Krasny: Anyone have a list of hotkeys?
Thanks.
There are a lot of hotkeys. The most important are those already mentioned.
Most notably F1..F9 because they are inaccessible directly from the main screen.
I also use M --> A combination to go directly to Alchemy tool on the Magic screen.
Q is quite important, because it lets you see the small income window before you reach the end of the turn.
Then there are the cheats - on Magic screen you press ALT + RVL which auto-casts Nature Awarness, or ALT + PWR which gives you and any opponent 10.000 mana and 100 skill and the knowledge of all the spells from the spellbooks. This is useful for studying spells and their effects (but opponents will start to cast Spell of Mastery immediately).
Most useful hotkeys
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main W...wait
D....done
C...center on active unit
P...change plane
M...Magic screen (to change powerbase distribution and to communicate with AIs)
S...cast a spell
M -> A ... Alchemy
F1...surveyor
F9...you see your wizard overview
(F2...minimap or F5...power comparison)
city screen C...change
B...buy
combat D...done
W..wait
S...cast a spell
Escape The most important hotkey, it can get you out of most screen without commiting. Notably, you may even take back a spell you almost casted in combat, but then you decided not to. Caution: Escape does NOT work during item creation, the item will be generated. You have to go manually to the Spells screen, click on the spell and disable it.