I Need A Script!

[Lito]

I've been having trouble with the comm chair lately

I'm trying to improve my commanding efficiency by using groups, however, ns isn't very custom-setting friendly.

I use the numpad as my controls (yes, a rarity isn't it, you WSAD freaks ), which conviniently places several keys near the usual 8-4-6-2 movement keys.

As many of you know (and for those who don't, take some notes), the key to good marine-ing or general aliening is quick weapon switching.  Holy_Devil uses the leap-bite with deadly efficiency, and i'm sure he has his own way to switch weapons. I have weapon slots 1 - 4 placed near my movement keys for quick efficient weapon switching, however it hinders the ability to make groups, and often i have to ask a fellow res slotter to get in the chair and set general groups for me.

If you can script some stuff out for me, i would appreciate it alot.

This is what i need:

bind "z" to activate "Commander mode" binds:

unbind KP_ENTER
unbind KP_PLUS
unbind KP_PGUP
unbind KP_HOME
bind "1" "slot1"
bind "2" "slot2"
bind "3" "slot3"
bind "4" "slot4"


that should fix the ability to make groups, as i've inquired on this problem before,
and the second

bind "x" to activate "Normal mode" binds:

unbind "1"
unbind "2"
unbind "3"
unbind "4"
bind "KP_ENTER" "slot1"
bind "KP_PGUP" "slot2"
bind "KP_PLUS" "slot3"
bind "KP_HOME" "slot4"

oh noes! teh sekrat config of 1337-o is out!

thanks in advance.

[holy_devil]

well you can do this:

bind "z" "unbind KP_ENTER;unbind KP_PLUS;unbind KP_PGUP;unbind KP_HOME;bind 1 slot1;bind 2 slot2;bind 3 slot3;bind 4 slot4"

bind "x" "unbind 1;unbind 2;unbind 3;unbind 4;bind KP_ENTER slot1;bind KP_PGUP slot2;bind KP_PLUS slot3;bind KP_HOME slot4"

or just make .cfgs with those binds and bind keys to execute them, not sure if the above stuff works

Holy_Devil uses the leap-bite with deadly efficiency, and i'm sure he has his own way to switch weapons

i use 'esdf' to move, w is lastinv, mouse to attack

[Lito]

<Holy_Devil> Alright, Yuna, lets do this thing
<Yuna> Yes, H_D
<Holy_Devil> Initiate Skulk Ownage config
<Yuna> Skulk Ownage...engaged
<Yuna> Enemy Approaching - coordinates 6,7,4
<Holy_Devil> Roger that, leap to coordinates 6,7,3
<Yuna> Leaping...ETA 3 seconds
<Holy_Devil> Geh, make it 2 seconds
<Yuna> Approaching coordinates
<Holy_Devil> Get ready for the leap-bite
<Yuna> Leap-bite ready, awaiting orders
<Holy_Devil> FIRE!

Holy_Devil killed Lito with bitegun

<Holy_Devil> Excellent job, Yuna
<Yuna> Affirmative, H_D
<Holy_Devil> I lubz j00, Yuna
<Yuna> I have intimate feelings for you, too H_D
<Holy_Devil> <3
<Yuna> <3

[Jefe]

or bind both sets of keys to the slots at the same time...

[Lito]

that is what i have right now, it won't let me make squads this way

[BobTheJanitor]

Since we're asking comm questions, I have one. If I have, say, Lito, HD, and Uranium in squad 5, and then Niteowl joins and I want to add him to said squad (I know, it's a dream squad) if I just click him and press crouch+5, will it add him to the squad, or take everyone else out of it and make him the only one in it? I've never had a chance to experiment with it, as I'm usually comming while in the thick of having my base chewed up. And is there any way to later remove someone from a squad without just putting them in another one? The comm controls seem pretty unfriendly at the moment...

[Ulatoh]

default binds are pretty useless for the really good coms, I try to keep all the hotkeys for dropping things under my right hand, and the hotkeys for structures under my left, not really a script, but it works for me the few times i comm

[lolfighter]

Quick weapons switching? Easy. Bind movement to wasd, weapon keys to 1-4. Voila, weapon keys right above your movement keys! Wait, that's the default controls...
I briefly tried binding last weapon to q as everyone suggests, but I found that to be more of a hazzle than anything else. I had to constantly configure my last weapon to be the one I was most likely to switch to. Not only that, but then I also had to make the call whether to... Nawh, the explanation takes longer than I care to write right now. Suffice to say that I can quickly and conveniently switch weapons via keys 1-4, and fast enough for leapbite (or my personal favourites, stompdevour, stompgore, sporespike and blinkslash).

