Age Of Empires 3 Hotkeys
This is a platform to discuss everything Age of Empires 3. Formerly PR 32, 2350 1v1 ELO b/c I like to point out my worthless metrics are a little bit superior to 'sthe main topic was already discurssed by callen so i'll give a addition to control groups. I actually use all groups I have a setup a little diferent from callens (also, no 99 butons mouse), you might choose what fits you better.I use the ' key (left of number 1, not sure if all keyboards are the same) to the explorer, just because its near the numbers that I use as groups for unitsnumbers 1-5 to units, generally 1 ranged inf, 2 cav, 3 anti cav, 4 and 5 for special stuff that needs atention.
Hotkeys Age Of Empires 3 - Download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online. List of hotkeys for the PC video game Age of Empires 3 (AOEIII) by Microsoft.
(think falconets, urumis, all my docks in a heavy water game, etc)and I use f1-f4 for buildings, f1 barracks, f2 stable, f3 art/consulate f4 something else I might need fast access depending on each civ, like a firepit or golden pavilion. For anyone wondering, hotkeys are a really good way to boost your playing skill.
You can save much needed time that you spend searching your minimap, by learning hotkeys to whatever buildings and units are essential and just move over to them with the push of a key.For starters, here are some default ones./ for finding your explorer, for idle military unit. For idle settlerAlso, you can assign numbers to a group of buildings/ units/ settlers by selecting them and pressing ctrl + whatever number you want. For instance, if I have assigned 10 settlers to the number 1, I can just press 1 and send them off to a plantation once all the mines have gone.
It is really useful in managing military too, wherein you can assign skrimishers to 1 and dragoons to 2 and move them to the front lines depending on what troops you are facing. With training, you need no longer spend a minute searching for your base but instead just press the number and train whatever you want using the hotkeys of the unit.
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I am too lazy to set up a full set of well thought hotkeys, so i usually try to use control groups for army and production facilities and default hotkeys with a couple variations that i am used to from other games. Most remarkable ones are:-Space: idle villager-Z: ungarrison-Alt-F: move all military unitsIn the end though you should go with what you think would suit you the most and get used to it.
Most hotkey configurations are fine, it's just a matter of habit.(PR 20 so there is very likely better advice to take if you want to play competitively, i usually just chill in teamgames).
Hey, I've been looking for the Mr Milo hotkey guide but cant find it anywhere:/Would appreciate if anyone had it or knows where to find it:POr perhaps are there any other good guides to hotkeys:PI heard that u can add a hotkey which will select all the same units u have selected (not only the ones u see) etc etc.very usefulA Hotkey GuideBy MrMiloUsing hotkeys when playing Age of Empires III is a great way to make the game a lot easier (once you learn to use them) and lays the groundwork for you to become a much better player. Hotkeys, for those of you who don't know, are keystrokes that you can assign to build buildings, select buildings, train villagers and units, among many other things. Once you master a hotkey system, your mouse should be almost entirely freed up to control your units and move around the map. The game has default hotkeys, but these are based on the name of the unit (for example, the hotkey for a ruyter is r and the hotkey for a musketeer is m). For this reason they are spread all around the keyboard and are hard to manage while playing.
In this guide, I'll explain some of the key points to keep in mind when assigning and using hotkeys. I've also included the basic custom hotkey set-up that I use, which is designed more systematically than the default set-up and allows you to play very efficiently.This guide is broken into different sections, based on where things are in the hotkey editor. In each section I'll explain what I think is important about that group of hotkeys and show how I set them up. (Note: I do not explain control groups in this guide, or the abilities hotkeys in The Asian Dynasties. Perhaps these will be included in a future guide.)Find Unit Hotkeys (extra important section)Most of the hotkeys in the 'Find Unit' section are to find your general buildings, such as stables and markets. Here, I want to talk about a group of hotkeys above those, five of which I think are the most important in the game.Find Town Center (TC): The Town Center is far and away the most important building in the game.
You'll select it at least every 25 seconds to queue villagers and it's handy to jump your screen view using your TC hotkey if you want to look at your town. My advice is to base you entire hotkey set-up around the location of your town center. I like to have this as a big button, easy for my hand to find, so I use Caps Lock as my TC hotkey (for this reason, my hotkey set-up is focused on the left side of the keyboard).Find Idle Villager: The most important hotkey of them all! Because having idle villagers is one of the biggest mistakes you can make and because fixing this mistake is so easy, you should hit your idle villager hotkey early and often.
