Tutorials

Tutorials

Below is a listing of tutorials for every section of the editor. All data tutorials can be found under the "data" section near the bottom. For your benefit, video tutorials have been marked with a yellow camera icon (), and written tutorials have been marked with a green text icon () (See Legend below). If you find a tutorial that is outdated and no longer useful, please let us know. If you want to add a tutorial, be sure you include the appropriate icon as well as the name of the author who originally wrote the tutorial. These people put a lot of work into making this content, so let's give them credit for it.

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For Beginners Step by step introduction to various parts of the SC2Editor (Recommended starting point) Understanding the Editor by Onetwo Intro to Galaxy Editor - Triggers by zeldarules28 Intro to Galaxy Editor - Terrain by zeldarules28 Beginner Tutorial by brcosm Creating a Button by MLWhiteley Lobby/Game modes by ubdead General Tips and Tricks by Bifuu Simple Tower Defense Tutorial by Onetwo Keeping your code clean and organized by DarlD Debug Cheats Beginner's guide to Triggers, Variables, Arrays, Constants, and Creating custom functions by NeoDeathXp

Terrain Basic Terrain and Pathing by ZeroAme Intro to Galaxy Editor - Terrain by zeldarules28 Creating Custom Molded Cliffs, Ramps and Multi-Level Water by Redfox777 How to do a basic map by Terhonator Mineral Editing - Fast Map Style by PatchOne Prettying up Terrain by Onetwo Snow Tileset and Weather by Onetwo Terraining for Dummies 1.0 by Mozared Smoothness: optimizing performance through terrain by Mozared Tile Sets and Water States by Beider Understanding Ground Texture Mixture by lala_future Water & Magma by ZeroAme Make Rain With Triggers by zeldarules28 Making a Melee Map from Scratch by TycoonRoller Patch 3.5.0 Transform Manipulators by Fishy Importing your own textures by Alcoholix Practices in Art and Performace by Blizzard Mastering Mapmaking: Part Two by Blizzard		Triggers In-depth beginner's guide by NeoDeathXp Basic Triggers by Beider (No visual) Creating Difficulty Levels By Imposter Emulating Melee Victory/Defeat Conditions By Imposter Simple Tug of War Tutorial By DarlD Keeping your code clean and organized by DarlD Beginner - Creating a Timer by ScorpSCII Advanced Unit Spawner (For TDs etc..) by Beider Getting Started with User Types by zeldarules28 Intro to Galaxy Editor - Triggers by zeldarules28 Basic Triggers using Scripts by Fishy Arrays & Loops by Onetwo Create a Simple chatbox by Mille25 Banks by Fishy Banks by Beider Basic Bank Saving by Onetwo Securing Banks by zeldarules28 Basic Functions, Action & Condition Definitions by Quickshot14 Cat 'N Mouse. Lets rescue some mice by limezor Cinematics and Campaign by Beider Converting Speed #'s from War3 to SC2 by RodOfNOD Computer Creating Units by Beider Creating a Codec System with Dialogs by Pshyched Custom Weapons (Triggers) by Beider Dynamic Tower Sell by Shakeslol (No visual) Healing Aura - Fountain of Health by Clord (No visual) How to add damage through a Trigger by XDretsamtovip How to Uberlisk by Hati Implementing a Physics Engine by LosTacos Income System by WraithChaser Water that raises and lowers by LagKillsMaps Leaderboards by Onetwo Leaderboards by Fishy Help Menu and Tips by Fishy Objectives by Onetwo Presets/Custom-Script Presets & Multi-Diminsional Arrays by Quickshot14 Presets and Records by Beider Simple Leap