[P] The mouse wheel. - Page 2

Purind

Canada3562 Posts

September 17 2007 19:13 GMT

#21

It's hard for me to vote. I personally find it hard to imagine using the mousewheel for regular things like abilities and macro and stuff, but it's just something I'm not used to.

I didn't vote, but I kinda like the idea of scrolling through buildings, or scrolling through groups (sorta like in WC3, when you press tab, you can scroll through your unit groups within the hotkey)

Naib

Hungary4843 Posts

September 17 2007 19:23 GMT

#22

No or zoom.

CuddlyCuteKitten

Sweden2630 Posts

September 17 2007 19:29 GMT

#23

Definently cycle through subgroups if you have multiple unit types selected and if you have only one unit type selected it should cycle through individual units.

Then if you press mousewheel any subgroup/unit selection disappears and you go back to normal controll.
I'd also like a key, say space to be able to take the subgroup "out" of the special selection and into a new selection so you can then tab the individual units.

Example: You have 6 stalkers and 6 imortals selected. You scroll the mousewheel once to select the immortal subgroup and order them infront of the stalkers. You then click the mousewheel so you can order everything around and attack move into the enemy. You then scroll the mousewheel again to select the stalkers, press space to remove the immortals and then scroll the mouswheel again to select the first stalker. You then order him to blink next to a siege tank, scroll mousewheel again to select next stalker on the list etc.

I think it would make microing individual units a lot easier and then we would see more insane micro where people micro both their armies and certain individual units at the same time.
Of course it wouldn't be perfect in every situation (like if you want to pull out a wounded unit that's very far down the list it's still faster to press the wireframe) but it would make a lot of sense in other situations.

QuanticHawk

United States32066 Posts

September 17 2007 20:21 GMT

#24

move in and out, definitely. you ever try mouse wheeling in hl2 or cstrike? i always overscroll =[. hitting the numbers or q to fast switch is 10x better.

plus, zooming in to see battles was one of the few things i enjoyed doing in wc3.

Q(-_-Q)

United States348 Posts

September 17 2007 20:28 GMT

#25

zoom or nada

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

September 17 2007 21:13 GMT

#26

I don't like your idea. I don't really like it for zoom either because its most liekely gonna be accidentally pressed during a game and fuck me up.

I like it in the games b.net and stuff for its proper use to scroll. I think its best used for zooming camera in game but I hope its toggleable because I would keep it off most the time. If I need to use the zoom in a game (which is usually never) ill just press the PgUp PgDn buttons anyways.

Anyways I didn't vote on your poll because there was no I hate all the ideas choice.