The FAQ section is rich with helpful information, but I could not find a solution to my problem there even though it claims there is a work-around for my problem using an EXP system. I read about how in creation of a mineral reward system, "there is no way to modify the number of kills a player has, only deaths. This often becomes a problem when trying to create a money/experience system for a map."

This is completely accurate, as I have found that without a way to track each individual player's kills, I cannot get a proper mineral reward system working. This is where I need help. Even with an EXP system, I don't see how I could get individual players rewards for their own kills, as they would still be awarded EXP when the computer player achieves kills.

So here is one great example of the MANY similar triggers I'm currently using (for mineral reward for kills of each individual unit type) and the thorough description of my problem:

There are 8 players in my map and an additional 12th neutral.
Force 1: Specialists
Players 1, 2, 3
Force 2: Zerg/Terran Dominion Threat
Players 5, 6, 7
Force 3: Protoss
Player 8
Force 4: Humanity
Player 4

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

Trigger("Player 1","Player 2","Player 3"){
Conditions:
Kill("Current Player", "Zerg Hydralisk", At least, 1);
Deaths("Zerg/Terran Dominion Threat", "Zerg Hydralisk", At least, 1);

Actions:
Set Resources("Current Player", Add, 1, ore);
Display Text Message(Don't Always Display, "\x0041 mins earned.\x004");
Set Deaths("Zerg/Terran Dominion Threat", "Zerg Hydralisk", Set To, 0);
Set Score("Current Player", Set To, 0, Kills);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//


Problem: The diagnosis I observe for my problem is as follows: The human players 1 through 3 successfully acquire 1 mineral for each hydralisk they kill. However, because the conditions track only whether the player has at least 1 kill, even when a 4th player, a computer player, gets kills, the players 1 through 3 get the reward for player 4's kills, when I want them to get rewards only when they killed the hydralisk themselves, NEVER when the computer players gets kills.

Solution: So my question is, what exactly is a good workaround for this, how can I make sure that minerals are awarded to players for their own kills and never when computer allies also get kills?

I will send more information as needed. See attached map, for testing. My apologies if there is already an answer out there for this problem. I did not find any solutions after a good search.

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The Kills to Cash Wiki page talks about various ways to go about this.

I think nowadays you could even reset the player's kill counter with EUDs. EUD Editor 2 has a tab under trigger actions for EUDs, and one of the available actions there is called "SetKills", which would do what you want. Basically your trigger would look like:



Obviously if you're not used to using EUD Editor (or writing EUDs in general), this may seem like a huge hassle. Unfortunately, outside of this or the methods mentioned in the wiki article, there isn't really an elegant way to do kills to cash.

That worked!!! I used EUD Editor to make all the triggers for the mineral award system in my map, using exactly the conditions and actions in your example. The only problem remaining is that the project in EUD Editor won't compile when I add a "display text" action to tell the player their kill resulted in a reward.

Why not just use kill score to avoid all that hassle? While you can't modify kill count, you can easily modify score, and it's basically the same thing if you're familiar with the kill scores for all the units. Heck, with EUDs, you can even set kill scores for any unit to specific amounts to customize the system.

You could be right UV, but I didn't want to go by kill scores just because I don't know if that's always accurate enough.
Take this unit kill score table I found. If I had, for example, killed two zerglings (50 each) and a hydralisk (350) in a short time span, how would that be distinguished from a defiler (450)? So if I had a trigger to give a reward for a player that achieves a kill score of 450, would the triggers give the mineral reward based on the units that were actually killed, or that of a defiler?

If I'm wrong to be so careful, can you give me a breakdown of how things actually work and describe in detail a mineral reward system that uses unit kill scores to attribute rewards to players instead of EUDs? Thank you for the idea btw, it's worth investigating, even while EUD editor was able to achieve the same end goal.


UNIT KILL SCORES
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When playing certain SCUMS (StarCraft Use Map Settings) games, you will notice that there is a leaderboard on the top left corner displaying how much points you get for killing certain units. Here is the reference to how much each unit is really worth.

NOTE: The listing is in no particular order. Sorry for any inconvenience.

TERRAN
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Units:
Marine - 100
Ghost - 350
Vulture - 150
Goliath - 400
Siege Tank - 700
SCV - 100
Firebat - 200
Medic - 250
Wraith - 800
Science Vessel - 1250
Dropship - 600
Battlecruiser - 2400
Valkyrie - 800
Gui Montag (Firebat) - 400
Civilian - 10
Sarah Kerrigan (Ghost) - 700
Alan Schezar (Goliath) - 800
Jim Raynor (Vulture) - 300
Jim Raynor (Marine) - 200
Tom Kazansky (Wraith) - 1600
Magellan (Science Vessel) - 2500
Edmund Duke (Siege Tank) - 1400
Arcturus Mengsk (Battlecruiser) - 4800
Hyperion (Battlecruiser) - 4800
Norad II (Battlecruiser) - 4800
Samir Duran (Ghost) - 700
Alexei Stukov (Ghost) - 700
Gerard DuGalle (Battlecruiser) - 4800

