Your preferred Hotkey system for competitive play

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by Zaphys, November 7, 2014.

  1. Zaphys

    Zaphys Well-Known Member

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    So I was just wonderting what hotkey systems you guys use for competitive PA. I am assuming that most of you use hotbuild2, which configurations do you find more comfortable for efficient management?

    Thanks in advance for sharing!
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  2. reptarking

    reptarking Post Master General

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    My configuration consists mostly of just q w e r and then like special ones on z x c f g. But most things I need are just on my top keys so I can get to 1-5 easy for my unit groups I hotkey.
  3. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    one unique thing that i do that i dont see many set are the camera hotkeys
    i use shift+f2 (and shift+f3 and f4) to set the current camera position and just tap f2 (or f3 and f4 prospectively) to return immediately to that position.
    for f2 i usually set it to my main base, kool.
    f3 is set in the main enemy base or most active known position
    f4 is used for many things, usually if there are multiple planets in the system, before game i find the most convenient place to land an astraus (or teleporter from the orbital fabber) on a foreign planet. If its just a one planet system then usually a strategic area and/or enemy proxy/extension base =)
  4. zihuatanejo

    zihuatanejo Well-Known Member

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    Coming into PA as a fresh rookie, who had played Dune 2, TA, SupCom, C&C etc in the past, but never seriously, I just installed HotBuild 2, selected the WASD community default config, and learnt it! I play FPS games a fair bit so I am very used to WASD (although trying to get used to ESDF now), so i just went with that. I find moving the camera by clicking and dragging with the middle mouse button a bit fiddly. I use it sometimes, but I mostly find myself using WASD.

    Also, whilst i'm on topic - isn't the HotBuild mod great?! :D

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