- [ Introduction ] -
When there's a slash ("/"), the left part is in game mode
(F8 and usually works in the normal game), while the right is in
the editor. Most of the normal game function still work in the editor
- moreso in the game mode of course. The M key is especially useful
for selecting critters as it doesn't have the issue of "clicking
a bunch of time until you hit the critter" problem mentioned
in the documentation since you know exactly where you click. If
there's a third slash in the command, the third command is actually
available while in the dialogs with NPCs. When there's a slash with
nothing in front or after it, it means the command isn't available
in that mode.

- [ Key mappings ] -
A: Attack/
B: Switch attack weapon/Fix map objects to PIDs (same as menu)/Barter

C: Character/Copy
F: Toggle FPS display
D: Switch light level look of map (day, night et al)

E: /Edit selected proto
I: Inventory/List scripts (same as menu)
K: Kill critter (and recucitate!)
L: Lock (doors)/Give 500xp to OBJ_DUDE
M: Mouse-Hex cursor toggle
N: Switch attack mode/Advance 1 month

O: Options
P: Pipboy/Find selected item or tile under cursor
Q: Make walls transparent (like steam transparancy)
R: Toggles roofs on and off
S: Skilldex/
T: Advance 1 minute/Open edit mode menu

U: /Use item (open or close doors)
S: /Place location script
W: Worldmap (Note: if PROs are read-only, it crashes)
Z: Rest/
?: Display game time
[/]: /One step change of daylight

+/-: Adjust brightness level/Move proto list right and left
,/.: Rotate OBJ_DUDE left right/
Keypad +: /Move proto list up by 10
End: Go to last item in proto list
Del: Go in delete mode (same as button in UI)
Page up/Page down: Change map level

Up/Down/Left/Right: Move POV
Home: Return POV to map level origin
Esc: Cancel menu/Cancel menu or quit editor

Left-Click: Move to, look/Select Item
Right-Click: Change attack mode/Cancel current action

Alt-A: Save As

Alt-B: Edit OBJ_DUDE (Notes: as in the menu, and as with the menu,

when exiting this function it leaves the screen mostly black!)
Alt-F: File menu
Alt-G: Shift map (use Left/Right/Up/Down keys to move map)
Alt-H: Crashes app
Alt-I: Load text map (disabled? - same as menu)

Alt-N: Erase map
Alt-O: Open map
Alt-P: Save text map (need to have a (saved) named for the map first
or crash)
Alt-S: Save
Alt-T: Scripts menu
Alt-V: Tools menu

Alt-W: Set map script
Alt-Y: Use pattern

Ctrl-F: /Disable sound effect cache
Ctrl-I: /Pipboy map
Ctrl-J: Give object to OBJ_DUDE
Ctrl-L: Load savegame

Ctrl-N: Advance 1 month
Ctrl-P: Pause
Ctrl-Q: Quit/
Ctrl-T: Adance 1 day
Ctrl-S: Save game/
Ctrl-V: Version

Ctrl-X: Quit/
Ctrl-End: Go to proto 0 in list
Ctrl-Up/Ctrl-Down: Rotate critter North/South
Crtl-Left/Ctrl-Right: Rotate crirtter Left/Right

1:Use Sneak skill/Goto bookmark 1/Answer 1
2:Use Lockpick skill/Goto bookmark 2/Answer 2

3:Use Steal skill/Goto bookmark 3/Answer 3
4:Use Traps skillGoto bookmark 4/Answer 4
5:Use First aid skill/Goto bookmark 5/Answer 5
6:Use Doctor skill/Goto bookmark 6/Answer 6
7:Use Science skill/Goto bookmark 7/Answer 7
8:Use Repair skill/Goto bookmark 8/Answer 8

9:/Goto bookmark 9/Answer 9 (can there even be 9 answers in a dialog?)

