Key bindings

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Introduction

Key bindings are defined in the keybindings.txt file, which is automatically updated if you rebind keys while playing. Binds in autorun.txt will be executed on startup and these will overwrite any in keybindings.txt. These files can be found in the Wurm game directory under configs. e.g. C:\Games\Wurm\configs\default

Additionally, key binds can be combined with the Exec console command to enable a player to perform a wide range of tasks with only a few keys, swapping keybinds on the fly. See quickswitch hotkeys for more information and examples.

To access the console, press F1 (by default). You can also press ESC and then click on "Console."

Key binds

Key binds allow quick "hotkey" access to common commands and actions. The bind command requires special values as input.

bind <key> <action>
bind <key> "<console command>"

<key> is based on Java key constants. Letters and numbers represent themselves. For other keys, if you can't guess the correct name search the full KeyEvent list. Meta keys can also be specified, e.g. shift-tab or ctrl-alt-w. Available meta keys are Ctrl, Shift, and Alt. The Alt Gr key is treated as Alt (if your keyboard has one). The non-meta key must always be the last key in the combination. It is not possible to bind only meta keys.

(The numpad keys can be tricky, as they duplicate other keys on the main keyboard. They are: numpad[0-9], add, subtract, multiply, divide and decimal.)

It is also possible to bind an action to the middle mouse button, Mouse2.

NB: It's reported that mouse3 and mouse4 work for the "forward/back" buttons on a 5 button mouse.

<action> is a bindable action as listed in the table below.

bind M MINE_FORWARD

<console command> can be any console command. The console command has to be in quotes.

bind F2 "toggle inventory"

To see the current key bind you can issue the command with only the key name

bind <key>

To remove a key bind assign an empty command

bind <key> ""

You can bind keys to say things, in local chat and in other available chats.

bind <key> "say guards!"
bind <key> "say /shout Hello kingdom people!"
bind <key> "say /vil Hello village people!"
bind <key> "say /t <name> Enemies in local run awayyyy!"

You may also choose to change certain chat-function-based bindings like /sleep to different keys

bind <key> "say /sleep"

You can view a list of most "say" bindings by saying /help in game.

To list all key binds use the console command

dump binds

Keys bound to actions are sensitive to the mouse cursor's hover location/position and object highlight. So, if the cursor is hovering over an item in an inventory or highlighting an item on the ground (or a tile itself for other binds), and the TAKE bind key is pressed, that item will be taken. It is not necessary to left-click the mouse button in order to select an item first either; just hovering the mouse over something will allow the key bind to affect it.

Table

This table lists actions only. For commands check the console and chat commands pages.

