StarCraft 2 Replays

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 17 (version 0.20.0.16036)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

Bug Fixes

• Many of the following bug fixes were intended for internal testing only, and are now being reverted.
  • 250mm Strike Cannons can no longer deal damage to hidden targets.
  • Barracks build time decreased from 65 to 60 seconds.
  • Bunker build time decreased from 40 to 30 seconds.
  • Canceling morphing Banelings now returns 75% of the cost like other morphing Zerg units.
  • Hellion range reverted from 6 to 5.
  • Reaper build time decreased from 45 to 40 seconds.
  • Zealot build time decreased from 38 to 33 seconds.

Replay locations changed in phase two.Here are the new ones for Vista/XP:

For Vista/Win7 :
C:\Users\REALIDREMOVED>:D\Documents\StarCraft II Beta\Replays\Multiplayer

For XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\My documents\StarCraft II Beta\Accounts\YourAccountHere (keep clicking, lots of sub folders) then create a Multiplayer Folder next to the Unsaved one.

The second phase of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test is now underway. We’re delighted to invite you back to the battlefield and hope that you will join us through July 19 for more terran, protoss, and zerg action.

As stated previously, all data from beta phase one has been reset. This includes characters, match history, ladder rankings, and achievements. Beta participants will therefore need to recreate their characters and, if joining matchmaking games, complete a new series of placement matches.

We thank you for all the feedback you provided during phase one and are excited to hear about more of your experiences in phase two. Welcome back to beta, and we’ll see you on Battle.net!

Source: http://forums.battle.net/

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 16 (version 0.19.0.15976) 

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum. 

General 

• Rally points now behave as a move command, instead of an attack move command.
• Enabled the ability to manually add a StarCraft II character friend using the player’s character code. Character code is a server-assigned numerical code that is displayed within the Add Friend panel.
• Battle.net Achievements & Rewards have been updated.
• All Quick Match modes are now available: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and Free For All.
• All A.I. difficulties are now available for play.
• Cooperative matchmaking versus A.I. players is now available as a play mode.
• Enabled cross-game social features between World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

Balance Changes 

• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Frenzy spell removed.
    • Infested Terran spell added.
  • Overseer
    • Infested Terran spell removed.
  • Ultralisk
    • Now immune to stuns and mind control.

The first phase of beta will be concluding at 11:00 PM PDT tonight, June 7. At that time no further logins will be possible, and anyone already in a game will have a short time before being automatically logged off. Thank you once again for helping test StarCraft II! More information will be given on the official website and forums as we near beta phase two.

Please also keep in mind that these forums will remain live during the downtime and that your behavior will impact your ability to continue posting now, into phase two, and the future.

When the second phase of beta begins shortly before the release of the game it will include a new patch. This patch will be removing all previous version folders. Any replays created during the first phase of the beta will no longer be viewable once the next phase begins.

Source: http://forums.battle.net/

StarCraft II Beta — Patch 15 (version 0.17.0.15623)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

General

• Improved the system that handles initial placement and promotion/relegation between Leagues & Ladders.

Balance Changes

• TERRAN
  • Hellion
    • Weapon upgrade bonus decreased from 1 (+1 Light) to 1.
  • Reaper
    • Nitro Packs research cost decreased from 100/100 to 50/50.
  • Siege Tank
    • Siege Mode damage decreased from 60 to 50.
  • Thor
    • Anti-air weapon upgrade bonus decreased from 1 (+1 Light) to 1.

   

• ZERG
  • Brood Lord
    • Weapon upgrade bonus decreased from 3 to 2.

StarCraft II Beta — Patch 14 (version 0.16.0.15580)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

Balance Changes

• PROTOSS
  • Archon
    • Build time decreased from 17 to 12.

   

• TERRAN
  • Viking
    • Ground damage decreased from 14 to 12.

   

• ZERG
  • Corruptor
    • Corruption energy cost decreased from 100 to 75.
  • Infestor
    • Burrowed move speed increased from 1 to 2.
    • Peristalsis upgrade removed.
  • Overlord/Overseer
    • Pneumatized Carapace cost increased from 50/50 to 100/100.
  • Overseer
    • Infested Terran energy cost decreased from 125 to 100.
  • Roach
    • Organic Carapace upgrade removed.
    • Tunneling Claws now also increases burrowed regeneration rate from 5 to 10.
  • Ultralisk
    • Anabolic Synthesis upgrade removed.
    • Health increased from 450 to 500.
    • Speed increased from 2.25 to 2.9531.

