StarCraft Patch Information
Which patch should I use?
- If you have installed the StarCraft: Brood War, you only need to download and apply the patch listed under "[Expansion]".
- If you have not installed the StarCraft: Brood War, you only need to download and apply the patch listed under "[Original]".
- If you are looking for old patches please check here [Expansion] or here [Original].
- If you encounter any errors while patching please check the troubleshooting page.
Please note: By installing the latest patch all previous updates will also be installed.
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Starcraft for Mac OS X Release Notes
Release Notes:
- StarCraft for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X, version 10.3.9 or later.
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StarCraft for Mac OS X should be installed on a hard drive that is
formatted as Mac OS Extended. To find out how your hard drive is
formatted, select your hard drive in the Finder and choose "Show Info"
from the File menu.
- For the best color quality, it is recommended
that you run Mac OS X's Display Calibrator Assistant. You can find it
by choosing Displays in System Preferences. Select the Color tab and
click the Calibrate button. Then follow the on-screen instructions to
calibrate your display.
- Networking over IPX, AppleTalk, Serial and Direct Modem-Modem is not available in StarCraft for Mac OS X.
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UDP Networking added. You can now play on your local TCP/IP based local
network by choosing "Local Area Network (UDP/IP)" in the Multiplayer
options screen. An upcoming release of the Classic Mac and Windows
versions will also support this feature, allowing LAN play between
these three versions.
- If the computer goes to sleep while you're
in the battle.net chat screen, you may get disconnected from
Battle.net. If this happens, simply disconnect and then reconnect to
Battle.net.
- If music is turned off in the game, you may notice
occasional pauses while the CD-ROM drive spins up. You may want to
leave music turned on to avoid this.
- Please do not lock any of the files in the StarCraft folder. This will prevent you from being able to connect to Battle.net.
- If you have any problems installing StarCraft in Mac OS X's Classic environment, download StarCraft_Installer_1.05-b.sit from
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraft/patches/Mac/Starcraft_Installer_1.05-B.sit. Run this program with the StarCraft CD in your CD-ROM drive. Should that fail, restart into Mac OS 9 and install from there.
How to Install:
- Find the StarCraft folder on your hard drive, and open it.
- Drag all the files from the "Brood War for Mac OS X" folder into the "StarCraft Files" folder.
- Select the StarCraft (Carbon) file in your StarCraft Files folder.
- Choose Make Alias from the File Menu.
- Move the new alias file to the StarCraft Folder.
- Double click the StarCraft (Carbon) alias to play.
