I'd like to request added to the Mac version:

List of hotkeys (F1 on PC)
Toggle ground level view (SHIFT+3 on PC)
Show the spread area for bombard attack (SHIFT)
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Post by pipfromslitherine »

Hmmm - every one of those should work on the Mac - nothing was done to disable them. What model of Mac are you running on?

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Post by veritas »

2009 iMac. I'll see if my opponent who is running it on a Mac mini is having the same problem.
pipfromslitherine wrote:Hmmm - every one of those should work on the Mac - nothing was done to disable them. What model of Mac are you running on?

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Post by veritas »

The pre-assigned system function seems to override the hotkey (i.e, F1 = reduce screen brightness on my Mac)
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Post by pipfromslitherine »

Do the hotkeys work if you use them +Fn button?

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Post by veritas »

Yes! So, here's the revised guide of keys that are slightly different for Mac Users:
List of hotkeys: Fn + F1
Ground view: SHIFT + 3 (Must be Numpad 3)
Casualty list: ~ (Not Insert)
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Post by pipfromslitherine »

Thanks - I will investigate and try and get them to operate correctly, even though there are workarounds.

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Post by enric »

The use of the F keys, on the Mac, are defined in:
System preferences/keyboard/Keyboard

The checkbox: "Use F1. F2, etc, …" when checked the F1 should works in BA.
Then, to reduce screen brightness you should use fn-F1


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