My SC2 Hotkey setup

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stanik

Canada213 Posts

January 29 2011 00:09 GMT

Yellow - Control Groups
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I use ` 1 Q W as my Macro groups
2 3 4 5 6 Y as Unit groups

Red - Camera Control
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I have disabled mouse scroll and use E S D F to move the camera across the map
I also use ALT + E S D F as set camera location
and use CTRL + E S D F as go to camera

Blue - Grid like commands
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R T is used for the most common keys. Such as Primary / Secondary abilities, Basic/Advanced building.
C V is used for Cloak / Uncloak, Load / Unload.

Together R T C V act as a grid to produce most Units and purchase most upgrades.

Z X G H are used for the rest of the buildings / actions.

Green - Unit Control
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A - Attack
Space - Stop
B - Patrol
H - Halt

Special buttons
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F3 - Lift Off / Land
Tab - Next Control Group
Caps - Previous Control Group
Alt - Acts like Shift to append
Shift - Acts like Ctrl to create

Using E S D F to control the camera seemed like second nature the instant I switched over to it. Relearning how to macro took a little adjusting but now it seems natural again to cycle through and build units.

As an added bonus this setup gives me quick access to 4 Camera locations as well all of the unit control groups are within easy reach. I have yet to figure out how to use cameras usefully.

I play on a laptop and positioning my hand to hit Ctrl is very awkward while Shift is very natural. For me appending is less common so I put it on Alt and put the create control group on shift.

Let me know if you decide to give this a try

Br3ezy

United States720 Posts

January 29 2011 00:12 GMT

so..how do u capitalize letters?

CrazyF1r3f0x

United States2120 Posts

January 29 2011 00:31 GMT

I thought my hotkey setup was weird; the only thing I changed was
-build probe changed from E to P (because I hotkey my nexi to 0)
-Chrono boost changed from C to ; (same reason as above)
-and thats it :D

Though your hotkey setup looks like it could be fairly effective to anyone who memorizes it, I might try it myself.......

Ursad0n

United States523 Posts

January 29 2011 00:51 GMT

Not sure why you felt the need to post this but since you did:
If you don't have a need for screen hotkeys then why clutter your area with them?
Don't u often make/do the wrong thing with all the clutter?
Why do u need so many unit control groups?

As for screen hotkeys:
- Rally points
- well there's not too much else since SC2 is so....user friendly?
Typically it was the new expo, rally points, and production facilities for BW, but 2 of the 3 are unnecessary now.

stanik

Canada213 Posts

January 29 2011 01:15 GMT

SOMETIMES I TYPE IN CAPS at the start and then fix it.

The screen buttons don't really add any extra clutter since they overlap with the camera controls. It is not that I don't have a need for them, I have yet to become comfortable with using them fluidly.

I like your idea of using at least a few of them for rally points.

At the beginning I made all sorts of mistakes, it was like there was a crossing of wires where I would press the wrong keys. I also had things setup differently at first. Eg tilde was used for lift/land but I found that I would hit that by accident too often.

I don't consider it cluttered. In my eyes it is compact and every single command is within reach and I do not need to lift my palm. I no longer need to lift my hand to 'patrol' or 'lift/land' among other things.

As for the control groups I imagine it would be better to not fall to the 1 control group syndrome and this setup allows me the ability to have every single control group available, even if I have yet to adjust to using all of them.

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