You explain things in a nice manner but it is very basic. Like for ppl who never played CoH. Not sure if this is the right audience on CoH2.org cause I guess most of the ppl here are actively playing the game.
Also, I think you should have focused more on presenting the US Forces than explaining gameplay in general.
And 16.45 the Super-Blob... rly? This kind of disqualifies you as a "guy who explains stuff" |
I still do not understand why they are not called "Ubersoldaten"... seriously... |
Yeah. I once build my first OKW building on top of my Volks and 2 guys got stuck between the building and a wall. I killed those 2 with the Flak-HT and retreated the squad. Finally I found a use for the Flak-HT. |
The tactical map could help you with that.
No. Since I want to quickly and precisely react (cover move, nade throw, retreat, etc.) to the things happen and not strategically place my units on a map.
Using middle mouse to scroll involves minimal APM. also using autohotkey to set your Tactical Map to Tab or one of your mouse thumb buttons can help you navigate the battlefield with much more efficiency.
But the usage of MiddleMouse "freezes" the mouse for the time you move the screen, which reduces your potential APM to a high degree. Its also not really comfortable.
TacMap is whole other story as mentioned above.
Here is what I use:
#SingleInstance force #NoEnv SetBatchLines, -1
sendMode, Input return
#if !GetKeyState("LCtrl", "P") && WinActive("Company Of Heroes 2") w::Up a::Left s::Down d::Right #if WinActive("Company Of Heroes 2") *<^w::sendInput {Blind}{LCtrl Up}w{LCtrl Down} *<^a::sendInput {Blind}{LCtrl Up}a{LCtrl Down} *<^s::sendInput {Blind}{LCtrl Up}s{LCtrl Down} *<^d::sendInput {Blind}{LCtrl Up}d{LCtrl Down}
RShift::Suspend
Pressing LCtrl + W/A/S/D will default your WASD keys to their normal functions.
Pressing RShift will suspend the script, this is useful when messaging teammates etc.
Thank you! I'll play this for a while now and give some feedback. But it actually felt pretty smooth in my first 1 minute try. |
Believe me, I searched a lot, but this was the only reasonable solution I found. Getting used to Ctrl + Key isn't as daunting as you think; A couple of games and now it's second nature. Though do share if you find an elegant solution.
I'd love to try it out, but unfortunately I don't seem to get the script working.
^a::a
..in Autohotkey does not work. How did you bind it? |
Middle mouse button for camera controls + grid keys has been the most effective method for me.
But then you have to move the mouse while hold middle mouse button down. Not really convenient.
I made this guide a week ago, its not terribly well made and the video is just me narrating what I wrote without any special visuals lol.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=276815309
I use grid keys + WASD, with tac map bound to tilde (~). Honestly its a bad habbit that I use the WASD keys, and if you are a new player I recommend just using grid keys and rebinding tactical map closer to your QWERT, ASDF, ZXCV and trying to get used to that. Optimal method is you click minimap or double click in tac map if you wanna look at a spot not close to where you are currently looking at, rather than scrolling with mouse too much.
But I included 2 scripts, one with WASD + grid keys + tac map rebound, and one that just rebinds your tactical map.
I'm using this right now, as described in my initial post. Not solving the problem.
I'm using autohotkey to rebind the arrow keys to WASD, for controlling the camera. This however seems to interfere with the standard bindings that are already bound to WASD. S for stop, W for sandbags etc. So I've designed a script such that the default actions for WASD scroll the map but when I press LCtrl + W/A/S/D, it defaults to the normal operation of that key. It has honestly improved my game A LOT, just to be able to quickly maneuver the map without having to use the mouse. If you want, I can share this script with you.
I can see that work, but it takes some time getting used to pressing CTRL+Hotkey. Not really an "elegant solution".
i actually use a 4way pedal which i operate with my feet...
no seriously i doubt there is a convenient way to arrange that. i thought about it, too, yet i need my left hand for the control groups and the ability buttons. i cant imagine also using the wsad key to navigate across the battlefield at the same time. id totally screw up things
but idf someone found an interesting solution to this, please let me know
Love the 4way pedal! I will use it also for browsing...
How do the "Pros" handle that issue? |
http://www.autohotkey.com/
Its not a technical problem but one of layout. I know how to rebind keys etc. but I dont know how to layout them to have both essential features mentioned above included in a useful way.
I re-phrase my question:
How do you guys layout your controls for camera and hotkeys? |
Hello.
I have a rather basic question since I'm struggling with my controls of the game.
I find 2 features very important:
[1] Being able to scroll around the map with Keys. So you can quickly get an overview over the battlefield without having to move the mouse cursor to the edge of the screen. Standard keybinds for this are the arrow-keys.
[2] Using Grid-Hotkeys.
Now, I cant manage to combine these two features into a reasonable setup. I did re-bind WASD to be used as the arrow-keys, but then I dont have the Grid-Hotkeys anymore. So far its the better solution than screen-scrolling with the mouse while trying to move my bunch of pathfinding-retards around... avoiding a misclick becomes a game within the game...
...but I'm not the smartest guy around... so chances are high someone has a better solution?
cheers,
hanz |
OK
Can someone pls do a tutorial how to change hotkeys or customize and which program u need, to do that, and how. Something similar did inverse for coh1, but there i couldnt find any noob friendy tutorial, how to do it for coh2.I think its preaty important for comunity to costumize keys like you want it.
I find my self to move camera on WASD, Q tactical map, X mines, f panzerfaust etc...
How i would do that for coh2, wath program do i need, and how its done ?
Any one know how to explain this ?
Hey, I'm using AutoHotKey, which allows for full customization of your keyboard via script.
Just PM me if you find yourself having trouble with the command lines.
cheers. |
Thx for the warm welcome!
Welcome Hanz! XD Love that avatar btw .
Yeah, that's me in my spare time, casual clothing ...I just can't seem to grab things that well... |