Edit: That's what I get for posting on the forums just out of bed, I managed to miss the entire point of the thread completely. w00t.

[Jefe]

put these 2 in your autoexec.cfg (or make one if you don't have one)

alias +squad "+duck; unbind KP_ENTER; unbind KP_PLUS; unbind KP_PGUP; unbind KP_HOME; bind 1 slot1; bind 2 slot2; bind 3 slot3; bind 4 slot4"

alias -squad "-duck; bind KP_ENTER slot1; bind KP_PGUP slot2; bind KP_PLUS slot3; bind KP_HOME slot4; unbind 1; unbind 2; unbind 3; unbind 4"

bind ctrl to +squad and BEWM.

It will only have the numbers at the top when you hold down ctrl.  If you use ctrl for ducking as well, here's a few more.

alias commtoggle "bind ctrl +squad; echo commander binds on; bind o commtoggle2"
alias commtoggle2 "bind ctrl +duck; echo commander binds off; bind o commtoggle"

You may replace the key with any desired key you wish, right now it will only work with o until you change it to whatever you wish.

[BobTheJanitor]

Does this mean no one knows the answer to my above questions? Well at least I don't feel like such a nubcookie now.

[Niteowl]

<3  for the squad five addition.


in answer to your query, i have NO idea. i don't assume that it works like SC. i just move everyone in squad five to an area, and tell the guy i want to add to move to that area too, then squad them.

but really, i usually just have ONE squad so i just click select all and squad them

[BobTheJanitor]

^ That's pretty much what I end up doing too, but it would be so much easier to keep people mobile and attacking if I could add someone to a squad who just joined the game late. Have them all rally at a certain waypoint and move on from there, without trying to hilight the right little marines several times while they're busy bunnyhopping around the map. I guess I'll have to experiment and see what works. Once I figure it out, I may write up a tutorial for commander mode and distribute it, as there's a LOT of stuff about comming that's just not explained anywhere. I was amazed when I figured out you could put buildings into their own squads.

It's odd that they'd put these nifty features in the game and then not include any kind of info on it with the game. Do they not want them used?

[Legionnaired]

Holding shift while single clicking adds people to a selection group.

[Uranium - 235]

Holding shift while single clicking adds people to a selection group.

So you press 5 - hold down shift - click hoots - ctrl 5


BTW Lito... arrow keys went out of fashion 5 years ago ... I think the most recent game I used them on was Dark Forces, (most recently PLAYED would be Dewm I and II) and after that I got Half-Life and learned WASD :p Though I'm still a sucker for ESDF Tribes - style.

[BobTheJanitor]

I remember the very first time I played HL after it came out, I was still using the old doom and wolfenstein style controls. Arrows to move and turn, ctrl to shoot, alt to jump. Man the game was hard! Then I discovered the mouse and my world was made new.

Also, thanks for the info on marine selection.

[Satiagraha]

I remember the very first time I played HL after it came out, I was still using the old doom and wolfenstein style controls. Arrows to move and turn, ctrl to shoot, alt to jump. Man the game was hard! Then I discovered the mouse and my world was made new.

Also, thanks for the info on marine selection.

hahaha, yeah me too, although after using the keyboard, i tried it with the joystick. Wow that was hard too! (but better than the keyboard :p ) then i realized that i could use my mouse... hmm... what an interesting concept... ^^

[Lito]

YOU LIE HEFE! IT NO WORK :/

[Jefe]

wanna tell me how you put it in so I know what you did wrong?

[lolfighter]

hahaha, yeah me too, although after using the keyboard, i tried it with the joystick. Wow that was hard too! (but better than the keyboard :p ) then i realized that i could use my mouse... hmm... what an interesting concept... ^^

This reminds me of the first time I played Quake (the graphics... mindboggling :blink: ). I whupped everyone's sorry behinds. I was a mouselook fan from that day. And I have, to the great disgust of my friends, always played with an inverted y-axis. ^^

[Niteowl]

And I have, to the great disgust of my friends, always played with an inverted y-axis. ^^

INVERTED Y - AXIS?!?!?! WTH?!!? you're not piloting a jet fighter you booger!! SHEESH!