
The system will accept the first & symbol so currently the & is infront of the l (L) so get rid of that first & and now the only & symbol is right before the r ®. To find laser lock you may want to try &lase&r or to get to the line of text right above it &knife in the search.


To search use Ctrl+F or click the Edit tab followed by a click on Search. It may take a while depending on what your searching for. Use find to get to the hotkey you want to change. Now that you have the file open in text form lets go searching. *Note you may want to make a back up file before you go messing with everything* Open the STR file in Notepad by selecting the file from the list. In case you are blind like i am this is what your file may look like For this example we will show you how to change Laser lock from L to the R key.Ĭ:\Program Files\EA Games\Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour\Data ahk file and double click on it when you want to use it.As some of you may know BossGenerals offers support to change customize your hotkeys. After you are done making your script, save it as a. Documentation on how to make your own AHK scripts is well provided with the program download. I imagine with a little knowledge of writing AutoHotKey scripts you could remap other controls (even your 6-0 keys as alt+1 and alt+2 etc. If you want to remap your COH camera keys to WASD, you can download the program by clicking here.Īfter downloading the program and installing it, open a text file in Notepad and put in the following code:įeel free to add in additional macros or change your toggle on/off key from Capslock to anything you want. But having a WASD setup can give you an edge, and every little bit helps.Īfter reading a guide on it by Rowsdower, I downloaded a program called AutoHotKey. It’s about thinking, unit placement and mind games.

Note that COH is not really the kind of twitchy, micro-intense game that Starcraft is. It takes some getting used to, but it can boost your micro quite a bit. The point is simple - by using your left hand to control the camera, your right hand and your mouse is free to focus exclusively on unit micro. Shortly after playing C&C 3 for the first time in January (with its good control system), I realized that I wanted to be able to move the camera with the WASD keys in CoH like I was CnC:3.
