Basic Game Play
In Game Commands
Belt View: To toggle viewing your belt items, press the "`" key.
Character Screen: To toggle viewing your character screen, use the "A" or "C" key.
Game Chat: To chat, press "enter" before and after message. On your party screen, you have the option to squelch players in game.
Hint: Pressing the "N" key will clear all messages currently on your game screen.
This is good if your being spammed, and don't have time to squelch.
Greetings: Use the side number keypad, to make your character say something in game.
#0 = Help me/Help
#1 = Follow me/Come on
#2 = This is yours/This is for you
#3 = Thank you/Thanks
#4 = Forgive me/Oops
#5 = Goodbye/Bye
#6 = Time to die/Die
#7 = Run/Retreat
Help Menu: To toggle the help menu, use the "H" key.
Inventory: To toggle your inventory screen, use the "I" or "B" key.
Map Info: To toggle the map, use the "Tab" key (this will also re-center the map) or the space bar. To view different areas of a map, use the arrow keys.
Message Screen: To toggle your message screen, use the "M" key.
Party Screen: To toggle your party screen, use the "P" key.
Quest Screen: To toggle your quest screen, use the "Q" key.
Quitting: To quit a game or view the settings menu, use the "Esc" key.
Skill Screen: To see a simple overview of skills you have available (you can also toggle skills here), use the "S" key.
Skill Tree: To toggle your skill tree, use the "T" key.
Standing: To stand still (for example: while attacking), hold the "Shift" key down.
Switching Skills: To switch skills quickly, hotkey them. This will allow you to switch skills, simply by pressing a key. Eight keys are available to hotkey spells, F1 thru F8. Press your "S" key to bring up available skills, place your cursor over the skill you wish to hotkey, and press one of the keys F1 thru F8 to assign the skill to that key. You can only allot one skill per key, however you can change which skill is hotkeyed at any time, by repeating the above process.
Switching Weapons: To toggle weapons in your inventory, use the "W" key.
View Drops:To view items on the ground, hold the "Alt" key down.
Walk/Run: To toggle between walking and running, use the "R" key.
Bnet Chat Commands
Chat Protection Commands: There are three separate flags, which a user can set to customize which incoming chat messages are ignored.
1) Whispers - When on, private messages from people who are not on your friends list will be ignored.
/options ignorewhispers (alias: /o igw) - This command will ignore whispers from anyone who isn't on your friends list.
/options unignorewhispers (alias: /o unigw) - This command will allow whispers from anyone who isn't on your friends list.
2) Public - When on, messages in public channels from people who are not on your friends list will be ignored.
/options ignorepublic (alias: /o igpub) - Ignore messages in public chat channels from anyone who isn't on your friends list.
/options unignorepublic (alias: /o unigpub) - Allow messages in public chat channels from anyone who isn't on you friends list.
3) Private - When on, messages in private channels from people who are not on your friends list will be ignored.
/options ignoreprivate (alias: /o igpriv) - Ignore messages in private channels from anyone who isn't on your friends list.
/options unignoreprivate (alias: /o unigpriv) - Allow messages in private channels from anyone who isn't on you friends list.
Chat Room Commands: The following commands can only be used while in a chat room.
/join [channel name] - (Ex: /join Diablo USA-1) - Switches to a channel without having to use the channel join screen. Aliases for this command: /channel
/me [text] - (Ex: /me is rolling on the floor laughing!) - Displays emotion in grey text, as in "johnX is rolling on the floor laughing!"
Chat Room Operator Commands: The following commands can only be used by channel operators.
/designate [user] - (Ex: /designate johnX) - Selects [user] as the next channel operator when you step down, either by resigning or by leaving the channel. If the channel Operator leaves the channel and has designated more than one person, the last person designated will have ops.
/resign - Step down as channel operator and become a normal user again.
/rejoin - Makes you rejoin the channel you are currently in.
/kick [user] - (Ex: /kick johnX) - Kicks a user out of the channel. This is best used as a warning since a kicked user can return at their leisure.
/ban [user] - (Ex: /ban johnX) - Kicks a user out of the channel and prevents them from returning until the current operator steps down, leaves the channel or unbans them. This is the most powerful command at an operator's disposal, use it wisely.
/unban [users] - (Ex: /unban johnX) - Allows a banned user to return to the channel.
Friends List Commands:
/friends list (alias: /friends l or /f l) - Displays you current friends list and has a summary of what each friend is doing at the moment on Bnet.
/friends add [accountname] (alias: /friends a or /f add) - Adds the specified account name to your friends list. You will receive an error if the account name is an invalid account, is already on your list, or if you dont have room on your list.
/friends remove [accountname] (alias: /friends r or /f remove) - Removes the specified account name from your friends list. You will receive an error message if the account isn't on the list.
/friends msg [message] (alias: /friends m or /f m) - Sends a message to all your friends.
