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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
January 20 2009 08:47 GMT
#81
cool writeup, thanks.
UbRi
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Italy603 Posts
January 20 2009 09:03 GMT
#82
lol, i've been playing for 7 years and I've never noticed the conrol left click thing, omg, luckily i knew the rest^^
Teh_Arbitur
Profile Joined December 2008
Sweden60 Posts
January 20 2009 10:44 GMT
#83
Good guide, i knew most of it but i didn't know you could select all units of the same type by just holding CTRL+Left-click, i usually double-click which is a pain in the ass when my units are moving.
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omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
January 22 2009 06:46 GMT
#84
i didnt see anyone mention ALT + click

ALT clicking a unit will select that unit and whatever group is was last grouped with regardless of what control group any of these units are in.

So if you select two zealots and four probes (six units in the wireframe display) and then start microing the zeals you can ALT click any of those four probes to select all of the original six units.
pangshai
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Chinatown5333 Posts
January 22 2009 14:49 GMT
#85
On January 22 2009 15:46 Kunty wrote:
i didnt see anyone mention ALT + click

ALT clicking a unit will select that unit and whatever group is was last grouped with regardless of what control group any of these units are in.

So if you select two zealots and four probes (six units in the wireframe display) and then start microing the zeals you can ALT click any of those four probes to select all of the original six units.

Yes, it is very useful that way. It was mentioned in the last page, and I've been trying to edit it into my OP, but I can't seem to be able to edit it.
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
January 24 2009 15:55 GMT
#86
I need a lot of cloning practice too, which was unfortunately not covered in this guide. I can do it with just hotkeys though, cuz it takes a while to clone and my units are always too close. I feel like I'm missing something.

Otherwise excellent guide. I learned a new way to select rines without stimming them 4 times.
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Fyrewolf
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1533 Posts
January 24 2010 20:12 GMT
#87
It's interesting how little of the controls people actually know, especially when they popup on screen by hovering over the unit picture. I didnt know about adding units to control groups, that is extremely useful. ALT has a lot of uses, but a lot of times it actually is just an alternate form of another command. Also there are some commands that aren't in this thread right now. I don't really know all of them but the most useful are Add to Group and the Center Camera Command.

CTRL+C OR ALT+C = Center Camera on unit
This command centers the screen on whatever unit you currently have selected. If you ever lose units from a group or somehow, this centers the screen on that unit. if for instance, you are trying to center the camera by double pressing a CTRL groups number and the screen diverts to an empty area because the units are too spread out, you can select one of the pictures and center on it with this command, or just any lost unit you are trying to find.

ALT + Number = Center Camera on group number
Alternate to double tapping group number.

ALT + Click on unit = Last Group
This was already mentioned, but ill list it for good measure. Selects all units that were last selected with that unit, NOT related to CTRL groups. Good for groups of Zerglings or other units that tend to die too quickly on CTRL groups.

Shift + 1 = Add to Group
Adds selected unit to group number, also already mentioned.

ALT + O = Open Options Menu Screen
Opens the Options menu subcategory. F10 opens main menu.

CTRL + M = Toggle Music

CTRL + S = Toggle Sound

Also ALT is supposed to let you use hotkeys while typing messages, but I never got it to work right, so maybe it got patched out or something. I know this is an old thread, but most of these haven't been talked about yet, so i figured i would post them.
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pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5098 Posts
January 26 2010 07:55 GMT
#88
yea control click unit frame is awesome
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
January 26 2010 17:27 GMT
#89
I knew you could shift-add units, but I never knew you could shift-add ctrl groups. That's awesome, it makes re-hotkeying after a large fight so much easier.

Thank you TL
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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
January 26 2010 19:21 GMT
#90
that Shift+CtrlGroup feature is pretty nifty. Nice OP and bump
Too_MuchZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Finland2818 Posts
January 26 2010 19:37 GMT
#91
Only thing I would disagree with selecting drones and lings is how its executed. I prefer clicking minerals with my selected units then ctrl clicking lings and move those somewhere I want. This way I don't have to select lings twice.
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
January 26 2010 20:09 GMT
#92
wow this is awesome. after so many years, still learning new things about sc lol.

thanks for the tip
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