With them all selected, just number as usual. You can also "add" units to a number group by selecting the units you want to add, do a Shift -> Ctrl ->, which will select the number group in addition to the units you want to add.Right click during the placement of a building will cancel it.When selecting a group you can deselect the whole type of that unit by pressing control + shift + left click on the unit you want.When selecting a group you can deselect 1 person by pressing on his face + control.When selecting a group you can select more by pressing control or shift and clicking or dragging around the units you want.Hold Shift and put a building down will allow you to make multiple of the same building.
Shift + left click on a unit queue will make 5 of him.Double clicking on a unit will select all of him that is on the screen.There are a few tips and tricks that you may use to make things go a little "faster". Go to Last notification = Middle mouse button or Home Here is the real list of all the key commands for age of empires 2. He might very well end up as the only survivor of my civilization. Still, you never know, maybe in the middle of battle I'll need check the food remaining.ĩ - My scout, sitting in the corner somewhere, who hasn't moved since feudal. I'm sure those vilagers will really help the pikemen fight better.Ĩ - Mistakenly assigned to a farm.
This group will be free soon.ħ - 6 pikemen, and 2 vilagers, hastily stuffed into a group when the enemy knights came through my town. Or maybe not.Ħ - A solitary pikeman, who has decided to take on an enemy castle all by himself. Maybe i'll remember to bring him back to the monastary. I think I somehow managed to stick a tree into the group.ĥ - A monk, holding a relic, just as he has been holding it for the last 5 minutes. I enjoy switching to it now and again to watch the rams whacking it down.Ĥ - Not sure what this is. Combat micro consists of clicking on the nearest solitary enemy and watching the knights rush forward to attack and the onager shooting my own units.ģ - My castle. Always put siege in the same group as cavalry, it slows them down and prevents the horses from getting tired. They are now idle somewhere away off to the side, waiting for enemy lt cav to come and kill them.Ģ - A gaggle of combat units, including: Some knights, a few skirms, an onager, and whatever else was at hand when I made the group in a panic. Here are my groups:ġ - Some vils I sent to hunt in dark. And the heart of micro'ing is selecting groups to manage your military and economy. Micro'ing gives you the edge to win battles.
If you need help you may contact me at Chewmen_ldr on zonefriends.Ĭustom keysCustom keys are hotkeys that you set for yourself, for your personal preferences. When you're housed you can save time to choose to build one) and will minimize mouse cramps from moving your hand up and down 50,000 times.Ī: Actually, I do. It will give you a boost when you need it, (I.e. Learning the hotkeys will give you a faster feudal age/Castle age/Imperial age times. (Post underneath and I will add it to this section.)Ī: Well first, do not memorize the hotkeys, learn them.
I hope this will help alot of the newcomers here, who need help with micromanagement skills.įaqsIn this section I will answer any question asked by you. IntroductionI have taken the time to put down all the possible hotkey's in this post, including some stuff not in the manual. C h e w m e n _ l d r ' s N o o b i e D e f a u l t H o t k e y l i s t