Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares/Hotkeys

Note that there are no hotkeys on the Info Tab.

Master Of Orion V1.31

• Esc: Return/Cancel.
• Y: Confirm On Yes.
• N: Cancel On No.

Main Menu

• C: Continue
• N: New Game
• L: Load Game
• M: Multiplayer
• H: Hall Of Fame
• Q: Quit Game

Galaxy Map

• Alt+Q: Quit Game Instantly
• Alt+X: Switch and play as Opponent
• F1: Cycle to next fleet
• F2: Cycle to previous fleet
• F3: ???
• F4: Star Relocation
• F5: Cycle to next colony
• F6: Cycle to previous colony
• F7: Cycle to next colony that has enemy ships en route (requires Advanced Scanner tech)
• F8: Cycle to previous colony that has enemy ships en route (requires Advanced Scanner tech)
• F9: Parsec measurement tool.
• Alt+F9: Load on Last selected save game
• F10 or Alt+F10: Save on Last selected save game

• Alt+F1: Toggle "End Of Turn Summary"
• Alt+F2: Toggle "End Of Turn Wait"
• Alt+F3: Toggle "Enemy Moves"
• Alt+F4: Close Window on Windows (acts as Alt+F5 on other systems)
• Alt+F5: Toggle "Auto Select Ships" (acts as Alt+F6 on other systems)
• Alt+F6: Toggle "Animations" (acts as Alt+F7 on other systems)
• Alt+F7: Toggle "Auto Select Colony" - Auto select colony when clicking on star system (acts as Alt+F8 on other systems)
• Alt+F8: Toggle "Relocation Lines" (On Non-Windows system[Alt+F8] - Toggle "GNN News Broadcast"
• T: End Turn
• G: Game Tab
• C: Colonies Tab
• P: Planets Tab
• F: Fleets Tab
• L: Leaders Tab
• R: Races Tab
• I: Info Tab
• Shift++ or Numlock +: Zoom In
• -: Zoom Out

Game Tab

• O: Settings
• N: New Game
• S: Save Game
• L: Load Game
• Q: Quit Game

Colonies Tab

• -: Scroll Down
• Shift++ or Numlock +: Scroll Up
• N: Sort By Name
• P: Sort By Population
• F: Sort By Food Production
• I: Sort By Industry Production
• S: Sort By Research Production
• R: Sort By Production Types
• B: Sort By Income

Planets Tab

• -: Scroll Up
• Shift++ or Numlock +: Scroll Down
• 1: Filter "No Enemy Presence"
• 2: Filter "Normal Gravity"
• 3: Filter "Non-Hostile Environment"
• 4: Filter "Mineral Abundance"
• 5: Filter "Planets In Range"
• C: Send Colony Ship

Fleets Tab

• -: Scroll Up
• Shift++ or Numlock +: Scroll Down
• A: All
• R: Relocate Ships/New Ships From This Star-Go To
• S: Scrap
• L: Leaders Tab
• U: Filter Support Ships
• C: Filter Combat Ships

Leaders Tab

• P: Pool
• D: Dismiss
• >: View Next Colony
• <: View Previous Colony

Races Tab

• A: Audience
• R: Report
• D: Declare War

Can crash the game using these keys:

• F1: Do Picked Action On Race 1
• F2: Do Picked Action On Race 2
• F3: Do Picked Action On Race 3
• F4: Do Picked Action On Race 4
• F5: Do Picked Action On Race 5
• F6: Do Picked Action On Race 6
• F7: Do Picked Action On Race 7

In Colony

• B: Buy Item
• A: Toggle Auto Build
• L: Leaders Tab
• Shift+>: Cycle To Previous Colony By Name Through Type(Agricultural/Industrial/Research)
• Shift+<: Cycle To Next Colony By Name Through Type

Change Production

• B: Buy
• R: Refit
• D: Design
• E: Repeat Build
• Shift+>: Cycle To Previous Colony By Name Through Type(Agricultural/Industrial/Research)
• Shift+<: Cycle To Next Colony By Name Through Type

Design

• L: Clear
• B: Build

Add Weapon

• [A/Enter/Num Enter] - Accept
• B: Filter Beam Weapons
• M: Filter Missile Weapons
• O: Filter Bomb Weapons
• S: Filter Special Weapons
• -: Scroll Up
• Shift++ or Numlock +:Scroll Down

Add Special

• -: Scroll Up
• Shift++ or Numlock +: Scroll Down

Battle

• A: Automatic Combat
• S: Scan
• B: Board
• R: Retreat
• W: Wait
• D: Done
• O: Options
• C: Center View On Current Ship
• T: Done For All Ships
• Z: Quick Auto Combat

Planet Assault

• B: Bombard
• H: Halt
• A: Drop All
• I: Invade
• M: Mind Control