• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 17:14
CEST 23:14
KST 06:14
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16)31Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format16[IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend!5Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back12BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8
StarCraft 2
General
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) [D] Wireframe Casting Removed Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard" Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format Is the larve respawn broken?
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) WardiTV Summer Cup 2026 GSL CK #5 Race War RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event HomeStory Cup 29
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation Mutation # 533 Die Together Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion Recent recommended BW games Recommended FPV games (post-KeSPA) Etiquete rules in Asl? Pros Debate: Zerg Unfairly Nerfed? (ASL S22 map)
Tourneys
Escore Tournament - Season 3 Small VOD Thread 2.0 [IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend! [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Series you have seen recently...
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread MLB/Baseball 2023 McBoner: A hockey love story Tennis[sport] Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
The Experiences We Want and …
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 8290 users

[G] TheCore - Advanced Keyboard Layout - Page 373

Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Strategy
Post a Reply
Prev 1 371 372 373 374 375 432 Next
Mutaller
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States1051 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-27 23:32:32
January 27 2015 23:31 GMT
#7441
I stopped talking in game after using the core. The keyboard tilt makes it hard to type I only say gl hf, gg and pp now. Oh and guys I am back in Diamond I am now back where I was as a diamond!
"To practice isn't for you to get better now in the present. Practice will never betray you and will always come back for you in the future." -Jaedong
Estevez
Profile Joined July 2014
Spain12 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-28 01:42:06
January 28 2015 01:41 GMT
#7442
On January 28 2015 00:57 YoTcA wrote:

@Estevez: I am not using the newest version of TheCore 2.0, so my camera hotkeys are different, and I am not sure if the CGs are still the same. But here you go:
http://imgur.com/vuSEvHi http://i.imgur.com/9KELkov.jpg
http://imgur.com/FljgsCS][img]http://i.imgur.com/uXC3GEa.jpg


Ummm... your CGS 6 and 7 are exchanged. How do you push Ctrl+Shift for create CG? with 2 fingers or one? What fingers? If I use 2 fingers I lost the hand position por push CGkey for create.

What about your cameras? they have the same keys than CGS?
Mutaller
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States1051 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-28 08:21:01
January 28 2015 07:57 GMT
#7443
On January 28 2015 10:41 Estevez wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2015 00:57 YoTcA wrote:

@Estevez: I am not using the newest version of TheCore 2.0, so my camera hotkeys are different, and I am not sure if the CGs are still the same. But here you go:
http://imgur.com/vuSEvHi http://i.imgur.com/9KELkov.jpg
http://imgur.com/FljgsCS][img]http://i.imgur.com/uXC3GEa.jpg


Ummm... your CGS 6 and 7 are exchanged. How do you push Ctrl+Shift for create CG? with 2 fingers or one? What fingers? If I use 2 fingers I lost the hand position por push CGkey for create.

What about your cameras? they have the same keys than CGS?


thumb for ctrl and shift including both at the same time. Some cgs and and cameras have the same keys but different modifiers.
"To practice isn't for you to get better now in the present. Practice will never betray you and will always come back for you in the future." -Jaedong
YoTcA
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany151 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-30 12:43:43
January 28 2015 19:50 GMT
#7444
Today I tried the latest version of ZRM 2.0. And I experience the same problem as Oleum described:
Sometimes I do not press Shift and Control properly with my thumb, which leads to a mess up with my CGs. I found that this problem mostly occures for the combination Ctrl+Shift+; . The ; key is too close to shift and control to press those two keys properly with my thumb. This problem occurs especially when cycling all the bases for injects. It also affects the 9 key, but not as much as ; .
I decided to use 0 instead of ; , because it feels better to me (and moved 'add to CG 1' to ; ). No idea, if this is a general or personal problem.

Another idea that came to my mind today: Maybe we should switch the key for Drones and Zerglings.
While playing I am often building a certain number of drones to saturate a bases. To not build too few or too many, I hit the J key for every drone I want to build. When building Zerglings, I often just press and hold P until all my larva or minerals are gone (except maybe for the early game).
I personally can press the same key a lot fast with the index finger than with my pinky. So I think it would be a good idea to have drones on the index finger and lings on the pinky.

@Estevez: Hey and sorry. I totally forgot that there have been a lot more changes to TheCore 2.0 than I thought. So I would advise you to not look at my screenshots, as most CGs and Cams are different from the latest version of TheCore 2.0
This table should help you with your problems:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BlWdsCP8qVPrnBmbb2J_JAxE4lFH5xOAzTA8rvyACoA/edit#gid=376850630
Those are the key positions for the English keyboard and the medium layout.

