The split

[aak]

I can do a split fine whenever the minerals are not below my CCs, but I can't move my mouse fast enough to split when they are.

Here is what I do, each game (maybe I am doing something else wrong? :( )...

Select CC, hit S, select all SCVs, harvest nearest mineral patch, select front SCV, tell it to go over 2 patches to either side from the clostest one, select the new front SCV, tell it to go in between the closest patch and the first SCV, do the same (but opposite side) for the last 2, set rally to a close unused patch.

Can someone tell me how I should do a split at, let's say, LT 6? Should I click on a farther patch?? Or am I just to slow...

[Jorix]

i generally clone them with shift+click, but apparently most people dont do it that way...so i dont know

[Cpt.Chronic]

I select all four to a patch, then 2 and tell them to go to a different patch, then select 1 of the ones I didn't select with the first 2, then select 1 of the first 2...uhh, yeah, hope that makes sense. I do that so that they are not on top of each other and are easier to select.

[Battlecruiser]

I select all four to a patch, then 2 and tell them to go to a different patch, then select 1 of the ones I didn't select with the first 2, then select 1 of the first 2...uhh, yeah, hope that makes sense. I do that so that they are not on top of each other and are easier to select.
Cool, I do it that exact same way too. It ussually works, but sometimes I mess up.

[Hayley]

Most people clone their workers, it requires much less speed than moving them then selecting them individually to different patches.

[Cpt.Chronic]

I think it takes the same amount of speed...I mean, you have the same number of clicks in each process, although you have to move your mouse a greater distance when you clone. I think cloning does take less precision though, but that's why I select two after my inititial selection of 4--so that they are spread out and ez to individually select on the next two clicks.

[stev2711]

Well, I prefer to select them all click the nearest mineral patch and they will kinda make a line while moving towards the minerals right ? So instead of aak who order the front scv to mine other patch, I click on the 2nd, click another mineral patch, click on the 3rd, click on another patch, and the last scv will automatically look for an empty patch. I think that the fastest I can get. Any other way anyone ?

[Spdstr]

I send em all to one patch, they usually split into 2 automatically, then send each one to in individual patch... I hope that made sense...

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[Sambo83]

I split similar to what a lot of people have said in this thread. At LT 6, I clone them though because of the short distance, and the fact that since the minerals are at the bottom of your screen, you don't have to move the mouse very far as you do it.

[rpf289]

another thing u can do is send them in groups of two to separate patches, then select one worker from each group of 2 and redirect. it sounds dumb, i kno, but it can work, if ur mouse is fast......and u dont accidentally click the ground, not a worker -_-;;

[Shad0]

I always clone, or shift click them... it may take approximately the same time, and maybe even slower if you click slow, but, its the only sure fire way, to make sure sure your drones/scvs/probes get to 4 different minerals, everytime, all the time.

[Sambo83]

Nah, I only clone when they are below my nexus. I can easily easily spread them at every other position every single time, and it isn't like I'm fast.

[hammocksleeper]

I think it takes the same amount of speed...I mean, you have the same number of clicks in each process, although you have to move your mouse a greater distance when you clone. I think cloning does take less precision though, but that's why I select two after my inititial selection of 4--so that they are spread out and ez to individually select on the next two clicks.
It may take the same amount of time to do the clicks, but the point is that with the first click, you get all your peons moving toward the patch at once. So when you clone, your peons get mining quicker than if you had done otherwise.

[Sambo83]

You get all 4 moving at once with Cappy's method too.... Select 4, right click patch, select 2, right click patch, select 1 from first group, right click patch, select 1 from 2nd group, right click patch.

What I usually do is select 4, right click patch, select back 3, right click patch, select back 2, right click patch, then depending on the situation, I either snag with a box, directly click, or sometimes click the wireframe of the final probe, and right click a final patch.

[xAPxKrZy]

Most people clone their workers, it requires much less speed than moving them then selecting them individually to different patches.can u explain this cloning / de-selecting thing?

what i normally do is, (zerg-wise) S,D to make a drone, highlight all 4 drones to a patch.. select one drone from the window on the bottom screen and send it to a patch, then the remaining 2 i have them go to another patch by simply clicking them manually (which is very hard for me, i mess up 75% of the time, its so hard to click on 1 drone when they are moving and are very close together).

[Jorix]

to clone, you select all 4 and right click a patch, then shift+left click on either the unit or its wireframe to deselect it, right click on another patch, and do this 2 more times