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1.4 Bug cannot cancle orders by pressing ESC

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DarkZonk
Profile Joined April 2011
22 Posts
September 21 2011 09:07 GMT
#1
There is another annoying bug in 1.4

when i want to inject larva with my queen i use the inejct larva button... then i see that i cant inect atm and want to quit the inject ordner, by pressign ESC... it just doenst work...

same thing is when i click on attack... i want to cancle the attack by pressing esc... it doenst work.. wtf is this shit?

same problems for you?
Tedde93
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden169 Posts
September 21 2011 09:09 GMT
#2
You could always press h or s? And i wouldn't know i never use esc.
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leveller
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1840 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-21 09:14:27
September 21 2011 09:11 GMT
#3
This is a bug fix as ESC was never supposed to actually do that. I remember reading the same question on the battle net forums and a blue answered.

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/3123247217
Tofugrinder
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria899 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-21 09:17:07
September 21 2011 09:16 GMT
#4
thank god i don't play zerg normally.. this would be really annoying. Everytime i play zerg I do the exact same thing as the OP. I srsly. hope that blizzard doesn't call the original function a "bug"..
ThatGuy89
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1968 Posts
September 21 2011 09:21 GMT
#5
why would you use esc?
OptimusYale
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)1005 Posts
September 21 2011 09:23 GMT
#6
you use esc to get rid of the screen and deselct, for example you press b instead of v for building/advanced building, going back to the build menu

I just hotkey out of it but I can see why its kind of useful
Acnologia
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia410 Posts
September 21 2011 09:25 GMT
#7
dw you can just re-assign to the escape button
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Surili
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1141 Posts
September 21 2011 09:26 GMT
#8
will this change using escape to cancel unit/upgrade training? because i do that all the time if i pressed the wrong key or i want to cancel a building.
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DarQraven
Profile Joined January 2010
Netherlands553 Posts
September 21 2011 09:27 GMT
#9
Oh man, that's annoying. I usually run into the same problem with feedback or graviton beam. Even when using escape, accidentally clicking something that cannot be gravitonned or feedbacked is annoying as hell...
ArhK
Profile Joined July 2007
France287 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-21 09:31:50
September 21 2011 09:31 GMT
#10
Same here, I use ESC a lot : cancel units in production / larvae, and the other things the OP just stated.


Does anyone has a solution to get back everything pre 1.4 on this front ?
onmach
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1241 Posts
September 21 2011 09:31 GMT
#11
Oh no, just as I was getting to like this patch. I reflexively hit esc to cancel anything. If attack move is messed up this is going to really screw me over.
Xapti
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2473 Posts
September 21 2011 09:44 GMT
#12
ESC is the hotkey for cancel. Orders such as move, inject larva, and attack cannot be cancelled, they have to be stopped (press S). The action typically needs to have a time for it to be cancelable, such as production of a building or unit, or a few [rare] abilities.
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18154 Posts
September 21 2011 09:49 GMT
#13
On September 21 2011 18:44 Xapti wrote:
ESC is the hotkey for cancel. Orders such as move, inject larva, and attack cannot be cancelled, they have to be stopped (press S). The action typically needs to have a time for it to be cancelable, such as production of a building or unit, or a few [rare] abilities.

Fine, but if the queen is walking towards the hatchery to inject, it should be cancellable. And no, remapping stop action to the escape key is not a solution as that would require you to hit escape to stop moving, stop attacking, etc.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
September 21 2011 09:51 GMT
#14
Can't you right click?
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Tofugrinder
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria899 Posts
September 21 2011 09:52 GMT
#15
On September 21 2011 18:21 ThatGuy89 wrote:
why would you use esc?

because I, and appearently many others, used to do it for over a year now, and it's always frustrating when features are taken out and you have to learn something new. (just imagine how often player who did this before will now press escape 2-3 times, wonder why nothing happens and then press s, which basically means loosing a lot of time)
ROOTdrewbie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1392 Posts
September 21 2011 09:55 GMT
#16
just right click
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Nerrimus
Profile Joined December 2007
Malaysia15 Posts
September 21 2011 10:06 GMT
#17
I think you can bind an alternate key for stop in the hotkey menu, so you have S and ESC to stop.
LayZRR
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany449 Posts
September 21 2011 10:06 GMT
#18
On September 21 2011 18:23 OptimusYale wrote:

I just hotkey out of it but I can see why its kind of useful



What else to do? If you misslick on "b" instead of "v".
ArhK
Profile Joined July 2007
France287 Posts
September 21 2011 10:10 GMT
#19
Why did they have to change this ? What was the usecase scenario where the "old" ESC function was a problem...?
Cyber_Cheese
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia3615 Posts
September 21 2011 10:18 GMT
#20
WHAT
that was one hell of a terrible 'fix'
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