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+ | ====== Starcraft (Broodwar) ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Game Information ===== | ||
+ | In Starcraft 3 races, Terran, Zerg, and Protoss struggle for supremacy in the known universe. The campaign is relatively imaginative, | ||
+ | ===== Purchasing ===== | ||
+ | SC is still available at [[http:// | ||
+ | ===== Installation ===== | ||
+ | The installation is quite simple. First SC, then install the addon Broodwar. Patches are applied accordingly. But it's recommended to install Broodwar completely, because of new units and more missions (also helps a lot in terms of storyline, especially if you want to play Starcraft 2). The patches only work if you have a normal installation, | ||
+ | ===== Graphics Bugs ===== | ||
+ | SC was created at a time when nobody thought about Windows 7 and its peculiarities. There is the palette bug, which can happen under Win 7 with the CD version, so that a lot of false colors are displayed. The palette is ruined and it helps to quit the Explorer during the game. See also [[Explorer Hack]]. It happens occasionally that SC takes a very long time to ask until it actually starts. Don't let this worry you. If in doubt, open the task manager ('' | ||
+ | ===== Network ===== | ||
+ | The game is playable in the LAN. But it turned out that you can't get around the patch, as the game works very unreliably with IPX. UDP is the protocol of choice here. Therefore the patch is also necessary, as UDP is only available with patch. The other possibility is via the Blizzard servers, but you need a valid CD-Key and under Win 7 x64 it will mess up the graphics a bit, so you can hardly work with the interface anymore. These problems don't exist with the game via the Battle.net client. | ||
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