Solar panel key binding mod.

[Las-pen]

Hello again.

This time I'm looking for a rather simple mod, that would allow me to use key shortcut to extend and retract all solar panels. Like we can lower landing gear, turn on and off lights and brake with a one key.

Need I say why it would be handy?

[Pondafarr]

Because you could just set that in an action group?

[tg626]

I'm guessing you don't know about action groups.

You can assign the number keys 1-0 to do various things. Landing gear, lights, and abort are simply "special, auto-assigned" action groups.

In the VAB or SPH click the middle blue tab at the top, then click the part you want to assign (in this case, the solar panel). Now click the "group 1" in the left column, and "toggle panel" (or similar) in the right column.

Once you launch, pressing "1" will extend the panels.

Experiment with different parts, there are a lot of functions that can be assigned that way.

[Superfluous J]

I hate to go against the tide but action groups or not, a solar panel hotkey would be nice. We have one for lights and landing gear, why NOT solar panels? They're at LEAST as obvious a thing to stick to a hotkey as lights.

I'd also like a "do science" hotkey, though with the ScienceAlert mod it's not as important.