Bug Fixes

• Map Publishing: the default Battle.net host now points to the correct server.
• Time Expiration notices that were added for testing of the Guest Pass functionality have been removed.
• Fixed a crash when trying to open an old replay by double-clicking it in Explorer.

StarCraft II Beta — Patch 13 (version 0.15.0.15449)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

General

• Map Publishing is now enabled: Using the map editor, you can upload your custom maps to share with the Battle.net community.
• Facebook feature is integrated: Here’s a quick way to expand your social network by seeing who among your existing Facebook friends also has a Battle.net account.
• 3v3 and 4v4 formats are now enabled.
• Numerous updates have been made to the Leagues & Ladders system:
  • Removed Copper League and added Diamond League above Platinum League.
  • Player ratings start at 0, rather than 1000.
  • No longer displays loading screen odds in placement or practice league matches.
  • Matchmaking system logic updated.
• UDP is enabled to help improve game performance.
• Numerous performance and stability improvements.

Balance Changes

• PROTOSS
  • Sentry
    • Force Fields can now be destroyed by Massive ground units walking over them.
  • Void Ray
    • Range decreased from 7 to 6.
  • Warp Gate
    • Subgroup selection priority changed from 2 to 3 so that it takes priority over Gateways when selected.

   

• TERRAN
  • Marine
    • Stimpack research cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.
    • Combat Shield research cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.

   

• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Infested Terran spell removed.
    • Frenzy spell added:
      • Costs 25 energy.
      • Targets a single biological unit which deals 25% more damage and is immune to snare, stuns, and mind control for 30 seconds.
  • Overseer
    • Contaminate spell added:
      • Costs 75 energy.
      • Targets a single enemy structure which cannot train units or research upgrades for 30 seconds.
    • Infested Terran spell added:
      • Costs 125 energy.
      • Infested Terrans have the same stats as those previously created by the Infestor and are placed directly under the Overseer when spawned.
  • Ultralisk
    • Life decreased from 600 to 450.
    • Damage changed from 25 to 15 (+25 Armored).
    • Damage versus structures increased from 60 to 75.

Hotkey Changes (English Only):

• Zerg Set Worker Rally Point changed from R to G.
• Zerg Spore Crawler changed from W to A to avoid conflict with the Select All Warp Gates hotkey.

Battle.net Interface

• Revamped summary pages for player Profiles and Leagues & Ladders.
• Added a Help system with tech trees and other tips and tricks.
• Removed identifier from the character naming process and added the ability to refer friends for invitation into your party or lobby.
• Updated the Battle.net user interface to consistently use a nested menu system.
• Added in-game blocking and player muting.

StarCraft II Beta — Patch 12 (version 0.14.0.15343) 

The latest patch notes can always be found on our StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum. 

Balance Changes 

•  
  • Forge
    • Build time increased from 35 to 45.
    • Life and shield values decreased from 550/550 to 400/400.
  • Mothership
    • Vortex now removes Force Fields within its area of effect.
• PROTOSS

 

•  
  • Thor
    • Radius decreased from 1.375 to 0.8125.
    • Model size reduced to match new radius.
• TERRAN

 

•  
  • Roach
    • Supply count increased from 1 to 2.
• ZERG

 

User Interface 

• Several Hotkey changes have been made (German client only).

 

Bug Fixes 

• Fixed a crash which sometimes occurred when quitting the program.

 StarCraft II Beta – Patch 1 (version 0.3.0.14093)

BALANCE CHANGES

• TERRAN
  • Viking
    • The armor value for this unit in Fighter Mode has decreased from 1 to 0.
    • The damage done by this unit in Fighter Mode has changed from 6 (+8 armored) to 10 (+4 armored).

     

  • Reaper
    • The damage done from D-8 Charges has decreased from 40 to 30.
    • The delay between attacks for D-8 Charges has decreased from 2.5 to 1.8.

     

  • Orbital Command
    • The build time for this upgrade has decreased from 50 to 35.

   

• PROTOSS
  • Observer
    • Gravitic Boosters: The cost of this research has decreased from 150 minerals and 150 vespene gas to 100 minerals and 100 vespene gas.

