[Answered] Left Shift is not bindable anymore in Controls screen

[DSeyka]

...if put into options.cfg like this "keyBattlePrevUnit: 304" on starting a new battle.
No extra information seems to appear in openxcom.log.
This is OpenXcomEx+ specific and doesn't happen in OpenXcom nightly or OpenXcomEx 3.10a

[Meridian]

Yes, in OXCE+ the CTRL, ALT and SHIFT keys are not bindable anymore... by design.

[DSeyka]

Oh, didn't know that.
Just out of curiosity, what are they reserved for? Control groups or something like that?

[Meridian]

Oh, didn't know that.
Just out of curiosity, what are they reserved for? Control groups or something like that?

CTRL is reserved for:
- force-firing
- alternate movement methods (running, strafing, turning turret)
- various indicators (ctrl+H, ctrl+M, ctrl+B, ...)
- various debug commands

ALT is reservedd for:
- facing indicator
- weapon damage range indicator
- probably something else I'm forgetting...

SHIFT is reserved for:
- alternate movement method (force-walking)

Besides Battlescape, all 3 of them are used also on Geoscape and Basescape for various things:
- SHIFT + sort = sort soldiers descending
- CTRL+sort = don't sort, just show numbers that would be used for sorting
- CTRL + ALT + X = return unused stuff from craft back to base
- CTRL+click to move a facility
- CTRL+click to move HQ
- CTRL+1 .. CTRL+9 for quick equipment
- and several more I'm forgetting...

[DSeyka]

- SHIFT + sort = sort soldiers descending
- CTRL+sort = don't sort, just show numbers that would be used for sorting

Oh wow those are especially amazingly useful!
I assume there isn't any sort of documentation on keybindings and/or OXCE+ new features (compared to OXCE) in general yet?

[Meridian]

Does this count?

[DSeyka]

Those will do, thanks!
None of them mention the sorting thing though. And I assume night vision stuff only works with relevant mods? Still better than nothing!

[Meridian]

Night vision works also without any mods.

Just go on a night mission and hold SPACE or press ScrollLock...