EPTFor example, u have 100 minerals. holding down a on the rax will que u up 2 marines.
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madstarcraft
United States103 Posts
For example, u have 100 minerals. holding down a on the rax will que u up 2 marines. | ||
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Reborn8u
United States1761 Posts
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
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Hatefiend
United States127 Posts
On July 23 2011 13:48 Xapti wrote: I'm not disagreeing with you. You also didn't seem to be addressing what I said. • I am aware that at maximum repeat speed, the frequency the key-press command is issued is faster than humanly possible when held down than if physically pressed repeatedly. (Hence why I said I don't know why some pros still spam pressing) • SC2 uses the operating system's repeat delay and repeat-start delay times, which can be set to faster or slower speeds. At a slower speed, a human could type faster than it repeats. • The Operating system's minimum repeat delay and repeat-start delay times are NOT continuous in the sense that they have distinct delays between simulated presses which are LARGER than the OS can actually do. Both windows and Mac have a 31 key repeat frequency maximum as far as I know, which is about 30ms delay. Using different software and/or hardware, that value can be at least twice as fast, or even 3x as fast, without simulation. Ah okay. I was unaware of that last bullet point. | ||
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Pred8oar
Germany281 Posts
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vicpro
Canada18 Posts
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L3gendary
Canada1470 Posts
Sure, if ur just waiting for larva to pop then u can hold the key down in preparation but if it already popped and u wanna make drones it can be faster to tap because of the delay between the first action and the rest of them. There's a setting in windows that allows you to minimize the delay (Control Panel> Keyboard > Repeat Delay >set it to shortest) but it can just cause more problems because it becomes hard to single tap. You might wanna make a single ultra for example so you tap the U key but you make 5 of them! So there's a reason the delay is there in the first place. | ||
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windsupernova
Mexico5280 Posts
On July 23 2011 09:45 arkedos wrote: wasn't there a patch in which blizzard fixed this kind of mechanic so you had to press the hotkey one by one again ? People whines about that and got cancelled | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
If I hold down 6 keys, my APM goes to 9600. With my old keyboard, this did not happen. Enjoy. + Show Spoiler + 8k APM, the easy way! | ||
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goswser
United States3548 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
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Lewan72
United States381 Posts
You use the hold method- oops, you made 4 drones. Next time you try it oops you make 2 drones In my opinion its more accurate to tap instead of hold even if holding decreases time by a few milliseconds | ||
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On July 24 2011 10:38 Medrea wrote: Because I use a Das Keyboard, when I hold a key down, multiple actions are sent to the game. If I hold down 6 keys, my APM goes to 9600. With my old keyboard, this did not happen. Enjoy. + Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4untTxgmreQ 8k APM, the easy way! I own a das keyboard as well, I imagine youre not using it on a PS/2 port and instead on a USB port? | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On July 24 2011 13:25 TheRabidDeer wrote: I own a das keyboard as well, I imagine youre not using it on a PS/2 port and instead on a USB port? Pretty sure if you use a USB port you have a maximum of 2-3 keys able to be pressed at the same time. | ||
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djcube
United States985 Posts
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On July 24 2011 13:29 youngminii wrote: Pretty sure if you use a USB port you have a maximum of 2-3 keys able to be pressed at the same time. USB is 6kro PS/2 is nkro When I was using my das on USB, it would repeat the last 6 keys I hit if I hit them at nearly the same time. I use it on the PS/2 port now and it will only repeat the very last key that I hit no matter how closely I try to hit them. If I hit a ton of keys at the same time they all go through, but the very last one struck is the only repeating one. Either that means my das doesnt work right, or thats how they all work. This is the only mechanical keyboard I have owned so I dunno. | ||
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Angry_Fetus
Canada444 Posts
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
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Tortious_Tortoise
United States944 Posts
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On July 23 2011 10:24 MonkSEA wrote: I tap. I don't want to accidentally make all roaches, or all zerglings. It's just a habit even if I do want to make them all roaches or zerglings. It's down to player preference. It's not going to change you from masters to grandmasters. things like this will determine whether you are top 10 grandmasters, or top 15 gradmasters. | ||
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