Guide To StarCraft Map-Making
Article by Araxas
Recompiled By BeDazed
A. Preface
This guide is not a tutorial on how to use the Editor to create maps, there's plenty of those already. Rather, it focuses on the concepts map-makers need to be aware of to create maps that have balance and preface. The emphasis here is on two and four player melee maps designed for competitive play.
B. Creating Balanced Maps
You don't have to have a map balance to every single strength or weakness of ev...
In UMS maps, the unit stats can be modified for different roles and balancing. Weak units like marines or zerglings can be made stronger as hero units with very fast movements.
In order to edit the unit stats, scroll down the Scenario menu at the top menu bar and click on Unit Settings. Toggle the check box that says "Enabled by Default" depending on whether you want the players with default settings to be able to create the unit. You can create exceptions to the default settings by choos...
Color is often a tricky and difficult aspect of starcraft mapping. Other than for text messages, unit names, and mission objectives after game starts, colors usually do not appear accurately and sometimes depend on certain conditions.
These colors on buildings and men appear in broken mix of bright and dark pixels.
Unit colors in minimap in Badlands/Jungle/Desert/Ice/Twilight (scx)
Cyan --> Black
Pale Yellow (2nd) --> dark red
Pale blue --> blinking shade
Pale green --> light grey...
It is possible to show pictures/diagrams both on the minimap and the game view.
To display a picture on the minimap, first go download SCPM Picture Mapper (http://sc.nibbits.com/assets/scpm-image-to-map-converter/).
Extract the program, run it, click 'Load Image' and select the picture you want to convert, check 'create uncompressed scenario,' select location where you want to produce the scm, and then 'Create Map.'
For best results, you may 1) crop and resize the image to 128 x 128 ...
There are several ways to make units invincible in Starcraft.
First, select units can be made invincible from the start of the game by editing the unit properties.
Second, invincibility can be toggled (disabled --> enabled ; enabled --> disabled) during the game through the 'set invincibility' trigger.
For example,
Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Bring("Current Player", "Terran Wraith", "009", At least, 1);
Deaths("Current Player", "Zerg Evolution Chamber", Exactly, ...
Maps are always the dynamic factor in Starcraft play. Players design strategies to take advantage of map features, giving them the edge against their opponent. Starcraft hasn't become old and boring because of the constant stream of new maps and strategies created from them. In this article we will compare and analyse Starcraft I map features and then talk about what will make a good Starcraft II map.
The Starcraft map Python is often seen as a standard map for competitive play. It's fair,...
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