Basic and brief keyboard configuration (personal suggestion)

RTS are games that simultaneously require the management of many economic (macro) and military (micro) activities at the same time, so configuring the keyboard in a way that is comfortable for us is essential. In this guide I will explain, in a very basic and brief way, how I have configured my keyboard to be able to perform actions faster. I could have added a few more things, but I preferred to give the most basic part. I consider that it works for any kind of difficulty.

How to use the left control key to create shortcuts?

The CONTROL key (left) allows us to create "shortcuts" for our units and buildings. Suppose that we manually select a building (or a group of units), now, if we hold down the left control key and then press any number from 1 to 9 then we will create a shortcut on that number for the selected building (or army) , and the next time we press that number we will have selected our building (or the army).

If we press two consecutive times and quickly we will go to the location of the building.

My organization of shortcuts 1 to 9

Accesses 1 to 3: these accesses are exclusively for units.
Access 4: command center.
Access 5: Infantry Center (you can have many).
Access 6: Engineering Center (you can have many).
Access 7: Market.
Access 8-9-0: It varies depending on the technologies unlocked, generally there are the research buildings and the inn.

Command center configuration

The command center divides the structures under certain classifications, so we have "Resources" on the one hand and "Energy" on the other. These classifications have default shortcuts that are not really comfortable and it would be convenient to modify them (. In my opinion, this would be the most comfortable and practical way:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1794097985159036383/0FFB44AE69D2E75DE04E11A5926FFA8A9A58446B/

Note that now the order of the shortcuts matches the order of the keyboard, this will be of great help to learn to memorize them.

Important fact!

When you select the command center with your quick access and then select any of the categories (for example: energy) you will notice that you will not be able to return to the command center main menu by pressing the command center hotkey, which represents a very big problem because We have to click on the arrow to return to the main menu (and this is exactly what we want to avoid, we need to save the work of the maouse as much as possible).

PRACTICAL SOLUTION: we can use our army quick access to reset the command center main menu, so that if I have my army in quick access 2 and my command center in 4, and I find myself in the section " energy "I'm going to press 2 and then 4 and I'll be back in the main menu of the center.

This is an important habit that I recommend doing since it will greatly facilitate the gaming experience.

The sequence would be for example: 2-4-Q and then select a house with the mouse, then press 2-4-E and select a tesla tower. (I just made a habit of always selecting the army first).

Extremely useful default keys

x: it serves to repair absolutely everything at the moment, it is important to generate the habit of pressing it every so often

f4: flat mode, allows us to see the map in a grid and removes the trees

f2: select the entire army

Campaign gameplay

I leave the invitation to see my uncommented
apocalypse gameplay of the campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LF5pgwf4eU

[Nepatark]

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