This is the one hotkey I will give a specific recommendation for: always use your space bar. It's huge and you can hit it easily no matter where your other hotkeys are set up.Find Home City (HC): Having to move your mouse to the HC flag in the middle of a fight for a treasure or while trying to micro your army is a pain. At the same, you won't go to your HC that many times in a game. I recommend placing the HC hotkey somewhere easy to reach, but not necessarily right in the thick of things.
I have my HC hotkey set to F1, which I can reach from my hand's resting place around Caps Lock.Here they are all together on the keyboard:Find Explorer/War Chief: Your explorer is your most important unit in the first five minutes of the game, and if you play a Native civ, your War Chief is the most important unit throughout the game. While you can use control groups to find your explorer, I find that giving him his own hotkey is much easier (although if you play an Asian civ, it's better to stick with control groups). I recommend placing this hotkey close to where your hands rest. I use one of the extra buttons on my mouse for the explorer, so I don't have to move my hand at all to find him.Find Idle Military: This is a helpful key to use if you're getting ready to fight and you want to make sure that you have all of your military. I use the other extra button on my mouse for this.Building Construction Hotkeys:You want to set up your hotkeys so that the ones you use the most are the easiest to use. This means grouping hotkeys near where your hand rests well, which for me is with my pinky finger on the Caps Lock key (remember that's my TC hotkey). From there, I use the three rows of letters as my building construction, the first for the most basic and often-used economy buildings, the next for military buildings, and the last for other economic buildings.
Notice that the rows higher on the keyboard have more hotkeys on them. This is because it's easier for me to reach up for a key than it is to reach down! As you use a hotkey set-up, fiddle with it so that it's comfortable for you.1st Row, economy: Town Center House (q), Wall (w), Market (e), Trading Post (r), Church (t), Livestock Pen (y):2nd Row, military: Barracks (a), Stable (s), Artillery Foundry (d), Arsenal (f), Fort/Fire Pit (g):3rd Row, economy: Dock (z), Mill (x), Plantation (c), Tower (v):Find Unit Hotkeys (Buildings):Now that we have a system for building buildings, it's easy to find the ones we've already built. Simply hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and then tap the hotkey for the building (as shown below, z for dock) you want to find. If you have multiple docks, hitting Ctrl and then z will take you to the dock you built first, hit z again and you'll be taken to the dock you built second, etc.The 'Allow Conflicts' button, available on The War Chiefs (TWC) and The Asian Dynasties (TAD), is your best friend, as far as hotkeys go.
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This allows you to assign a key more than one hotkey. You want to use this for buildings and units (we'll get to that part later) from different civs that fill similar roles. For example, if you play TAD, there are three different buildings that act as stables: the stable (Euro civs), the corral (Native civs), and the caravanserai (Asian civs). It's a pain to have a separate hotkey for each building, especially because the more hotkeys you have the farther they are from where your hand rests and so more difficult to use. With 'Allow Conflicts,' I set all three buildings to s and (Ctrl+s to find them). Here are some examples:Unit Training HotkeysNow that you know how to build and find your buildings, let's turn to training units. The basic concept here is again to keep things close to where your hand rests.
With unit hotkeys, you can mimic the order the units are listed in the in-game user interface onto your keyboard, making them easy to memorize. If you have TAD, you'll notice that the Asian buildings' hotkeys are already organized in this way:Again, you can take advantage of 'Allow Conflicts' button with your unit hotkey assignments. At the stable (or corral, or caravanserai), I always use this set-up:q = Mainline cavalry (cav): Hussar, Uhlan, Cossack, Axe Rider, Kanya Horseman, Sowar, and Naginata Riderw = Anti-cav cav: Dragoon, Cavalry Archer, Bow Rider, Musket Rider, Yabusame, and Zamburake = Specialty cav: Lancer, Cuirassier, Rifle Rider, and Mahoutr = Other Specialty cav: Tashunke Prowler and HowdahThe same set-up goes for all of your other buildings. For example, the villager hotkey, the priest hotkey, the fishing boat hotkey (etc.) are all q.
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The most complicated building you'll encounter is the barracks under this system, where many European civs share the same units, which are displayed in different places.