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EndingLife
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1598 Posts
July 30 2014 02:11 GMT
#1
I just realized today, after playing SC:BW for like 12 years off and on, that you can simply click a building and right click the where you want to rally it to. I have been using R + Left click to rally things ALL this time.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
July 30 2014 02:16 GMT
#2
you never wondered why pros use camera keys to set rallies? I mean, F2, click building, F3 click location, repeat.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19299 Posts
July 30 2014 02:18 GMT
#3
On July 30 2014 11:11 EndingLife wrote:
I just realized today, after playing SC:BW for like 12 years off and on, that you can simply click a building and right click the where you want to rally it to. I have been using R + Left click to rally things ALL this time.

. If it makes you feel better right click doesn't work if you install from disks. You have to get the bnet update first.
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endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
July 30 2014 02:26 GMT
#4
On July 30 2014 11:16 BigFan wrote:
you never wondered why pros use camera keys to set rallies? I mean, F2, click building, F3 click location, repeat.


Well you could still use both F2/F3 and R. The only noticeable difference in an FPVOD is that if pros were using R, there would be fraction of a second between the moment R is pressed and the left click is pressed where the game waits for the player to set a rally point location, which doesn't occur when you using right click.
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
July 30 2014 04:19 GMT
#5
the right click was a 'new' (lol) feature added in the last patches of the game, pros were probably used to 'r' at that point. old habits die hard.
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CakeSauc3
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1437 Posts
July 30 2014 04:45 GMT
#6
Yeah, there are two misconceptions I often hear when it comes to bw mechanics. One is you have to use "R" for rally points, the other is you can't shift-click your workers back to the mineral line after building something.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
July 30 2014 05:08 GMT
#7
On July 30 2014 13:45 CakeSauc3 wrote:
Yeah, there are two misconceptions I often hear when it comes to bw mechanics. One is you have to use "R" for rally points, the other is you can't shift-click your workers back to the mineral line after building something.

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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
July 30 2014 05:56 GMT
#8
On July 30 2014 13:45 CakeSauc3 wrote:
Yeah, there are two misconceptions I often hear when it comes to bw mechanics. One is you have to use "R" for rally points, the other is you can't shift-click your workers back to the mineral line after building something.


That's true, but for SCVS, you need to set the mining command before it starts constructing, otherwise it will not be registered. That has costed me so much mining time ...
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CakeSauc3
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1437 Posts
July 30 2014 06:09 GMT
#9
On July 30 2014 14:56 opisska wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 13:45 CakeSauc3 wrote:
Yeah, there are two misconceptions I often hear when it comes to bw mechanics. One is you have to use "R" for rally points, the other is you can't shift-click your workers back to the mineral line after building something.


That's true, but for SCVS, you need to set the mining command before it starts constructing, otherwise it will not be registered. That has costed me so much mining time ...


I know, right? It messes me up all the time. SC2's made my mechanics so lazy that way. Another trap I fall into sometimes is in SC2 I will send my workers to mine gas a split second before the refinery finishes, and in SC2, they wait for the building to complete and then start mining. In BW, if you do that, your workers sit there for a minute before you facepalm yourself realizing why you have no gas.
CutTheEnemy
Profile Joined November 2013
Canada373 Posts
July 30 2014 06:33 GMT
#10
bahahahahhahahahaha!

ha... yeah, similar experiences myself in all sorts of games. Its amazing what we don't know sometimes.
Can we help spread the word and create pressure to get Rob Pardo to replace Browder as head of Sc2? Pardo led the team for broodwar, frozen throne, and wow/BC. We need to make this a thing before LotV development starts. Think about it.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10686 Posts
July 30 2014 06:36 GMT
#11
On July 30 2014 11:18 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 11:11 EndingLife wrote:
I just realized today, after playing SC:BW for like 12 years off and on, that you can simply click a building and right click the where you want to rally it to. I have been using R + Left click to rally things ALL this time.

. If it makes you feel better right click doesn't work if you install from disks. You have to get the bnet update first.


Umm... I don't know that this could possibly be true...Since you could rally with right click rally since the SC Demo version where it was only TvT...
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
July 30 2014 06:53 GMT
#12
On July 30 2014 15:36 GGzerG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 11:18 BisuDagger wrote:
On July 30 2014 11:11 EndingLife wrote:
I just realized today, after playing SC:BW for like 12 years off and on, that you can simply click a building and right click the where you want to rally it to. I have been using R + Left click to rally things ALL this time.

. If it makes you feel better right click doesn't work if you install from disks. You have to get the bnet update first.