0:/Goto bookmark 0/Exit dialog

F1: Help/Items
F2: /Critters
F3: /Scenery
F4: Save/Walls

F5: Load savegame/Tiles
F6: Quick save/Misc
F7: Quickload savegame
F8: Switch to and from game mode
F9: /Rebuild item protos (Librarian menu - need librarian=1 in cfg)

F10: Quit/Rebuild proto lists (Librarian menu - need librarian=1
in cfg)

F11: /Rebuild all (Librarian menu - need librarian=1 in cfg)
F12: Screenshot

Alt-F4: Real game only - Quit
Alt-F7: /Does some weird POV teleport of some kind and takes a screenshot

Ctrl-F1: /Toggle Items display (doesn't upate UI)
Ctrl-F2: /Toggle Critters display (doesn't upate UI)

Ctrl-F3: /Toggle Scenery display (doesn't upate UI)
Ctrl-F4: /Toggle Walls display (doesn't upate UI)
Ctrl-F5: /Toggle Tiles display (doesn't upate UI)
Ctrl-F6: /Toggle Misc display (doesn't upate UI)
Ctrl-F7: /Delete script

Shift Commands note: If a command is assigned in the game with
the normal key, then using it with the Shift key ends up using that
command as in the game, but within the editor. If that command doesn't
exist, then it will use the command in the editor instead, except
for [Special thanks to temaperacl about the Shift which I didn't
check thinking it wasn't used]:

Shift-A: /Destroy all scripts
Shift-L: Gain level
Shift-C: /Copy All (Same as UI: copy critters, scenery and misc)

Shift-W: /Assign hotkeys (?)
Shift-K: /Kill critter and choose death

Shift-F9: /Edit AI packet for critter (Notes: Crashes on second
try, you'll need the packet AI number as the game always pops up
the same,

when selecting "Done" without selecting any item in the
various lists it usually pops up a dialog which permits you to type
the string instead of selecting it in the menu. If you type an non-existing
one, the editor will create a new entry for you!)
Shift-F11: /Edit stats for critter

- [ Map keys ] -
You can use the 0 though 9 keys to acces any of the defined entrances
on a map (accessed from the worldmap on any other occasion then
the first). This will work regardless of wether you can see the
entyr point on the map or not and also works in the normal game
(sadly...)

- [ Generic Keys ] -

The options menu can be driven using the first letter of the button
you wish to select. The same can be said with Yes/No dialogs, as
well as the real game's main menu and various sub-menus (ie: load
menu, create new char menu, etc...) Lists can be handled with Up/Down
buttons, as well as Page Up and Page Down when the list has more
items then the area can display. In addition, various element lists
(such as a file list) can be controlled by typing the first letter
of the item you're looking for (for example, type D to skip to the
first D file in the map list when loading a map).

- [ Librarian mode ] -
The librarian menu can be toggled on with override_librarian=1 in
the cfg, note that while it's enabled you can't save your map.

- [ Loading saved games ] -
You can load games into the editor, note however that the game's
files are used instead of the ones found in the directories and/or
the DATs when possible. Also note that if you extracted and modified
PRO files in your "working" directory, chances are loading
the savegame will delete them so you'd need to make them read-only
- also see the W key above about this. Additionally there seems
to be problems in using editing PROs in savegames.

- [ Editing PRO files ] -
Getting the PRO files to be editable: On the same drive you installed
Fallout2 (well, I don't know, it might be the same you installed
the mapper,
or in which master.dat is found in mapper2.cfg, I haven't toyed
enough with it since it works for me and probably will for you too
since that's how most people install the applications), create /fallout2/dev/proto,
and in it place the directories critters, items, scenery, tiles,
walls and misc. Once that's done you can edit the PRO files, simply
by Right clicking on them with the mouse and clicking the Edit buttong
(or pressing E). You also need to make sure that librarian is set
to 1 in the cfg (and preferably librarian_override still set to

0 if you still want to be able to save maps).

An important note is that each PRO contains it's own PID in the
file. If you copy a PRO file to overwrite another one or reate a
new one at the end of the list, you'll need to make sure the internally
contained PID matches the it's own critter.lst line number. You
could hex edit it, or:
- edit the proto, thus creating the text file reference;
- rebuild the protos (F9, see above, though you might need to use
F11);

- edit the proto again.

Here's a sample of how it looks on my drive for reference (in hopes
it looks good in whatever media you read this in...)
E:
---fallout2
---dev
---proto


+---critters

+---items

+---scenery

+---tiles

+---walls

---misc

- [ Recording mode ] -
In the game's main menu hit Ctrl-R. This will ask you to load a
map and then select a name (for the recording). You've now started
a recording and to exit you'll need to hit Ctrl-R again. Once recorded,
Fallout 2 will play the recording every other time instead of the
main movie. If there's more then one recording it'll iterate through
each of them (as well as the main movie - thanks to Temaperacl,
again, for verifying this). You can also use this trick to load
the map you wish and play it in the real game by saving the game,
quitting the recording and loading your recently saved game.

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