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Re:Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinf... by smolder on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:09AM (#21408942)
New players (like when I first played) are likely to select individual larva before they do tutorials or learn the hotkeys, but you're right that high level players would almost never select one directly. Maybe after a hatchery has died and there are still larva remaining?
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Re:Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinf... by username90 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:17AM (#21409050)
No, it doesn't select the larvae by dragging, it just selects them instantly from the other side of the map. I'd guess it either has a hotkey for the hatcheries and press it and the larvae key instantly without it showing in the replay, or it has a cheat ability to instantly select larvae.
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Re:Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinf... by ionforce on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:17PM (#21410388)
Its API allows it to select units arbitrarily from anywhere (regardless of camera). Camera vision only controls the specificity of data it sees for on-screen units.
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Re:Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinf... by smolder on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:23AM (#21409120)
Oh, interesting. Thanks for clarifying.
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