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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-10 10:18:45
August 10 2014 10:17 GMT
#16721
Does someone know how i reduce the sound volume of victory animation without changing sound volume from other stuff? http://i.imgur.com/4QyiB.jpg
I changed many things but this is always too loud, I always get heart attack of this shit loud victory animation.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
randomalltheway
Profile Joined August 2014
4 Posts
August 10 2014 10:40 GMT
#16722
Old player returning to Starcraft. Looking to play random as I am here to enjoy all aspects of the game (of course my approach might change down the line).

Thought I might as well get used to a specialized keyboard setup from the beginning. Have played through the singel player games and could not get used to the hotkeys at all!

Which one would you recommend and why? (main options I have found is TheCore and Fleet Keys, currently it seems to me that the fleet keys might be nicer for random play...)

Stabley
Profile Joined July 2011
United States90 Posts
August 10 2014 13:07 GMT
#16723
On August 10 2014 15:05 Excludos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2014 14:40 Stabley wrote:
I type with only my index fingers. While my speed is pretty good, I feel like it is limiting my performance in SCII. I have a hard time breaking 150 APM. I am currently diamond, but trying to make it back to masters.

Does anyone have experience with this sort of typing habit? Has anyone have help changing that?


Sounds like your problem is as easy as simply not having used your computer enough. Most people who play sc2 have used computers since childhood, and gotten used to hitting every key on the keyboard with every finger. I don't think there's really any guide you can follow here. Just play more, and try to be conscious about using every finger on your hand to reach the buttons you need (and don't bother with how you type. I also type mostly with my index fingers (occasionally using my middle fingers and little finger for enter/return), but I'm still faster than everyone i know of)



Haha, i use my pc practicly every day of my life for more hours than i should.

I just type different I guess. Learned to type this way, always typed this way.
Withful
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3 Posts
August 11 2014 10:14 GMT
#16724
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Jer99
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada8159 Posts
August 11 2014 10:58 GMT
#16725
On August 10 2014 19:40 randomalltheway wrote:
Old player returning to Starcraft. Looking to play random as I am here to enjoy all aspects of the game (of course my approach might change down the line).

Thought I might as well get used to a specialized keyboard setup from the beginning. Have played through the singel player games and could not get used to the hotkeys at all!

Which one would you recommend and why? (main options I have found is TheCore and Fleet Keys, currently it seems to me that the fleet keys might be nicer for random play...)



You can set up every single hotkey to whatever key you want. For the most part I use the default hotkeys in StarCraft 2, and only changed a few keys here and there.
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Gabo.T
Profile Joined February 2014
Chile3 Posts
August 11 2014 17:30 GMT
#16726
what is top 3 control ?
NaboliC
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden130 Posts
August 11 2014 18:58 GMT
#16727
There seems to be some problem with vipers when abducting. I can't do several abdukts in a row it seems. Vipers are so stupid and are really hard to control. They seemingly can't make three four abdukts beside each other? Is this something that's correct? It is too imba with many abdukts at once? Sometimes it works but often they just go forth and then back, or they go forth (without abducting) and just dies.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
August 11 2014 19:59 GMT
#16728
On August 12 2014 03:58 NaboliC wrote:
There seems to be some problem with vipers when abducting. I can't do several abdukts in a row it seems. Vipers are so stupid and are really hard to control. They seemingly can't make three four abdukts beside each other? Is this something that's correct? It is too imba with many abdukts at once? Sometimes it works but often they just go forth and then back, or they go forth (without abducting) and just dies.

i dont understand the question really. it sounds like youre just not controlling them correctly, specifically it seems like you are queueing bad shift commands. maybe you can post a replay?
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randomalltheway
Profile Joined August 2014
4 Posts
August 12 2014 08:08 GMT
#16729
On August 11 2014 19:58 Jer99 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2014 19:40 randomalltheway wrote:
Old player returning to Starcraft. Looking to play random as I am here to enjoy all aspects of the game (of course my approach might change down the line).

Thought I might as well get used to a specialized keyboard setup from the beginning. Have played through the singel player games and could not get used to the hotkeys at all!

