I believe that the lower grade of structure (Barracks<Factory<Starport) is always prioritized, although it may be by ordering on the unit menu at the middle bottom of your screen. You can reorder them as you like with the shift button by removing and adding buildings in the order you would like to tab to them.

Normally, you would add them in the order that they are built (Barracks --> Factory --> Starport) and that's the order I always cycle in so that's probably how it always works, I just don't have the 100% answer for you about what happens in situations where you add things in odd orders.

Given that description, it might j ust as well be alphabetical.

Acayex

United States26 Posts

December 07 2010 07:29 GMT

#23

Only really use tab when building from different Terran structures under 1 control group. Casters I tend to place in a separate control group since under 1 control group, attacking likes to make my casters run to the front like idiots.

mardi

United States1164 Posts

December 07 2010 07:31 GMT

#24

i only use it when i play as protoss. They have a bunch of spellcasters so i guess its more useful for that race.

TheEmulator

28100 Posts

December 07 2010 07:32 GMT

#25

I just learned now that the tab key actually is used in starcraft. Maybe I should try it out.

Koshi

Belgium38799 Posts

December 07 2010 07:33 GMT

#26

I rarely use tab. Is there a possibility to select a group of the same units while tabbing through your units?
If you have 10 zerglings and 10 ultras. Can you select all, press tab and then press a key to select only the 10 zerglings?

I don't think tab is very useful for zerg. But I might be doing it wrong.

Deleted User 101379

4849 Posts

December 07 2010 07:44 GMT

#27

On December 07 2010 16:33 Koshi wrote:
I rarely use tab. Is there a possibility to select a group of the same units while tabbing through your units?
If you have 10 zerglings and 10 ultras. Can you select all, press tab and then press a key to select only the 10 zerglings?

I don't think tab is very useful for zerg. But I might be doing it wrong.

Not a key, but you can ctrl-click on the wireframe of a zergling and it will remove all other unit types from the selection.

dson

Switzerland7 Posts

December 07 2010 07:45 GMT

#28

I use TAB all the time. Got used to it during Wc3, but there it was a lot more powerful. You could let units in the Hotkey which you selected via Tab, controll individually using CTRL key. Somehow it doesn't work in SC2 or I didn't manage to find out how to do it, or lets say how to activate it in settings menu. Might need some help there

Conrose

437 Posts

December 07 2010 07:53 GMT

#29

So wait... tab does something in this game?

TexSC

United States195 Posts

December 07 2010 07:55 GMT

#30

Bind all production buildings to 4, then tab through them to produce. If I need to set a different waypoint, then I just ctrl+click the icon for that type and set it.

I don't like setting control groups more than 5. For me it is usually:
1,2,3 army
4 all production
5 CCs
6 upgrades (rarely used)

If anyone can think of an improvement to this, let me know.

Werk

United States294 Posts

December 07 2010 08:21 GMT

#31

I use tab for blink as the first units selected in a toss army are the sentrys and when i play random i use it a lot for get tanks in seige up tanks

Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

December 07 2010 09:37 GMT

#32

I've lately been keeping my Tech Labs, Armories and Ebays on 6 and found that tabbing through them works quite nicely for sifting through your upgrades.

pOtentiaLeaver

Australia60 Posts

December 07 2010 09:40 GMT

#33

used to use tap a lot in wc3 cos it has subgroup modifier...

not as much now in sc2 but still use it every game though :s

Railxp

Hong Kong1313 Posts

December 07 2010 09:48 GMT

#34

if i have a nydus i like to group it with my queens and tab to it to slam down worm ways

ABAH

Australia43 Posts

December 07 2010 10:00 GMT

#35

Use it all the time for army/production facilities. Works really well having all produciton facilities under one hotkey.

huyNh

Canada366 Posts

December 07 2010 10:02 GMT

#36

All the damn time, I don't know how else you terrans stimpack your entire army. Another hotkey? Pfft, too troublesome.

cilinder007

Slovenia7251 Posts

December 07 2010 10:07 GMT

#37

use it every game lots of times

habbey

United States405 Posts

December 07 2010 10:41 GMT

#38

Yes, tab is a must. For me, putting barracks/factory/starport in different hotkeys just seems like such a waste of hotkey space. Only time ever it effects me adversely is accidentaly doing hellion instead of banshee (both e). But this happens maybe once every 20+ games...

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