Ok so i know this works because ive seen it in a cat and mouse map, and i remember seeing something about putting a whole shit load of scarabs for p12 in top left before u start map or something, and i remember wen i looked at the cat and mouse map there was scarabs in top left, now i would like to know if this really works or if it has been patched or what. If it does still exist could someone tell me how to do it, thanks in advance
~lilneo

http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=ce64c37607;wiki=146

don't know if x8 speed was ever possible but x4 and x2 existed for sure.
For the current patch there's only one speed increase known: x2
Kenoli linked you to the method.
Ahlis Tutorial on SEN tells you more about possible side effects.
Atm the wiki seems down. You may try again later.

You say there was more than one scarab at the top? Has anyone else tried placing more than one?

I don't think that would work.
I have tried it in old versions, though.

You can cheat like I do. Though it requires external programs and such.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=apgud_giHz0

i tested it and placed like 50 scarabs for p2 and gave myself a bunch of units that i knew their speed and it didnt seem to change, so i came here

It has to be for player 15, not player 2.

EDIT: WTF farty!? Did you make that map? How did you change the unit speed like that if you did make it?

Yes, I did make it. And I used deep magic.

stickynote wantses...
*whispering* deep magic...

Deep modding more like... Farty, did you miss the massive "Map Making" next to the UMS before you entered this forum

1. this is a bit off topic, but i really want deep magic too that looks really cool
and 2. i meant to say i gave the scarabs to p12 not p2 XD

p12 won't work. You have to give them to p14.

it said p15 in tutorial, and thats what worked for me...

Yeah sorry p15. It was p14 for older patches...

I wonder if EUD actions were able to increase speed in game.

No. I call a function. EUDs can only write data.
... Hmm. Maybe if we figured out how the units increase the speed...

It's probably a buffer overflow. Some hours ago I had the same idea, and since it is still the same unit but now it has to be placed for p15 instead of p14 I thought that maybe blizzard codders added some variable inbetween.
The owned unit counters are probably not overflowing because the the counter address is computed by the formula player + unit*12.
Also the units placed before the scarab get frozen...

Yes, but there is no actual value that if you modify it the speed changes. I looked for one, and ended up looking for a function so I could make SetGameSpeed.

Each sprite might have its own timer. That might explain why some units freeze.

That is based on unit order, though.