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Does anyone re-bind their caps lock key?

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djanis
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom3 Posts
April 25 2011 13:18 GMT
#1
Since recently finding that the caps lock key could be rebound through the Windows Registry, I wondered whether anyone here has found a good key to re-bind theirs to.

I was thinking of binding it to backspace to make cycling through bases a bit easier.
Binabik
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany686 Posts
April 25 2011 13:20 GMT
#2
But you know that you can change like this in the Hotkey Menu? (I made ^ = Hotkey 10 for example)
Windows Registry sounds kinda complicated.
Azzur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6267 Posts
April 25 2011 13:21 GMT
#3
I thought you were able to rebind capslock anyways without having to do things through the Registry?
Teael
Profile Joined February 2011
United States724 Posts
April 25 2011 13:23 GMT
#4
You don't need to do that
You can bind cycling through bases to caps lock ingame.
I do that, and I'm sure plenty of others do anyway


Just go to escape menu and click hotkeys.
Randomaccount#128098
Profile Joined November 2010
United States411 Posts
April 25 2011 13:24 GMT
#5
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Jaime
Profile Joined April 2010
United States213 Posts
April 25 2011 14:00 GMT
#6
On April 25 2011 22:24 stickymayhem wrote:
But I need my caps lock to yell at cheesers and Terrans


The caps lock key should still function normally once you bring up the chat box to start typing, assuming that you use the hotkey rebinding instead of the Windows Registry.
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HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
April 25 2011 14:04 GMT
#7
On April 25 2011 22:24 stickymayhem wrote:
But I need my caps lock to yell at cheesers and Terrans

YOU DON'T NEED CAPS TO YELL AT CHEESERS, IT'S ENOUGH TO JUST TYPE SOMETHING CLEVER, YET INSULTING

sry, caps o.o
Utinni
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1196 Posts
April 25 2011 14:06 GMT
#8
I use caps lock for Ventrilo. Always have :/
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djanis
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom3 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-25 14:10:00
April 25 2011 14:08 GMT
#9
If I re-bind it in game, does it still toggle caps while using it in-game (while performing its other function)?

If not, what key do you guys re-bind it to?
clusen
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany8702 Posts
April 25 2011 14:19 GMT
#10
On April 25 2011 23:08 djanis wrote:
If not, what key do you guys re-bind it to?

I don't use backspace at all as Zerg, there is not a single reason to ever hit that button.

If you are not using your F1-key frequently I can only recommend to rebind the camera positions to F1-F4 and put the idle worker selection somewhere else. Since your Hatches will be in the middle of the screen when you click on the portrait once and your group selection will not be overridden by accessing a saved camera position this is by far the easiest way for injects or accessing a base fast.
Holliday
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany30 Posts
April 25 2011 14:23 GMT
#11
in order to inject, I use the minimap, as it is faster than any backspacing, and also you can still focus on what ever you are looking at on screen.
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TeamBreakdown
Profile Joined December 2010
United States20 Posts
May 03 2011 17:38 GMT
#12
I have my caps lock key rebound to be my control key and the left control key as the Caps lock key. The reasoning behind it, is that I use the control key more then the caps lock key, and the caps lock key is more easily accessible then the placement of the control key.
Magulina
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden152 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-03 09:33:31
October 03 2011 09:10 GMT
#13
Sorry for bumping this old thread, but sc2 won't let me use caps lock + 5 for example, it only lets me use ctrl or shift for assigning hotkeys, does anyone else have this problem?

What I'm trying to do is to change my caps lock to work as my control key.

Edit: After searching some more, it seems like this isn't allowed in most tournaments anyway, and when I changed control and caps lock with my razer drivers sc2 won't let me use that, so I guess it might be against blizzard rules as well.
Gooey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States944 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-03 09:34:24
October 03 2011 09:33 GMT
#14
As far as I know, the only possible way to achieve that is to edit the actual key. Blizzard only lets you add units to groups via shift and ctrl. Ctrl is a standalone key function in terms of what you can and can't edit, as well as shift. You would have to do something via keyboard software to allow for a single function swap, making "CAPS LOCK" = "ctrl", or use a registry edit like in the OP. I don't know if keyboard drivers/software or registry edits are allowed in LAN tournaments, though. That might be an issue for a player like you.


Ah, right when I post you edit.
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ThunderBum
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia192 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-03 09:46:01
October 03 2011 09:45 GMT
#15
On April 25 2011 23:19 clusen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 25 2011 23:08 djanis wrote:
If not, what key do you guys re-bind it to?

I don't use backspace at all as Zerg, there is not a single reason to ever hit that button.

If you are not using your F1-key frequently I can only recommend to rebind the camera positions to F1-F4 and put the idle worker selection somewhere else. Since your Hatches will be in the middle of the screen when you click on the portrait once and your group selection will not be overridden by accessing a saved camera position this is by far the easiest way for injects or accessing a base fast.


I use this kind of system, where w is my select idle workers hotkey.
Tntnnbltn
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia32 Posts
October 03 2011 11:39 GMT
#16
Other people have already mentioned you can just change the base select command to caps lock through hotkeys, but...

I used to have my 'Attack' command hotkeyed to caps lock because I have the 'A' key as one of my control group. Downside was that caps lock would alternate on and off throughout the game, so 50% of the time I'd be yelling when I went to type something to allies. Ended up changing the registry so that caps lock was switched with the tilde key (~), and then made the Attack command hotkeyed to tilde.
hagga
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden219 Posts
October 03 2011 11:48 GMT
#17
Rebinded it to patrol. It's too good of a location on the keyboard to not use really.
Roblin
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden948 Posts
October 03 2011 11:53 GMT
#18
On April 25 2011 23:04 HaXXspetten wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 25 2011 22:24 stickymayhem wrote:
But I need my caps lock to yell at cheesers and Terrans

YOU DON'T NEED CAPS TO YELL AT CHEESERS, IT'S ENOUGH TO JUST TYPE SOMETHING CLEVER, YET INSULTING

sry, caps o.o

I see you take your own advice.

sry, referencing your joke o.o
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RnTM
Profile Joined September 2011
United States8 Posts
October 03 2011 23:10 GMT
#19
i just bind caps lock to base cam, and occasionally i GG instead of gg.
i guess i should put something witty here
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