[G] Z: How to more efficiently inject your larva - Page 2

On November 28 2010 08:25 lindn wrote:
isn't it possible to change this in game?

On November 27 2010 23:03 mlbrandow wrote:
First, credit to the original discoverer(s) of the hotkey customization functionality in the blizzard code:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=154298

I posted this in a few other threads after being PM'd today I thought I'd just create a thread to share this information.

Q: How can I more efficiently inject my larva?
A: Rebind grave (~) key to towncamera and use one-hand instead of some goofy backspace 2-handed combo.

Help, I don't understand what the hell you're talking about.
So here's the idea: You use the towncamera (default backspace) method to switch hatches and click the middle of your screen, then inject (V by default, X by grid). Instead of the cumbersome and hotkey-consuming method of 1queen, 1hatch for 5-9, or any other goofy way involving your hand actually coming OFF the mouse. I developed this method, which I believe to be the most efficient way (thus far) for most players to inject larva.

1) Hotkey all queens to 3 (e.g.). Rebind Towncamera to grave (~)
2) Press 3 to select queen control group.
3) ~3v(click) <--- repeat ad nauseum. If you have 3 hatches, repeat 3 times.

Using this method, all queens will simultaneously inject all hatches within something like .25 seconds.

PROS:
-you didn't have to use your right hand to hit the backspace button as per the traditional way
-you didn't have to take up 4-5 hotkeys for hatches
-all queens being on one hotkey allows for easier control against AA harass.
-feels natural with ring finger, middle finger, thumb being able to hit the 3 buttons quickly.
-it's so easy a caveman could do it.

CONS:
-if you expanded into bumfuck nowhere and you're down 1 queen, you may find 30 seconds later, one of your queens is migrating across the map.
- ?????



Q: Okay, I buy into it enough to want to try it out myself. How do I do it?

Here are five super simple steps to follow:

1) Create a new folder at (default) Documents/Starcraft II/Hotkeys

2) open notepad.

3) Paste the following:
+ Show Spoiler +grid users use this:+ Show Spoiler +
4) Save the file as "yourcustomname.sc2hotkeys" in the created Hotkeys folder.

5) Run Starcraft II, go to Menu > options > hotkeys and select "yourcustomname" from the dropdown menu.

Congratulations, you have grave (~) bound to towncamera and can now more efficiently inject your larva.








Any questions, comments and criticisms are welcome. Thanks for reading and I hope you find this as helpful as I have. May all your injections be timely!

On November 28 2010 08:23 Sergeras wrote:
Nah.It was something else what eve's.Fixe.

On November 28 2010 08:34 fdsdfg wrote:
I just wanted to add:



CONS:
-if you expanded into bumfuck nowhere and you're down 1 queen, you may find 30 seconds later, one of your queens is migrating across the map.
- Since each call of 'inject' calls the nearest queen with 25 energy, you can get a situation where two hatcheries label the 'closest queen' as the same one, and you replace its order, meaning it only injects one.

On November 28 2010 08:58 mlbrandow wrote:


Honestly I think that belongs under "PROS" because I see it as an advantage. If I have seven queens and 3 hatches, and they are all clumped up from killing off some late banshee harass... all I have to do is combo-click-repeat 3 times, and 3 of them will return to 3 hatches.

They don't all stop or overwrite until you queue more hatches than queens. If you have 4 hatches, and each are in a line (why would htey be? just saying) and then all your queens were in the same position such that each had hatch was in the same 1 2 3 4 proximity order.... and you did this combo, each one would sort itself to a hatch without any confusion on your end.


As for the first con, I usually deal with this by pressing the stop key once I finish my combo, but I didn't want to over-complicate things, since I also think most players would usually discourage expanding into that region of the map.

On November 28 2010 09:46 fdsdfg wrote:
No, that's exactly what doesn't happen. If you have bases 1 2 3, and three queens are all at base 3, then you tell hatch 1 to inject and it calls the leftmost queen at 3... then you tell hatch 2 to inject and it calls the same queen. That one queen winds up only injecting one of the hatches, and you only get two injects total.

Note that as I said, this is without using shift. Using shift has the other problem I mentioned.

On November 27 2010 23:03 mlbrandow wrote:
CONS:
-if you expanded into bumfuck nowhere and you're down 1 queen, you may find 30 seconds later, one of your queens is migrating across the map.

On November 27 2010 23:43 supersoft wrote:
why don't you put all your queens on one key and v-klick the hatcheries on the minimap... I play T so i don't know...