Keyboard Modifiers

Many applications of Simulator Controller provide a couple of modifier keys for several functions. Find a list of all those modifiers and their functionalities below. Many modifier keys are also mentioned in the respective documentation, but here you have a complete overview.

Application	Function	Modifier	Description
Applications	Exiting an application from the tray menu	Control	When control is held down, the application will exit, even if it is still working on some background tasks.
Practice Center	Loading a Session	Control	If you hold down the Control key while selecting the "Load Session..." command in the "Session" menu, you can load sessions stored in the old data format, which has been used, before sessions where stored in the session database by default.
Race Assistants	Finishing a session	Control + Shift	Normally, the Race Assistants will wait for a specific cooldown time, before they startup again. While in training sessions against AI racers, you can skip this cooldown period with holding the Control together with the Shift key in the moment, when the Assistants detect a session change. But be aware, that all post-processing, like saving telemetry data or creating a race report will be skipped as well.
Race Center	Startup	Control	If the Control key is pressed when starting the "Race Center", it will start with session synchronzation disabled. Only the basic data (stint plan, strategy, driver selection, tyre setups and so on) is loaded, but no session data like stints, laps, telemetry information, etc.
	Startup	Alt	The "Race Center" comes in two flavours with regards to the user interface. Holding down the Alt key while starting "Race Center" will start the Lite version with a very much simplified user interface.
	Login	Control	If you hold down the Control key while pressing on the button with a small key to connect to a session, a login dialog pops up and you can use the team manager account name and password instead of a token to connect to a team session.
	Loading a Session	Control	If you hold down the Control key while selecting the "Load Session..." command in the "Session" menu, you can load sessions stored in the old data format, which has been used, before sessions where stored in the session database by default.
	Load current Race Strategy	Control	If you hold down the Control key while selecting the "Load current Race Strategy" option in the "Strategy" menu, the "Race Center" will first try to load the strategy, which has beend released for the session before loading the currentl locally saved Race Strategy.
	Loading a Strategy	Control	If you hold down the Control key while selecting the "Load Strategy..." command in the "Strategy" menu, you can load strategies stored anywhere on your PC. A file dialog will open up.
	Displaying reports	Control	Reports are normally displayed in the Output view in the lower right corner of the main window. Holding down the Control key will open them in a separate window.
	Synchronize	Control	If you hold down the Control key while selecting the "Synchronize..." option in the "Session" menu, you can select the number of seconds to wait between each refresh of the data collected by the Race Center. Please do not use a refresh cycle smaller than 10 seconds when connected to a managed Team Server, since this will increase the running costs on Azure dramatically.
Race Settings	Login	Control	If you hold down the Control key while pressing on the button with a small key to connect to a session, a login dialog pops up and you can use the team manager account name and password instead of a token to configure to a team session. Please do not use a refresh cycle smaller than 10 seconds when connected to a managed Team Server, since this will increase the running costs on Azure dramatically.
Session Database	Login	Control	If you hold down the Control key while pressing on the button with a small key to connect to a session in the settings dialog, a login dialog pops up and you can use the team manager account name and password instead of a token to the chosen Team Server.
	Data scope selection	Control	Normally, the choice of the "Available Data" drop down menu only affects the data shownn in the session database and all other applications, for example the Race Assistants will use only your personal data. If you hold down the Control key, while changing the selection, you will be asked, whether the change should be reflected for all applications.
	Exporting race settings	Control	Holding down the Control key down when clicking the "Export..." button will export all settings, independent of what is currently selected.
	Managing track automations	Control	Clicking on an automations point with the Control key down will delete this automation point.
Setup Workbench	Loading problems and issues	Control	Holding down the Control key while loading problem descriptions from a file, will not clear the current issue list but will add to it instead.
	Starting and Exiting	Control	Holding down the Control when exiting will save the current issue list to a temporary file and holding down the Control key when starting "Setup Workbench" will load those saved issues, so that you can continue your work.
Simulator Configuration	Termination of other applications	Control	The tool asks to terminate all other running applications, before working on the configuration. If you hold down the Control key, when clicking on the "Continue" button, other applications will not be terminated.
	Controller Configuration	Control	While configuring a Button Box or Stream Deck, this shortcut will open the input dialog to enter the function number directly, rather than open the context menu, when you click on a function with the Control key pressed.
	Searching for trigger	Escape	When you have activated the trigger search mode to identify a hardware control on a Button Box or your steering wheel (a small tooltip will follow your mouse in this mode), you can press Escape to cancel the detection mode.
	Testing Push-To-Talk	Control	When starting the Push-To-Talk test mode, you can start also any configured Assistant Boosters by holding down the Control key while clicking on the small button with the "Play" icon.
	Modifying Icons	Control	When working on icons for the Stream Deck in the "Labels & Icons" editor, you can delete the current icon by holding down the Control key and clicking on it.
	Developer configuration	Control	If you hold down the Control key while starting "Simulator Configuration", additional configuration options will appear on the first tab, especially for developers.
	Assistant Booster configuration	Control	Holding down the Control key while clicking on the "Reload" button for the Assistant Booster instructions will reload all instruction categories at once.
