How the hell do you build using hotkeys?

[ztokdo]

I don't understand. In wc3 highlight a worker like wc3 then press b,q. In games like COH, you highlight the main building which opens a build menu, then you press q and click it. In Realms of ruin, you just press b and it opens the build menu, then you press q and it builds it. In this I have my army unit selected, then don't know what do i press from there to highlight a building and click it without clicking the picture on the build menu. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING. I've lost 3 ai game just fighting controls.

[ztokdo]

what physically are you gamers pressing on the keyboard in order build buildings in classic mode? if i highlight the main structure and hotkey it as 1, if i do 1,b,q. it opens the build menu than doesn't build anything. If i hotkey a worker as 9 and press 1,a to move my hero, click on minimap back to base press 9,b,q. It doesn't build anything. I don't understand.

[ztokdo]

I think i figured out a trick. It's not intuitive, but the hotkey that you use to build with buildings, like if you were to build with your base on 6, Just don't ever hotkey something on 6 and you can always build, buildings with that hotkey. I've come up with a different idea too, With autohotkey, rebound B to 0 and then just click with the mouse once to open the build menu so it's always open. Then i press B (to select 0) and just press the build key like i would normally like i would in realms of ruin.

[ztokdo]

#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
0::b ; changes 0 key to output b
b::0 ; changes b key to output 0

[Jackdaw]

Ok just checked to see if there was an issue with the keys but seems to be fine. You might be trying to play how you're used to in a specific game. This one is more similar to Northgard in that way.

The build menu is usually open by default, and if not then you press B to make it appear. Then you simply press the hotkey that it shows on the button and left click to place the building. No worker selection needed - in fact, selecting any unit, including a worker, blocks the building hotkeys. This is because the action hotkeys and building hotkeys are mapped on the same keys, so it's a context-sensitive system.

[Jackdaw]

I do understand the confusion though, so I've noted that we need to make the hotkeys disappear when a unit is selected.

[ztokdo]

Even from your response, I'm not sure you understand. The issue is deselecting things is how you progress. There's not hotkey in any place to deselect everything. The issue isn't selecting things. it's like you control the army, want to snap back to base, but then you have to find a way to deselect things. I've never seen a game where you have to deselect things to do actions. It's actually baffling. Like I'm trying to press every key i can think of and I can't do anything. You clearly have very specific hotkeys that I didn't use since i use classic hotkeys.

It's very clear to me that it's intuitive for you, but I had to spend almost an hour just trying to figure out how to just consistently build. It's like literally the first problem you run into which is a huge turnoff.