And, as reps)squishy already said, you press ctrl and shift with your thumb. It is a bit tricky, but doable.

edt: just realized that swtiching drone and lings would mess with the other races worker production and the attack command. No idea, if we put consistency for offracing over improvements of the main race.
Oleum
Profile Joined January 2015
Canada11 Posts
January 30 2015 00:17 GMT
#7445
Coldblackice
Profile Joined April 2011
United States49 Posts
January 31 2015 09:19 GMT
#7446
So for someone who hasn't yet jumped into TheCore, and who wants to be able to play all races, is Random a good choice? Do the race-specific keyboards add that much advantage?

My OCD makes me feel like I'll be using a non-ideal keyboard set by using Random... (even though I'm probably overanalyzing)
YoTcA
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany151 Posts
January 31 2015 15:37 GMT
#7447
If you want to play all races, I think Random is the correct choice. If you have a main race and only want to off-race from time to time, you migh want to look into your main race's layout (unless you are off-racing a lot).

The different layouts are not game changing different. They have small advantages over each other and some draw backs. We tried to match each race to the best layout. But it is likely that we did not factor in every aspect into those decisions. So I do not think that the you miss a lot, when chosing the random layout over a race specific one.
Haighstrom
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom209 Posts
January 31 2015 15:54 GMT
#7448
I have a problem in ZRM 2.0 British layout. The chat hotkey which is "#" (just to the left of Enter) automatically adds the character "#" to my chat message instantly.

I'm remapping it anyway because I hit it by mistake sometimes, locking me out of doing any actions until I hit Escape, but thought I should flag this issue.
Slayer189
Profile Joined January 2015
2 Posts
January 31 2015 19:09 GMT
#7449
trying to download it the way that video tells me to exactly but when i click on the things that he does it opens it in drop box not skydrive and it wont work
Slayer189
Profile Joined January 2015
2 Posts
January 31 2015 19:11 GMT
#7450
again when i click on dkydrive it automatically opens up my drop box and i am not sure what to do with that... it doesn't seem to have anything in the folders when drop box opens.
YoTcA
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany151 Posts
January 31 2015 20:26 GMT
#7451
@Haighstrom:
Thanks for the info. I acutally have no idea, why the uk version does not use the enter key. Will look into it.

@Slayer189:
The video is a little out dated. The files are on dropbox now. The link in the Download section should open a dropbox folder named "TheCore". Within this folder are the hotkey layouts. Just tested it, and it worked for me.
Maybe you have the dropbox desktop application installed and this opens the link instead of your browser. But it should work anyway, although I have no experience with this application.

Ellessar_GR
Profile Joined September 2010
United States37 Posts
January 31 2015 23:17 GMT
#7452
It seems that the ZRM i downloaded for the US querty does not match with the interactive tool. Can someone check this?
YoTcA
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany151 Posts
February 01 2015 00:09 GMT
#7453
The visualizer in the OP is only for version TheCore 1.0.
The version for 2.0 is in the making and can be found here http://ivanvolosyuk.github.io/thecorevisualizer/visualizer/
Ellessar_GR
Profile Joined September 2010
United States37 Posts
February 01 2015 01:48 GMT
#7454
Thank you so much!
Coldblackice
Profile Joined April 2011
United States49 Posts
February 01 2015 09:17 GMT
#7455
Is there any sort of pattern or system as to what keys go where? I've loaded up 2.0 and am trying to learn in-game via looking at the shortcuts on the command card, but things seem to be completely randomly strewn about, with no apparent logical placement.

Of course, I understand this is part of what TheCore aimed to do -- redistributing keys based solely on frequency of access and finger load -- but I was under the impression there would still be some degree of structured layout.

So am I missing any general layout patterns, or is it basically a matter of learning an entirely new alphabet, with no "spatial" help as to where things are and/or might be?
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 01 2015 18:20 GMT
#7456
2 fingers take care of the abilities (anything in the command card). The other two take care of control groups.
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
guestex
Profile Joined July 2013
United States10 Posts
February 02 2015 01:02 GMT
#7457
For ZRM 2.0, I do not have a PS/2 keyboard, therefore I'm not able to use the rapid fire inject (and also not wanting to, as I prefer visually seeing each of my bases). Is there a way to easily queen inject with this layout without rapid fire? So far I have two possible ways: (with US QWERTY) pressing '-' and '=' individually and repeatedly, and selecting queens (cg prefs say 'u' key), inject key '-', then camera cg's (ctr+shift+ {j p o i ;} in that order. The camera shifting is okay but I'm unsure about how I am supposed to select queens and their larvae ability, as it doesn't feel at all fluent. Is this how the layout was setup, should I do it differently, or should I not use it at all due to the lack of nkro?
I've tried the layout for ZRM 1.0 and it works just fine for me. However it's been a while since I tried thecore and if it's better I'd rather use 2.0 because of the fresh start... unless I can't do the basics because of my keyboard
For reference, I am used to grouping queens and base cam-ing through to inject. I would prefer to use camera inject.
Thanks
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 02 2015 04:58 GMT
#7458
On February 02 2015 10:02 guestex wrote:
For ZRM 2.0, I do not have a PS/2 keyboard, therefore I'm not able to use the rapid fire inject


for clarity sake the alternating RF technique can be done on PS/2 keyboards as well as USB. It can be done on NKRO keyboards and non-NKRO keyboards, it can be done on mechanical keyboards and non-mechanical keyboards. A lot of people like to say that X is the reason it does or does not work, but nothing I've read has been true yet.

