Setting Squads
eaglec
Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9948Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9948Members, Constellation
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I have been commander twice since 2.0 was released and have a 50% success rate but there are a couple of things I cant figure out.
1. How can I set a marine to a squad - I was told duck + number. Well d is my duck key and d+1 does nothing.
2. How can you de-select. I had an armoury but changed my mind, right clicked and it went so I dragged my box of marines and plop an armoury apeared. This is the game I lost after doing this three times at the start of the game. (DOH) In 1.04 I used to select a medpack to clear it so at least I would drop something cheap.
I have been commander twice since 2.0 was released and have a 50% success rate but there are a couple of things I cant figure out.
1. How can I set a marine to a squad - I was told duck + number. Well d is my duck key and d+1 does nothing.
2. How can you de-select. I had an armoury but changed my mind, right clicked and it went so I dragged my box of marines and plop an armoury apeared. This is the game I lost after doing this three times at the start of the game. (DOH) In 1.04 I used to select a medpack to clear it so at least I would drop something cheap.
Comments
That's probably because d is also a commander hotkey.
It no longer reads d as duck at that point.
You could probably bind a different key to duck for settings squads that you don't normally use.
2. I use the ESC key to deselect. As a regular marine it dumps you out of the game, but in commander it seems to cancel.
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That's because of how half-life handles the number pad keys.
The top row of number keys on the normal keyboard are (to my knowledge) 1 2 3... 0
The number pad keys, however are named after the function of the key when num lock is off. eg 1 on the number pad is kp_end and 2 is kp_downarrow.
The 5 key on the number pad is kp_5.
and both the back arrow and escape work to cancel a building
Squads are often called "hotgroups" by certain games. Warcraft, Command and Conquer, Total Annihilation, Sacrifice and others all have them. You know, when you select a bunch of units and then group them to a number key, usually by holding ctrl and pressing the number? You can then select that group simply by pressing the number. It's an extremely common feature of real time strategy games, and was implemented in NS 2.0.
QWERASDFZXCV are all rebound when you get in the comm chair, which is why when you get in your "d" key is no longer for duck.