Macros and Hotkeys

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Macros are a very robust feature of SS13, allowing the player to attach any verb to (almost) any key combination.

Macros That Are Already In

This is a basic list of the Macros that are built into the server.

• F1 = Adminhelp
• F2 = OOC
• F3 = Say
• F4 = Me
• Ctrl + Click = Quick Grab (Make sure to have an empty hand.)
• Shift + Click = Quick Examine (Marine Use/Some Alien Castes)
• Shift + Middle Click = Point to
• Ctrl + Middle Click = Tactical Binoculars lazer target
• Shift + Click = Throwing a Hugger as Carrier or Spitting neurotoxin as a sentinel. (If you have enabled the shift click function in the alien tab.)

Managing Macros

Accessing macros via the title bar menu

Macros can be accessed and edited in two ways, from the in-game client by Right-click the top in-game title bar -> Client -> Macros. The other way is editing "macros.dmf" file with a text editor. The macros.dmf is in C:\Users\[YOU]\Documents\BYOND\cfg, open macros.dmf in a text editor (Notepad++ recommended, but Notepad works fine, too)

Creating a Macro

• The key used must not already be used by the client/server (See Unusable keys)
• The command must contain dashes (-) in the place of spaces
• The full verb must be used as the command. E.g. unique-action
• The command is NOT case-sensitive. E.g. Join-as-Xeno works fine.

Examples

General Commands

Key	Command	Function
Shift + F2	LOOC	Speak in LOOC (Local Out of Character chat)
Spacebar	Resist	Drop and roll to extinguish the fire, break out of alien nest and unbuckle
Shift + G	Rest	Rest on weed to regenerate health as alien or lay down to avoid FF as marine
Escape	Cancel-Camera-View	Stop looking up/down ladder and camera
Shift + W/A/S/D	Northface/Westface/Eastface/Southface	Turn north/west/east/south (essentially dance if excuted in quick succession)
Shift + E	Toggle-Darkness	Disable darkness (ghost only)
P	Join-as-Xeno	Open join Xeno window (ghost only)
[	Join-Response-Team	Sign up as a candidate for emergency response team (ghost only)
]	Toggle-SpecialRole-Candidacy	Open the special role candidacy window
I	.ping	Ping the server to see how high the ping is (and disengage when it's high)
U	Re-enter-corpse	Re-enter the body, useful when a medic is trying to revive you.
Ctrl+W	northfaceperm	Lock your facing direction north.
Ctrl+A	westfaceperm	Lock your facing direction west.
Ctrl+S	southfaceperm	Lock your facing direction south.
Ctrl+D	eastfaceperm	Lock your facing direction east.

Marine Commands

Type *help to see the list of emotes.

Key	Command	Function
C	unique-action	Pump shotgun and ignite incinarator
V	load-from-attachment	Toggle UGL, masterkey, etc
B	Toggle-burst-fire-mode	Toggle burst fire (M41A, M39, etc)
J	use-rail-attachment	Uses the rail attachment on your weapon. (Rail Light, Scopes.)
F	Unload-weapon\nActivate-Held-Object\nSwap-Hand	Eject the magazine then free up a hand for reloading
G	Pick-up M41A-Pulse-Rifle-MK2	Pick up a M41A that's near you
`	Toggle-Gun-Safety	Toggle the gun's safety on/off.
Alt + `	Show-Held-Item	Show the item in your hand for others to take a look
Alt + Q	Say "*medic"	Medic emote
Alt + E	Say "*scream"	Scream emote so you can get help when you are caught out of position
Alt + W	Northface\nSay "Contact North!"	Turn north and yell Contact North! (add east, south, and west too)
6	Say ";Help!"	Yell Help! in squad comms as you got dragged to a dark alley and mauled
Shift + E	Issue-Order	Open the Issue Order window (SL and SO/XO/CO only)
Alt + 1	Say "Let's go!"	Yell Let's go! (useful to urge friendlies relucent to fallback or push)
Alt + 2	Say "Fallback!"	Yell Fallback! (useful to urge friendlies to fallback when they overextend)
Alt + 3	Say "Hold!"	Yell Hold!
Alt + 4	Say "Stick together!"	Yell Stick together!
Alt + 6	Say ";On me!"	Yell On me! in comms, useful when you are SL
Alt + 7	Say ";Need backup!"	Yell Need backup! in comms
Alt + C	Toggle-M68-Thermal-Camouflage	Toggle Scout Spec's cloak
Alt + A	Rotate-Vehicle-Counterclockwise	Rotates the Tank Counterclockwise
Alt + D	Rotate-Vehicle-Clockwise	Rotates the Tank Clockwise

Alien Commands

Type *help to see the list of emotes. Using an emote without a number will have the game choose randomly for you. Additionally, a list of alien macros can be found here.

