War3Keys

War3Keys is an Electron application that allows you to set custom hotkeys in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne without having to manually edit the CustomKeys.txt file.

Note the list of hotkeys are still incomplete, more to come soon!

Releases

You can find the latest release on the releases tab. Mac is untested because I don't have a Mac. You can try building from source.

Motivation

Having hotkeys on the left side of the keyboard is a necessity for any real-time strategy game. When Blizzard made Warcraft III back in the early 2000s, they did not consider this and place their hotkeys all over the keyboard.

Only recently has Blizzard put in native support for custom hotkeys without having users to rely on third-party software through a CustomKeys.txt file. However, this is a really cumbersome approach to set hotkeys because its literally just editing a plain text file.

Example:

[anfa]
Tip=(|cffffcc00W|r) Frost Arrows - [|cffffcc00Level 1|r],(|cffffcc00W|r) Frost Arrows - [|cffffcc00Level 2|r],(|cffffcc00W|r) Frost Arrows - [|cffffcc00Level 3|r]
UnTip=|cffc3dbffRight-click to activate auto-casting.|r
Researchtip=(|cffffcc00W|r) Learn Frost Arrows - [|cffffcc00Level %d|r]
Hotkey=W
Researchhotkey=W
Buttonpos=1,0
Unbuttonpos=1,0
Researchbuttonpos=1,0

There are a number of problems with this. Namely, its not user friendly and its a one massive file (1000+ lines). War3Keys solves all these problems by giving users a graphical interface to set custom hotkeys..

Building From Source

nvm use 12
yarn # You must use yarn
npx ts-node ./scripts/regenerate-database.ts
yarn codegen
yarn dist:all

Built with

• Electron
• Graphql over IPC
• TypeORM
• SQlite3
• React
• Redux
• Rxjs