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How to: Enable Nanosuit Hotkeys
By Pfeuff
Hey all, thought I'd share this to people still playing OG Crysis... here's a basic guide for how to enabled "1-press" hotkeys for instant Nanosuit mode switching.

Unlike shortcuts, which is a combination of 2 keys pressed/held together, and a "two-step" process... this allows the user to switch modes with a single key press action, making the process basically instant. This isn't anything new and I'm not the one who first discovered it, but seems like this isn't a well known thing that exists, so I'm going to spread a little awareness here.
   
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Nanosuit Hotkeys
Here's what you need to do...

  1. Go to this directory:

    "C:\Users\... Documents\My Games\Crysis\Profiles\default" (or any existing profile folders)

  2. open the "actionmaps.xml" file with Notepad/Notepad++, or any code editing software.

  3. add these lines under <actionmap name="player" version="20">
    <action name="defensemode" onPress="1" onRelease="1"> <key name="6"/> </action> <action name="speedmode" onPress="1" onRelease="1"> <key name="7"/> </action> <action name="strengthmode" onPress="1" onRelease="1"> <key name="8"/> </action> <action name="suitcloak" onPress="1" onRelease="1"> <key name="9"/> </action>
  4. Save file

Congratulations, you've just enabled nanosuit hotkeys in OG Crysis.

The default key binds I've assigned are as follows:

  • Max Armor > 6
  • Max Speed > 7
  • Max Strength > 8
  • Cloak > 9

To edit this, simply change the value for <key name="_"/> to your preferred binding.

Ok, well there it is folks. Have fun, and enjoy Maximum Game.

Pfeuff.
5 Comments
Pfeuff  [author] 3 Jul, 2024 @ 9:13pm 
Hey Gordon✪Gekko, nice job finding this post I made while still fresh into modding and lacked any better knowledge and ideas at the time.

However in just a few years I learned a lot of what makes Cryengine tick in some key areas, and I've come a long way since writing up this simple guide to help people get more enjoyment out of the good old Crysis 1 (which I can see is more than you've done around here).

I no longer have to rely on such old methods, and am now capable of building new mechanics and features into the game that many people will grow to appreciate (clearly not you, since Crysis Remastered is definitely a masterpiece and without flaws of any kind... 🤣👏👏)

Thanks for the necropost by the way, you must have gone through a lot of effort to find this thread and leave a kind message.
Doc✪Hollywood 3 Jul, 2024 @ 6:40pm 
That's right Stevenzao. But this Pfeuff is not exactly the brightest bulb in the box.His intelligence is just enough for kill threats and tantrum in the forum against anybody who buys remastered.
Stevenzao 13 Jul, 2020 @ 7:34pm 
Seems like few people know this:
You can also tap number 4 several times to change modes:
Once for armor mode
Twice for speed mode
Thrice for strength mode
Four times for cloak.

I find this much better than using the middle mouse.
Pfeuff  [author] 12 Jul, 2020 @ 5:00am 
No problem. If for some reason the hotkeys don't work at first, then try copying the modified actionmaps.xml and replace the existing one in a profile folder with it.
reughdurgem 11 Jul, 2020 @ 9:52pm 
Appreciated man, hated pressing middle mouse to swap over.