SC2Mapster

I know. . . No one ever put up a tutorial because I realized how easy it was. So, this is just a tutorial for one player.

1.Make a Trigger "Sound - Play Transmission Cue

2. Make a Trigger "Player - Modify Player [x] Minerals: Add [x]

3. Make a Trigger "General - Wait [x] [Real Time] Seconds

4. Lastly, make a Trigger "Trigger - Run (Trigger Name) [Check Conditions; Don't Wait until it finishes]

I put a Transmission Cue in there for sound effect. . . Cheesy I know. . .

Hope this helps.

A more efficient way of doing this is just making a Periodic Event (Events -> Timer -> Periodic Event) and have the Actions modify the minerals.

There really is no difference. . . It's just about the same, plus I think this is easier for newbies to understand.

That's great for static income, but for many types of maps people need a growing income for which you need some other way and much more complicated triggers to have work.

A more efficient and flexible trigger would be something like (this assumes 10 player maximum):

   Events
        Timer - Every 60.0 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        General - Pick each integer from 1 to 10, and do (Actions)
            Actions
                Sound - Play transmission cue sound for (Active Players) (and wait)
                Player - Modify player (Picked integer) Minerals: Add MineralIncome[(Picked integer)]
                Player - Modify player (Picked integer) Minerals: Add VespeneIncome[(Picked integer)]

Where MineralIncome and VespeneIncome are set by other triggers. For example:

    Events
        Timer - Every 0.0 seconds of Real Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        General - Pick each integer from 1 to 10, and do (Actions)
            Actions
                Variable - Set MineralIncome[(Picked integer)] = ((Returns the number of units of type Supply Depot owned by player (Picked integer) that have been seen by the specified player (Picked integer).) * 25)
                Variable - Set VespeneIncome[(Picked integer)] = ((Returns the number of units of type Supply Depot owned by player (Picked integer) that have been seen by the specified player (Picked integer).) * 10)

If you did this exactly though, you would want to have some starting supply depots.

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That's great for static income, but for many types of maps people need a growing income for which you need some other way and much more complicated triggers to have work.

Well, that I just use a series of Triggers like I create a integer with like 10, then make it so once it's run 10 times. Run this Trigger. The New Trigger is the new Income. I haven't implemented it yet into my Map but I will soon. Once it's done, I'll post a pic of what it looks like.

how would you go about making an income based on how much supply you use, like if you have 0/100 supply used you get 300 minerals every minutes, but if you have 50/100 used its 200 minerals, 51/100 would be 198 minerals, and so on