

Change the value from Supply Depot to Deadly Supply Depot.ġ1) Lastly select the Art tab. At the very top of the options you'll see the Unit Name field under Token. This will allow us to view the Deadly Supply Depot and actually place it on the map.ĩ) Select Data Type: Models, then find the Supply Depot, duplicate, and rename as before.ġ0) Most importantly we need to associate this actor with our Deadly Supply Depot. Now we must create an actor for Deadly Supply Depot. I'll explain this after we set up the actor. You can leave Turret set to (None) for now. Create a new weapon and set the weapon value to Phase Cannon - Photon Cannon. Now set the following:Ħ) We'll also need to set a weapon for our Deadly Supply Depot. Add a new command to the top left corner of the command card and set it to use the attack button. On the Ability page create a new ability, then set it to attack.ĥ) Now the Supply Depot has the Attack ability, but it doesn't have the attack command available. Hit the Suggest button to set the ID, then click OK.Ĥ) We need to give our Supply Depot the ability to attack. Double click it and change the name to Deadly Supply Depot. Click OK.ģ) A Supply Depot Copy unit has been created. We'll end up duplicating a few things ourselves later, but leaving the boxes unchecked prevents the creation of a lot of unneeded junk. This will tell our Deadly Supply Depot to share all of these "things" with the existing supply depot. Leave Supply Depot checked and don't check anything else. Pick any one, they are the same.Ģ) Right click the Supply Depot and click Duplicate Unit.

You might see several Supply Depot Units with different Sources. To get started create a new custom map and fire up the Data Editor.ġ) Select Data Type: Units and find the Supply Depot unit. This requires editing 2-3 different data types for the Supply Depot: the Unit, the Actor,and possibly the Weapon.

In this example we will create a Deadly Supply Depot: a Supply Depot with a Photon Cannon attack.
#Starcraft 2 map editor tutorial how to
This tutorial shows how to create an attacking building in the Starcraft 2 Galaxy Editor.
