(PSA) MAC/OSX: Custom Hotkey Solution for W3 Apple Users
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:52 am
Hello,
This has been a topic discussed over many different websites. I am posting this for all future readers to use this as reference. This is intended for users that are playing on the new Warcraft 3 OSX platform.
I know that it is a struggle to find a WORKING custom hotkey binding application because the ones currently on the market are all only available for Windows.
I've discovered a solution to this mess, after digging conducting a thorough research. The solution to our problems is an application called "ControllerMate" (Download link: https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/).
With this application, you'll be able to bind the traditional NumPad inventory keys to any keys on your keyboard. This works even though Apple keyboards don't have NumPads. What the application does is that it creates a pseudo-binding for those NumPad keys to a key of your choice, and Warcraft 3 recognizes those pseudo-bindings for the NumPad because they are hardcoded into the game.
"ControllerMate" is pretty confusing to use at first, but it is very simple once you get the hang of it. Here is an excellent tutorial video that gets you set up for Warcraft 3 (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSbPDYnjixU). The video's outdated, but it's one of the best and easiest to follow.
Hopefully this helps other Mac users in the future. I've always searched for a tutorial post like this, and I am yet to find a thorough, working solution. So I thought I might as well post this as a PSA and to save other people from the troubles that I've went through.
Thanks,
Angryramen_re
This has been a topic discussed over many different websites. I am posting this for all future readers to use this as reference. This is intended for users that are playing on the new Warcraft 3 OSX platform.
I know that it is a struggle to find a WORKING custom hotkey binding application because the ones currently on the market are all only available for Windows.
I've discovered a solution to this mess, after digging conducting a thorough research. The solution to our problems is an application called "ControllerMate" (Download link: https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/).
With this application, you'll be able to bind the traditional NumPad inventory keys to any keys on your keyboard. This works even though Apple keyboards don't have NumPads. What the application does is that it creates a pseudo-binding for those NumPad keys to a key of your choice, and Warcraft 3 recognizes those pseudo-bindings for the NumPad because they are hardcoded into the game.
"ControllerMate" is pretty confusing to use at first, but it is very simple once you get the hang of it. Here is an excellent tutorial video that gets you set up for Warcraft 3 (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSbPDYnjixU). The video's outdated, but it's one of the best and easiest to follow.
Hopefully this helps other Mac users in the future. I've always searched for a tutorial post like this, and I am yet to find a thorough, working solution. So I thought I might as well post this as a PSA and to save other people from the troubles that I've went through.
Thanks,
Angryramen_re