
Overwrite the content of file CustomKeys.txt's with the text copied from step 2.Warcraft III Hotkey Editor-How to Use Custom Hotkeys Warcraft III Hotkey Editor How to Use Custom Hotkeys Saving the hotkey file.Save the original CustomKeys.txt file that comes with the game.CustomKeys.txt doesn't seem to provide a way to change Numpad's inventory items shortcut keys (can be done with an external program like AutoHotkey (windows only), for example)ĭownloading and setting up this CustomKeys.txt.Examples include: the Attack ability, Hold Position, Militia's Call to Arms, Unroot/Root and others. some abilities' shortcut is not reflected from the command card.
button positions are not changed (with the exception of Banish and Flame Strike abilities).
What is not changed by this CustomKeys.txt
miscellaneous unit's abilities (Rock Golem's (from Stone Token item) Hurl Boulder, Razormane Medicine Man's Healing Ward). goblin labarotory and mercenary camp (lordaeron summer) units. all 4 race's shop items and neutral shop's items. all 4 races's melee: buildings, units, heroes, unit abilities and hero abilities. The file CustomKeyInfo.txt has some information about how to edit CustomKeys.txt. 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).