Summonmancer Hot Keys

[Truncle]

I have a level 45 Summmonmancer and the problem i have encountered is that I have more cool stuff that I want to use and not enough hot keys. So what I was wondering was how any of you summonmancer experts set up your hot key. I am pure summons with a minor in Corpse Explosion.
Thanks

[Raistlinmajerex]

i use "qwerasdfzx" im not using all of them but its easy

[Skips]

Ive been trying to figure it out for ages, how exactly Do you setup your hot keys? I usually just use the mouse wheel...which is too sensetive Im sure, but works, kinda.

[treldonis]

Ive been trying to figure it out for ages, how exactly Do you setup your hot keys? I usually just use the mouse wheel...which is too sensetive Im sure, but works, kinda.

When you hit escape and then click the options menu there is a configure hotkeys option I beleive. I try to keep everything on my left hand so i use qwert asdfg zxcvb.

Takes some getting used to but it is better in the end.

[Skips]

whats the max number of hotkeys btw?

[goofycaca]

I have never had a problem. If anything I have more hotkeys then I truly need.

F1 Raise Skeleton Warrior
F2 Amplify Damage
F3 Decrepify
F4 Clay Golem

Coupled with the belt hotkeys I didn't need anything else to beat the game.

[Skips]

thats what Ive got at the moment, except got amp and decrep on F1 and F2

[gamera23]

You definitely want to reassign those hot keys under esc/options. I do this for every character, not just my necro. I always use the space bar - good for an emergency skill (like tp). Thats a little while to get use to it but its worth the extra effort.

[Mad Mantis]

whats the max number of hotkeys btw?

IIRC 16 for skills and then infinite for the rest of the things like toglle run/walk.

[Truncle]

Ok all right now im confused. All ive ever used is the F keys for my spells and town portal. So i can use other keys than the F keys for my spells? Is there a limit to the number of spell hot keys i can assign? My problem is that I have more spells than F keys, and I cant decide which ones are important enough to assign. This is my first Summonmancer, first Necromancer actually, and I dont know which spells are used the most frequently thanks.

[Mad Mantis]

You can use almost all the keys on your keyboard and all the buttons on your mouse as hot-keys. You can assign up to 16 hot-keys to skills (IIRC). You can assign the hot-keys by first hitting “Esc”. Then go to “Options”. Click “Control Configuration”. Then highlight something you want to change by clicking on it. Click again until the current entry starts to flash. Then press the new button you want to assign to this skill.

[Truncle]

Oh wow thats really cool!!! Thank you all for your responses and assistance.

[Skips]

It takes a bit of getting used to, I keep trying to summon mage my enemies and firewall my clay golem O_o but Im sure Ill get there, so many skills...so little time.

[KSechrist]

I'm set up thus:
F1: amp dam
F2: decrep
F3: dim vision
F4: CE
F5: RS
F6: Revive
F7: clay golem
F8: Bonespear (ANYTHING to make baal die quicker)

I was unaware that I could re-map Q-T and A-G to more keys. I'll do that when I get home. There's several abilities I'd like to have up (like skelemage & bone spear for left hand).

[Mad Mantis]

TAB Q W E R
A S D F
SHIFT Z X C V
SPACE BAR

These are the buttons I use most. Damn this forum for removing the extra spaces.

[Skips]

yeah maybe I should switch to somthing else still trying to use the top row of "summoning" keys for curses and the "curse" line of keys for damage (CE, fireball, firewall) and the "damage" line for summoning.

[probo24]

Tp scroll in slot 1 of belt
P=tp
Y=Summon skelly
U=dim
O=B Wall
F=C golem
G=Revive
H=confuse
J=attract
K=B prison (item with b prison on the switch so no need to hotkey it really)
L=Decrep
:=CE
,=Summon mage
.=amp

With dim, no need for terror so its not hotkeyed

[Mad Mantis]

With dim, no need for terror so its not hotkeyed

Act II the various Tombs. Nothing can get you faster to the irritating Unravelers and their kin as Terror.