Key	Command	Function
`	Hive-Status	Open Hive Status window
Space	Crawl-Through-Vent	Start crawling into vent
Shift + 1	Say "*hiss"	Hiss emote
Shift + 2	Say "*growl"	Growl emote
Shift + 3	Say "*tail"	Tail whip emote
Shift + 4	Say "*roar"	Roar emote
Shift + 6	Say ":a Heal"	Say Heal in hivemind so the Queen can heal you in time
Shift + 7	Say "*dance"	Dance emote
Shift + Z	Say "MOVE"	Life saving phase when you are body blocked by fellow sisters
Shift + X	Say "Capture"	Urge fellow sisters to capture/let you capture the host
Shift + C	Say "Don't"	Urge fellow sisters to not do something, etc
O	Evolve	Open Evolve window

Unusable keys

• F1 to F12
• 5 (Toggle-Move-Intent, default keybind to 5 in hotkey mode and Ctrl-5 in normal mode. )
• Alt + F, I, H, and T
• Keys listed below.

Hotkey List:

This section means that these key commands can be only be used with hotkey mode toggled on.

What it does:	Hotkey:
Forward	W
Left	A
Backwards	S
Right	D
Drops the item in your active hand.	Q
Quick equips the item in your active hand. More Detail: Quickly equipping any held item will send it to any worn (not held) container capable of containing it, in order of most to least specialized, prioritizing belts and holsters over pouches. Backpacks are last on the list. Note that weapons will only ever quick-equip to places only requiring one click to take them out again. Additionally it will Holster/Unholster a weapon and place it in your active hand.	E
Toggles Throw so when you next click on a tile, you'll throw the item in your active hand there.	R
Bring up the Say" Chatbox	T
Swap Hands	X
Activate Held Object (Toggle weapon wielding with both hands)	Z/Y
Help Intent	1
Disarm Intent	2
Grab Intent	3
Harm Intent	4
Toggle Move Intent (Run/Walk)	5

Any Mode:

This section means that these key commands can be used even with hotkey mode toggled off.

What it does:	Hotkey:
Face North	Ctrl + W
Face East	Ctrl + D
Face South	Ctrl + S
Face West	Ctrl + A
Drops the item in your active hand.	Ctrl + Q
Toggles Throw so when you next click on a tile, you'll throw the item in your active hand there.	Ctrl + R
Swap Hands	Ctrl + X
Activate Held Object	Ctrl + Z or Ctrl +Y
Help Intent	Ctrl + 1
Disarm Intent	Ctrl + 2
Grab Intent	Ctrl + 3
Harm Intent	Ctrl + 4
Toggle Move Intent (Run/Walk)	Ctrl + 5
Pull	Delete
Cycle Intents Right	Insert
Drop item in your active hand.	Home
Swap Hands	Page Up
Activate Held Object	Page Down
Throw item in your active hand.	End
Adminhelp Chatbox Popup	F1
OOC Chatbox Popup	F2
Say" Chatbox Popup	F3
Me" Chatbox Popup	F4
Toggle Hud On/Off	F12
Quick Pull	Ctrl + Click
Quick Examine	Shift + Click
Point To	Shift + Middle Click
Tactical Binoculars: Designate Laser Target	Ctrl + Middle Click
Swap Hands (Only if you don't have certain items in your active hand, or have shift click functions enabled as an alien)	Middle Click
Alien abilities (Only If you have shift click functions enabled as an alien.)	Shift + Click

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Advanced Usage

The \n character combination can be used to input a "newline" between macros, allowing several verbs to be called from a single macro. Some examples above utilize \n as well.

• Space: Resist\nCrawl-Through-Vent
• Alt + W: Northface\nSay "Contact North!"
• `: Hive-Status\nToggle-Gun-Safety

Additional Links

• Macroing 102 by ForwardslashN
• Simple Macro guide by Challenger