Umm... I don't know that this could possibly be true...Since you could rally with right click rally since the SC Demo version where it was only TvT...


http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Patches_1.09-1.15#Patch_1.12_2

Patch 1.12
Release: 2005-02-16

Added right-click feature that will set your building rally point.
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pebble444
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Italy2500 Posts
July 30 2014 08:56 GMT
#13
i was mind-blown too when i realized this. Its like mid-broodwar crisis, but after a while the feeling wears off and you feel better trust me
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Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12024 Posts
July 30 2014 09:26 GMT
#14
On July 30 2014 14:56 opisska wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 13:45 CakeSauc3 wrote:
Yeah, there are two misconceptions I often hear when it comes to bw mechanics. One is you have to use "R" for rally points, the other is you can't shift-click your workers back to the mineral line after building something.


That's true, but for SCVS, you need to set the mining command before it starts constructing, otherwise it will not be registered. That has costed me so much mining time ...


I've been playing this game for 8 years and I didn't know you could rally SCVs back after building a building to mine. I always have so many idle scvs late game because of it. So thankyou for pointing that out.
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Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3421 Posts
July 30 2014 09:32 GMT
#15
On July 30 2014 18:26 Qikz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 14:56 opisska wrote:
On July 30 2014 13:45 CakeSauc3 wrote:
Yeah, there are two misconceptions I often hear when it comes to bw mechanics. One is you have to use "R" for rally points, the other is you can't shift-click your workers back to the mineral line after building something.


That's true, but for SCVS, you need to set the mining command before it starts constructing, otherwise it will not be registered. That has costed me so much mining time ...


I've been playing this game for 8 years and I didn't know you could rally SCVs back after building a building to mine. I always have so many idle scvs late game because of it. So thankyou for pointing that out.


same here, as a P I always thought it was a specific advantage of my race and whenever I was T I would wait for the building to complete then manually select the scv to send it back to the minerals...
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pheer
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
5392 Posts
July 30 2014 11:33 GMT
#16
Same, I didn't know you could queue up mining until opening this thread ;__;

Did you guys know you can recall lockdowned units? You can do a full carrier attack right into a ghost trap and then simply recall them all to safety I didn't know this until a few days ago...

There is a trivia thread from 2008 or so with a whole bunch of "did you know you can X" with a lot of interesting doable things in BW. I can't find it but maybe someone knows what I am talking about.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19299 Posts
July 30 2014 11:53 GMT
#17
On July 30 2014 20:33 pheer wrote:
Same, I didn't know you could queue up mining until opening this thread ;__;

Did you guys know you can recall lockdowned units? You can do a full carrier attack right into a ghost trap and then simply recall them all to safety I didn't know this until a few days ago...

There is a trivia thread from 2008 or so with a whole bunch of "did you know you can X" with a lot of interesting doable things in BW. I can't find it but maybe someone knows what I am talking about.

The best was the mass recall on carriers game where the interceptors weren't recalled and had to fly across the whole map. I think it was a Stork game.
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iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1660 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-30 12:00:09
July 30 2014 11:59 GMT
#18
On July 30 2014 11:11 EndingLife wrote:
I just realized today, after playing SC:BW for like 12 years off and on, that you can simply click a building and right click the where you want to rally it to. I have been using R + Left click to rally things ALL this time.



Actually it wasn't always like that, they released that update around 1.09 or 1.10, i think it was the same time they fixed that drone flying gas bug.

Old players (like me -_-) will still spam R key; click as a habit at the beginning of a game waiting for drones to pop out.

edit : ho patch 1.12 as it had been said.
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upro)wraith
Profile Joined May 2014
Israel64 Posts
July 30 2014 14:02 GMT
#19
On July 30 2014 20:53 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 20:33 pheer wrote:
Same, I didn't know you could queue up mining until opening this thread ;__;

Did you guys know you can recall lockdowned units? You can do a full carrier attack right into a ghost trap and then simply recall them all to safety I didn't know this until a few days ago...

There is a trivia thread from 2008 or so with a whole bunch of "did you know you can X" with a lot of interesting doable things in BW. I can't find it but maybe someone knows what I am talking about.

The best was the mass recall on carriers game where the interceptors weren't recalled and had to fly across the whole map. I think it was a Stork game.


It was Kal vs flash on fighting spirit.

I didn't know you can queue patrol commands until i played sc2 and then tried it in bw
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
July 30 2014 14:07 GMT
#20
On July 30 2014 20:53 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 30 2014 20:33 pheer wrote:
Same, I didn't know you could queue up mining until opening this thread ;__;

Did you guys know you can recall lockdowned units? You can do a full carrier attack right into a ghost trap and then simply recall them all to safety I didn't know this until a few days ago...

There is a trivia thread from 2008 or so with a whole bunch of "did you know you can X" with a lot of interesting doable things in BW. I can't find it but maybe someone knows what I am talking about.

The best was the mass recall on carriers game where the interceptors weren't recalled and had to fly across the whole map. I think it was a Stork game.

That moment was hilarious. They get shot and half of them die on the journey across the map. Happened to me in a couple UMS games years and years ago as well.

I also didn't know you could queue up mining until opening this thread either though.
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