Report, edit, etc...Posted by rustyknife5 on 2006-08-28 at 16:26:04
i would like to change the keystrokes in starcraft and put all of the important keystrokes on the left side of my keyboard because i cant act fast enough with having to look down and find that important keystroke on the other side of the keyboard when im right in the middle of a battle. so does anyone know if its possible to change the keystrokes to my own personal preference and if so how could i make it be as such cause i havent been able to find a way to do it just yet. thanks. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by dumbducky on 2006-08-28 at 16:27:40
That's impossible unless you make a mod.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2006-08-28 at 16:50:56
As dumbducky suggested, you could make a mod. I think that stat_txt only mods are compatible with B.net, so it would work...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-08-28 at 16:53:07
That's an interesting theory. I'd never be able to get used to it though...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JordanN_3335 on 2006-08-28 at 17:27:16
QUOTE(Pastry_Marksman(MM) @ Aug 28 2006, 04:50 PM)
As dumbducky suggested, you could make a mod. I think that stat_txt only mods are compatible with B.net, so it would work...
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That's impossible unless you make a mod.
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Ah its the apocolypse! But yeah as mentioned its impossible unless you gather your tools and mod but isnt that cheating if you could do that?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-08-28 at 17:55:45
Yes.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-08-28 at 18:19:35
It would be through manipulating your hardware, rather than SC.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pie_Sniper on 2006-08-28 at 18:26:50
What do you mean by that? You just change a character in the a data file (stat_txt.tbl) located in the StarDat/BrooDat.mpq file.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-08-28 at 18:29:52
Was he referring to not using a mod..?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pie_Sniper on 2006-08-28 at 18:57:10
More work for the same result...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2006-08-28 at 19:31:52
Change all the hotkeys to the same button. <3 Crashes.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by rustyknife5 on 2006-08-28 at 21:04:43
no i dont think that it would be cheating because i would make it so that everyone else could do the same thing. but besides that which mod would allow me to alter the hotkeys. someone said something about stat_text. what is that. please be more specific. also going into the mpq files is way more difficult than you make it out to be.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pie_Sniper on 2006-08-28 at 22:40:42
» no i dont think that it would be cheating because i would make it so that everyone else could do the same thing.
If you make a mod to change the hotkeys it will only change for you. If you still want to do it, I'll explain.
» also going into the mpq files is way more difficult than you make it out to be.
You've never heard of WinMPQ.
Anyways, here you go:
Once you get WinMPQ (http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=3093), you need to open StarDat.mpq in you Starcraft directory, change the filter to *.tbl, and then find stat_txt.tbl with the "Locale ID" of 0. Right click -> extract and then open with TBLPad (http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=3092). This contains all the strings, and there are a lot of them, so you might want to use the search feature. The one's you want will be like this:
hotkey<1> Train/Morph/Warp In/Build <3>U<1>nit<0>
Hotkey is the key you press, the <3>letter<1> is what letter it highlights. (This doesn't affect anything except what it displays.) After you've edited, save it, and then create a new MPQ and click add. Select your stat_txt.tbl and when a box comes up, type rez\ and press enter. Close WinMPQ. (It auto-saves.) Load it with MPQDraft (http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=3094) by clicking Load Mpq Patch, selecting Starcraft in both boxes that come up, clicking next, clicking Browse for MPQs and selecting your MPQ, checking the box by it if it isn't checked already, clicking next, and clicking finish. Starcraft will boot with the modified stat_txt.tbl file.
If this looks at all big and complicated, don't worry, it isn't. Okay, it may be big, but it's far from complicated.
If you make a mod to change the hotkeys it will only change for you. If you still want to do it, I'll explain.
» also going into the mpq files is way more difficult than you make it out to be.
You've never heard of WinMPQ.
Anyways, here you go:
Once you get WinMPQ (http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=3093), you need to open StarDat.mpq in you Starcraft directory, change the filter to *.tbl, and then find stat_txt.tbl with the "Locale ID" of 0. Right click -> extract and then open with TBLPad (http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=3092). This contains all the strings, and there are a lot of them, so you might want to use the search feature. The one's you want will be like this:
hotkey<1> Train/Morph/Warp In/Build <3>U<1>nit<0>
Hotkey is the key you press, the <3>letter<1> is what letter it highlights. (This doesn't affect anything except what it displays.) After you've edited, save it, and then create a new MPQ and click add. Select your stat_txt.tbl and when a box comes up, type rez\ and press enter. Close WinMPQ. (It auto-saves.) Load it with MPQDraft (http://www.staredit.net/index.php?download=3094) by clicking Load Mpq Patch, selecting Starcraft in both boxes that come up, clicking next, clicking Browse for MPQs and selecting your MPQ, checking the box by it if it isn't checked already, clicking next, and clicking finish. Starcraft will boot with the modified stat_txt.tbl file.
If this looks at all big and complicated, don't worry, it isn't. Okay, it may be big, but it's far from complicated.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-08-28 at 22:57:31
There should be a tutorial on changing hotkeys and editing stat_txt.tbl... *cough*
Report, edit, etc...Posted by rustyknife5 on 2006-08-29 at 08:44:59
well i got winmpq and i opened stardat.mpq and then i changed the filter to *.tbl and the locale id to 0 and there wasnt a single file (not even stat_txt.tbl) under that extention. but when i open broodat.mpq i see 6 rez/stat_txt.tbl files however when i try to put it into tblpad nothing happens. are my files all messed up or what?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-08-29 at 09:35:31
Look in Patch_rt.mpq
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pie_Sniper on 2006-08-29 at 10:29:48
Oh yeah... I totally forgot about list files... Anyways, download the .zip here. Extract it and open WinMPQ. Go to Options, switch to the File Lists tab, click Add List File..., and select Starcraft-Brood War.txt, click Open, and then click Ok.
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There is a stat_txt.tbl in StarDat, but you might as well get the one in BrooDat since the other one doesn't have expansion units.
Picture's worth a thousand words, eh?
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There is a stat_txt.tbl in StarDat, but you might as well get the one in BrooDat since the other one doesn't have expansion units.
Picture's worth a thousand words, eh?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-08-29 at 11:04:15
Voyager informed me that it is better to use the one located in Patch_rt. Why, I am not sure, but Voyager usually knows what he's talking about.