How many commands can be put in a waypoint list?

[n00bonicPlague]

Is it still 8?

If so, I think it should really be taken up to 12 or even 16 — the higher the better. A straight line may be the shortest path, but it may not be the safest. Unlimited would be nice, but we can't have people putting in huge lists of useless commands that would just slow down the game.

[The_Blade]

I don't know but I have another question regarding this topic. While building, can you click an unresearched building if and only if you have this building's requirments before on the list?

[Caliban113]

WC3 I'm pretty sure, cuts you off at 35, but I'll have to look that up. In any case, I imagine it will be at least that number in SC2

Edit:

Aha....section on waypoints towards the end of the page

http://classic.battle.net/war3/basic...commands.shtml



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[SaharaDrac]

A lot more than 8.

[Josue]

WC3 I'm pretty sure, cuts you off at 35, but I'll have to look that up. In any case, I imagine it will be at least that number in SC2

Edit:

Aha....section on waypoints towards the end of the page

http://classic.battle.net/war3/basic...commands.shtml



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Seems like we'll get a lot, however I can't find how many WC3 has in the page you posted... am I blind or is it only my monitor (I'm using an old one to replace it until it gets repaired, I wonder what happened, it just stopped working)

About queuing commands I had this idea:

yeah, hold fire would be awesome, I saw a thread saying lurkers should get it, in fact I think terran ghosts got it.
And how about being able to queue burrow?
In SC1 if you were holding shift and commanded a unit to move or attack and added as the final command "burrow", the unit would cancel the queue and simply burrow wherever it was and not after reaching the point it was commanded to move before!

[Caliban113]

Seems like we'll get a lot, however I can't find how many WC3 has in the page you posted...

Hmmm....its about 3-4 from the bottom.

Not sure if they'll increase this number in SC2; in WC3, moving units around via waypoints was absolutely necessary to keep them from accidentally straying too close to creep camps - especially when moving them long distances. Definitely not much use for that in SC2. However, I use all kinds of waypoint trickery while using smartcast in a battle, so who knows? - I suppose as long as it doesn't hurt performance, they can go as high as they want.


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[Hamshank]

A lot more than 8.

yeah haha

[Josue]

Hmmm....its about 3-4 from the bottom.

Not sure if they'll increase this number in SC2; in WC3, moving units around via waypoints was absolutely necessary to keep them from accidentally straying too close to creep camps - especially when moving them long distances. Definitely not much use for that in SC2. However, I use all kinds of waypoint trickery while using smartcast in a battle, so who knows? - I suppose as long as it doesn't hurt performance, they can go as high as they want.


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Use in SC2? How about what I posted?

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And how about being able to queue burrow?
In SC1 if you were holding shift and commanded a unit to move or attack and added as the final command "burrow", the unit would cancel the queue and simply burrow wherever it was and not after reaching the point it was commanded to move before!

[n00bonicPlague]

WC3 I'm pretty sure, cuts you off at 35, but I'll have to look that up. In any case, I imagine it will be at least that number in SC2

Edit:

Aha....section on waypoints towards the end of the page

http://classic.battle.net/war3/basic...commands.shtml



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I saw the paragraph in question, but I didn't see a number.

[RamiZ]

Use in SC2? How about what I posted?

You are able to do that in WC3, I don't know will they put it in SC2 too or remove it. You are able in WC3 to shift+click "move->cast spell->cast another spell->..." etc. It would be pretty strong for example, High Templars, in the middle of the fight, shift+click "Move->cast Storm->cast another storm->Summon Archon" LOL!

And it will definitely be strong for Lurkers too ^^