(and also not wanting to, as I prefer visually seeing each of my bases). Is there a way to easily queen inject with this layout without rapid fire? So far I have two possible ways: (with US QWERTY) pressing '-' and '=' individually and repeatedly, and selecting queens (cg prefs say 'u' key), inject key '-',


doesn't make too much sense IMO. The advantage of using those keys to inject only exists when using RF, otherwise its less consistency/control.

then camera cg's (ctr+shift+ {j p o i ;} in that order. The camera shifting is okay but I'm unsure about how I am supposed to select queens and their larvae ability, as it doesn't feel at all fluent. Is this how the layout was setup, should I do it differently,


This option will give you the most speed and control. keep in mind that j is not a camera. the cameras are poi. the action sequence for injecting is:

- select queen control group
= bring up inject targeting mode
hold ctrl+shift lock in targeting mode
p left click inject hatch 1
o left click inject hatch 2
i left click inject hatch 3

or should I not use it at all due to the lack of nkro?


alternating RF works on some non-nkro keyboards

I've tried the layout for ZRM 1.0 and it works just fine for me. However it's been a while since I tried thecore and if it's better I'd rather use 2.0 because of the fresh start... unless I can't do the basics because of my keyboard
For reference, I am used to grouping queens and base cam-ing through to inject. I would prefer to use camera inject.
Thanks


TheCore 2.0 was designed specifically to allow for the best possible camera inject and rapid fire inject (as there are situations when using rapid fire inject is inferior to the camera inject). I play lefty so I may have gotten a conversion wrong, let me know how this works out and if all else fails, get in the hotkey options in game and look at your binds.
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
derive
Profile Joined December 2010
France31 Posts
February 02 2015 10:18 GMT
#7459
- select queen control group
= bring up inject targeting mode
hold ctrl+shift lock in targeting mode
p left click inject hatch 1
o left click inject hatch 2
i left click inject hatch 3


The problem I add using this is that since there is a "shift", the inject is queued if the queen is doing something else.
So when a queen is attacking drops or phoenix (can be an action given or just auto-attack because the queen was idle when the enemy came close) she won't inject before finishing the current action, resulting in a delayed inject. In most cases, you would want her to go inject immediately regardless of what she is attacking.

Am I missing something or is it expected when using this inject method ?
Sh1bby
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany711 Posts
February 02 2015 17:02 GMT
#7460
I am a little confused. Downloaded german 2.0 ZRM and I have the following problem:

Create CG2 - Shift+I: Works
Add to CG2 - Ctrl+I: Works
Jump to Loc 4: Ctrl+Shift+I: Doesn't work (SC2 just goes with Shift+I or Ctrl+I, depending on what I've triggered first.)

How is it possible with Ctrl+Shift+I to jump to a location, when Shift+I & Ctrl+I are binded to CGs. Is Ctrl+Shift a single key I don't know about?
"People should not ruminate about the past. Just do your best here and now." [Aya Kito]
Prev 1 371 372 373 374 375 432 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 2h 47m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 730
UpATreeSC 221
ZombieGrub96
CosmosSc2 69
JuggernautJason47
ViBE9
StarCraft: Brood War
ZZZero.O 7
Dota 2
qojqva2965
Counter-Strike
ScreaM1640
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox314
Mew2King33
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu481
Trikslyr53
Other Games
tarik_tv8694
gofns4377
Grubby2340
shahzam797
B2W.Neo347
ToD199
mouzStarbuck195
XaKoH 182
Livibee75
SteadfastSC39
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2144
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 93
• Hupsaiya 39
• musti20045 12
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• blackmanpl 60
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota2745
League of Legends
• TFBlade1011
Other Games
• imaqtpie1047
• Shiphtur600
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
2h 47m
RSL Revival
11h 47m
Clem vs Lambo
Scarlett vs Cure
CranKy Ducklings
12h 47m
Epic.LAN
15h 47m
IPSL
18h 47m
Dragon vs Hawk
RSL Revival
1d 11h
Classic vs Trap
herO vs SHIN
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 12h
OSC
1d 15h
IPSL
1d 18h
Bonyth vs Ret
WardiTV Weekly
2 days
[ Show More ]
Monday Night Weeklies
2 days
PiGosaur Cup
4 days
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
CrankTV Team League
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
CrankTV Team League
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-13
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E2

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
YSL S3
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
Escore Tournament S3: W3
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026

Upcoming

ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 1
Escore Tournament S3: W4
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 2
Escore Tournament S3: W5
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.