EPTOn April 03 2010 16:46 randombum wrote:
I'm not 100% sure, but for terran you can actually improve mining efficiency by controlling your workers early on.
If they are mining from a close mineral patch, but there's a further one behind it so the patch looks like
------M(1)
M(2)---------------CC
------M(3)
Then click on M2 after your scv has dropped off minerals, and when it reaches M1 tell it to actually mine M1. This prevents scv deceleration that it would do on its own. You can also do this with M3. This will save you maybe 1/4 of a second each time, but it doesn't hurt in the super early game. I'm surprised I don't see any pros ever do this.
Edit: how come spaces don't show up for me?
I'm not 100% sure, but for terran you can actually improve mining efficiency by controlling your workers early on.
If they are mining from a close mineral patch, but there's a further one behind it so the patch looks like
------M(1)
M(2)---------------CC
------M(3)
Then click on M2 after your scv has dropped off minerals, and when it reaches M1 tell it to actually mine M1. This prevents scv deceleration that it would do on its own. You can also do this with M3. This will save you maybe 1/4 of a second each time, but it doesn't hurt in the super early game. I'm surprised I don't see any pros ever do this.
Edit: how come spaces don't show up for me?
This actually helps getting your pylon/supply a lil bit faster, so that you get them in time so theres no stop in probe/scv production. I try and do it when I remember.
