How do I use quick select using a PC in Terraria?
If you press Shift, you are able to instantly retrieve something from your inventory rather than having to go to your inventory and put something into your hot bar. I would like to know how to better use this feature- for example, if you press Shift, how do you know which item will be instantly retrieved?
Terraria – How to use Quick Select
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Backspace will allow you to cycle through your Command Centers/Nexuses/Hatcheries. You can also set a building to a group -- for instance, I set my main base's command center to 0, my first expansion to 9, etc. That might be useful or not for you, but it helps me get around the map faster than hitting Backspace several times.
It's a program that's actually used to map things like MIDI controllers, Wii-motes and PS3 controllers to actual keyboard commands, but naturally also works with regular keyboard remapping!
Note: It looks scary when you run it, but under View you can set it to GUI. There you can set it to Manual and change your Output Device to Keyboard. Then you just remap the regular 1-0 with your Numpad version.
Here's how the help file describes it:
Start up PIE. Choose the "File" Menu, then click "New". This will clear whatever was in the big white box so you can type your own script. We want the W key to be controlled by the up key so type this on one line then press Enter:
W = Up
This is a working PIE Script so you can test it by choosing the "Run!" menu and clicking "Run".
Whenever you press the up arrow key (on the cursor pad, not the numeric keypad) it will type a "w". Try it out! This will work in any program. Note that it will still move the cursor up. The Up arrow key still has its original function, but it emulates a w at the same time. Try holding down shift and pressing Up. It will type a capital W, unless capslock is on. Unlike the real "W" key, holding down the Up arrow will only type a single "w".
Now chose the "Run!" menu and click "Stop". This will return our keyboard to normal.
Now do the other keys like this:
A = Left S = Down D = Right
(Don't worry if the S is orange, that is because S is also an abbreviation for seconds).
Save your script as Tutorial1.PIE by chosing the "File" menu then "Save As...". And run it again. Stop it when you have finished playing.
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The tool you'll be selecting when using the auto select key (default : Shift) will depend on the block you're pointing at, and sometimes, the condition of your character being submerged by water :
"first" means, as 3ventic mentionned, the first fitting item, from left to right, top to bottom.
The items in the hotbar have the highest priority.
Exception : the hammer will never be selected with the auto-select, you have to put it in your hotbar, so you can destroy background walls or shape some blocks.
While you're holding Left mouse click with an auto-selected item, you can release Shift and still have the item in your hand. It will get back on your previous pick once you release the mouse click.