Bindable actions Bind Category Notes CENTER_VIEW Camera GLANCE_LEFT Camera GLANCE_RIGHT Camera TURN_DOWN Camera TURN_UP Camera AUTORUN Player movement TURN_LEFT Player movement TURN_RIGHT Player movement MOVE_FORWARD Player movement MOVE_BACK Player movement MOVE_LEFT Player movement MOVE_RIGHT Player movement STRAFE Player movement CLIMB_UP Player movement For ladders in multi-floor houses CLIMB_DOWN Player movement For ladders in multi-floor houses FIGHT_DEFENSIVE Fighting FIGHT_NORMAL Fighting FIGHT_AGGRESSIVELY Fighting NO_TARGET Fighting TARGET Fighting AIM_LOWER_LEFT Fighting AIM_LOWER_MIDDLE Fighting AIM_LOWER_RIGHT Fighting AIM_LEFT Fighting AIM_MIDDLE Fighting AIM_RIGHT Fighting AIM_UPPER_LEFT Fighting AIM_UPPER_MIDDLE Fighting AIM_UPPER_RIGHT Fighting FOCUS Fighting SHIELD_BASH Fighting DEFEND_LEFT Fighting DEFEND_UPPER Fighting DEFEND_LOWER Fighting DEFEND_RIGHT Fighting special_move1 Fighting special_move2 Fighting special_move3 Fighting special_move4 Fighting special_move5 Fighting NEXT_TAB Interface PREVIOUS_TAB Interface NEXT_WINDOW Interface PREVIOUS_WINDOW Interface TOGGLE_CHAT Interface TOGGLE_CHARACTER Interface TOGGLE_CHARACTER_WINDOW Interface TOGGLE_CLIMB Climbing TOGGLE_FAITHFUL Religion TOGGLE_LAWFUL Morality ACTIVATE_TOOL1 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL2 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL3 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL4 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL5 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL6 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL7 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL8 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL9 Toolbelt ACTIVATE_TOOL10 Toolbelt TOGGLE_FIGHT_SPAM Spam mode DRAG Item movement STOP_DRAGGING Item movement PUSH Item movement TURN_CLOCKWISE Item movement TURN_COUNTERCLOCKWISE Item movement PULL Item movement EXAMINE Item manipulation ACTIVATE Item manipulation TAKE Item manipulation DROP Item manipulation This also pours liquids. COMBINE Item manipulation REPAIR Item manipulation IMPROVE Item manipulation Used when 'imping' items. Activate relevant tool, then use this command. FINISH Item manipulation Used when finishing 'unfinished' hammers, spindles, minedoors, etc. Activate relevant tool, then use this command. CONTINUE Item manipulation Used when attaching additional items to i.e. unfinished bsb's, ships, etc. Activate the needed item, then use this command. Does not work with house walls or fences where the item to be attached isn't activated. DIG Digging DREDGE Digging FLATTEN Digging LEVEL Digging PACK Digging CULTIVATE Digging BURY Digging SOW Farming HARVEST Farming Also works for cutting grass, reed, and kelp FARM Farming MINE_FORWARD Mining Also works for MINE_SURFACE MINE_UP Mining MINE_DOWN Mining MINE_SURFACE Mining MINE_TUNNEL Mining PROSPECT Mining PICK_SPROUT Forestry This also works for PICK_FLOWERS PRUNE Forestry CUT_DOWN Woodcutting CHOP_UP Woodcutting TAME Animal taming LEAD Animals STOP_LEADING Animals FEED Animals ABSORB Mycelium BREED Animal husbandry GROOM Animal husbandry FORAGE Foraging also works for Rummaging on rock tiles FORAGE_VEG Foraging foraging filter for vegetables FORAGE_RESOURCE Foraging foraging filter for resource items FORAGE_BERRIES Foraging foraging filter for berries BOTANIZE Botanizing BOTANIZE_SEEDS Botanizing botanizing filter for seeds BOTANIZE_HERBS Botanizing botanizing filter for herbs BOTANIZE_RESOURCE Botanizing botanizing filter for resource items PICK_FLOWERS Gardening This also works for PICK_SPROUT FISH Fishing TRACK Tracking OPEN Container CLOSE Container STOP_OR_MAIN_MENU Actions STOP Actions Much more effective at stopping certain actions than STOP_OR_MAIN_MENU MAIN_MENU Actions PRAY Praying

A note specifically about the in-game wiki. This command is bound by default to the H key. If you've managed to unbind it, you can put it back by using the bind command in your console with "toggle wikisearch" as your bound action. So if you wanted to bind

H to the wiki search, you would open your console and type in exactly as below:

bind h "toggle wikisearch"

Key names

In case you want to bind more keys than the regular keys

--> <key> Name standard german keyboard slash / # apostrophe ' ä period . . semicolon ; ü equals = * comma , , minus - - plus + ; (or numpad +) grave ` ö RBRACKET ] ´ LBRACKET [ ß backslash \ ^ decimal (numpad) , (numpad) , divide (numpad) / (numpad) / multiply (numpad) * (numpad) * mouse2 at @ colon : circumflex ^

Examples

For examples of how key bindings can help you, see quickswitch hotkeys and this forum thread.

Additional autorun.txt uses

autorun.txt can be used in several other useful ways.

The following opens windows when the client loads:

toggle skills
toggle inventory
toggle stats

This stops kingdom chat from loading when the game starts, but sometimes someone gets in a message before it takes effect. Placing it at the top of the file may help.

say /kchat

You could add this to know how much sleep bonus you have when you log in. This works best at the bottom of the file.

say /sleep

You could add this to know how long the server has been up. This works best at the bottom of the file.

say /uptime

Defaults

If you want to reset your key bindings to their default state simply delete the keybindings file. A new one will be created with the default values.