     

  • High Templar
    • Phase Shift: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • New ability: Feedback – Drains all energy from the target unit and causes damage equal to the amount of energy drained.

     

  • Colossus
    • The building pathing radius for this unit has decreased from .75 to .5625.

     

  • Mothership
    • Vortex: The energy cost of this ability has increased from 75 to 100.
    • Vortex: The target radius of this ability has decreased from 3.0 to 2.5.
    • Temporal Rift: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • Wormhole Transit: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • New ability: Mass Recall – Teleports all of the player’s units in the target area to the Mothership.

     

  • Nexus
    • Chrono Boost can no longer target allies.

     

  • Gateway
    • The build time of this building has increased from 50 to 65.

   

• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Fungal Growth: The damage done by this ability has decreased from 48 to 36.
    • Fungal Growth: This ability now prevents affected units from burrowing.
    • Neural Parasite: Functionality changed – The Infestor now channels this spell, which lasts 10 seconds or until the Infestor is destroyed. You can now target all units with this ability.
    • Terran Infestation: The ability’s energy cost has reduced from 50 to 25 and Infested Terrans now spawn 1 at a time.

   

BUG FIXES

• Addressed an issue causing people to receive an “Internal Battle.net Error” message with their game client.
• Muting your microphone will no longer cause your microphone to be turned off in the operating system once the program has exited.
  • Please note that the voice chat functionality has only partially been implemented. There are many known issues with voice chat that we expect to address in a future patch.

   

• The “Medium” graphical settings were reconfigured to work better on appropriate machines. The video settings “auto-detect” functionality has been reset as a result.
• Added a frame rate limiter to the game menus to prevent some graphics cards from running at higher frame rates than necessary.

 

Hotkey Changes

• General
  
  • In order to resolve a conflict with building multiple Forges with the Shift Key we have made the following changes:
    
    • Changed Center Camera from Shift+F to Ctrl+F.
      
• Standard
  
  • To prevent the accidental research of Ventral Sacs when trying to train an Overlord with no Larva available, the hotkey has been changed from V to E.
    
  • View Own Health Bars functionality added to the Backslash key
    
• Standard for Lefties
  
  • Due to a conflict with research Banshee Cloak, research Seeker Missile has been changed from L to K.
    
  • To correct a conflict with the Attack command on Planetary Fortress, train SCV has been changed from K to J.
    
  • In order to prevent the accidental training of Zerglings when using the Select Larva hotkey,train Zergling has been changed from L to J.
    
  • To prevent the accidental training of a Queen, train Ultralisk has been changed from U to T.
    
  • To prevent the accidental research of Pneumatized Carapace when trying to train a corruptor with no Larva available, research Pneumatized Carapace has been changed from P to C.
    
  • View All Status Bars has been changed from Q to the Alt key.
    
  • View own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Q key.
    
• Grid for Lefties
  
  • Attack Move and all other buttons in the 0,4 position should now function correctly.
    
  • View Own Status Bars functionality added to Q.
    
  • View Enemy Status Bars moved to W.
    
  • View Ally Status Bars moved to E.
    
• Classic
  
  • Changed build Nydus Canal from P to N.
    
  • Changed Place Nydus Canal ability from P to N.
    
    TERRAN Infantry Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
    
    TERRAN Vehicle Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
    
  • Train Thor hotkey has been changed from O to G.
    
  • Train Viking hotkey has been changed from Y to W.
    
  • View Own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Backslash key.
    

Icon Position Changes

• To put all race gas extractors in the same icon position, the positions of the Supply Depot/Refinery and Pylon/Assimilator have been swapped.
  
• In order to make transforming multiple Gateways easier for players using Grid key sets, Transform to Gateway has been moved to a separate icon position (2,1).
  

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue that was causing the Polish language client to crash when receiving the "player is no longer being revealed” message.
  
• Corrected incorrect battle.net links on multiple language clients pages.
  
• Corrected an issue where the Zealot was using an US English voice over in the Korean language client.
  
• Corrected an issue where a player is unable to build any structures that require pylon power when their protoss ally leaves.
  
• Units can no longer be healed or repaired while in transports.
  
• Corrected an issue where the Creep Tumor targeting circle was visible to opponents through Fog of War.
  
