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If you find that clicking on the shifters, throttles, thrusters, and the rudder is too tedious, hot keys were added to make it easier to control the boat. Hover over any control element and the hotkeys will be displayed. For further reference, see the list below.<\/p>\n

Boat Docking Simulator \u2014 Hot Key Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two complete control schemes run side by side \u2014 pick whichever suits your dominant hand. No settings menu needed; both are always active.<\/p>\n

WASD Scheme (right-handed setup \u2014 mouse in right hand)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Forward \/ Left<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reverse \/ Right<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Left engine (throttle + shifter)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`W`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`S`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Right engine (throttle + shifter)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`I`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`K`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Left engine \u2014 separate-throttle mode<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`R`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`F`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Right engine \u2014 separate-throttle mode<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`U`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`J`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Rudder<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`A`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`D`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Bow thruster<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Q`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`E`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stern thruster<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Z`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`X`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Neutral (shifter)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`C` (left)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`V` (right)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stop<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Esc`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

🔢 Numpad Scheme (left-handed setup \u2014 mouse in left hand)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Forward \/ Left<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reverse \/ Right<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Left engine (throttle + shifter)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 8`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 2`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Right engine (throttle + shifter)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num +`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num -`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Left engine \u2014 separate-throttle mode<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num *`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num \/`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Right engine \u2014 separate-throttle mode<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Enter\u2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

‘Num .’<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rudder<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 4`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 6`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Bow thruster<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 7`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 9`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stern thruster<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 1`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 3`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Neutral (shifter)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 5`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Num 0`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stop<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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`Esc`<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Both schemes are always active, so a player simply uses whichever side of
the keyboard suits their dominant hand.<\/p>\n

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If you find that clicking on the shifters, throttles, thrusters, and the rudder is too tedious, hot keys were added to make it easier to control the boat. Hover over any control element and the hotkeys will be displayed. For further reference, see the list below. Boat Docking Simulator \u2014 Hot Key Reference Two complete […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboatdocker.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}