Dominions 4

Thrones of Ascension

Quick Reference Guide

v4.00
Table of Contents
1 Introduction..............................................3
2 Main Menu...............................................3
3 Game Creation.........................................3
4 Main Game Screen..................................3
4-1 Viewpoint and Map Filters................3
4-2 Information & Actions.......................4
4-3 Commanders....................................4
5 Army Setup...............................................5
5-1 Interface & Selecting Units...............5
5-2 Position Squads................................5
5-3 Squad Orders and Targeting............5
6 Battle Replay............................................6
7 Recruitment..............................................6
8 Viewing Spells..........................................6
9 Map Editor Controls.................................7

Content
Esko Halttunen
Johan Karlsson

Organization & Editing

Esko Halttunen
1 Introduction 1

1 Introduction 4 Main Game Screen

This document is a quick reference guide to the
interface of Dominions 4. It mostly contains lists 4-1 Viewpoint and Map Filters
of keyboard shortcuts for different screens in the
game, collected to a format intended for ease of
use and convenience. Where appropriate, Map View
certain things are covered in more detail.
right click select province
Use ? in almost any screen to show the arrows scroll map
applicable keyboard shortcuts. Note, however, home goto capital
that some in some screens all shortcuts may not end zoom x0.5
be listed, but they are listed here if known. zoom to cover the whole
ins
screen
2 Main Menu del zoom to view entire map
ctrl + up,
zoom in
page up
Menu Choices ctrl + down,
zoom out
c create new game page down
e preferences # goto province nbr
g game tools
m mods
n network Del zooms to view the entire map area,
p play an existing game but this is not maximum zoom out.
q quit game Ins zooms so that there is no
mapbackground visible anywhere.
Misc Usually limited by the horizontal
new random background dimension of the screen and mainly
r
world relevant only on non-wraparound maps.
t show a tip Works also on wraparound maps, but is of
? show keyboard shortcuts limited use.

3 Game Creation Map Filters

1 flags and forts
2 armies
Choose Participants
3 dominion
n add new player 4 income and resources
backspace remove last player 5 temples and misc symbols
H turn all players into humans 6 my troops in allied provinces
A turn all players into AI 7 allied troops in my provinces
R remove all players 8 neighbors
L restrict all random to land
9 province names
W restrict all random to water
Misc
esc back
return done
? show keyboard shortcuts
4 Main Game Screen 2

4-2 Information & Actions 4-3 Commanders

Statistics screens Selecting Commanders

F1 nation overview a select / deselect all cmdrs
F2 score graphs n next commander without orders
F3 hall of fame previous commander without
j
F4 pretenders of the world orders
Magic +,- scroll commanders
F5 research return deselect all commanders
F6 global enchantments grow or shrink commander
>,<
tokens
F7 magic resource treasury
F8 magic item treasury shift click select a range of commanders
ctrl click add a commander to selection
F9 thrones of ascension
add all commanders of the same
alt click
type to selection
F4 does not work if info on other nations is
completely disabled during game creation. alt+shift add all commanders with the
F5 opens the Research Menu. It is click same magic skills to selection
covered in detail later. ctrl + home select pretender
F9 displays what thrones are on the map
(if any). It does not tell which throne is Commander Orders
where or what the guards are. space choose order from menu
A reanimate, call spirits
B blood hunt
Misc Shortcuts C cast ritual spell
b bid for mercenaries D defend
view casualty reports from E break siege
c
current province F forge magic item
d recruit provincial defense G call god
e end turn H heal
f fort info I assassinate
h hide / show right side menu L pillage
m read messages M monthly ritual spell
o temple and dominion O monthly forge item
r recruit units P preach
s send messages R research
t transfer units S search for magic sites
view battles in current T storm castle
v
province U summon allies
view units going to current W capture slaves
y
province X patrol
Z put all blood slaves in the lab
Hide right side menu leaves province
buildings (fort, lab, temple) and magic
sites visible To move or sneak selected commander, click on
v in disciple games this can be used to target province. To move a selected stealthy
view battles seen by allied scouts even commander normally, ctrl-click on target.
though you get no report on the battle.
5 Army Setup 3

