Suggestion: Hotkeys for crew selection

[bschoner]

I'd like to suggest the ability to select crew members with a keystroke (probably F1 for the first crewman, F2 for the next, etc.).

Maybe it's just my old DOS days showing, but I like doing a lot of things with keyboard rather than mouse when possible. Also, this would make it much less likely for a clumsy old guy to accidentally vent atmosphere into space by clicking the door NEXT to the desired crewman.

Oh, and also - tremendously fun game, extremely solid beta release, lots of fun to be had ahead. Very nice work - kudos to all involved!

[salbris]

This would nice, but instead of F1...F8, make the weapons qwerty and the crew 1-8 instead.

It's far to uncomfortable pressing the function keys.

And if possible give us the option to assign numbers to groups of crew instead of just arbitrarily giving them numbers.
Think Starcraft or most modern RTSs.

[kshh]

+1 !

[Dahn]

+1 indeed!!!

[Able_Baker]

keys for Stealth Drive/Crew Teleporter would be awesome too

[Howler]

+1

Yes! I made a forum account just to request this feature. I do not like having to click or box select crew members.

I'd much rather use number keys to select them, but ideally hotkey assignments like this should be configurable. If not configurable within a game menu, then at the very least in a text config file.

Lastly, it would be nice if the crew list on the left had some visual identifier, perhaps an icon, that indicates that particular member is manning a station or not. Extra bonus points if the icon matches the station they're manning.

*EDIT: Removed a crew toggle idea as I think using the shift key modifier makes it more consistent with the mouse click crew selection.

[neverhouse]

+1!

Just playing, and wishing the same thing.

Excellent beta, so far as I've played. Nice work, gentlemen!