Special:
Vulture Spider Mine - 25

Buildings:
Command Center - 1200
Supply Depot - 150
Refinery - 150
Barracks - 225
Academy - 300
Factory - 600
Starport - 600
Science Facility - 825
Engineering Bay - 195
Armory - 300
Missile Turret - 150
Bunker - 150

Add-ons:
Comsat Station - 225
Nuclear Silo - 225
Control Tower - 300
Covert Ops - 225
Physics Lab - 225
Machine Shop - 225

Special Buildings:
Norad II (Crashed Battlecruiser) - 5000
Ion Cannon - 5000
Psi Disruptor - 3600
Power Generator - 600

Independent:
Independent Starport - 10

ZERG
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Units:
Zergling - 50
Hydralisk - 350
Ultralisk - 1300
Broodling - 25
Drone - 100
Defiler - 450
Infested Terran - 400
Lurker - 500
Overlord - 200
Mutalisk - 600
Guardian - 1100
Queen - 800
Scourge - 200
Devourer - 1100
Torrasque (Ultralisk) - 2600
Matriarch (Queen) - 1600
Infested Kerrigan (Infested Terran) - 4000
Unclean One (Defiler) - 900
Hunter Killer (Hydralisk) - 500
Devouring One (Zergling) - 100
Kukulza (Mutalisk) - 1200
Kukulza (Guardian) - 2200
Yggdrasill (Overlord) - 400
Infested Duran - 700

Special Units:
Larva - 10
Egg - 25
Cocoon - 10

Buildings:
Infested Command Center - 900
Hatchery - 900
Lair - 1200
Hive - 1500
Nydus Canal - 225
Hydralisk Den - 300
Defiler Mound - 450
Greater Spire - 1350
Queen's Nest - 525
Evolution Chamber - 120
Ultralisk Cavern - 825
Spire - 750
Spawning Pool - 225
Creep Colony - 120
Spore Colony - 195
Sunken Colony - 240
Extractor - 75

Special Buildings:
Overmind (With Shell) - 10000
Overmind - 10000
Mature Crysalis - 5000
Cerebrate - 2500
Cerebrate Daggoth - 2500
Overmind Cocoon - 4000

PROTOSS
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Units:
Dark Templar - 650
Dark Archon - 1300
Probe - 100
Zealot - 200
Dragoon - 500
High Templar - 700
Archon - 1400
Reaver - 800
Corsair - 700
Shuttle - 400
Scout - 1300
Arbiter - 2050
Carrier - 1900
Observer - 450
Dark Templar (Hero) - 400
Zeratul (Dark Templar) - 800
Tassadar/Zeratul (Archon) - 2800
Fenix (Zealot) - 400
Fenix (Dragoon) - 1000
Tassadar (Templar) - 1400
Mojo (Scout) - 2600
Warbringer (Reaver) - 1600
Gantrithor (Carrier) - 3800
Danimoth (Arbiter) - 4100
Aldaris (Templar) - 1400
Artanis (Scout) - 2400
Raszagal (Dark Templar) - 1300

Buildings:
Nexus - 1200
Robotics Facility - 900
Pylon - 150
Assimilator - 150
Observatory - 525
Gateway - 225
Photon Cannon - 300
Citadel of Adun - 600
Cybernetics Core - 300
Templar Archives - 750
Forge - 300
Stargate - 900
Fleet Beacon - 1050
Arbiter Tribunal - 1350
Robotics Support Bay - 375
Shield Battery - 150

Special Buildings:
Stasis Cell/Prison - 5000
Protoss Temple - 5000
Xel'Naga Temple - 5000
Warp Gate - 2000

NEUTRAL UNITS
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Critters:
Rhynadon (Badlands) - 10
Bengalaas (Jungle) - 10
Scantid (Desert) - 10
Kakaru (Twilight) - 10
Ragnasaur (Ash World) - 10
Ursadon (Ice World) - 10

Source and Credit: Unknown (various authors)

There's only a few combinations where you can't tell what unit was killed. Basically you accept that inaccuracy for simpler triggers. It's splash damage that really messes up that system though. If you combine it with checking deaths it becomes a lot more accurate but also setting up the cross player triggers is pretty tricky.

Anyways, that's broad stroking it. Refer to Roys link to pick the system that suits you best.

I haven't used strings in EUD Editor 2, but maybe there's a problem with them. You could split up your trigger into two triggers: one you make in your editor of choice with the display message, and the other with the EUD subtraction. Like so:





Make sure the message trigger comes before the EUD trigger in the trigger list to have it properly display.

I found that I was making a simple mistake in EUD editor that was preventing the project from compiling. You just have to be careful to select an option such as "always" every single time a display text trigger is used. If in any instance, you fail to specify, "always" or "once" or "empty," then the program will refuse to compile the project, presumably because the trigger is incomplete without making such a specification.

Anyway, I was able to do everything I needed to do using the EUD editor. Thanks again, for your help!