Binding keys to game functions v0.114

[lagomorph129]

I've really been enjoying the update, but I've reached a cap on my shield gen's and would like to re-position the less relevant ones. I can't seem to find the scrap function in the menus, but is there a way I can bind that to the [delete] key? I don't see it as a predefined function in the inputmappings.dat, and I wouldn't know how to find that function. Additionally, the multiple letters of the [delete] key confuse me in terms of what to put as the actual binding.

[lagomorph129]

Well, I found the input definitions. I tried copying the format in the inputmappings.dat in the PlayerData folder, but I soon realized that opening the game reset it to the way it was before I modified it. I take it I'll have to make an .xml to force these settings through. What would be a good resource for learning how to work that magic? 

[keith.lamothe]

Whoops, sorry, I should have put that button in under the Commands menu. Which you could do but I'm guessing recompiling a C# dll is beyond what you'd like to do for this

PlayerData/inputmappings.dat _is_ the right place for changing the keys for an existing bind. But you can't define new binds there.

Since this behavior is already implemented by the main input handler, though, you can add a bind to that existing behavior very simply:

1) In  GameData/Configuration/InputAction/KDL_InputActions.xml
2) Add this at the bottom (before </root>) :

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  <input_action name="ScrapUnits"
              display_name="Scrap"
              description="~*~"
              dll_name="AIWarExternalCode"
              type_name="Arcen.AIW2.External.Input_MainHandler"
              default_key="Delete"
  >
  </input_action>

This will be overwritten the next time we update that file, but that bind will probably be present in our update. If you wanted to make a similar one and avoid the overwriting you could put it in a mod in the XMLMods folder.

[lagomorph129]

Thanks a heap