Using custom keyboard shortcuts is not enabled by default, it can be enabled by checking the game's Options/Gameplay/Custom Keyboard Shortcuts check button. Wc3 reads custom keyboard shortcuts information from the file CustomKeys.txt located at the root of the game's instalation directory. The command card is a grid with 3 rows and 4 columns. The default gameplay (melee) has many elements: 4 races, 56 buildings, 47 units, 24 heroes (each with 4 abilities), many shop items and neutral units, etc.Īs a result, the memorization of the keyboard shortcuts is very challenging.įortunately there's an easy way to reduce all that keyboard shortcuts variety by mapping the position of the command card icons to similarly arranged keys.
building building a unit, researching an upgrade, upgrading to another building.A Keyboard shortcut in the context of wc3 (Warcraf III) is a single keyboard key press that issues an order to a unit (an interactive game object).