• Corrected an issue in which selecting a Starport under construction and a completed Starport would display the select builder command in the Viking slot.
  
• Corrected the Broodling weapon icon.
  

Many-a-PC gamers’ summer plans were ruined this afternoon, when Blizzard Entertainment announced the long-awaited launch date for its real-time strategy game, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. The first installment in the three-part sequel will launch worldwide–China excepted–on July 27 for the PC and Mac and will retail for $60 in the US. The game will also be available in a deluxe $100 Collector’s Edition that will include a 176-page art book and a flash drive preloaded with the original Starcraft and its Brood War expansion.

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty will focus on the human Terran campaign with a 29-mission single-player campaign. However, the multiplayer component will also let gamers wage interstellar real-time strategy warfare as the hivelike Zerg and technologically advanced Protoss factions. Eager gamers who preorder the RTS via GameStop will be able to join the ongoing Starcraft II beta. (Orders cannot be canceled once GameStop sends out the beta key.)

Starcraft II is the first new stand-alone game from Blizzard Entertainment since 2004′s World of Warcraft, which has dominated the subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing market. Wall Street analysts are bullish on the RTS’s potential sales, with Pacific Crest Securities’ Evan Wilson predicting the game will sell over 6 million copies. Wedbush’s Michael Pachter believes that combined with the launch of the latest WOW expansion, Cataclysm, Blizzard could see game sales of 12 million units this year.

Source:http://www.gamespot.com/

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 10 (version 0.12.0.15133) 

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum. 

Bug Fixes 

• Fixed an issue where Larva were not dying after being cancelled.
• Fixed an issue with Banelings, Brood Lords, and Overseers obeying their original Hatchery’s rally point.

 

aaStarCraft II Beta – Patch 9 (0.11.0.15097) 

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum. 

General 

• The StarCraft II Editor is now available!
  • Players will now be able to begin creating trigger maps in preparation for map publishing which will be made available in an upcoming beta patch.
• Achievements & Decals are now live!
  • Players will now be able to earn achievements, browse the list of available achievements, and view achievements earned by friends.
  • Players will be able to highlight favorite achievements in their Showcase.
  • Earning certain achievements will unlock portrait and decal rewards.
• The updated Homepage now includes a Recent Broadcasts panel and a News & Community panel.
• A new Match History page is now available which will allow players to browse and filter their last 1,000 games played.
• A new Community page is now available which features an in-game version of RSS news feeds.
• A new Friends-of-Friends feature has been added, which allows players to easily find and connect with more real life friends on Battle.net through existing friends.
• Additional friends’ presence details are now available from the Friends’ list.
• Improvements have been made on the Voice Chat system in game.
  • Please use the new voice chat and provide feedback via the StarCraft II beta forums.
• The score screen now features a new graph tab.
• The art for many parts of the user interface has been updated.
• Hotkey templates have been added.
  • In the gameplay options menu select from standard name based hotkeys for right and left-handed players, grid based hotkeys for right, and left-handed players, and classic StarCraft keys.
• Several hotkeys have been changed to avoid conflicts with the “Select All Warpgates” UI button:
  • The Set Worker Rally Point has been changed from W to R.
  • Build Sensor Tower has been changed from W to N.
  • Terran Infantry Weapons have been changed from W to E.
  • Terran Vehicle Weapons have been changed from W to E.
  • Weapon Refit has been changed from W to R.
  • Burrow has been changed from W to R.
  • Spawn Larva has been changed from R to V.
  • Neural Parasite has been changed from R to E.

 

Balance Changes 

• TERRAN
  • Marauder
    • Concussive Shells research cost decreased from 100/100 80 seconds to 50/50 60 seconds.

   

• PROTOSS
  • Immortal
    • Build time increased from 40 to 55.

   

• ZERG
  • Infested Terran
    • Damage increased from 5 to 8.
    • Speed decreased from 1.5 to 0.9375.
  • Queen
    • Speed off creep decreased from 1.5 to 0.938. (Speed on creep unchanged.)
  • Spine Crawler
    • Attack period decreased from 1.6 to 1.85.
  • Infestor
    • Neural Parasite range increased from 7 to 9.
    • Fungal Growth projectile removed; Units in the target area are now instantly hit.

