EPT[D] The power of the Alt key in LotV - Page 3
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ejozl
Denmark3380 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On November 24 2015 21:20 ejozl wrote: Ohyes completely forgot about this function. Would you ever consider switching around the keys and use Alt for you standard way of control grouping? I mean it's not often that you want a unit in 2 seperate control groups. Sometimes you do, but definitely not most of the time. I'm not sure, but ArtyK also brought it up and I think it's worth a try. Especially if you switch it around since you will still be able the use the normal control group function if you ever need units in 2 control groups. I already got used to the Alt key as it is, but it sounds interesting  . For now I can't really think of a disadvantage and might just try it myself.Edit: Just switched them around and it feels pretty good, I think I'll play like this for a while and see how it goes. | ||
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RHoudini
Belgium3627 Posts
The "Alt" key also works as shown if you play a HotS game (or a WoL game, I guess). | ||
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Surili
United Kingdom1141 Posts
On November 23 2015 18:36 MrBarryObama wrote: Nice! I'm always accidentally adding warpgates to my main army control group. This should help. AAAYYYYEEEEEEEEEE Thanks to both the OP and this comment :D | ||
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sparklyresidue
United States5523 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On November 25 2015 00:49 RHoudini wrote: It may be interesting to note that this is not specifically related to LotV but to the current game client. The "Alt" key also works as shown if you play a HotS game (or a WoL game, I guess). They added the hotkey to the client with the 3.0 update. | ||
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ShambhalaWar
United States930 Posts
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DonDomingo
504 Posts
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DinoMight
United States3725 Posts
I used to get so annoyed when I accidentally got my Warp Prism with my main army and then I'd send it to harass and it would just come back to me lol. | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On November 20 2015 00:47 Musicus wrote: Comparison between the Shift click method and the Alt key function: Alt key: Press 1 -> box 16 lings(might not be as precise, but a group you feel is big enough will do) -> press Alt+2 -> sent them to the target location, done I want to add that you do not have to press 1 to start. You can simply Box 16 Lings -> Alt+2 -> aclick/rightclick. You may still hit 1 for two different reasons: 1) You're double tapping 1 to get your camera over to the army, so you can box select 2) You want to check at start to make sure the "bulk army" is part of 1. It's not part of the Alt process, but maybe its useful if you've rallied army to hotkeyed army and want to decide whether to first make everybody 1 before splitting some off to 2. Note: Sometimes I have a camera hotkey on my units, and I could press F1 (saved camera spot 1) -> box -> alt-2 -> move. So just remember, the game KNOWS what hotkey your boxed units are part of so you don't have to hit the hotkey first to get them out of any control groups. | ||
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Shapelog
United States5184 Posts
Maybe I might not lose and actually enjoy ZvZ...... Nah | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On November 26 2015 07:46 Danglars wrote: I want to add that you do not have to press 1 to start. You can simply Box 16 Lings -> Alt+2 -> aclick/rightclick. You may still hit 1 for two different reasons: 1) You're double tapping 1 to get your camera over to the army, so you can box select 2) You want to check at start to make sure the "bulk army" is part of 1. It's not part of the Alt process, but maybe its useful if you've rallied army to hotkeyed army and want to decide whether to first make everybody 1 before splitting some off to 2. Note: Sometimes I have a camera hotkey on my units, and I could press F1 (saved camera spot 1) -> box -> alt-2 -> move. So just remember, the game KNOWS what hotkey your boxed units are part of so you don't have to hit the hotkey first to get them out of any control groups. Oh yeah, of course. No idea why I even included press 1 in there. Because of the shift-click method I think it just slipped in. Thanks for noting! | ||
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mothergoose729
United States666 Posts
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johax
Sweden165 Posts
ive rebound ctrl to fully use this instead. | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
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Valeranth
United States100 Posts
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