	Action configuration	Control	Holding down the Control key while clicking on the "Ok" button will open a text editor with the LLM tool definition in JSON format.
	Driving Coach configuration	Control	Holding down the Control key while clicking on the "Reload" button for Driving Coach instructions will reload all instruction categories at once.
	Creating a fresh configuration	Control + Shift	If you hold down Control together with the Shift key while starting "Simulator Configuration" you will be asked whether you want to clear your current configuration and start with a new one. Be careful here.
Simulator Setup	Termination of other applications	Control	The tool asks to terminate all other running applications, before working on the configuration. If you hold down the Control key, when clicking on the "Continue" button, other applications will not be terminated.
	Clicking on a function	Control	While configuring a Button Box or Stream Deck, this shortcut will open the input dialog to enter the function number directly, rather than open the context menu, when you click on a function with the Control key pressed.
	Searching for trigger	Escape	When you have activated the trigger search mode to identify a hardware control on a Button Box or your steering wheel (a small tooltip will follow your mouse in this mode), you can press Escape to cancel the detection mode.
	Testing Push-To-Talk	Control	When starting the Push-To-Talk test mode, you can start also any configured Assistant Boosters by holding down the Control key while clicking on the small button with the "Play" icon.
	Choosing between Quick and Custom setup	Control	Normally, you can use the quick setup method only once at the beginning of your initial setup and configuration. Later on, the click on the quick setup icon is ignored, unless you hold down the Control key. But be aware, that it is possible in this case, that choices in the later configuration steps might be reset to default values.
	Modifying Icons	Control	When working on icons for the Stream Deck in the "Labels & Icons" editor, you can delete the current icon by holding down the Control key and clicking on it.
	Connecting actions and functions	Escape	When connecting an action to a function, or vice versa (a small tooltip will follow your mouse in this mode), you can cancel the connection by pressing the Escape key.
	Assistant Booster configuration	Control	Holding down the Control key while clicking on the "Reload" button for the Assistant Booster instructions will reload all instruction categories at once.
	Action configuration	Control	Holding down the Control key while clicking on the "Ok" button will open a text editor with the LLM tool definition in JSON format.
	Driving Coach configuration	Control	Holding down the Control key while clicking on the "Reload" button for Driving Coach instructions will reload all instruction categories at once.
	Creating a fresh configuration	Control + Shift	If you hold down Control together with the Shift key while starting "Simulator Setup" you will be asked whether you want to clear your current configuration and start with a new one. Be careful here.
	Sound volume fading	Control	When leaving the first page of "Simulator Setup", which shows the splash video, you can hold down the control key to supress the fading of the sound volume and speed up things a little bit.
Simulator Startup	Automatic simulator startup	Middle Mouse Button	When starting "Simulator Startup" with the Middle Mouse Button pressed, the first simulator from the list of configured simulators will be started automatically.
	Simulator startup	Shift	When clicking Startup (green triangle) in "Simulator Startup" while holding the Shift key, the choice of "Close on startup" will be temporarily toggled for this one startup.
	Simulator startup	Control	When clicking Startup (green triangle) in "Simulator Startup" while holding the Control key, the editor for the startup profiles will open up, even when the small cog wheel icon was not hit.
	Simulator startup	Alt	When clicking Startup (green triangle) in "Simulator Startup" while holding the Alt key, the the currently selected simulator will be started automatically.
	Editing startup profiles	Control	Holding down the control key when clicking the "Save" button in the startup profiles editor will save the profiles and start Simulator Controller in one step.
	Exporting startup profiles	Control	Holding down the control key when clicking the "Download" button in the startup profiles editor will only include the currently selected profile in the export file.
	Simulator startup	Control	When clicking Race Center in "Simulator Startup" while holding the Control key, the editor for the team management will open up, even when the small cog wheel icon was not hit.
	Exiting "Simulator Startup"	Control	When closing "Simulator Startup" and the Control key is pressed, you will be asked, whether you want to exit all other applications of "Simulator Controller" as well.
	Unblocking executables	Control + Alt	If you hold down Control together with the Alt key while starting "Simulator Startup", the application will try to acquire Admin privileges and will unblock all executables.
Simulator Tools	Running system build	Control	Only relevant for developers. If you hold down the Control key when starting "Simulator Tools", a window will pop up, where you can enable or disable individual build rules.
Strategy Workbench	Simulate	Control	If you hold down the Control key while starting a strategy simulation, the result will automatically selected as the current strategy, if the simulation was successful.
	Load Settings	Control	If you hold down the Control key while choosing the menu command "Load from Settings..." from the "Settings" menu, you can locate a settings file on your hard drives rather than loading the standard "Race.settings" file from "Config" folder.
	Select a Validator	Control	Holding down the Control key let you edit the contents of the validator rules file rather than than selecting it as the active validator.
	Loading a Strategy	Control	If you hold down the Control key while selecting the "Load Strategy..." command in the "Strategy" menu, you can load strategies stored anywhere on your PC. A file dialog will open up.
	Running a simulation	Escape	Pressing the Escape key will stop the currently running strategy simulation.
Assetto Corsa Competizione	Controlling Pitstop MFD	Control	In those rare situations, where the search for the current pitstop settings get stucked in an endless loop, you can press Control, which will restart the process.