Suggestion: Smartcast/Normalcast remembered per champion!!

Vaati006··38 votes·1,132 views

I can't be the only one who's had this idea, judging by the number of addons/mods available that do precisely this purpose. I like to change champions a lot and not focus on just one, so for me it is incredibly annoying to have to start each game with double-checking my Smartcast/Normalcast settings. This seems like the sort of idea that is:

  1. easy to implement from a programming perspective (smartcast settings are already saved client-side in a little rawtext .ini file, just add separate lines in that file for each champion's abilities) (the biggest issue I can forsee would be answering the question, "do we want to remember Smartcast settings for items 1-7 and summoner spells on a per-champion basis, or leave these global?")
  2. has immediate, obvious benefits to some number of players (me and anyone currently using the addons/mods)
  3. has no downsides for people that don't change their Smartcast/Normalcast settings, or for people that don't see this as an issue (unless those people opening their settings page at the beginning of the game, then going "oh yeah I don't need to do that any more" and feeling silly is considered a downside)

Also, before anyone starts hating on me for not using Smartcast everything, I do use Smartcast for most things, just not everything. I like having Sion's Q as Normalcast (just personal preference) and Bard's portals as Normalcast (so I can make sure I've got the portal angled correctly), for example.

P.S.: Which Boards category would this go under? Miscellaneous, Gameplay & Balance, or General Discussion? I'm going to put this thread in all 3 places (and cross-link them), but if I get a good answer for where this thread should fit I'll gladly delete the others :)

7 Comments

Morsigil2 votes

As a Varus player, I support this.

Laraso1 votes

What I do is I have Smartcast set to all the normal buttons, and then normal cast set to Shift. So if I want to normalcast something, I just hold shift. Once you get used to it it's actually better than having either option, because you can switch between smartcasting and normalcasting any specific ability on the fly.

ChaosThief1 votes

Can we also have individual range indicators? I don't need to know how much range kha'zix Q has.

Cclose1 votes

Smart cast everything . Done

Morsigil1 votes

At the very least Varus's ult requires a wind up to get full damage, but a lot of other abilities, such as Eggnivia's wall and Rumble's rockets will get placed in some kind of default manner which does not necessarily line up with your prey. Smart casting everything would be nice, if it worked.

Saianna1 votes

Yes.. I beg of you... How many times have i wasted my bilities/ultimates cause of this.. (Rumble, Sion, Vik, Varus).. Sigh

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

Sounds good.

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