Customizing Your Controls
Customize your keyboard by configuring up to nine separate Action Sets.
An Action Set is a set of shortcuts providing quicker access to actions from your Action Library Action Library Inventory Your Inventory is used to store the different items you need to use during your adventures on Calypso. Your items are automatically sorted into compartments like clothing, armor, weapons etc., which can be viewed by clicking the compartment tabs on the right.
Default Key: Y
The Action Library is an easily accessible collection of all available actions your avatar can perform.
Use the colored book marks at the bottom to access the different action categories, and the left and right arows to browse category pages.
Simply click an icon in the Action Library to initiate the action.
Default Key: I
The icons in the lower right area can be used to organize your Inventory, display only equipped items, view your avatar or place your avatar in camera focus.
The current weight of your Inventory and your PED account balance are also displayed for convenience. Dont forget that the weight of your Inventory will determine how quickly your avatar can move - something to bear in mind when exploring mutant settlements or dark woods - because there will be times when you want to get moving quickly.
The Action Set Panel shows which of the nine Action Sets that is currently active.
To edit an Action Set: Action Library
Click the Edit Panel (Default: L) icon in the Action Library. The Edit Panel will open.
Alternatively, while in Cursor Mode, right click the desktop to open the Quick Menu and navigate to System/Config/Edit Panel.
Open the Keyboard Map (Default: G) by clicking its icon in the Action Library
Default Key: Y
The Action Library is an easily accessible collection of all available actions your avatar can perform.
Use the colored book marks at the bottom to access the different action categories, and the left and right arows to browse category pages.
Simply click an icon in the Action Library to initiate the action.
Alternatively, navigate to it from the Quick Menu, or click its icon on the Edit Panel.
Your current active Action Set is now displayed with colored icons on the Keyboard Map and on your Entropia desktop.
Remove icons from the active Action Set by dragging the icons to the trash can in the Edit Panel.
Add icons to the active Action Set by dragging their icons from the Action Library or Inventory directly onto an available key on the Keyboard Map and to the desired position on your desktop.
Create unmapped desktop icons by dragging their icons from the Action Library or Inventory directly onto the Entropia desktop without putting them on the Keyboard Map. These actions/items are initiated by a mouse click on the desktop icon.
Use the left and right arrows on the Action Set Panel to activate and configure other Action Sets.
Save changes to Action Sets by closing the Edit Panel.
The Global Action Set allows you to preserve a global set of key mappings and desktop icons even while you activate/display different Action Sets.
To display/edit your Global Action Set and default keyboard setup:
To edit the Global Action Set and/or default keys (e.g. the QWERT or F1 - F9 keys) you need to first activate the 'Enable Advanced Action Set Mode' option in the Options Panel (default key O).
Open the Edit Panel.
Open the Keyboard Map.
Now you can freely change any of the activated icons on the keyboard map or global desktop icons. You can either drag and drop icons from the keyboard map or global action panel as described previously. Remove icons from the active Global Action Set by dragging the icons to the trash can in the Edit Panel.
Add icons to the active Global Action Set by dragging their action icons from the Action Library or object icons from the Inventory directly onto an available key on the Keyboard Map and to the desired position on your desktop.
Create unmapped global desktop icons by dragging their icons from the Action Library or Inventory directly onto the desktop without putting them on the Keyboard Map. These actions/items are initiated by a mouse click on the desktop icon.
Save changes to the Global Action Set by closing the Edit Panel.
Use the left or right arrow on the Action Set Panel to find and activate the Global Action Set. The Global Action Set is recognized by an asterix symbol (*).
The advanced Action Set Panel view allows you to display several Actions Sets at the same time.
Open Options (default key O), select Enable Advanced Action Set Mode and press OK button.
Click the down arrow on the Action Set Panel.
Mark the radio buttons to the left of the numbers to display Action Sets simultaneously.
Press up arrow to collapse Action Set Panel to simple view.
To avoid the different Action Sets being displayed on top of each other - open the Edit Panel and drag and drop the different desktop icons to desired positions. You can place the icons anywhere on your desktop
