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[Q] How do you hotkey multiple buildings?

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Deleted User 76781
Profile Joined May 2010
101 Posts
June 17 2010 14:47 GMT
#1
I've seen tons of SC2 games and saw some people have multiple hotkeys of the same building on one tab. I'm wondering how you can do this. Help will really be apreciated.

I don't know if there's already been a thread about this or not, but I can't find any help about this on TL.
FTemplar
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada70 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 14:52:16
June 17 2010 14:51 GMT
#2
Shift-Click buildings until you have the desired selection then hit CTRL-# (# = hotkey of your choice). It can even be different buildings.
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Deleted User 76781
Profile Joined May 2010
101 Posts
June 17 2010 14:55 GMT
#3
Kay thx about the help, I presume the mods will close or lock this thread now
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Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Jamaica757 Posts
June 17 2010 14:57 GMT
#4
You mean same type of building? Like all barracks? You can just double click a building, like a unit and it will select all. There's also the shift+click way.
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n3mo
Profile Joined May 2010
United States298 Posts
June 17 2010 16:22 GMT
#5
also, tab switches between buildings in a group. for example, if i have 4 rax in a hotkey, 2 with tech labs, and 2 with reactors, i can tab between them to build, say, marauders and marines.
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TDC
Profile Joined May 2010
United States197 Posts
June 17 2010 16:41 GMT
#6
it's usually most useful to have the same buildings in the same hotkey(for terran, all barracks in 1 hotkey regardless of techlab or reactor, and then tab through.) don't try to select too many buildings into one hotkey if they're different type. it's hard to tab through more than 2. I personally only use the tab key for terran buildings.
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Krowser
Profile Joined August 2007
Canada788 Posts
June 17 2010 18:04 GMT
#7
It's wonderfully useful. I usualy shove all my production buildings on #4 and my orbital commands on #5.

When you select all your buildings, just use the tab button to switch between the different types. (That includes addons)
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Deleted User 76781
Profile Joined May 2010
101 Posts
June 17 2010 18:47 GMT
#8
On June 18 2010 03:04 Krowser wrote:
It's wonderfully useful. I usualy shove all my production buildings on #4 and my orbital commands on #5.

When you select all your buildings, just use the tab button to switch between the different types. (That includes addons)

You could even tab addons!? That's so cool, thx for the additional info.
789
Profile Joined October 2009
United States959 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 18:53:54
June 17 2010 18:53 GMT
#9
On June 17 2010 23:51 FTemplar wrote:
Shift-Click buildings until you have the desired selection then hit CTRL-# (# = hotkey of your choice). It can even be different buildings.


Using shift to add buildings to control groups would be even easier than this. This is done by pressing shift-#. Using shift instead of ctrl adds what you have selected to group # without removing anything that was already in the group. Can also be done with units obviously.
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Deleted User 76781
Profile Joined May 2010
101 Posts
June 17 2010 19:32 GMT
#10
I find it wierd that the number pad doesn't work when I'm trying to hotkey something
AnodyneSea
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Jamaica757 Posts
June 17 2010 19:57 GMT
#11
On June 18 2010 04:32 Yme wrote:
I find it wierd that the number pad doesn't work when I'm trying to hotkey something


why would you want to use the number pad unless you're using arrow keys
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Korea (South)1244 Posts
June 17 2010 20:40 GMT
#12
On June 18 2010 04:57 jamaZn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2010 04:32 Yme wrote:
I find it wierd that the number pad doesn't work when I'm trying to hotkey something


why would you want to use the number pad unless you're using arrow keys

agreed, right hand on mouse, left hand around wasd 1234 section. only right hand on arrows if you are from korea.
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StayFrosty
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada743 Posts
June 17 2010 20:47 GMT
#13
On June 18 2010 05:40 Roflhaxx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2010 04:57 jamaZn wrote:
On June 18 2010 04:32 Yme wrote:
I find it wierd that the number pad doesn't work when I'm trying to hotkey something


why would you want to use the number pad unless you're using arrow keys

agreed, right hand on mouse, left hand around wasd 1234 section. only right hand on arrows if you are from korea.


what do you mean by that?
Toads
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada1795 Posts
June 17 2010 21:06 GMT
#14
Are you serious ? I begin to think this thread is a troll. But anyway, you have to keep your right hane on the mouse your left hand do the rest. The numpad is useless. The ''0'' is the fartest you should go if you want the best control you can have
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Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
June 17 2010 21:08 GMT
#15
On June 18 2010 05:47 StayFrosty wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2010 05:40 Roflhaxx wrote:
On June 18 2010 04:57 jamaZn wrote:
On June 18 2010 04:32 Yme wrote:
I find it wierd that the number pad doesn't work when I'm trying to hotkey something


why would you want to use the number pad unless you're using arrow keys

agreed, right hand on mouse, left hand around wasd 1234 section. only right hand on arrows if you are from korea.


what do you mean by that?

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..? I have no idea what he means either..nothing wrong with this keyboard^^;;
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raph
Profile Joined May 2010
United States204 Posts
June 17 2010 21:46 GMT
#16
shift + key
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