Using Autocast [TTG] (Starcraft II Beginners Guide)

[spammert]

Wow didn't know that..... Thanks alot for making this vids they really help me out :)

[BrutalityEngaged]

Is there away to hotkey autocasts?

[SMGstring]

@BrutalityEngaged Alt+ Hotkey for auto cast

[nnlamb25]

i used the landmine thing on my cousin right near his base. Stopped his rush, thanks a ton!

[BreakNeckTurtle]

Awesome videos dude, thanks - subscribed. Just begun playing SC2, not played the original SC, so its all very new to me!

[Kpactata]

Banelings can autocast destroy buildings :)

[ShadowRogue1990]

something to add to the banelings.. you can have attack building set to auto-cast and combine it with burrow to insta-kill a nexus the second it goes down with a pair of burrowed banes in the mineral line

[MariosGuy]

how do you enable the hotkey letters on the overlay on all the buttons on the button right?

[nesnej71]

Great tip, - thanks alot!

[brian66a]

cont... The benifit of this config is that the grid is roughly mirrored on the right side of the controller (my index fingers are much more dexterous and the left side of the grid is most used) also ctrl shift and control groups are together on the right and less used sequences are on the joystick which I find slower to select.

[brian66a]

I love using my G13 in SC2 and have a similar layout: i use G7-G4 as QWER, G14-G11 as ASDF, like TTG I use G24-G23 as ZX (the most used grid keys), G19-G17 as CVB, G22-21 completes the grid with TG (T=attack which is very useful but G is almost never used so I thought about giving G21 to a more used sequence). the left side is control groups 1-7 (G1-3, G8-10, G16) . G15 is SHIFT and G20 is CTRL, the stick is up=F1, left=TAB, right=BS, down=SPC, click=ALT. cont...

[CheezMe123]

Been watching for vids for a few weeks now, made me go out and buy the game yesterday, I kinda blow haha I've won only like one game. You think I could send ya a replay of a game of mine and you could comment on how to do better etc? I think it'd be really helpful for me and potentially a cool video idea for you. Great vids keep it up

[skcuf2]

Zealots autocast charge

[KuramaZeyurai]

i want to play online but i think i will get owned so im watching these lol

[Molari]

Thanks, very useful video!

[atechnz]

Probably been mentioned, but you can autocast explode on banelings instead of unburrow, so when they are burrowed, they do the same damage but work better.

[HalogenBurn]

@atechnz how do you do that?

[atechnz]

@HalogenBurn Well, instead of autocasting the unburrow ability, autocast the baneling explode ability (while burrowed). Make them explode on the marines instantly, without the unborrow time delay.

[tmweb95]

your strategy for banelings is all good, but if you can manage a little more micro, and manually click it, you can explode the banelings while underground, and it will work like a land mine but you can have the unit in the center of the army when you explode

[GeopGamer]

Can sentries autocast gaurdian sheilds? That would be partially rigged lol...

[abc19203848]

I'm you just explode you balings underground it it much more effective, But takes more attention to them

[Weazelon]

OMG Carriers auto cast interceptors !!!! omg omg thank u!

[darekkhort]

My god that's amazing. Thank you very much! Had no idea you could autocast unborrow, and autocast interceptors.

[crosbynd]

@HALOCN9A The key in that sentence was "diamond level." I can see your point. Yes, upper league players may have the micro abilities to pull that off. But the auto cast is still extremely effective in the lower leagues, which are the target audience for tutorials like this one.

[SsWargazmSs]

Yes indeed please continue making your videos, they are very helpful. I'm going back and switching to grid to relearn my hotkeys which is time consuming but your vids are great. Yeah the only one i didn't know about as well was the auto unburrow, and while i agree that you should in general manually unburrow them the auto cast can be helpful when you have your hands full micromanaging a battle or something else across the map. Keep em coming :)

[techn0scho0lbus]

Is there a hotkey for autoattack?

[moush]

@HALOCN9A Sure, but no one has good enough micro to do that all over the map while still doing other stuff.

[jay0h1]

Zealots charge ability can be activated manually to run to one of your own units. Good for a quick getaway.

