Binds

Binds

In Vendetta Online, the player can customize their own binds and aliases to improve their experience. These can range from a simple bind to toggle the auto-aim mode, to a complicated system of aliases and binds that can be used as an online encyclopedia.

How to "Install" Binds

If you are taking binds from another source, say the Custom Binds and Aliases Thread, you won't need to type them in manually unless you want to do it the hard way.

1. Find the file named wgaf.cfg in your Vendetta folder and open it. For Mac users, you will have to Show Package Contents of the Vendetta Online package in order to get to it. For Windows users, you can find it in either C:\Program Files\Guild Software\Vendetta\wgaf.cfg or C:\Program Files\Vendetta Online\wgaf.cfg depending on when you installed the game. Linux users can find the file in ~/.vendetta/wgaf.cfg. You should open it in a simple text editor (not a word processing application), such as Notepad, TextEdit, vim, or possibly emacs.
2. Pick the bind or binds that you want.
3. Copy and paste.
4. Clean up the WGAF file by removing any '/' characters at the beginning of the aliases and/or binds you copied.

The List

 * binds:Auto Aim Toggle - Lets you assign a key to toggle the auto-aim feature.
 * binds:Controllable Rotation Speed - Lets you change your ship's rotation speed (with limits, of course).
 * binds:Diamond Dodge - Automatic diamond-shaped dodge, useful against energy weapons (although it is a cheap tactic).
 * binds:Emergency Brakes - Adds an "emergency brake" that causes almost instant stopping
 * binds:Inertial Dampening Controls - Lets you reset the "Inertial Dampeners". Let's you avoid control jitters and overshoots. :P
 * binds:Message Target - allows you to send a private message to whomever you have targetted.
 * binds:Key Ramping - Enables and Disables key ramping. Extremely useful if you fly with a keyboard.
 * binds:Scanner - Automatic enemy scanner
 * binds:Self Destruct - Timed self destruct.
 * binds:Turbo Lock - Lets you change the tab key to toggle turbo, or to act normally.
 * binds:Variable Zoom - Allows you to zoom in/out incrementally, using the mouse wheel if you so desire.

How to Make Binds

The commands /alias and /bind are the only tools used to make your own command-line scripts and shortcuts.

Syntax

 * /alias AliasName "Command text"
 * /bind "Key" "AliasName"

Use

1. Decide what you want your bind to do. In this example, we'll make a command that sends a string of text to your currently active channel.
2. Choose a name for your command. In this example, we'll pick a name that is simple; MyBind will do nicely.
3. Next we need to decide what to say. "This is my first Vendetta Online bind! w00t!" will suit this command well, don't you think?
4. Now we need to make the command. The syntax of the command we need to print to the channel is "/say_channel text", so type this into the console: /alias MyBind "say_channel This is my first Vendetta Online bind! w00t!"
5. Last, we need to bind it to a key. This would be typed in as /bind "p" "MyBind"
6. Now all you have to do in order to run this command is to either a) be inflight and hit the assigned key (p) or b) type /MyBind in the console. The latter works inside stations as well as outside them.

For a full list of the Vendetta commands click here.