Hotkeys show ingame but do not work

zero-K specifique hotkeys do not work for me.
The only hotkeys that seem to work are the ones from uikeys.txt

F11 does not work, ESC just prints "press shift esc to quit" instead of opening that menu with volume sliders etc.
C enters FPS mode instead of switching to defense tab and so on.

GoogleFrog told me I need a file LuaUI\Configs\zk_keys.lua
and it is there.
It also seems to be complete:
http://pastebin.com/0GSdgUcG

For example it contains:
{"areamex", "ctrl+w"},
but ingame ctrl+w does nothing.

Note at top of file it says an old date: ["date"]= 20130630
But each start of zK the "last modified" date in windows changes, so I guess the mod is writing it every time.
When I delete the file (and the .bak too), hotkeys still do not work and the file is recreated.

An infolog:
http://pastebin.com/6MGwjeDx

When I edit the file, the new settings are read.
For example for test I change areamex to ctrl+n:
{"areamex", "ctrl+n"},
it will show ingame:

but pressing the keys does nothing.

Whether I try from spring.exe directly or springlobby, it is the same.

From your infolog:

"You have opted to use the engine's uikeys.txt. The menu keybind system will not be used."

Settings > Misc > Use UIKeys.txt is turned on.

Seems to work now. Thanks all!

Imo still a bug that "everything stops working" if a players turns on that option just because he wants to keep using his old hotkeys.

I am still missing hotkeys for the units/buildings.
Or are those not included by default anymore?

Building hotkeys are implemented via the ZXCV keys on the order menu or with gestures. We don't have any explicit buildunit_X hotkeys.

Yeah, something's not right. There should be a Q on the mex, an A on the windmill, an S on the solar, etc.

The options I mentioned earlier control whether those letters appear on Rectors, Glaives, Scythes, etc. when you click on the Units tab (with a factory selected). But as far as I know, those letters should be there on the buildings regardless of option settings.

Do they appear if you press the Meta key (usually space bar)? Or the Alt key?

Maybe disable and re-enable the Integral Menu widget?

Maybe remove your uikeys.txt and/or disable the uikeys.txt option?

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Edit: Maybe the problem is that you're trying to define specific hotkeys for those buildings, but perhaps Integral Menu doesn't let you rebind them, since they're in a grid that's aligned with the keyboard? Maybe what you're trying to do is incompatible with Integral Menu.

Maybe. I'm not sure. Might need to look at the widget code to find out for sure.

Edit again: I think that's what GoogleFrog was trying to tell us above.

quote: Can you look in your LuaUI\Configs\zk_keys.lua if there are some entries that look related to that?

I don't see anything.

Reading through the widget code, I wouldn't expect to see anything there, either. It looks like those keys are hardcoded into the widget, rather than being bindable.

What do you have in uikeys.txt that sets your hotkeys for constructing buildings? Did you try to translate it to something similar in zk_keys.lua?

They grid unit hotkeys do not show up in any key definition place because they are somewhat hardcoded into the widget. This is how they are able to be activated only after another key is pressed.

To use the hotkeys you have to press the ZXCV key on your keyboard. Pressing the button on the menu with your mouse will not activate the hotkeys. I am not sure why this is so, probably something to do with mixing access methods.

quote: -Hotkeys for units in factory. (As in Q=queue constructor, A=queue flash, etc)

Either hold the spacebar or go into Settings/Panels/Integral Menu and untick "Units tab hotkeys require Meta"

quote: -Hotkey to toggle through priority states

That can be set in Game/Commands, scroll down to "State Commands".