[Moondye7]

Zealot charge can be used to charge on your own units so you can save your Zealots on the front by charging to allied units in the back.

not really auto cast but most poeple only use this ability one sided

[snowdick1]

also zerg's baneling can autocast "attack structure"

[Lazerjo2000]

2 things

1 thats absoloutely brilliant,that will really help with my zerg strats

and 2 I like your voice,its not too loud or grating or something

[Reithan]

Autocast on banelings for their anti-building attack. It's good if you want to mix a few banelings into an attack into the opponent's base. They'll still default to attacking units - but if none are in range, they'll automatically attack buildings in range, rather than you having to manually target buildings.

[Allenansgar]

Nice Video, Is there an alternative way to enable autocase then clicking?

[Reithan]

@Allenansgar

I would like to know this as well. Anything that can be used from a hotkey should be, IMO. Better for APM and multitasking.

[maniacbarb]

What custom map is that?

[totermusiker]

@maniacbarb

I think it's called "unit test", but I wasn't able to find it on the EU servers

TheThinkingGamer introduced this map in his video about microing.

[Reithan]

@totermusiker

Unit_Test_Map

There's also Unit_Test_Map_Duo, which allows you to test units with a friend (you both have full control of both teams)

[Iamnotamorningperson]

Overlords Auto cast creep :3

[TheThinkingGamer]

@Iamnotamorningperson Good Spot!

[Reithan]

@TheThinkingGamer

Honestly, that should default to autocast, too, imo. It costs nothing, and there is almost never a time that a zerg player won't want creep everywhere he can get it.

[impairedmaps]

I WANT AUTOCAST LARVAE :(

come on blizzard, give it to us

[Orvtrebor]

Good info as usual :)

[hazzard]

aneling is borrowed.. can u set explode to autocast? so when sum1 steps on it they explode?

[TehBirddCage]

I didn't know about the autocast unburrow, huge changer for me..thanks for the tip!

[sujumayas]

@TehBirddCage

i wanna know if there is a hotkey to do autocas. Cus if you press the hotkey, it just activates.

[lovetololify]

u have activated my trap card

[AlRoderick]

Stuff you missed:

Medivacs have autocast, it defaults on and you never really want to turn it off, unless you want them to stay back and don't want them to be lured away by damaged units. In the campaign, if you care about that, the same is true of science vessels and medics.

Mules can be set to autocast repair as well. It can come in handy once in a while, if you have some extra energy, to drop a few on high ground and use them to patch up some air units.

[TheThinkingGamer]

@AlRoderick Good catch!

[sherbearington]

I love your videos, keep them coming :)

[eburnsdaniel]

noob question - burrowed units can't be seen by the opposition right or is it like cloaked units, can be seen but the units can't fight or something

[AlRoderick]

@eburnsdaniel It's like cloak, except most units can't move, and none can attack. They can be seen by detectors, and attacked and killed as normal if they are revealed in this way. Roaches with an upgrade and Infestors can move while burrowed. Infestors can use the Infested Terran spell while burrowed, but not fungal growth or neural parasite. All zerg ground can use it. Even ultralisks.

[ThatCrazyGary]

@eburnsdaniel They function like cloaked units, unseen unless detector units/buildings are within range.

[Letharius981]

Great video. I am totally going to use auto unburrow with my banelings now!

[KrazyAznPig]

BANELING TRAPP!!!!!! THANK YOU

[PhotonicDoctor]

Thanks for the video Thinking Gamer. I love them.

[NoUploadsEver]

zealot charge is set to autocast, can be turned off, though there is probably no advantage to doing so, maybe if you had high level apm you could fit charge to when you want it exactly, or to fool the opponent to thinking its not researched.

[zell4687]

what is ur grafic card

[pontusha]

Nice video... Probbly gonna get starcraft soon if my computer can handel this (gonna try with my friends copy)

And then ill kick his ass =P

[ALLGAM3R]

I cant believe im still learning! goin to try the banelings now

[psynthpriest]

Wow, I never realized the unburrow could be autocast. I knew all the other ones, but that one new peice just opened up a lot of new possibilities to me. You rock man, love the videos! Keep them coming. (And glad you got your graphics cards replaced.)

[zedac0sta]

Nice thanks for the info

[TheXplaced]

Simple stuff that's really important and helpful. Thanks!

[SouldevOwnage]

What graphics cards are you using?

[hazzard]

The Zealot's charge is auto casted by default but you can turn it off and on

[DibujEx]

Wow, I didn't Know about Zergs (:!

[sunghkwak]

I think I know more, but I forgot atm.

[sunghkwak]

Useful guide!