share your key defs / macros

[spittnacid]

with the complexity of the zone, the default settings are not optimal. what bindings are suggested? pl keep this civil. this is for suggestions NOT arguing.

[Unix]

` field macro

Tab cloak

Caps Lock attach

Ctrl rocket

z burst

c bomb

v bullet

b brick

d thor

f warp

shift+f port

Then a buy macro

 

Other than that everything else is default

[spidernl]

I have 3567356 sets of macros so I can't be bothered to post those. My settings are defaults with minor modifications: num0 = repel (to allow afterburning + gunning), alt is mine (to allow afterburning + bombing).

[cxc]

I have all my keys remapped. I use a laptop and the special keys are not easy to find. So i decided to remap the entire thing where i can always keep my fingers on the home keys (asdf jkl;)

 

The major drawback from abandoning the arrow keys for movement is that if you are typing you are dead in the water till you either hit enter or backspace the message away. To prevent accidently hitting a non mapped key and being dead in the water need to make sure in your profile/keyboard map that you check "Require Msg Key". I have mine set to a space so if i want to type any message i first must hit the space bar, then type the message. This makes talking during flag games not easy so i tried to macro everything i may need to say.

 

I have all 20 macros used, i keep f5 and f6 hot macros, I change them all the time and will use them for anything i would need to type more than once.

 

But after i have gotten used to the new keys i find it easer to play then before.

 

 

below is my keyboard.dat file

; This file is auto-generated. DO NOT EDIT.

KeyDef = asdf

ReqMsgKey = 1

Joystick = 0

TurnLeft = J

TurnRight = L

Forward = I

Reverse = K

Afterburners = S

Bomb = D

Bullet = F

Mine = E

Thor = Q

Multi = Delete

AntiWarp = Z

Stealth = Shift C

Cloak = C

XRadar = X

Repel = A

Burst = R

Warp = Shift P

Portal = P

Decoy = V

Rocket = W

Brick = B

Attach = N

Cycle = F2

PrevPlayer = PgUp

NextPlayer = PgDown

PrevPage = Shift PgUp

NextPage = Shift PgDown

PlaySpec = F11

Message = Space

ViewMap = M

Macro1 = T

Macro2 = G

Macro3 = Shift A

Macro4 = Shift J

Macro5 = Shift F5

Macro6 = Shift F6

Macro7 = Shift F7

Macro8 = Shift F8

Macro9 = Shift Q

Macro10 = Shift G

Macro11 = Shift S

Macro12 = H

Macro13 = Shift L

Macro14 = Shift F

Macro15 = Shift X

Macro16 = Shift Z

Macro17 = Shift F4

Macro18 = Shift H

Macro19 = Shift D

Macro20 = Shift T

 

Below is my macros file:

macro = lanc

1 = /?attach

2 = ?field coffin maker

3 = //%7Antideath, attach now!

4 = ?jump

5 = ?buy brick

6 = ?buy turret mount

7 = ?|buy energy infusion|buy omni

8 = ?|buy -c 7 thor|buy -c 20 repel|buy -c 20 burst|buy -c 4 transwarp token

9 = //%14I am DEAD, Call who is in

10 = //GO GO GO

11 = //Smalls (wb's and javs) to me

12 = ?field

13 = //Enemy has got by me. LEAK!!

14 = //FLANK

15 = //x

16 = //need Anti-Warp on

17 = ?blink 0

18 = //%13Help me!

19 = //<-- attachable ship, my energy is %energy, Attach now if repeated

20 = //Help %tickname

Edited October 25, 2012 by cxc

[Jareth]

I use default keys except ` for repel. Shift-F1 macro to buy and shift-F4 macro to attach.

[Cheese]

same

[Samapico]

macro = lanc

1 = /?attach

2 = ?field coffin maker

3 = //%7Antideath, attach now!

4 = ?jump

5 = ?buy brick

6 = ?buy turret mount

7 = ?|buy energy infusion|buy omni

8 = ?|buy -c 7 thor|buy -c 20 repel|buy -c 20 burst|buy -c 4 transwarp token

9 = //%14I am DEAD, Call who is in

10 = //GO GO GO

11 = //Smalls (wb's and javs) to me

12 = ?field

13 = //Enemy has got by me. LEAK!!

