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(I just posted this at bliz forums as well: )
I imagine that most people stick with the default, and move their mouse cursor to the edge of the screen to scroll their view in game. One guy recorded and graphed his mouse movement (thread), and it made me want to post my method for screen scrolling.
I use a Logitech MX 518 Mouse, and it has a couple of side buttons for your left thumb. Using AutoHotKey, I remapped the large thumb button to be the same thing as the middle mouse wheel click. The middle mouse wheel click in SC2 allows you to scroll the screen without moving to the edge. Your mouse cursor basically disappears when you hold it down, and you're free to quickly drag your view wherever you want, without having to move to the edge of the screen first, and without being limited to the scroll speed sensitivity (you can very easily make tiny or large adjustments, just like in a first person shooter). I find the mouse wheel an awkward default for this, which is why people maybe don't use it. The left thumb button, however, is ideal. I actually have my edge of screen scrolling disabled in the options, and this is the only way I move my screen around. I find it to be very fast and accurate. If you try it out, you'll probably be able to adapt in just 1 or 2 games. It's that good.
Note: from what I understand, the use of AutoHotKey is not frowned upon, as long as it's for 1:1 remapping, and not multiple key macros. I would welcome any side discussion regarding this point as well. Also, what level of customization are players allowed to have when they attend tournaments? Would they be permitted to install something like AHK?
AutoHotKey script to remap side mouse button to mousewheel click:
; StarCraft II
#IfWinActive ahk_class StarCraft II
XButton1::MButton
; caps now acts as backspace, to quickly go to my hatches (for injecting)
Capslock::Backspace
#IfWinActive
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I'm pretty sure you cannot map buttons to your extra mouse buttons even if it's 1:1.
Edit: you can't do it in tournaments I mean.
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On January 06 2011 06:54 Neo.NEt wrote:
I'm pretty sure you cannot map buttons to your extra mouse buttons even if it's 1:1.
Edit: you can't do it in tournaments I mean.
Hopefully it won't matter. I didn't try the PTR 1.2 patch, but it does allow hotkey modification. I would hope that the actions for switching between your main bases (default: backspace) and screen scrolling (mouse wheel click) are both customizable in the 1.2 patch. If that's the case, I won't need AutoHotKey for any remappings.
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On January 06 2011 07:13 evol_ wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2011 06:54 Neo.NEt wrote:
I'm pretty sure you cannot map buttons to your extra mouse buttons even if it's 1:1.
Edit: you can't do it in tournaments I mean. Hopefully it won't matter. I didn't try the PTR 1.2 patch, but it does allow hotkey modification. I would hope that the actions for switching between your main bases (default: backspace) and screen scrolling (mouse wheel click) are both customizable in the 1.2 patch. If that's the case, I won't need AutoHotKey for any remappings.
I'm 99% certain you'll be able to switch backspace to like tab or something
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I'm 99% certain you'll be able to switch backspace to like tab or something
I'm more worried about the screen scrolling. The drag scroll isn't listed in the hotkeys, so it might still be stuck to mouse wheel click.
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This is a little unrelated, but I wish you could map keys to mousewheel up and down. I used to use that in AoE2 and it was amazing.
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On January 06 2011 06:54 Neo.NEt wrote:
I'm pretty sure you cannot map buttons to your extra mouse buttons even if it's 1:1.
Edit: you can't do it in tournaments I mean.
I'm pretty sure you can do it legally and in tournaments (including the GSL). Players are allowed to install their own mouse drivers in those computers.
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Slightly unrelated, but what % do you guys set your screen movement to when you set it up in the options. I started with it fairly low, but I think I have it at like 50% currently (the amount it moves when you move your mouse to the edge of the screen).
I'm considering it even higher as it doesn't seem to make sense to even have it low
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On January 06 2011 15:43 Jayecks wrote:
Slightly unrelated, but what % do you guys set your screen movement to when you set it up in the options. I started with it fairly low, but I think I have it at like 50% currently (the amount it moves when you move your mouse to the edge of the screen).
I'm considering it even higher as it doesn't seem to make sense to even have it low
I use max 100%. I would like to get even more but impossible I think.
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