Which one would you recommend and why? (main options I have found is TheCore and Fleet Keys, currently it seems to me that the fleet keys might be nicer for random play...)



You can set up every single hotkey to whatever key you want. For the most part I use the default hotkeys in StarCraft 2, and only changed a few keys here and there.

I might indeed setup my own hotkeys, or at least modify other keyboard setups. But lets change my question a slightly bit:

Which keyboard setup would you recommend to a person how is looking to play random? (Why?)
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8263 Posts
August 12 2014 10:13 GMT
#16730
On August 12 2014 17:08 randomalltheway wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2014 19:58 Jer99 wrote:
On August 10 2014 19:40 randomalltheway wrote:
Old player returning to Starcraft. Looking to play random as I am here to enjoy all aspects of the game (of course my approach might change down the line).

Thought I might as well get used to a specialized keyboard setup from the beginning. Have played through the singel player games and could not get used to the hotkeys at all!

Which one would you recommend and why? (main options I have found is TheCore and Fleet Keys, currently it seems to me that the fleet keys might be nicer for random play...)



You can set up every single hotkey to whatever key you want. For the most part I use the default hotkeys in StarCraft 2, and only changed a few keys here and there.

I might indeed setup my own hotkeys, or at least modify other keyboard setups. But lets change my question a slightly bit:

Which keyboard setup would you recommend to a person how is looking to play random? (Why?)


So I don't remember the name of the layout, but the one where all your buttons ranges from qwe, asd and zxc. They are persistent over all 3 races, and quite good even if you only use one race as the buttons correspond with the icon placement in the menu on the right side. The downside of this might be that certain races have a "one button for everything" thing you'll miss out on, like protoss and "e". But in the end it doesn't really matter. What matters is you are comfortable with the layout.
randomalltheway
Profile Joined August 2014
4 Posts
August 12 2014 11:09 GMT
#16731
On August 12 2014 19:13 Excludos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 17:08 randomalltheway wrote:
On August 11 2014 19:58 Jer99 wrote:
On August 10 2014 19:40 randomalltheway wrote:
Old player returning to Starcraft. Looking to play random as I am here to enjoy all aspects of the game (of course my approach might change down the line).

Thought I might as well get used to a specialized keyboard setup from the beginning. Have played through the singel player games and could not get used to the hotkeys at all!

Which one would you recommend and why? (main options I have found is TheCore and Fleet Keys, currently it seems to me that the fleet keys might be nicer for random play...)



You can set up every single hotkey to whatever key you want. For the most part I use the default hotkeys in StarCraft 2, and only changed a few keys here and there.

I might indeed setup my own hotkeys, or at least modify other keyboard setups. But lets change my question a slightly bit:

Which keyboard setup would you recommend to a person how is looking to play random? (Why?)


So I don't remember the name of the layout, but the one where all your buttons ranges from qwe, asd and zxc. They are persistent over all 3 races, and quite good even if you only use one race as the buttons correspond with the icon placement in the menu on the right side. The downside of this might be that certain races have a "one button for everything" thing you'll miss out on, like protoss and "e". But in the end it doesn't really matter. What matters is you are comfortable with the layout.

Fleet keys work this way (However, I guess there might be more layouts that work the same way). I guess I just have to start practicing with the AI to see if it fits me .

Will try and remember to get back here and write down my experience with the fleet keys (assuming I pick this layout) to inspire others: How I went from bronze to pro using the fleet keys ... See you later!...
NaboliC
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden130 Posts
August 12 2014 18:54 GMT
#16732
On August 12 2014 04:59 brickrd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 03:58 NaboliC wrote:
There seems to be some problem with vipers when abducting. I can't do several abdukts in a row it seems. Vipers are so stupid and are really hard to control. They seemingly can't make three four abdukts beside each other? Is this something that's correct? It is too imba with many abdukts at once? Sometimes it works but often they just go forth and then back, or they go forth (without abducting) and just dies.

i dont understand the question really. it sounds like youre just not controlling them correctly, specifically it seems like you are queueing bad shift commands. maybe you can post a replay?