14 = //FLANK

15 = //x

16 = //need Anti-Warp on

17 = ?blink 0

18 = //%13Help me!

19 = //<-- attachable ship, my energy is %energy, Attach now if repeated

20 = //Help %tickname

Just saying... when you do a %# sound, only you can hear it Players can't send sounds like that.

 

My macros:

 

 

?field

?|buy -c 30 repel|buy -c 30 burst|buy -c 30 thor|buy -c 30 energy infusion

'I NEED HELP! ATTACH TO ME NOW!

'?target %tickname needs help! Attach to %tickname!!!

:UB-Picobot:!stats

'Copy that!

'X-Radar is clear

'CLOAKER!!! FIRE AT WILL!

?chat

?id 0

'Disregard last transmission! %158

/?attach

/*warpto 512 516

?jump

?tw

'AD!!!

:UB-Picobot:!ad

'?target Incoming enemies!

'?target Sector clear!

/?attach

 

 

^lol, some relics of 17th Parallel are still in there... a *warpto macro? lol...

My left windows key is mapped to a /?attach macro (I use Autohotkey to disable its native function of bringing up the start menu, making me laggout in the process)

 

Num0 is mapped to stealth, Num1 to cloak (so i can toggle them quick with my right little finger)

Num2 is mapped with AutohotKey to a F5-warp combo, to use a portal while leaving a decoy behind.

My warp key is mapped to # (the key above tab... ` on an american keyboard, I guess)

[Lone Outlaw]

i never played any advanced zones,

 

but i remapped my keys to optimal use with a normal setting zone

` - Bullets
Tab - Bomb
Shift Tab - Mine
F3 - Thor
Shift Ctrl - Burst

Del - Multi
Shift End - Anti
Home - Stealth
Shift Home - Cloak
End - Xradar

Ctrl - Repel
Num1 - Warp
Num0 - Portal
F5 - Decoy
Shift ` - Rocket
F4 - Brick
F7 - Attach

 

 

Left Hand

 

So index finger on tab

Middle finder on `

And then it's easy to fire bullets and bombs.

Thumb does shift ctrl for burst, or ctrl for repel.

Shift with thumb, and tab with index to lay a mine.

Shift with thumb, and ` with middle finger to rocket.

Going from bullets to rocket is fast as hell, which is what i wanted, while keeping everything accessible to 1 hand.

F3 is out of the ways slightly, but close enough that i just need to leave the firing controls for a split second. (i don't need fast use on thors)

As for f7, no one needs a faster attach, if you can't attach before death timer runs out and you respawn, you fail =p. And i don't use attach as a method for escape, plus after 10 years im used to f7.

 

Right Hand

 

Well Shift Home, and Home do all the stealth and cloaking (id say it's average speed, you still have hands on arrow keys)

You use thumb on shift, and middle finger on home.

Shift end, and end well shift end gives your x-radar, and end your anti, so basically same system of thumb and middle finger

 

Warp is num1, and num0 for fastest response.

 

Actually my keys are optimal for any zone, i was pwning in HS.

 

Positives

Firing, Bomb, Repel, Warp, and Rocket speed

Negatives

You can miss a burst if you don't use thumb right. Otherwise burst is very fast also.

Edited October 27, 2012 by Lone Outlaw

[spittnacid]

So you can use a | (pipe) to send separate lines of text? Right now i have my ?buy commands individually assigned and it would be nice to just have 1 key to buy everything at once, assuming if a ship is not capable of carrying a consumable, it wont be purchased. Is this correct?

[cxc]

yes it works for up to 4 commands.

 

ex:

?|buy -c 7 thor|buy -c 20 repel|buy -c 20 burst|buy -c 4 transwarp token

 

then every time you are in a safe hit that macro and you are good to go.

[cont]

buy everything at once, assuming if a ship is not capable of carrying a consumable, it wont be purchased. Is this correct?

 

Yes, even if you have it listed as ?|buy -c 20 repel|buy -c 50 thor

and your ship only has a defense mount, then it only buys the repel and tells you the message '?buy thor' if you used that macro.