/friends promote [accountname]
/friends demote [accountname]
Other Information - When /dnd is activated you will still receive entry notifications from mutual friends. The maximum number of friends on a list is 25.
Joining Channels:
To join a channel on Bnet; click on the Channel button. Select a channel from the list, or manually type in the desired channel name in the area provided, and click OK. You will then be placed in the designated channel.
As an alternative to the Channel button, the /join command may be used to quickly join a desired channel. Usage: /join [channel name] Example: "/join MyChannel" .
D2, LOD, SC, BW, and WC II Op Channels: Op channels can only be made when the OP channel name is the same as the account name of the creator. To create your Op channel, simply type "/join op [your account name]". The word "op" before your account name indicates you are creating a user operated (Op)channel, where you will be the channel operator. To join an Op channel created by someone else, simply type "/join op [channel name]".
Short Cut Commands:
Alt-N (Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II BNE) - Pastes the name you have highlighted.
/d2notify (Diablo II) - Toggles channel enter/leave notifications.
Alt-V (Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft II) - Toggles channel enter/leave notifications.
Tab (Diablo II) - Cycles through the last 10 commands. (StarCraft) - Displays the last command, then cycles through the users in the current channel.
Ctrl-M (Diablo II) - Toggles music on Bnet and the main menus.
Universal Chat Commands:
/whois [user] - (Ex: /whois JohnX) - Looks up some basic information on a user, including their current location. This is an excellent way to find your friends online. Aliases for this command : /where /whereis
/whoami - (Ex: /whoami) - Displays your information on Bnet.
/w [user] - (Ex: /w JohnX) - Sends a private message to a user online regardless of the channel/game they are in. Aliases for this command: /msg /whisper
/ignore [user] - (Ex: /ignore JohnX) - Ignores any future messages from that user effectively muting that user to you. Aliases for this command: /squelch
/unignore [user] - (Ex: /unignore johnX) - Allows a previously squelched user to talk to you normally. Aliases for this command: /unsquelch
/away [text] - (Ex: /away eating dinner)- Displays a message that you are away from your keyboard whenever someone whispers you, or does a /whois command on you. If they message you, you will still receive the message. To disable this command, type /away without the reason.
/dnd [text] - (Ex: /dnd sorry playing a game with johnX) "Do Not Disturb" - Prevents ALL whispers from displaying on your screen. It's use is similar to the /away command, except it blocks the message. This will prevent people from sending whispers to you while in a game or chatroom (including mutual friends lists messages). You are still able to see all normal public channel and in game messages. To turn the DND mode off, just type /dnd without a reason.
/who [channel] - (Ex: /who Open Tech Support) - Displays a list of all users in that given channel. If you type /who without a channel name, it will display all the users in the current channel you are in.
/stats [user] ID - (Ex: /stats johnX STAR) - Displays the player's Win/Loss/Disconnect record for both normal and Ladder games. You must state what game : STAR = SC :
SEXP = BW : W2BNE = WC II.
/users - Displays the number of users currently on Bnet.
/time - Displays the current Bnet time.
Miscellaneous
Avoid Death: Press [Esc] when you are about to die, save and exit the game. Depending on how close to dying you are, you'll need to be quick. You can also take a portal to town. Even if affected by poisen, you cannot die there. One of the townsfolk(depending on what act your on) will be able to heal you and your merc for free. Act1 = Akara, Act2 = Fara, Act3 = Ormus, Act4 = Jamella, Act5 = Malah.
Belt Info: You can drink a potion from your belt, by right clicking on it. Also, each occupied belt slot has a number from 1-4. Pressing one of these hotkeys, is a fast way to drink a potion, without having to click on it. As you use items from the belt, the items above that slot will automatically drop down.
Holding down SHIFT and RIGHT-Clicking, when buying Health Potions, auto-fills any empty slots in the belt. This also applies to buying scrolls of Town Portal and Identify scrolls.
Holding down SHIFT and LEFT-Clicking on Health, Mana and rejuvenation potions in inventory, will auto-move them to the appropriate column in your belt.
Casting Delays: Some skills have a Casting Delay. A Casting Delay is a period of time after a player has cast a spell during which the player cannot re-cast that spell. For example, after casting Blizzard you must wait a few seconds before you're able to cast another one. The delay differs between skills. Not all skills have a Casting Delay. There is nothing you can do to reduce or eliminate the Casting Delay. If the Skill Action Button becomes red after casting a spell and you have enough Mana to cast it, this means the Casting Delay is active.
Tip: While you're waiting through the Casting Delay you can switch to another spell and use it while you're waiting for the first skill to be available to cast again. Example: Cast a Fire Wall (Casting Delay), then quickly switch to Static Field (No Casting Delay), then switch back to Fire Wall again.
Skills with Casting Delays