set the way back machine to LucasArts' X-Wing Fighter and Tie Fighter sims. They had a nice target selection set that included target nearest enemy, nearest friendly, nearest object, etc. with next and previous (by distance) for each category. The next and previous in this game makes you cycle thru every asteroid and cargo, even if you started by selecting nearest enemy or target nearest in front. In this game I could also see target nearest/next/previous group member as being invaluable to convoys and group missions.

Get TargetLessfor targeting players but also ingame press F1 for all the help info.

Here's a list of available commands in the manual:

http://www.vendetta-online.com/manual/app_commands.html

The commands you are looking for are listed there. These can be set in your wgaf.cfg file by binding a key to the appropriate command.

The command for the nearest enemy is already bound to the "x" key by default so you might use "X" (upper-case "x") for previous nearest enemy like so:

bind "X" RadarPrevNearestEnemy

Open your wgaf.cfg file in a text editor and you can add this line and make any other changes/additions as needed for other types of selections. (Don't forget to make a backup of your wgaf.cfg file before starting.) Hope this helps. Cheers.

There's also the controls configuration screen, which works just as well.

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