[G] TheCore Lite - Advanced Keyboard Layout - Page 41

Was thinking of going with the Core Lite as my hotkeys because I am used to the WASD setup. What is the differences between the Core Lite and the Chameleon setups? Wanted to make sure before I start committing to one over the other.

General:
– unit production key harmonization between protoss and terran
– bridging method applied for unit production/research/building to have a better consistency
– compliant with big patch 3.8

Big changes to be absorbed with respect to v2.0:
– macro groups are back to Q and W, keeping Shift+Q+W mechanics
– cloak/decloak now on F/CapsLock (due to Infested Banshee), same for pulsar beam
– zerg keys morph is now F (previously E), speed research is now E (previously C), creep remains C
– reactor: C, techlab:E, lift:4, select builder:5 to free command card for unit production keys

New features:
– rapid fire static defence
– Stop = TargetCancel that could be useful for caster usage
– Shift+V = utility group (to be used for creep queen with queued creep tumor spawn)
– new Control camera approach (with more consistent creep tumor spread strategy)



Changes from v2.1-beta2:
– no more building on V due to utility group Shift+V recall and V as TargetCancel
– Ctrl+Alt is now modifier for append w/o steal (for caster/unittype fast selection group)
– back to previous simple ctl camera, with Space as alternate for creep tumor spread
– drop of ctl camera warp-in, it does not really make sense with group placement

A combination of E, R, D (or E, F, D which I find is more comfortable while holding Shift) feels more natural and a bit faster.

On February 05 2017 21:14 MilExo wrote:
I like seeing how we can do something efficiently and it is really awesome when your fingers just flow when performing most actions.

On February 02 2017 06:54 bobo38 wrote:
Hi BrentC

Welcome! MilExo summarized pretty well. Chameleon setup is outdated and unmaintained. Even TheCore has problem to maintain hotkey setup on the long run. Currently TheCore Lite is multiplayer/campaign clean (I've just seen that there is one unbound in Coop). You can also find it in several keyboard layout beside QWERTY.

I encourage you to look at:
– TheCore Lite github page
– TheCore Lite reference doc

Currently the keys are in freezing process, some changes are still to be expected:
– no more building built with V key (due to V used for target cancel that could ruin a building queue)
– control cameras (fun tip for spreading creep) are still not frozen
– maybe the terran production keys will get C back (this key is now used again for protoss)
– maybe Control+Alt used back for append non-steal (at the moment they are disabled)

On January 29 2017 01:24 bobo38 wrote:

Control groups

About control group there is this reference video from JaKaTaK
Starcraft 2: How to use 10 Control Groups - Protoss

Each time I watch it I do notice some new detail, which is amazing for a 6 minutes video. The whole picture about selection priority helps a lot in group architecture. You can find the unit selection priority as .png files on the TheCoreLite github page, here for Protoss:
https://github.com/bobo38/TheCoreLite/blob/master/Images/LoTV_protoss.png

Another helpful document is this page of TheCore Archives, where you can find this suggestion for Protoss:


– Q and W are no questions
– 2 for Mothership stuff is reasonably well for RapidFire Recall; I was thinking about using E for Photon overcharge, I tried to swap with Time Warp but misused it due to habbits. I realized that Photon Overcharge has also Space as RapidFire alternate that chains correctly from 2
– S for HTs (or ghost, or infestor) is convenient to reach all spells, you can put oracles as well with them
– 3 is perfect for warp prism or oracle harass

For the other groups it is tricky. Should A be melee or ranged ? if melee and ranged group follows it, A + D + LeftClick makes you whole army Attack-move with melee units always in front. This is a trade-off with the ranged units, whose 1st selected unit matters. There are valuables units beside Sentry as well:
– disruptors, if used, gain a lot to be 1st selectable units
– void rays to be prismatically aligned could melt armored units
– phoenixes that could help a lot with some RapidFire graviton beam

About the stalker group, if there is a something for cloned caster groups in TheCore Lite. But you can always Ctl+click a stalker, blink all stalkers that were selected and create a group on the fly.

My next tries will be:
– A melee
– S HTs + supporting oracles
– X ranged with selectable on top (chains reasonably well with C and Space)
– Z most useful cloned caster group depending on the circumstances (I should not forget to refresh it)
– 2 MsC/Mothership
– 3 harass warp prim or oracles

Shift+V is an alternate for Grave group (nobody will queue a Stop command). The main usage is for creep queens. But it could be used for the stalker group. There may be more polishing with it (making Ctl+V append to this group or Shift+Alt+V create non-steal). Holy shit! some new ideas are coming…

Hatcheries W
Injecting Queens Q
Army A
Infestor S
Mutalisk Z
Baneling X
Swarm Host 2
Harass 3

On March 09 2017 20:14 B.L.u.B. wrote:
[...] but is it intended that the hotkeys for where my units have to go are so far away from the rest ?