The PC Keyboard Map mod by DMichaels provides a useful graphic keyboard map for the vanilla keys used in Fallout 3. These are the same keys used in most other Bethesda games, so the map is also quite useful in Fallout New Vegas and some of the recent The Elder Scrolls (TES) games like Skyrim. Unfortunately the map is in a .pdf file, and neither online PDF editors nor free PDF editors are able to edit it. Adobe Acrobat (the full program, not the Reader) or some equivalent professional PDF editor is needed if you want to add additional game-specific key annotations to the map.
One suggestion is to printout the basic keyboard map and then add annotations with a pen or pencil for the hotkeys added by mods. This can be quite useful during the game since it's hard to remember all of the hotkeys and how they work. For those needing more details on use of the pencil device (vs. a keyboard) see Pencil.
For the mods in the Fallout 3 guide the following additional hotkeys are used.
- Grenade Throw Hotkey (default is 'G')
- Grenade Toggle Hotkey (default 'H')
- Hold Breath while shooting to improve accuracy Hotkey (default is 'C', recommend change to 'K')
- Primary Needs menu Hotkey (default is 'Numpad Enter']
- Scan weapon hotkey (default is 'S'); used only while in Pipboy inventory menu
- Bullet Time Hotkey ( FNV default for this is 'C' but this conflicts with JIP CC&C so choose a letter that is not used by another program on this page. Ghostwise suggests using Mouse Button #4 (if your mouse has those))
- Sprint Hotkey (set this in Sprint submenu. Ghostwise suggests using Mouse Button #3 (if your mouse has those))
- Hotkey (default is 'B') switches between fire-modes
- Held for one second when the weapon is holstered: Opens the Weapon Setup Menu, where various settings can be configured for every weapon, individually
- Pressed while holding 'SHIFT': Opens the mod's Control-Panel
JIP Realistic Weapon Overheating
- Hotkey ('Shift' + 'Backspace') opens the mod's control panel
JIP Companions Command and Control
- Hotkey (default is 'C') opens the mod's control panel
- Hotkey to toggles flashlight on and off: (default is B, recommend changing this to 'L' to avoid conflict with "JIP Selective Fire")
- Hotkey (default is 'I') toggles HUD display on and off
- Hold hotkey for 2 seconds to bring up iHUD settings menu
- Hotkey (default is 'F6'); press hotkey until settings menu appears
Advanced Recon Thermal Nightvision
- Hotkey ('N' key) activates nightvision to increase the brightness in incremental steps
- Thermal Imaging Hotkey ('M' key) activates thermal imaging and cycles though thermal imaging options
- Power Armor Menu Hotkey (default is 'P') also brings up settings menu
- TRO Hotkey (default is 'Q') changes Thermal Regulation Override state
- Hotkey ('Right-Shift') allows moving position of counter on screen using arrow/cursor keys
- Save Hotkey ('F4')
- Restore Hotkey ('F8')