 

Maps 

• We’ve made a change to the (2)ScrapStation map to make the natural expansion easier to defend.
• New maps have been added to the ladder rotation while others have been removed as follows:
  • 1v1
    • Added (2)IncinerationZone
  • 2v2
    • Removed (4)LostTemple
    • Removed (4)Metalopolis
    • Added (4)AridWastes
    • Added (4)Coalition
    • Added (4)Decena
    • Added (4)ScorchedHaven
  • 1v1(Novice)
    • Removed (4)NoviceKulasRavine
  • 2v2(Novice)
    • Removed (4)NoviceKulasRavine
    • Removed (4)NoviceShakurasPlateau
    • Added (4)NoviceDecena
    • Added (4)NoviceScorchedHaven
    • Added (4)NoviceTwilightFortress

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 8 (version 0.10.0.14803)

The latest patch notes can always be found at
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23094049316&sid=5000

General

• Korea
• Added support to display the game rating information on the login screen.

Balance Changes

•  
  • Thor
    • Build time decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.
  • Siege Tank
    • Build time decreased from 50 seconds to 45 seconds.
  • Marauder
    • Concussive Shells now require an upgrade.
  • Barracks Tech Lab
    • Concussive Shells upgrade added.
    • Concussive Shells upgrade costs 100/100 and takes 80 seconds to complete.
  • Void Ray
    • Changed to only have 2 damage levels instead of 3. Still takes the same amount of time to fully charge.
    • Base damage changed from 2 (+4 armored) to 5.
    • Powered-up damage changed from 8 (+16 armored) to 10 (+15 armored).
    • Armor value decreased from 1 to 0.
    • Cost increased from 200/150 to 250/150.
  • Roach
    • Burrowed move speed decreased from 2 to 1.4.
    • Armor value decreased from 2 to 1.
  • Hydralisk
    • Life decreased from 90 to 80.
• TERRAN
• PROTOSS
• ZERG

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 7 (version 0.9.0.14621B)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

Balance Changes

• Banshee
  • The health has been increased from 130 to 140.
• Missile Turret
  • The damage has been changed from 7+7 armored to 12.
• Thor
  • Anti-Air damage has been decreased from 10+6 light to 8+4 light.
  • Anti-Air attack now deals splash damage in a 0.5 radius.

 

• High Templar
  • The Psi Storm radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5
• Photon Cannon
  • Life and Shield values have been increased from 125/125 to 150/150.

 

• Broodlord
  • Damage has been decreased from 25 to 20.
• Roach
  • Organic Carapace no longer grants bonus regeneration to unburrowed roaches.
• Spine Crawler
  • Damage has been increased from 20+10 armored to 25+5 armored.
  • Attack period decreased from 2.2 to 1.6.
• Spore Crawler
  • The cost has been decreased from 100 to 75.
• TERRAN
• PROTOSS
• ZERG

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which players would desync when matched against others with certain CPUs.

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 6 (version 0.8.0.14593)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

General

• You can now report misconduct or block communication with a player after completion of a game by right-clicking on the offending player’s name in the score screen and choosing Report Abuse or Block Communication.
• You can now view any player’s profile after completion of a game by right-clicking on their name in the score screen and choosing View Profile.
• Updated unit and ability tooltips to be accurate in all regions.
• Improved the visibility of units on zerg creep.
• Improved the visibility of team colors for protoss units using warp-in to help distinguish between multiple protoss players.
• Improved the system that handles promotion and relegation between Leagues.
• Improved the Favored functionality to more accurately portray Even matches and display properly in the score screen.
• Improved 2v2 arranged team matchmaking so games are found more quickly.
• Improved replay functionality so missing maps will be downloaded from Battle.net when you view a replay.
• Korea: Improved the logic for the age gate functionality.

Balance Changes

• Pathing has been improved so units can now properly block ramps and choke points.
• Made a change to how zerg creep affects doodads, such as trees, to prevent players from seeing the starting location of zerg players through the fog of war.

 

• Viking
  • Cost changed from 125 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas.
• Ghost
  • Cost changed from 100 Minerals and 200 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 150 Vespene Gas.
  • EMP Round radius decreased from 3 to 2.
• Factory
  • Cost decreased from 200 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
• Tech Lab
  • Cost decreased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 50 Minerals and 25 Vespene Gas.
• Reactor
  • Build time increased from 25 seconds to 50 seconds.
• SCV
  • Life decreased from 60 to 45.
• Bunker
  • Build time decreased from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
• Marine
  • Build time increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.

