Macro tips for mid-game? - Page 2

Hammy

France828 Posts

March 03 2010 22:53 GMT

#21

On March 03 2010 21:34 jimbobdwayne wrote:
Just wanted to say thanks for pointing out the Tab feature, makes it a lot easier when things get crazy imo.

Back in WC3 there was this awesome feature where using ctrl and issuing a simple command would only give the command to the selected sub-group (not your whole group). Putting this back would be awesome for microing because it means you can have blings and lings in the same groupe and regulate their speed by using tab and ctrl-click.
I would also make great use of when it comes to building hotkeying (especially if you intend to hotkey your queens with your hatches for macro purposes, want to set rallies but don't want to use Y...).

I made a post about this on the suggestion forums (EU)... I hope it gets some attention.

guitarizt

United States1492 Posts

March 05 2010 07:31 GMT

#22

I read the other thread where someone explained tabbing with queens and how they would autocast on the nearest hatch, but I still don't get it. Can someone explain in detail what to press and what happens? Can I hotkey all my queens to control+4 and then have them spawn more larva without going back to my base?

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

March 05 2010 08:02 GMT

#23

On March 05 2010 16:31 guitarizt wrote:
I read the other thread where someone explained tabbing with queens and how they would autocast on the nearest hatch, but I still don't get it. Can someone explain in detail what to press and what happens? Can I hotkey all my queens to control+4 and then have them spawn more larva without going back to my base?

I havnt tried this, but I see no reason this wouldnt work. Put the hatcheries and the queens in the same control group. Tab to the queens. Select spawn larva and click one of the hatchery icons. The closest queen should go to the hatchery and inject. Repeat as necessary.

Koffiegast

Netherlands346 Posts

March 05 2010 13:47 GMT

#24

A somewhat different question,
say I got 5 lings in a group, is there a hotkey that allows me to give each ling a different order? Like say, you move here, you move there, you move there, etc. That would be so much easier then to select individually and then move the mouse again to a point when you want for example a line of units.

Is there also a key that allows your units to 'move away from each other'? I remember such a thing in red alert, where you pressed X and the units would move randomly, eventually resulting in a more spread out army.

ImBa_JaCkAsS

Canada200 Posts

March 05 2010 14:00 GMT

#25

well first of all you have to practice a lot for it
building placement do matters too
what I do is
If I tend to micro less n macro more unless its a big battle
and always make a more buildings if you have alot of money
lets say u have 1k money then you will have that much less units
than good player however if u built more building lets say one more barrack
u will just have 150 minreals loss yet almost same units count

Clonze

Canada281 Posts

March 06 2010 03:17 GMT

#26

I keep all my buildings in one hotkey (4) and i use tab to go through them... Don't put starports in the same group because Medivacs seem buggy atm and they will pick up your unit instead of following. use 1-3 for your groups (MMM 1 group)<- maybe add banshees (vikings in another) (Ghosts/thors).
Use shift to queue up actions while you do otherstuff... You don't have to double tap keys and be perfect.. yet. Just use the minimap!

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