No I don't use shift with vipers the whey you don't use shift with infestors for example. They just don't do what I tell them to do. If I push D on three colossi, it often ends up abducting one or nothing and just stays there in the air. Probably bad control by me but I don't have the problem with infestors.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
August 12 2014 19:52 GMT
#16733
On August 12 2014 02:30 Gabo.T wrote:
what is top 3 control ?

count only to huk and incontrol :p
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OMGPuppies
Profile Joined August 2014
2 Posts
August 12 2014 23:36 GMT
#16734
For this question, Liquipedia actually does try to explain the answer, but it's ambiguously phrased and I don't understand it. When a hatchery gets 3 or more larvae, the timer for spawning the next is "suspended" -- does that mean that when it starts up again it'll start from the same number it was at before, or does it start counting down from 15 again? For a more concrete example: Let's say that at time t = 0 a given hatchery has no larvae, and the timer is such that, if left alone, it would generate its next larva in ten seconds. At this point, the eggs from spawn larvae hatch, so the timer is suspended. The player waits for 3 seconds and then spends all the larvae at once. We are now at time t = 3. Does the next larva spawn at t=10, t=13, or t=18?
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8263 Posts
August 12 2014 23:49 GMT
#16735
On August 13 2014 08:36 OMGPuppies wrote:
For this question, Liquipedia actually does try to explain the answer, but it's ambiguously phrased and I don't understand it. When a hatchery gets 3 or more larvae, the timer for spawning the next is "suspended" -- does that mean that when it starts up again it'll start from the same number it was at before, or does it start counting down from 15 again? For a more concrete example: Let's say that at time t = 0 a given hatchery has no larvae, and the timer is such that, if left alone, it would generate its next larva in ten seconds. At this point, the eggs from spawn larvae hatch, so the timer is suspended. The player waits for 3 seconds and then spends all the larvae at once. We are now at time t = 3. Does the next larva spawn at t=10, t=13, or t=18?


This I am certain almost no one knows, and should be easy to find out yourself
velvex
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany226 Posts
August 13 2014 07:02 GMT
#16736
On August 13 2014 08:36 OMGPuppies wrote:
For this question, Liquipedia actually does try to explain the answer, but it's ambiguously phrased and I don't understand it. When a hatchery gets 3 or more larvae, the timer for spawning the next is "suspended" -- does that mean that when it starts up again it'll start from the same number it was at before, or does it start counting down from 15 again? For a more concrete example: Let's say that at time t = 0 a given hatchery has no larvae, and the timer is such that, if left alone, it would generate its next larva in ten seconds. At this point, the eggs from spawn larvae hatch, so the timer is suspended. The player waits for 3 seconds and then spends all the larvae at once. We are now at time t = 3. Does the next larva spawn at t=10, t=13, or t=18?

It's been some time I studied this, but if I'm not totally mistaken, the timer is just frozen at its state and not reset. When you spend all your larvae after an inject, it often happens that a new larva comes out a few seconds after the count has gone to zero, and you don't always have to wait 15 seconds for the next larva – which is actually good to know, for example, in case you forgot an overlord you wanted to make.

So you can always safely inject as soon as it's possible. Cases where a purposely delayed inject would give you more larvae are highly theoretical and have no practical relevance, I think.
rice_devOurer
Profile Joined July 2012
United States773 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-15 09:18:17
August 15 2014 09:11 GMT
#16737
can you steal enemy addons (like in bw)?

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EsportsJohn
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4883 Posts
August 15 2014 09:18 GMT
#16738
Nope, unfortunately. To be fair, that was kind of an odd feature of BW that almost nobody used anyway, more like a campaign thing. Much like the queen infestation. I'm not fully sure if there's a professional game with a queen infestation, but I could be wrong.
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velvex
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany226 Posts
August 15 2014 10:07 GMT
#16739
You can, actually, if it wasn't changed for whatever reason. It's just not a very useful feature, at least in 1v1.
NinjaDuckBob
Profile Joined March 2014
186 Posts
August 16 2014 04:39 GMT
#16740
On August 15 2014 18:11 rice_devOurer wrote:
can you steal enemy addons (like in bw)?

edit-question mark

Since you have two conflicting answers, I'll be the 3rd. Yes, you can steal add-ons.
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