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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 18:41:37
June 15 2011 16:35 GMT
#1
I found a nice method, how to toggle health bars for all units (or for your/enemy objects only).

1) Rebind show HP-bars to double-hotkey, like [Shift]+[Z] (or any letter) or [Alt]-[`] (alt and tilde)
2) Press both hotkeys.
3) Unpress both hotkeys WHILE HOLDING second hotkey.

Now you can toggle ON/OFF health bars [image loading]

Who dont understand, what I mean, again (Shift+Z as example)

1) Press Shift
2) Press Z (holding Shift)
3) Unpress Shift (holding Z)
4) Unpress Z

Thats all.
BushidoSnipr
Profile Joined November 2010
United States910 Posts
June 15 2011 16:38 GMT
#2
Or you could use the function in the options menu...or Alt....
Nexic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States729 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:41:48
June 15 2011 16:39 GMT
#3
On June 16 2011 01:38 BushidoSnipr wrote:
Or you could use the function in the options menu...or Alt....
I don't think you understand what he means. He's saying you can toggle HP bars on/off without having to continuously hold down a single hotkey down, which really sucks when you're trying to micro.

I'll have to try this.
isleyofthenorth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Austria894 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:40:42
June 15 2011 16:39 GMT
#4
or you leave them on... no reason to ever turn them off
Ponyo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1231 Posts
June 15 2011 16:39 GMT
#5
Sounds awesome ! the enemy part, because I just use alt for your my own/all units.
ponyo.848
FenneK
Profile Joined November 2010
France1231 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:41:37
June 15 2011 16:41 GMT
#6
thats cool, but i dont see why you'd ever want them off in order to play at a high level, otherwise its just another thing to think about (and i dont need that :p)
good luck have batman
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
June 15 2011 16:41 GMT
#7
On June 16 2011 01:39 isleyofthenorth wrote:
or you leave them on... no reason to ever turn them off

I don't get it? This guy is proposing a way to toggle it on and off. Maybe you keep them on all the time but some people want to have that option and now the solution has been revealed.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
June 15 2011 16:42 GMT
#8
Same solution for other "show HP-bars" options, like enemy HP or your HP only
Nexic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States729 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:46:21
June 15 2011 16:44 GMT
#9
On June 16 2011 01:41 FenneK wrote:
thats cool, but i dont see why you'd ever want them off in order to play at a high level, otherwise its just another thing to think about (and i dont need that :p)
Here's why: they clutter the fuck out of your screen in huge battles. I like them while macroing but the clutter makes it harder to micro imo.
SnowSC2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States678 Posts
June 15 2011 16:44 GMT
#10
Its in this time of need that we need people like this to bring us something special that we can all learn from and cherish for years to come, a gift in the form of a beautiful, necessary, well written thread that challenges the minds of all the readers and provokes new ideas and strategies that will change the game as we know it forever. For this, i salute you.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 15 2011 16:45 GMT
#11
Couldn't you set it to caps lock and it just stays on until you press it again?
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Special Endrey
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany1929 Posts
June 15 2011 16:49 GMT
#12
On June 16 2011 01:39 isleyofthenorth wrote:
or you leave them on... no reason to ever turn them off



they look ugly -
This signature is ruining eSports - -Twitter: @SpecialEndrey
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 16:51:11
June 15 2011 16:50 GMT
#13
WarCraft 3 health-bars was better. SC2 HP-bars are really ugly and VERY big.

Also in SotiS (custom map) you can see very good small health-bars on units, that sent by Overmind/Protosses

Couldn't you set it to caps lock and it just stays on until you press it again?

Can't. You need double-hotkey.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
June 15 2011 17:08 GMT
#14
On June 16 2011 01:49 Special Endrey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2011 01:39 isleyofthenorth wrote:
or you leave them on... no reason to ever turn them off



they look ugly -


Turn them off and when you need them, hold alt.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
June 15 2011 17:56 GMT
#15

Turn them off and when you need them, hold alt.

He will hold ALT, while he injecting, controling army, droning, making overlords, etc ?
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 18:10:45
June 15 2011 18:04 GMT
#16
Sorry if this sounds dumb, when you say rebind to two keys, you mean one bind plus the alternate bind? or is there a way to actually bind a command to two keys.
the farm ends here
Blacklizard
Profile Joined May 2007
United States1194 Posts
June 15 2011 18:08 GMT
#17
Holy shit, I can't wait to try this. Still Blizzard needs to make it a ONE button toggle, but this can help in some situations where you have a couple of seconds to prepare. Thank you so much!!!

Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
June 15 2011 18:13 GMT
#18
On June 16 2011 03:04 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Sorry if this sounds dumb, when you say rebind to two keys, you mean one bind plus the alternate bind? or is there a way to actually bind a command to two keys.

One hotkey:
X, Shift, Tilde, F1, etc


Double hotkey:
Shift-Z, Alt-Tilde, Ctrl-E, etc
pingy[wen]
Profile Joined June 2010
United States157 Posts
June 15 2011 18:40 GMT
#19
bump, awesome thread. very useful.
Rococo
Profile Joined May 2011
United States331 Posts
June 15 2011 18:47 GMT
#20
Interesting.

I actually disdain Starcraft 2's HP bars. They're hideous but I don't feel right not using them because I know my opponents probably are.
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
June 15 2011 18:48 GMT
#21
On June 16 2011 01:44 Nexic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2011 01:41 FenneK wrote:
thats cool, but i dont see why you'd ever want them off in order to play at a high level, otherwise its just another thing to think about (and i dont need that :p)
Here's why: they clutter the fuck out of your screen in huge battles. I like them while macroing but the clutter makes it harder to micro imo.

Hp bars actually make it easier to micro since you can see weaker units and focus those down first
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
Nexic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States729 Posts
June 15 2011 18:54 GMT
#22
On June 16 2011 03:48 101toss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 16 2011 01:44 Nexic wrote:
On June 16 2011 01:41 FenneK wrote:
thats cool, but i dont see why you'd ever want them off in order to play at a high level, otherwise its just another thing to think about (and i dont need that :p)
Here's why: they clutter the fuck out of your screen in huge battles. I like them while macroing but the clutter makes it harder to micro imo.

Hp bars actually make it easier to micro since you can see weaker units and focus those down first
talking more about 200/200 and probably less applicable for protoss
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 06:32:49
June 15 2011 20:07 GMT
#23
Hp bars actually make it easier to micro since you can see weaker units and focus those down first

Sometimes its not need. So for not opening game options again and again first post can be useful maybe.
drooL
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2108 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-24 12:38:24
June 24 2011 12:38 GMT
#24
thanks for that, i will definitely try this, because as a caster, i always need to turn them off when i stream but i want them when i play.
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