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The Art of Keybinding in Dawn of War
Devizz
Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=679114665
Hi there, I am Devizz, a huge fan of the Dawn of War series. Back in the day I had an automatch score of 1650+ and was one of the best Space Marine players in the world. With the announcement of Dawn of War 3 I thought that some people might give the original game a go, just for the sake of nostalgia. I am one of those people. Unfourtanely there are not many players out there that are good at Dawn of War. I hope that with this guide, I will point some of them in the right direction of mastering the game.
A player who does not use keybinds has no chance to win against a player who does. Period. At the very least, keybinds will give you a huge advantage and once you master their usage you will win a lot more games.
So, how do you change the default keybinds (which are really ++heresy redacted++ btw)? Well, it is very simple. All you have to do is go your steam game library, find Soulstorm (or any other expansion for that matter) on your game list and select the following: Properties > Local Files > Browse Local Files...
The game folder will open and now all you have to do is find "Profiles" folder, navigate to your own Profile folder (default name Profile1), open the "dxp2" folder and edit "KEYDEFAULTS" file with your desired keybinds.
As an example, here are my keybindings for Space Marines and Tau:
-- BUILDINGS FOR MARINES
marine_hq = "Q",
marine_artefact = "W",
marine_armoury = "E",
marine_chapel = "R",
marine_generator = "T",
marine_listening_post = "A",
marine_orbital_relay = "S",
marine_temp_drop_building = "D",
marine_thermo_generator = "F",
marine_bolter_turret = "G",
marine_machine_cult = "Z",
marine_mine_field = "X",
-- BUILDINGS FOR TAU
tau_barracks = "E",
tau_hq = "Q",
tau_kroot_nest = "W",
tau_listening_post = "A",
tau_plasma_generator = "T",
tau_research_building = "R",
tau_shrine_of_kauyon = "S",
tau_shrine_of_montka = "D",
tau_shrine_of_purpose = "X",
tau_thermo_generator = "F",
tau_vehicle_building = "Z",
You can basically assign a keybind to every single thing and command in this game but at start I suggest just going with building keybinds and praciting your build order without using your mouse. After doing that, you can work your way from there to more advanced keybind settings.
Good luck!
Comments
Eyshoth
keybinding is a must, posting a guide of how to master the will help other even do in the end is all practice and going 1 by 1 or 2 by 2 on binding learn
GreySoul
does dawn of war 3 have keybinds?
eStrangelyBrown
Is there a way to rebind the keys for Dark Crusade? I prefer playing DC vanilla over SS vanilla so it would be more useful for me there.
Warpten
Not sure if serious....
In doubt will assume is, yes there is keybind in DOW3, lik in almost every modern RTS.
beradical
In the beta (open was all I experienced), there was no option to change the keybinds IN GAME. I think that is what the person is referring to?
Devizz
Guess they will add such an option to the game soon... hopefully.