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On November 17 2005 12:42 Chill wrote:
When a Creep Colony turns into a Sunken Colony doesn't it get 3/4's of its life, not -100?

Shield batteries can be used in a fashion recharge-patrol or recharge-hold (using right click and “p” or “h”) repeatedly, this way your units will be fighting all the time and recharging only 20 or 30 hp every right click. Like a variant of the dragoon dance.

- Hotkeys persists inside shuttles, of course you won’t be able to select the unit loaded but as soon as it is unloaded you can use it, don’t worry selecting too early and lose the hotkey it will work when unit appear. Really good for reavers or templars drops.

On November 17 2005 17:18 Gatsu wrote:
I ll share one of my little discovery of BW with you.

Every group of units have a specific square of an X length. Depending of the units, the square is big, sometimes it s small. Vultures and Templars have a small one. So if u process with a normal order like "Storm" or "Mine" they ll stay in formation ONLY if ALL the units of your group are in this little square.

It s exactly the same behavior for all units in BW. I had forgot how it works if u have a group of mixed units but it has a link with the upper rulez. ( i had stop BW )

For me the best way to mines was to put 3 or 4 vultures in this famous square and give the order. I was not a protoss player but u can do the same with 4 templars if they are in this famous square. (try it ) Same with dropships, etc. etc. etc.

Enjoy


ps: the best way to know if a group of units is not outside this famous square is to give a move order. if the units stay in formation, it s ok. If not, your square is too big. Units just need to be inside and you can make any type of formations u wish, square, triangle, etc. etc. but the units must be in the square.

ps2: i have never found any reference of this trick anywhere.

On November 17 2005 17:18 Gatsu wrote:
I ll share one of my little discovery of BW with you.

Every group of units have a specific square of an X length. Depending of the units, the square is big, sometimes it s small. Vultures and Templars have a small one. So if u process with a normal order like "Storm" or "Mine" they ll stay in formation ONLY if ALL the units of your group are in this little square.

It s exactly the same behavior for all units in BW. I had forgot how it works if u have a group of mixed units but it has a link with the upper rulez. ( i had stop BW )

For me the best way to mines was to put 3 or 4 vultures in this famous square and give the order. I was not a protoss player but u can do the same with 4 templars if they are in this famous square. (try it ) Same with dropships, etc. etc. etc.

Enjoy


ps: the best way to know if a group of units is not outside this famous square is to give a move order. if the units stay in formation, it s ok. If not, your square is too big. Units just need to be inside and you can make any type of formations u wish, square, triangle, etc. etc. but the units must be in the square.

ps2: i have never found any reference of this trick anywhere.

On November 17 2005 00:02 exalted wrote:
beautiful post

On November 17 2005 12:20 Alan Schezar wrote:


yeah for regrouping it should work (usually works at the third-fourth time you click)
but the solution for storming insterests me more .. (i assume it is different ^_^)

On November 17 2005 20:02 Purind wrote:


I'm 95% sure it's -100 life.

On November 18 2005 00:04 skyglow1 wrote:
I'm looking into it to see whats the size of the square for certain units. I'll post some stuff when I'm done.

skyglow1