function by SCMapper Thrusters by Beider Trigger Debugging by Beider (Not tuto - Library) Simple WASD Movement by rrowland WASD Movement, The S key and you by deliverancelost (Complex) How to Change a Library ID by Mille25 How to update libraries by Doubotis Creating a Button by MLWhiteley Spawn unit and attack a point MLWhiteley Utilizing the power of functions with GUI by SCMapper Willu's Guide to the Trigger Editor (W.I.P.) by Willuwontu		UI 3rd Person RPG by Onetwo SC2Layout Files: Override Method by Helral Custom Dialog Technique by ScorpSCII Making better dialogs (Intermediate) by greythepirate Basic UI Tutorial by Beider Basic UI / Dialogs by Fishy Boss Bars by Volsky Button Images by BasicGear Dialog for Race & Class Selection by Voxglhf Hero Selector by Onetwo How to change resource icon by h34dl4g How to not use GUI by ACB1 How to create dialogs and edit Blizzard UI by XGDragon Really Great Looking Dialogs - by jaminv Really Great Looking Dialogs part 2 - by jaminv Really Great Looking Dialogs part 3 - by jaminv RPG Interface Tips by Aenigma Scrolling Listbox by Beider How to alter runtime created UI elements by Helral Customizing Game UI through the editor by Tenarsis Fixing the Inventory Buttons by Willuwontu (talk) Introduction to the UI editor (WIP) by Willuwontu (talk) Basic Introduction to Layouts by The Skunk
Art & Cutscenes Icon Tutorial by Th3LaughingMan Attaching Weapons to imported Wow Characters by HellFire Diablo III Models to Starcraft II by xcorbo Modeling by TaylorMouse Converting Regular Normal Maps to Starcraft II (orange shading) by xcorbo Converting EVE Online Models by Th3LaughingMan Importing Custom Models and Using Them by Bifuu Import WoW Models/Textures by o310362 Wow to SC2 in 30 seconds! NO 3dmax! by Molsterr Import your own textures by Alcoholix StarMovie: Play a video inside map by progammer Changing a Unit model/skin/texture by Fishy 3rd person movement by Kylegar Camera, Lighting, and Cinematics by Onetwo Diablo Cam & Movement by Onetwo How to make cinematic scene in a map by progammer Ingame Cinematic by Onetwo Target with Mouselook Tracelines by rrowland Voting, Creep Trails, & Camera by Onetwo WoW Camera & Controls by Onetwo Making a buff visual in Art Tools by Zolden Create and Add animations to Existing models by println Talking Portrait Animations by Gradius12 Creating normal/specular maps from diffuse map and applying them to the model by Zolden Animating with Blender (Basic) by Willjay84		By Blizzard Terrain Triggers Data Actor Cheats Missile Movers Publishing Practices in Art and Performace Mastering Mapmaking: Part Two		Miscellaneous Game Variants and Attributes by Fishy Making/Converting Mods by Fishy Extension Mods by Fishy Passive periodic resources & Floating Text by Quickshot14 Text Styles by s3rius Button Tooltip Referenceing by Onetwo CatalogFieldValue by Sholdak Guide to Galaxy by AzothHyjal Lighting by obliviron Lobby/Game modes by ubdead Lightning Day & Light Data System by Bifuu Automatically Train Units (Also contains a Trigger only version) by Helral Automatically Train Units (Also contains a Data only version) by Customstarcraft How to Import Files by Fishy Custom Alerts by Quickshot14 Creating Objectives & Transmissions by WraithChaser Multithreading and AI by Thalassicus Team Force Building by Aizuu Zergling Attack AI by Onetwo Realtime Mouse Tracking System by progammer New Diablo Controls by onetwo Object Groups (Beginner) by Mienk Battle.net Tutorial Forums