 

• Colossus
  • Thermal Lances damage decreased from 23 to 20.
• Observer
  • Cost increased from 25 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas to 50 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
  • Build time increased from 33 seconds to 40 seconds.
• Stalker
  • Particle Disruptors damage increased from 8 (+6 Armored) to 10 (+4 Armored).
  • Weapon upgrade damage decreased from +1 (+1 Armored) to +1 (+0 Armored).
• Dark Templar
  • Armor type changed from Biological-Psionic to Biological-Psionic-Light.
• High Templar
  • Armor type changed from Biological-Psionic to Biological-Psionic-Light.
• Dark Shrine
  • Build time increased from 80 seconds to 100 seconds.
  • Cost increased from 100 Minerals and 200 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 250 Vespene Gas.

 

• Baneling
  • Volatile Burst damage increased from 15 (+20 Light) to 20 (+15 Light).
• Roach
  • Burrowed regeneration rate decreased from 10 to 5.
  • Upgraded burrowed regeneration bonus decreased from +20 to +10.
• GENERAL
• TERRAN
• PROTOSS
• ZERG

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue affecting the incorrect assignment of arranged teams to certain Leagues.
• Fixed an issue affecting random teams that caused no points being awarded on wins and too many points being removed on losses in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue involving the Bonus Pool display on the Quick Match and Leagues & Ladders pages.
• Korean client: Fixed an issue affecting the ability for Korean players to properly view profiles. They can now see their League ranking on their profile page.
• Fixed an intermittent UI crash on game shutdown.
• Polish client: Fixed a crash which would happen any time a “Player is no longer being revealed!” message was displayed.

StarCrack AI

StarCrack AI has been in development since the first AI hack was on the scene. Initially, it was a pretty hacked up version of the Blizzard “very easy” AI that would actually do more than build two marines that glare at you. Since then it has evolved into one of the leading AIs for StarCraft 2.

Latest Version: 7.0.0

Changelog:

V 7.0:
- Reactive AI system. Balanced mix of proactive and reactive AI. The AI will scout out and respond to your army make up with mixed counters.
- Individual unit AI improvements, SCVs repairing, terran buildings lifting off to avoid damage, chrono boost used correctly… the list goes on.
- New attack AI, the AI will now attack much more regularly.
- Major modifications to the AIs economy.
- Totally new Protoss and Zerg.
- Many more changes and additions that I just can’t remember!

Download links:

StarCrack AI 7.0.0 (21730) (Standard Edition)
StarCrack AI 7.0.0 (5971) (AI Cheating Edition)
Original AI (11231) (You must use original mods folder for working replays)

Installation:

- Unpack to StarCrack II directory
- Click yes to overwrite
- If it’s working it will come up with “StarCrack AI 7.0″ ingame

Changing the difficulty manually:

- Open up AIDifficulty.galaxy with notepad
(it’s the base StarCraft II folder)
- Read comments above lines before changing them
- If changing the values breaks your game, re-install the AI

Troubleshooting:

If when the game starts you get no buildings or anything, make sure you’ve extracted the ENTIRE .rar to your StarCraft II directory. Then use StarCrack Launcher rev43.

http://sc2.nibbits.com/assets/sc2-launcher/

Credits:
Turdburgler
Doix
ccT
Terrible_Damage

See also: Play Starcraft 2 beta offline against AI

StarCraft II Beta: Leagues and Ladder FAQ

1v1:

Q. How do your placement matches calculate which league you will be joining?
A. During your placement matches we match you against players from a wide variety of players and skill levels and we watch the results; whether you win or lose. From this, we are able to determine your ability and place you in a league that we believe to be appropriate for your level of play.

Q. How do we move up in rank in your division? For example, from rank 51 to rank 44.
A. Simply by competing with other players and winning. However, it is important to remember that the individual matches themselves can vary in points awarded based on the rated difficulty of your opponent.
Example: Player A may have a win-loss ratio of 19-17 and be ranked in the Silver League at 35; while player B may have a win-loss ratio of 18-19, but because of the difficulty of some of those matches (say playing against Gold League players) he either received more points for a win or lost less for a loss.

