EPT[G] TheCore - Advanced Keyboard Layout - Page 4
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_NIx_
United States49 Posts
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ImmortalTofu
United States1254 Posts
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bgalang92
United States155 Posts
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ImmortalTofu
United States1254 Posts
On June 04 2012 09:08 bgalang92 wrote: Learn darkgrid or Jakatak Righty. This layout requires you to tilt your keyboard. Oh that's the only limitation? If so I wouldn't mind my comp at a slightly skewed angle while I play for significantly more efficiency :D | ||
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bgalang92
United States155 Posts
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uoeahtns
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Any fixes for this? Help is appreciated! | ||
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emaster
United States32 Posts
I just played one game with it, and it was a terrible experience. switching over to a new layout is kinda weird, especially since this one is on the opposite side of the keyboard. I kept wanting to move my hand back to the other side. You said that would feel weird, so okay. I have one big complaint though... I really feel like I was thrown under the bus. I have never really changed anything with hotkeys, and I haven't paid much attention to them before so maybe thats why I am having this problem but... I didn't know how to do anything that wasn't on the button part of the screen. I started off with my fingers on the "k l ;" keys to begin with until i kept pressing those "j i o p" keys often enough to just leave my fingers there. Nothing actually tells me what butons to push for stuff like setting control groups and base cameras and shit. I actually still don't know how. What I had to do was hover my mouse over the control group button in the game for it to tell me how to do the control group. Eventually I figured out how to get the second macro group by hovering over the 2nd control group button, and then I eventually made a third control group for a blob, but it really didn't help. I feel like the only way I'm going to get those kind of hotkeys is to go through the hotkey screen and write them down on a seperate piece of paper one by one. Worth it, but I think it would be much better if you made a second video or a better explanation of what to do. I guess I had high expectations because when I saw jakataks first thread it seemed quite clear, and now it's just leaving me confused. I can't say that the layout is amazing, because im not really qualified to say so. I will however put the effort to transition into it in good faith because you guys seem pretty legit. I hope you guys don't take my complaints personally! It seemed like you guys are pretty interested in constructive criticism so I'm hoping you take it as such. Even more though, I'm hoping you guys can update it and make it easier for retards like me  I think the layout has a lot of potential, and I excited to see you guys keep up your good work in the future! | ||
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ScoSteSal
United States54 Posts
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xavra41
United States220 Posts
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emaster
United States32 Posts
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Fencar
United States2694 Posts
Also it's really hard to set camera hotkeys at the beginning of the game when whenever I press alt the screen goes to the current selection. It also makes it impossible to create a rally camera hotkey. Edit: Can you update the OP with the camera hotkeys and which ones to use for what? Also it's hard to use Ghosts reactively against Protoss since you press K to select them with your ring finger, then I to start using EMP's and that's both a redundant action with 1 finger and you have to move the same finger twice once down and once up. Maybe rebind EMP to / instead of I, and Snipe to I? I find Snipe isn't a heavily used hotkey personally, especially since the nerf. | ||
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Amaterasu1234
United States317 Posts
I'll have to play around with this layout a bit more. I tried it once earlier and I certainly didn't like that I made drones with my pinky. But, you know, whatever. I learned Darkgrid once. I can probably learn TheCore, too. | ||
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adacan
United States117 Posts
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FoxyMayhem
624 Posts
Sorry I can't provide tech support, I'm swamped with RL! | ||
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StratWaffle
United States28 Posts
Also, as I go through and inject I'm accidentally building a lot of queens, which is annoying when cancel is 'F5'. I'll see if this stops happening as I get better. | ||
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Fencar
United States2694 Posts
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kollin
United Kingdom8380 Posts
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Fencar
United States2694 Posts
On June 04 2012 17:12 kollin wrote: I'm kind of confused about the mouse buttons. As a zerg it says I need hatch and queen on mouse 1 and mouse 2, but then how would you do things like right click move? He means extra mouse buttons 1 and 2, aka buttons 4 and 5. | ||
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kollin
United Kingdom8380 Posts
On June 04 2012 17:31 Fencer710 wrote: He means extra mouse buttons 1 and 2, aka buttons 4 and 5. Oh OK. What if you just have a mouse with only 2 buttons? I don't want to have to reach too far down my keyboard for hatch and queens. | ||
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poeticEnnui
United States78 Posts
On June 04 2012 08:34 JaKaTaK wrote: We couldn't find a better set of keys for the job, N is definitely the least comfortable IMO as well, but with practice it shouldn't be much of a problem (there are much less comfortable things on other layouts) If you can make another key work that is more comfortable than N, we'd love to hear about it. (non-sarcasm, it would actually be great) As far as making things "easier to remember" we did not keep that in mind when designing the layout. For JaKaTaK Righty I did that, but for this one, we went purely on data and efficiency. In time you will learn to use I for creep tumor. It is 4-5 times faster to hit than K is, and will speed up your creep spread mechanics considerably. Yeah, I kept it on "I" -- maybe I spoke too soon, because it only took a game or two to get it down. As for the camera hotkeys, I changed Camera 4 from "N" to "M" and from "M" to ",". Hitting "IJKM," is much faster than hitting "IJKNM", I find, even with both plugged into muscle memory. I don't know if "," is optimal distance-wise, but it's definitely the most natural key to reach for with the pinky (bending inward instead of outward). Anyway, I plan to practice all day today. Mid-master league zerg, on my smurf account "Dragoon" as soon as I finish this paper. ._. | ||
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