Stronghold 2: Steam Edition Keyboard Shortcuts

Adjust game speed

+ or – on the numeric keypad

Increases or decreases the game speed.

Pause

P

Pauses the game, pressing P again unpauses it.

Scroll

S, W, A, D and Cursor keys

Allows you to scroll around he map.

Top Down View

Spacebar

Changes the view so that you are looking down at the map from directly above.

Zoom

R and F keys or spin mouse wheel forwards or back.

Allows you to zoom in and out.

Rotate Map

Q and E keys or hold down middle mouse button and move the mouse.

Rotates the Map.

Rotate Buildings

R Key or spin mouse wheel.

Rotates the selected Building.

Interface panel showing

Tab

Pressing tab removes or replaces the interface panel from the screen

Window mode in map editor

Tab

Pressing tab in the map editor puts the screen into window mode

Single Wall

Z

Selects single thickness of stone wall

Double Wall

X

Selects double thickness of stone wall

Triple Wall

C

Selects triple thickness of stone wall

Wooden Wall

V

Selects wooden wall

Keep

H

Centres the screen on the keep

Barracks

B

1st time – Opens the Barracks panel

2nd time – Centres the game on the Barracks.

Granary

G

1st time – Opens the Granary panel

2nd time – Centres the game on the Granary.

Market

M

1st time – Opens the Market panel

2nd time – Centres the game on the Market.

Mercenary Post

N

1st time – Opens the Mercenary Post panel

2nd time – Centres the game on the Mercenary Post.

Monastery

O

1st time – Opens the Monastery panel

2nd time – Centres the game on the Monastery.

Treasury

T

1st time – Opens the Treasury panel

2nd time – Centres the game on the Treasury.

Seige Camp

J

Cycles through all your available seige camps

Estates

. (period key)

Cycles through all your Estates

Lords (cycle)

Shift and L

Cycles through all your Lords

Lord (locate)

L

Locates your Lord

Take Screenshot

Alt & Q

Takes an in game screen shot (Not working as of patch 1.2)

Bookmarking locations

Ctrl & Alt & 0 to 9

You can bookmark up to 9 spots on the map to allow yourself to return to them quickly. Press Ctrl & Alt & the desired number to bookmark your current position.

Go to Bookmark

Alt & 0 to 9

Press Alt and the appropriate number to return to that position on the map.

Grouping troops

Ctrl & 0 to 9

You can create a group of troops by dragging a section box over the required troops and then pressing Ctrl and the desired number from 0 to 9.

Locating grouped troops

0 to 9

Press the appropriate number key to locate and select a group of troops that you have created.

Setting up waypoints

Hold down shift and left click

With troops selected hold down the shift key then left click on the map to create waypoints, you may set up to 9 of them.

Selecting particular unit types

Left mouse button double click

Double click on a troop to select all units of the same type that are visible on the screen.