No Explanation of Scout Timing Values

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Relevant values for scout timing field is not intuitive
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Help field or sample project with explained values

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0022, XP and 7(64bit)

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by jlamar...@gmail.com on 29 Nov 2010 at 4:01

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I can't understand how the Scout Timing field works either.  If I enter any 
value greater than 0, it seems to insert a "+1 Scouting Drone" build step at a 
random place, depending on what other units I tell it to build.

Original comment by mike.angstadt on 3 Dec 2010 at 11:43

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The scout timing currently works that when you reach x drones, where x is the 
number you input, it will set the xth drone as a scouting drone. x <= 6, x != 0 
results in behavior like x = 7.

My suggestion would be you input a time instead, if you have a drone on 
minerals it sets it as scouting, otherwise the next drone you produce will be a 
scouting drone, thoughts?

Original comment by nafets...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2010 at 1:49

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I think a time makes more sense, since you don't know exactly when you'll have 
that nth Drone.

Original comment by mike.angstadt on 4 Dec 2010 at 1:57

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Much agreed. I scout at particular times depending on the map and what race I'm 
playing with. Makes a big difference if you're trying to scout a 6 pool on a 
big map.

Original comment by jlamar...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2010 at 4:11

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Fixed in r188

Original comment by nafets...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2010 at 5:04

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Original comment by mike.angstadt on 5 Dec 2010 at 1:45

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