Q. How do players move down in rank on the ladder? For example, from rank 44 to rank 51.
A. This is done simply by losing matches. You are ranked relative to everyone in your division within your league. The amount of points you lose per match is comparable to how points are calculated when you win. If you lose to someone who is rated higher than you, you should lose less points then if you were to lose to someone who was rated lower than you.

Q. What is the relevance of the Favored indicator and how does that effect the points distributed from winning or losing a match?
A. The Favored indicator helps give you an idea of whether the contender you’re pitted against is considered to be even with you, challenging to you, extremely challenging to you or not a challenge.
Currently there is a known bug where the score screen will display a level of you or your opponent being favored that’s incorrect. The loading screen however shows the correct level of ‘favoritism’.
You can use the level of ‘favoritism’ to gauge the number of points you are likely to gain or lose after the match depending on the result.

Q. What are the league ranks?
A. Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum. In that order. There is also the practice league for player’s starting out and there may be other special leagues created in the future, such as an invite-only pro league.

Q. How does a player move laterally from one division to an adjacent division in the same metallic league? (For Example, From Division 5 Silver League to Division 4 Silver League.)
A. In theory, they shouldn’t. There have been some select cases where this has happened, but this is a known issue in the current beta build and is being looked into.

Q. Do the different numbered divisions indicate various levels of skill; is 4 a slightly tougher division than 5?
A. No. The divisions are sectioned off so that we have the appropriate amount of people in each.

Q. How does a player move from one league to another? (For Example: from Silver league to Gold.)
A. After you’ve finished your initial placement, the system continues to review your performance and determines what league you should be placed in based on those reviews. The time and frequency of these reviews is kept hidden.

Q. Are matches ever made between different leagues? (For Example: A Gold league player playing against a Silver league player in a rated match.)
A. Yes, you may be matched up against players from different leagues to test your skill. So be on your guard and play your best in every match.

Q. What is the bonus pool and how are bonus points acquired?
A. The Bonus Pool (incorrectly called “Rested Points” in some parts of the UI) is an accumulation of points that every player receives whether they’re online and playing or not. They’re essentially used as a means to help give a player a catch-up boost if they haven’t played in a while. The pool does have a cap but it increases slowly until the end of a season.

Q. How is the bonus pool used in competitive play?
A. When you achieve victory against another player, you are awarded a certain number of points. The Bonus Pool points will match the number of points you received for winning.
For example: If you were to have a Bonus Pool of 30 and you win a match that would normally give you 10 points, points will then be pulled from your Bonus Pool to match those 10 points and you’ll be awarded 20 points for winning that game. Your bonus pool will then sit at 20. (We’re aware of an issue your bonus pool not displaying properly in some parts of the UI).

2v2:

Q. Are the gains and losses in the 2v2 game type higher than that in 1v1?
A. No, the gains and losses are the same as 1v1.

Q. Are 2v2 ranks counted individually or in pairs? For example: If Player A plays with Player B and their team is ranked 2, is there another ranking for when Player A plays with Player C?
A. Yes. Every pair is ranked individually. Of course, only after finishing the 10 placement matches.

Q. How are ratings calculated for 2v2? Is it an average of the two players or cumulative?
A. Each pairing of players for arranged 2v2 matches carries its own rating. If you participate in 2v2 random, you would have your own individual ranking. Matches that include 2v2 random players average the rating of the two players and compare it to their opponents rating.

 

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 5 (version 0.7.0.14356)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

Balance Changes

 
• PROTOSS
  • Cybernetics Core
    • Warp Gate research time increased from 60 seconds to 140 seconds.

   

• ZERG
  • Hatchery/Lair/Hive
    • Burrow research time increased from 50 seconds to 100 seconds.
    • Burrow research cost increased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
  • Nydus Network
    • Nydus Worm build time increased from 10 seconds to 20 seconds.
  • Hydralisk
    • The delay between attacks has been increased from 0.75 seconds to 0.83 seconds.
  • Infestor
    • Neural Parasite has been redesigned:
      • The limited duration of 10 seconds has been removed.
      • Can no longer target air units.
      • Cast range decreased from 9 to 7.
    • Burrowed Infestor move speed decreased from 1.5 to 1.
    • Infestor life decreased from 120 to 90.
    • Infestors that are burrowed now have the same threat level as above-ground units for the purposes of automatically acquiring targets.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with High graphics settings that could cause particles not to render.