Data

Units Basic Unit Setup by ZeroAme Creating your first unit by Bifuu Creating your first Unit - first missile __from scratch__ by Hajika Converting a Doodad to a Unit / Creating a New Unit by Fishy Customized Projectiles by ProzaicMuze How to use attack0ld animation on marauder by Bibendus Making Larva morph into new Zerg units by varkarrus Unit/Structure Morphing by happy04 Morphing Units by TerranMaster2 Mount Vehicle System by ravenkaizer Specialized Weapons by ProzaicMuze Strafing - Preventin Units to Turn by Hati (broken pics) Tank Driver - Simple attach unit by MrZ3r0 Unit Balance Formulas by Antimatterthunder Upgrading a Unit into another Unit by ZeroAme Units w/ Actors By Taintedwisp Show the Combat Shield by admielke Lagless WASD with Data Editor by progammer 2D unit inside 3D terrain by rrowland Data Editor Fields Listing by Ardnived Duplicating a Photon Cannon by Onetwo Flame Wave Weapon by Onetwo Four Mini Tutorials by Beider How to have a Custom LoadingScreen by Morbent92 Range Indicator and Spell Effects by Beider Removing Requirements by WraithChaser Shotgun Weapon by Onetwo Duplicating Units for Alternate Models Patch 3.0 by SolidSC SCV Builds Auto Turret - Custom Strutures by Imposter Limit number of units by unit type (Like the Mothership) by Wonder Rem		Abilities & Effects AOE Freeze weapon By Taintedwisp Aura Abilities by Bifuu Creating a new ability from scratch by RileyStarcraft Critical Strike by Onetwo Dynamic Beam Chains w/o Missiles by ProzaicMuze Missile Abilities by Fishy Energy Absolution by iE4TM4PS Force Effects by ProzaicMuze Frostbolt Spell by Onetwo Healing Fountain by Onetwo Basics of Requirements by Fishy Introduction to Ability Creation by LaVacaMorada Hit Variance System by PsypherLocke Levelable Passive Hero Abilities by Suterusu1337 Multi-Phase Spells by ProzaicMuze Unit Ability Ordering Another Unit To Attack Target by Quickshot14 Working With Beams by ProzaicMuze Multiple Beam Weapons by Fishy Trigger-Free Leap Ability by WildPickles Z Offset projectiles, "It's raining cows" by Ultimaswc3 Diablo Fireball Spell by onetwo Buildings that trade one resource for another by Imposter Creating a Blaster Missile with Physics Impact by WilliamJay2		Behaviors Simple Behaviors by Ultimaswc3 Gain Energy While Attacking by Prancer How to create an invisibility behavior by SCMapper Panic and Berserk Unit States by ProzaicMuze Protoss powered buildings without pylon + zerg builds off creep no damage by ginotyrant Time of Day dependent buffs by Prancer Slow Motion Trails by Onetwo Capturing Units On Death by MaskedImposter
Actors Add Effect to your units attacks by MrZ3r0 Adding SFX to Abilities by Grogian Changing Object Size by WraithChaser Dancing by MrZ3r0 How to burn down trees by s3rius Live/OTF Terrain Deformation by Hati Beginner's Actor Tutorial by Fishy Random Actors by Ultimaswc3 Unit Range Indicators by Snappybean Working with Actors by ProzaicMuze Working with Attachments by ProzaicMuze Working with Hosting and Site Operations - The Uberlisk, Axis Alignment and More! by ProzaicMuze Siege Bunker - SC2 Editor Attachment Lazy Tutorial by Imposter Space Door - Doodad Animation Tutorial by Imposter Referencing Actors by WilliamJay2		Heroes 3rd Person RPG by Onetwo Basic Hero Creation by Steel Complete Hero Tutorial by Bifuu How to make a Hero by Alevice Level and XP by supmeow Leveling & Abilities by Onetwo Leveling your Heroes with Attribute increase by phuckQ NEW Complete Hero by Onetwo New Hero Revival by Onetwo Reviving Heroes by Phaos Warcraft III Experience Sharing System by LonZealot Warcraft III Hero Ability Emulation by Bifuu Warcraft III Hero Ability Training by Prancer Blizzard Style Hero Icons by Imposter		Items Inventory System in 8 Points by ?.??.?? Inventory, items, powerups and more - Part 1 by HPX Items & Loot by Onetwo Recipe/Combining System by TheFreak Preserving Items on Death by BrotherLaz
Upgrades Basic Upgrades by Fishy Accumulative & Multiple Upgrade with Queue by iraiku Marine Protoss Shield Upgrades by Prancer		Misc Data Custom MiniMap Icons By ThunderLord Kinetics by Fishy Kinetics by Fishy Finding Stuff in the Data Editor by Imposter Textures TextureSelectByID - Actor Events+ by BorgDragon How To Modify Skyboxes by DrSuperEvil Buildings Advanced Tower Defense Tutorial by Onetwo Bridges - A Terrain Objects and Footprints Guide by Sholdak Hollowed building - Footprint exploration by eviltikiman Making bunker available for other units by MrZ3r0 Simple TD Tutorial - 8 Parts by sc2galaxyeditor.com Simple Tower Defense Tutorial by Onetwo Warcraft III Shop Emulation by Bifuu Working with Turrets by ProzaicMuze		AI Editor AI Editor - Attack Waves by Imposter AI Editor/Triggers - Basic AI Waves by Fishy

Find even more tutorials at the Tutorials Forum.

General Editor Tutorials

Changing the Editor's Region by Sixen
[File Reading Extract Data from downloaded maps!] by gerSlikey
Fix Localization by Hati
Getting official maps by vjeux
(permission required)How to play online by limezor
Mac - Launch Custom Game by MotiveMe
Map Publishing by Onetwo
Map Publishing (Release Editor) by Onetwo
Beginner Tutorial by brcosm
Complete guide to the Lobby and Game modes by uBdead
Guide to Galaxy - Parts 1 and 2 by AzothHyjal
Loooong Tutorial ... (2.5 hours) by StarcraftScientist
Understanding the Editor by Onetwo
Cinematics Editor Tutorial by Blizzard
Simple Frenzy Map by Onetwo
Simple Zombie Escort by Onetwo
TD Explanation/Tutorial by Onetwo
Tips & Tricks by Bifuu
Video Tutorials by Beider
Zerg Invasion by Onetwo

Wiki overviews

Overviews & tutorials written directly in the wiki.
SC2 Editor API
Terrain Types
User Interface
Community Activities
Artificial Intelligence
Common Error Messages
Simplified Heatmaps using Excel
Debug Cheats

TowerDefense Guide

Inside is a Tutorial driven Guide that is focused purely on Making Tower Defense Maps.