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Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-01 18:39:03
July 01 2009 18:23 GMT
#1
Not sure if a small topic like this belongs in the almighty Strat forum but I put some effort into this and it might be interesting to know for some people (I don't believe it's common knowledge?). Also I searched a bunch of terms in both the forum and Liquipedia but couldn't find a topic on this subject.


After trying to hop a vulture over the outside mineral lines on outsider and failing thrice I decided to look into how to get vultures over the mineral line. I tried several methods and the one below worked 100% of the time.

The setup
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Step 1
Get the (1)vulture in place and hotkey it. Put it in the smallest niche in the line. You can get it close to the (3)key patch by right clicking it while having the vulture selected.

Step 2
Select your (2)SCV and have it mine from the (3)patch.

Step 3
Select your (1)vulture (hotkey) and right-click the (4)area behind the patch once, then right-click the (3)mineral patch once and then spam right-click the (4)area.

Hope this helps, cheers


I realise I haven't tried this with Dragoons as well but I'd reckon the same method would work.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-01 18:36:18
July 01 2009 18:36 GMT
#2
How does selecting a mineral patch and spamming right click help your Vulture get over?

EDIT: spelling
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Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
July 01 2009 18:39 GMT
#3
fixed, sorry about that

+ Show Spoiler +
thought it was obvious :V
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tracer
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)693 Posts
July 01 2009 18:40 GMT
#4
Sweet, just tried it, works like a charm. Cheers, mate!
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
July 01 2009 18:41 GMT
#5
Cute little guide although who didn't know this? ^o^ It's possible to do this with dragoons as well, almost any unit I would assume.
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
July 01 2009 18:47 GMT
#6
Liquipedia~! I suck so bad at glitching stuff over mineral lines !_! Only mannerpylon on 9LT vs depots can I do
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intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
July 01 2009 19:03 GMT
#7
On July 02 2009 03:41 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
Cute little guide although who didn't know this? ^o^ It's possible to do this with dragoons as well, almost any unit I would assume.

i think the main point of this thread is step 3. i don't think people know about right clicking the mineral patch with the unit itself.
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Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
July 01 2009 19:14 GMT
#8
It actually work if you just spam right click on the mineral patch as well from my experience.
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
July 01 2009 19:15 GMT
#9
so once upon a time i did this with lurkers on that harmony map or w/e

man did that work out well for me
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Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8552 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-01 19:23:31
July 01 2009 19:23 GMT
#10
What about mineral patches that don't have a
-X
X-X

pocket but something like
-XX
X--X
Jaedong
So no fek
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
July 01 2009 19:25 GMT
#11
On July 02 2009 04:15 Last Romantic wrote:
so once upon a time i did this with lurkers on that harmony map or w/e

man did that work out well for me



I vaguely remember watching that game (was a showmatch versus someone, I think -GosuGamers?).
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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
July 01 2009 19:26 GMT
#12
On July 02 2009 04:23 Avidkeystamper wrote:
What about mineral patches that don't have a
-X
X-X

pocket but something like
-XX
X--X


it's a little harder but you can still do it as long as there's a gap
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EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
July 01 2009 19:35 GMT
#13
LR I recall you got rocked by a Korean after doing that... still, it was exciting to be like oh my god, is he really...?

Thanks for the guide, Pholon. I'm assuming it should work similarly with goons, because now I'll have to bug those buggers across in order to defend against these shenanigans.
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
July 01 2009 19:41 GMT
#14
Really? You click the patch itself? I never knew that.
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Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
July 01 2009 19:44 GMT
#15
On July 02 2009 04:41 Chill wrote:
Really? You click the patch itself? I never knew that.


Are you being ironic?
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vlaric
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States412 Posts
July 01 2009 19:59 GMT
#16
I always right clicked the area across and hoped for the best. Thanks for this!
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Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
July 01 2009 20:00 GMT
#17
On July 02 2009 04:59 vlaric wrote:
I always right clicked the area across and hoped for the best. Thanks for this!


That will never work
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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
July 01 2009 20:02 GMT
#18
The 'working out well' for me bit was facetious.

But it's a fun mechanic nevertheless :D
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Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
July 01 2009 20:07 GMT
#19
On July 02 2009 04:41 Chill wrote:
Really? You click the patch itself? I never knew that.


Yeah, you can spam click the patch too, if you're lucky it'll go over, but the click once click past hasn't failed me yet.
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
July 01 2009 20:15 GMT
#20
I've always just spammed past, never done past, patch, past.
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