VOD

I was gonna click "Exit" when the game was over, but rANDY was faster. :-|

I played a lot of OTA before SC and that didn't have zoom either, so I guess it's just what I'm used to.

DAT ZOOM.

That was a nice watch, thanks for the VOD! I could see myself showing this to someone who was getting into ZK.

Thanks, I will incorporate that into my play.

Btw for some reason that alt-queue thing works differently depending on whether the factory is on repeat.

Fac on repeat: Units are added to be built after the current one.

Not on repeat: Current unit is aborted and replaced by the alt-queued unit(s), and the aborted unit is readded to the queue after them.

I find the way it works not on repeat odd.

It makes a certain kind of sense.

If you're on repeat, then you're just building a mix of units and the order in which they emerge doesn't matter. Alt-queuing means you want a one-off unit but otherwise don't want to interrupt the cycle of building your chosen mix. So it's not worth abandoning the current unit; just wait until it's done and then build the one-off.

If you're not on repeat, then you've specifically chosen a set of units to emerge in a particular quantity and a particular order. If you're alt-queueing, it means you really want the new unit RIGHT NOW, so it's worth abandoning the current unit in order to get the new unit as soon as possible.

At least that's how I imagine the rationale goes.

Right click the first icon in the list. That's what i meant with "unqueue".

CrazyEddie

quote: If you're on repeat, then you're just building a mix of units and the order in which they emerge doesn't matter. Alt-queuing means you want a one-off unit but otherwise don't want to interrupt the cycle of building your chosen mix. So it's not worth abandoning the current unit; just wait until it's done and then build the one-off. If you're not on repeat, then you've specifically chosen a set of units to emerge in a particular quantity and a particular order. If you're alt-queueing, it means you really want the new unit RIGHT NOW, so it's worth abandoning the current unit in order to get the new unit as soon as possible. At least that's how I imagine the rationale goes.

I don't see the connection between the alt-behavior and the repeat behavior. You kind of just stated how it works at the moment. I mean, i could swap the second parts of the explanations and it wouldn't really make less sense...

Skasi: My solution was about fac build queues. However, if you want to remove the current order from a unit's order queue, you probably should (depending on how fast you need it to stop) tell it to wait, then issue the current order on the same target again (e.g. move to current move target, repair on current repair target etc.). Then unwait the unit (if you told it to wait).

Targeting the same order in the close vicinity of the target point may be tough depending on the circumstances, but it depends on how dire the situation is if canceling the entire queue is the better option.