EPTi hold f and try to make my fields but sometimes they deselect and sometimes they do not
its similar to if you would let go of f while trying to do the forcefields only im not letting go. i have tried my other keyboard and same problem
need help
forcefield deselect issue
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Greenx
69 Posts
i hold f and try to make my fields but sometimes they deselect and sometimes they do not its similar to if you would let go of f while trying to do the forcefields only im not letting go. i have tried my other keyboard and same problem need help | ||
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TheWoodLeagueAllstar
United Kingdom617 Posts
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azzu
Germany141 Posts
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maoiste
Germany20 Posts
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Greenx
69 Posts
im masters as terran and zerg in every bracket the issue im having is when HOLDING the F button for forcefield it for some reason stops letting me use forcefields and i end up just highlighting units in the enemy army it is very similar to if you were to use forcefields but then let go of the F button half way through your fields and just end up highlighting an enemy unit i hope this isnt hard to understand it seems pretty well explained... edit- holding shift will q up forcefields so when you are moving or attacking they shield AFTER they hit that spot which they never will in a fight since u a move past an army also hitting f then a shield is also bad... i need some help from some top level toss who might have insight to this problem i thought it was a keyboard issue since im not using a mechanical keyboard but i would like a solution that does not involve getting a mech keyboard | ||
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TrANCE,
301 Posts
and is it similar or is it that problem your either not pressing f fast enough or theirs something wrong with your keyboard and for your info only people that can't micro for shit use the none shift method try positioning your army whilst simultaneously playing the piano with your keyboard for the best FF possible then come here and tell us it requires no skill | ||
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Piledriver
United States1697 Posts
On April 21 2011 17:36 Greenx wrote: forcefield micro does not require skill.... im masters as terran and zerg in every bracket the issue im having is when HOLDING the F button for forcefield it for some reason stops letting me use forcefields and i end up just highlighting units in the enemy army it is very similar to if you were to use forcefields but then let go of the F button half way through your fields and just end up highlighting an enemy unit i hope this isnt hard to understand it seems pretty well explained... Herp derp, I just switched to Protoss, and I deem that forcefield micro does not require skill, herpity derp. Its easy to see the difference in forcefields between a high level player like White-Ra and a Code-S player like MC. Just watch the difference in their forcefields and come back and tell me that forcefields do not require skill and understanding the terrain + the nature of your own composition and your enemy's composition. /Ontopic : Just speculating here, but perhaps your keyboard repeat rate is so low that you end up clicking in between repeats. (Or maybe your repeat delay is too high). This is just speculation. I cant see any other reason why you cant hold down F to spam forcefields. | ||
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Minigun
619 Posts
On April 21 2011 17:36 Greenx wrote: forcefield micro does not require skill.... ...what Anyways, you aren't supposed to hold f, you are supposed to press it. | ||
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Thoramas
Singapore152 Posts
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lim1017
Canada1278 Posts
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TheWoodLeagueAllstar
United Kingdom617 Posts
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naggerNZ
New Zealand708 Posts
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PH
United States6173 Posts
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B.I.G.
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Greenx
69 Posts
then there is a chance that you get 100 idiotic answers as well forcefields do not take skill to USE maybe you can argue they take skill to react with or place properly or whatever but as far as me sitting in unit test with 10 sentrys and HOLDING f which is what your supposed to do that takes 0 skill sometimes when i hold f i keep the forcefield icon and have no issue other times i do not but its clear i wont get an answer from people here who dont read my topic or have insight into my problem the only possible answer is the speed at which i lay them but i have watched protoss lay 100 fields in 2seconds so i cant imagine thats the issue | ||
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.Enigma
United Kingdom116 Posts
You also don't have to time the release as you would when holding F down, which often leads you messing up and having to Esc out. Other problems which may be screwing you up: -Placing the FFs too far away, leading to sentry travel-time and delaying subsequent FFs -Running out of energy and being 'stuck' on the placement icon despite being unable to place a FF | ||
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Minigun
619 Posts
On April 21 2011 17:54 Greenx wrote: its amazing how when you ask a question here there is a chance that you get a smart answer then there is a chance that you get 100 idiotic answers as well forcefields do not take skill to USE maybe you can argue they take skill to react with or place properly or whatever but as far as me sitting in unit test with 10 sentrys and HOLDING f which is what your supposed to do that takes 0 skill sometimes when i hold f i keep the forcefield icon and have no issue other times i do not but its clear i wont get an answer from people here who dont read my topic or have insight into my problem Okay, since you didn't get it the first time maybe the second time is the charm You are NOT supposed to HOLD f to forcefield. ... | ||
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aScaris
Germany124 Posts
so if you hit an enemy unit in between 2 forcefield-commands you have that unit selected, while your keyboard is still spamming "F". because F is not a viable command on enemy units your forcefieldspam will stop. | ||
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Dommk
Australia4865 Posts
At least on my Laptop, when I hold down "F", there is a slight delay between my first and second Forcefield. I read up about it, apparently your keyboard repeat rate is capped at it's lowest setting. The problem being, if you click too fast it is possible to select a unit before the repeat kicks in which will botch the rest of your plans too So my advice is not to hold F. Rapid clicks are what you will have to do. If you want to do it fast then you will need some incredible precision and clicking speed, If you watch MC play, you see see he routinely drops forcefields at amazing pace, it looks like 3 go down at the same time, but it isn't him holding and spamming "F"...it is him pressing F + clicking that fast with incredible precision. If you think forcefield doesn't require "skill" then I don't know what to say, placing the forcefield is only one part, knowing when to use it, where to use it and how to use it separates high level Protoss players and MC. Thinking fast isn't enough, you nee the speed and accuracy to back it up otherwise your FF's look like garbage and you have to overlap | ||
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Greenx
69 Posts
On April 21 2011 17:56 aScaris wrote: holding F results in a frequency of "pressing F" dependent on your keyboard repeat rate. it's not like the forcefield-command is active all the time, it's just activated in a rapid order. so if you hit an enemy unit in between 2 forcefield-commands you have that unit selected, while your keyboard is still spamming "F". because F is not a viable command on enemy units your forcefieldspam will stop. that makes sense but is my fear inc mod to temp ban or close for getting frustrated with uneducated posting | ||
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