X2: Keyboard map??

"LHeilb8013" <lheilb8013 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041026170307.07384.00003337@mb-m29.aol.com...
> Just picked this up in the bargain bin. Manual says to play the game with
the
> "keyboard map" in front of me (tutorial section).Game does not seem to
include
> one, although I thought they were customary for space sims. WTF??

Don't have my manual handy so I don't remember if they were all
in there.. but I can tell you that if you go to the help screen in the
game (default key is "h"), you will get a scrollable list of EVERY
hotkey in the game. You could take a few minutes to write them
all down if nothing else.

You cannot, for the most part, change the keys, so you gotta get
used to them the way they are. You can configure some keys
with the game launcher. But only stuff like Control, Alt, Enter,
etc. It also allows you to assign mouse buttons and joystick
buttons. Anything on A-Z is pretty much fixed.

Go through all the tutorials if you are new to the game, to learn
the details on how to do things like pickup cargo, buy and build
factories and stuff, and to get a good combat sim that is a good
place to learn to control your ship and battle.

One last hint, new players often have trouble launching missles.
The keyboard has two seperate controls for 1) cycling through
available missles and 2) launching the one selected. If you assign
the missles/rockets function (in the launcher config), to a joystick
button, it functions as both. A single click of the button cycles
forward through missles in your hold. To launch one, you have
to press and hold the button for a bit.. at least a second, maybe
two. Bit of a pain. If you really want to launch fast, the keyboard
key works better (I think it's L).

Jim