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Tutorial: Setting up WC3 Assistant
Setting a Hotkey
Begin by opening WC3 Assistant. After opening WC3 Assistant, you should see numbers in the skill boxes and the inventory boxes. So if you set a hotkey for inventory space 1, then you would place a clickable item, for example dagon, in inventory space 1 so that you can use the hotkey.
Select the space that you wish to hotkey, then you will see a box pop up called “Hotkey Options”. The drop down menu has three keys (Mouse 3, mouse 4, and mouse 5), this is for mouses that have thumb buttons. The second field allows you to use any key on the keyboard, just click inside the box and press the key you would like to hotkey. When you are finished, click “Ok”.
Cast spell directly on target
Allows you to cast a spell by hovering your cursor on a target and then pushing the hotkey.
For example, when using dagon, it requires you to click on the item itself, and then click on the target. If you check this option, all you would have to do is hover your cursor over the target and click the hotkey. So, if you hover your cursor over a hero and press your hotkey, the dagon will damage the hero.
Toggle autocast
Toggles orb effects on or off. This can only be used with characters that have clickable orb effect skills.
For example, if you were to use Drow Ranger, you can toggle her Ice Arrows off or on. Why would this be useful? It’s ideal to use your Ice Arrows only against heroes, so you can toggle it off when you are creeping and you can toggle it on when you are attacking a hero.
To begin using your hotkeys, click the green checkmark.
Addtional Settings
Show HP Bars
Instead of holding the ALT button to reveal HP bars, you can have the HP bars revealed at all times without having to hold down ALT by enabling it in WC3 Assistant.
- In WC3 Assistant, click “Options”.
- Then click “Options”.
- A new box should appear, check “Show HP from enemies” and check “Show HP from Allies”.
Toggle WC3 Assistant
Instead of having to ALT + TAB and activate WC3 Assistant by clicking the green check mark, you can set a hotkey to activate or deactivate WC3 Assistant.
- In WC3 Assistant, click “Options”.
- Then click “Options”.
- A new box should appear, click the text box with the word “None” next to the words “Activate/Deactivate hotkeys” and then press the hotkey you wish to use to toggle activate / deactivate for WC3 Assistant. Personally, I use the “Scroll Lock” key.
Custom Hotkey Messages
You can set custom messages and send the message with a press of a button. In-game, it will automatically send to allies, but if you hold shift and then press the hotkey, it will send to everyone.
Personally, I set game modes for custom messages, for example, “-apem”. I also set a custom message for game name, for example, “Dota 6.61b -ap US/CA LC !”, so when I create a game, I can just press the button and it will paste it.