5 Army Setup 5-2 Position Squads

Positions
5-1 Interface & Selecting Units
click set position
arrows move position
Unit Selection
center position on commander
(hold mouse over a squad) c
or first squad
a select all units in squad Formations
d select all diseased units
b box formation
e select all experienced units
l line formation (-1 mrl)
i invert selection
i sparse line formation (-2 mrl)
s select all starving units
d double line formation (-1 mrl)
w select all wounded units
s skirmish formation (-1 mrl)
alt + click select all units of the same type
double click in the squad Misc
shift + click select range of units esc/return exit screen
return deselect all units
Units with the Formation Fighter special ability do
Misc
not suffer morale penalties from line formations,
p put selected units in garrison but do suffer them from the skirmish formation.
tab hide researchers
< zoom down
> zoom up 5-3 Squad Orders and Targeting
esc exit screen
Battle Orders
Multiple types of selection can be used
consecutively, for example double clicking (hold mouse over a battle order)
one type of unit to select them all, then a attack
double clicking another type or using c cast
some other selection shortcut. e fire and flee
The selection only ends if you deselect f fire
everything or assign the troops.
It is impossible to deselect more than one g guard commander
unit at a time except by deselecting all. h hold and attack
Selecting wounded units includes those r retreat
with disease, but selecting diseased units s stay behind troops
does not include non-diseased wounded. ctrl + 0-9 copy order
0-9 paste order
Battle Order Targets
(hold mouse over a battle order)
A archers
C closest
M large monsters
N no special target
R rear
6 Battle Replay 4

6 Battle Replay 7 Recruitment

Camera Movement Recruitment
arrow keys move camera remove last unit from
backspace
page up camera up recruitment queue
page down camera down delete reset recruitment
F free floating camera hold down to add 10 units
shift
home tilt up at a time
end tilt down t toggle repeat
numpad 7 pan left Misc
numpad 9 pan right esc exit screen
Replay Control r exit screen

n next turn
Repeat toggle (t) changes both commander and
f fast forward troop repeat settings either on or off. If you want
s standard speed only commander or only troops to repeat, you
t turbo speed must use the mouse to set repeating recruitment.
z slow motion
p, space pause
q exit battle replay 8 Viewing Spells
Misc These shortcuts work when viewing a particular
m menu school of magic or a mage's spellbook. They do
nothing in the main research screen.
g show grid
w hide world
Filters
c team colored squares
1-3 battle log detail level f view fire magic only
+,- scroll battle log a view air magic only
5-9 battle graphics quality w view water magic only
e view earth magic only
Camera is locked into position and has a s view astral magic only
limited range of movement by default. d view death magic only
Camera must be unlocked to float free n view nature magic only
before it can be tilted or panned. b view blood magic only
Free floating camera can be taken far off r view ritual spells only
the battlefield to explore the surrounding
3D terrain. clear
repeat previous
filter
Taking the camera off the edge of the 3D
terrain will crash the game.
Tilting the camera too far in either The (d) filter will also list holy (divine)
direction will crash the game. spells when viewing a mage's spellbook.
If you crash the game with an unlocked The ritual spells only filter cannot be
camera, do not report it as a bug. You combined with the magic path filters.
were warned. Filtering first by magic path and then using
Battle log detail level is affected by the (r) clears the filter.
level of debug mode. When run in debug
mode, it gives slightly more information.
9 Map Editor Controls 5

9 Map Editor Controls 10 Other Tips

Borders You can set the default order for newly
recruited mages to research from the
right click select province preferences by checking the box for Give
click add border orders to new commanders automatically.
ctrl + click remove border Provinces give no gold income unless
shift + click toggle river / mountain pass they can trace a connection to a fort
through friendly provinces
Province Attributes Provinces give no gem income unless
a farm they can trace a connection to a
laboratory through friendly provinces
b border mountain
c cave
d deep sea
f forest
m mountain
n no start
r fresh water
u underwater
s swamp
w waste
x set battleground look
M many sites
S start
T throne site
1 small
2 large
Misc
# goto province number
ctrl + s save map

Shift-clicking a province will cycle through

normal, mountain pass and river border
connections in sequence.
For the most part the map editor is easier
to use with the mouse instead of the
keyboard, with the exception of finding a
particular province by number.