How to Create a Massing Map in Starcraft

Starcraft is a futuristic world where players control either Humans, Protoss or Zerg and fight each other for dominance in a real-time strategy setting. The game allows Starcraft players to make their own custom maps ranging from scenario missions to short role-playing games. One popular type of map players create are massing maps.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Start up the Starcraft Campaign Editor. Go to "File" and click on "New" to make a fresh map. Then, select the dimension of the map you want.

2. Create locations by right-clicking on your mouse, selecting "Layer" and choosing "Locations" to place down player bases. You can name them anything you want.

3. Open the Triggers menu and delete all current triggers. Click the "Create New Trigger" option from the Triggers menu, then the player.

4. Choose "Kill Units" from the menu, then choose "Current Player kills at least zero of any unit" for the trigger. Then create another "Kill Units" trigger and specify a number for the "Current Player kills at most" trigger.

5. Click "Next," then make a "Create Units" trigger. Select which unit to continue spawning, then choose a location where you want this unit to spawn. Then click on "Preserve Trigger" to save it.

6. Repeat Steps 2 through 5 for the number of levels you want for your Starcraft massing map. Then, create a leader board to keep track of players' killing progress.

7. Save the massing map. Log online with Starcraft and upload the game online or through the company game server.

Resources

• Visit the Starcraft website.