Task Force Admiral: Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys

by Fernando Diaz / Articles, Game Controls & Hotkeys, Misc. Guides / 03 Jan 2025

Abandon your turn-based warfare games, armchair Admirals. Task Force Admiral Vol. 1: American Carrier Battles drops you into the 1942 Pacific furnace… You’re not putting counters on a board; you’re commanding a US Navy carrier task force in opposition to real time naval combat. Airstrikes tearing the heavens asunder, torpedoes cutting wakes in the ocean, and the Imperial Japanese Navy at your back – this is strategy bare. No RPG foam, no dice roll Band-Aids – simply naked, unedited tactical command where your decisions are all that are between victory and a watery grave…

But the cold hard fact is this: when the action is hot and your carrier is in the crosshairs, you’re not going to make it by clicking your way through like Minesweeper. Task Force Admiral is a game where speed kills & and fumbling to get the right menu at the wrong moment? That’s a death sentence for your sailors. That’s why we’re putting the keys to survival in your hands: literally. We’ve crammed all the default keyboard shortcuts & hotkeys into a bare-bones list, so you can forget the interface battling and back to the fun stuff: blowing hell out of the opposing fleet. Learn these, and you’ll be directing your task force like a cyberspace Halsey in a snap – here we go.

Station & View Hotkeys:

[F1]: Flag Plot Station

[F2]: Strategic Map Station

[F3]: Fleet Plot Station / Fleet Information Screen

[F4]: Formation Editor Screen (within Fleet Plot)

[F5]: Defensive Air Ops (Station and within Fleet Plot)

[F6]: Fighter Direction Screen (within Fleet Plot)

[F7]: Flight Deck Station / Aircraft Roster Screen (within Air Plot)

[F7] x 2 (Double Tap): Deck Timeline Screen (within Air Plot)

[F8]: Missions Station / Mission Roster Screen (within Air Plot)

[F8] x 2 (Double Tap): Squadron Roster Screen (within Air Plot)

[ENTER]: Toggle 3D World View

[NUMPAD 8]: Binoculars/Bridge View (External View)

[SPACE]: Toggle Tactical View

General Interface Hotkeys:

[TAB]: Hide All Interface Modules

[RETURN] / [HOME]: Expand/Collapse Side Panels

[PGUP]: Switch to Next Unit (in Order of Battle for views)

[PGDN]: Switch to Previous Unit (in Order of Battle for views)

Camera Movement Hotkeys (World 3D & Binoculars/Bridge View):

[W]: Move Camera Forward

[A]: Move Camera Left (Sidestep)

[S]: Move Camera Backward

[D]: Move Camera Right (Sidestep)

[SHIFT] + [WASD]: Slow Camera Movement (Forward, Backward, Sidestep)

[R]: Increase Camera Elevation (Up)

[F]: Decrease Camera Elevation (Down)

Mouse Actions (Views & Tactical Command):

Double Left Mouse Click (in World 3D View): Center Orbit Camera on Clicked Unit

Right Click on Unit/Group (on Map/Tactical View): Assume Tactical Command

Fernando Diaz

Fernando is doing what he always did, sharing his honest opinions about games whenever he can. The difference is now he is writing and not talking about it.
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