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 4 (version 0.6.0.B14259B)

General

• Korea
  • Added support to display the game rating information on the F10 in-game menu within the beta.

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 3 (version 0.5.0.14219B)

Balance Changes

 
• TERRAN
  • Engineering Bay
    • Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
  • Armory
    • Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Vehicle Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Ship Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Ship Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

   

• PROTOSS
  • Zealot
    • The maximum shield capacity of this unit has been decreased from 60 to 50.

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Infestor’s Neural Parasite ability could cause Reapers to lose the ability to move.
• Fixed an issue that could use an incorrect HDR format on some ATI cards.
• Fixed a crash that could happen on some ATI cards.

This thread will be updated as new maps and AI paches are released.

Mar.24,2010
AI difficulty patches and AI Maps update!

Step1: Follow the previous guide Everyone can play starcraft 2 replays with this tutorial 

Step2:Download Hacked AI Maps :

2 Player Maps (You & 1x AI):

• Blistering Sands: (2) – AI – Blistering Sands.rar
• Desert Oasis: (2) – AI – Desert Oasis.rar
• Scrap Station: (2) – AI – Scrap Station.rar
• Steppes of War: (2) – AI – Steppes of War.rar
• Kulas Ravine: (4) – AI – Kulas Ravine (1x).rar
• Lost Temple: (4) – AI – Lost Temple (1x).rar
• Metalopolis: (4) – AI – Metalopolis (1x).rar
• Shakuras Plateau: (4) – AI – Shakuras Plateau (1x).rar
• Twilight Fortress: (4) – AI – Twilight Fortress (1x).rar

4 Player Maps (You & 3x AI):

• Kulas Ravine: (4) – AI – Kulas Ravine (3x).rar
• Lost Temple: (4) – AI – Lost Temple (3x).rar
• Metalopolis: (4) – AI – Metalopolis (3x).rar
• Shakuras Plateau: (4) – AI – Shakuras Plateau (3x).rar
• Twilight Fortress: (4) – AI – Twilight Fortress (3x).rar

5 Player Maps (You & 4x AI):

• Metalopolis: (6) – AI – Metalopolis (4x).rar

6 Player Maps (You & 5x AI):

• Metalopolis: http://www.mediafire.com/?wlzmizonmj1

Step3:Download the AI difficulty patches for StarCraft II Beta:

• StarCrack AI 7.0.0 (21730) (Standard Edition)
• StarCrack AI 7.0.0 (5971) (AI Cheating Edition)
• StarCrack AI 6.0 (2649) (Easy Edition)
• Original AI (11231) (You must use original mods folder for working replays)

Installation:

1) Select the archive with the difficulty level of choice.
2) Extract the contents of the selected archive to “StarCraft II Beta\Mods\Liberty.SC2Mod\”.
3) When prompted, select “Yes” to overwrite any existing file(s).

Step4: Use LazyTown Launcher to run a hacked map of your choice.

Lazy Launcher v2.0 Download

Change Log:

Jul.18, 2010
- Update for Patch 17.Include 2v2 and 3v3 maps.

Importing SC2 Cache Files:

StarCraft II Beta Patch 2 (version 0.4.0.14133)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

Balance Changes

• Terran
  • Banshee
    • Cloak: This ability no longer requires Fusion Core to research.
  • Barracks
    • The build time for this building has decreased from 65 to 60.
  • Factory
    • The build time for this building has decreased from 65 to 60.
  • Reactor
    • The build time for this building has decreased from 40 to 25.
  • Reaper
    • The build time for this unit has increased from 30 to 40.
    • Nitro Boost: The build time for this upgrade has increased from 90 to 100.
  • Starport
    • The build time for this building has decreased from 55 to 50.
  • Tech Lab
    • The build time for this building has decreased from 30 to 25.
• Protoss
  • Mothership
    • The build time for this unit has increased from 120 to 160.
    • The food cost of this unit has increased from 6 to 8.
    • The number of shots fired by this unit has decreased from 8 to 6.
    • The shield of this unit has decreased from 400 to 350.
    • The health of this unit has decreased from 400 to 350.
    • The acceleration of this unit has decreased from 1.3125 to 0.3125.
    • The deceleration of this unit has increased from 0 to 1.
  • Nexus
    • Chrono Boost: The duration of this ability has decreased from 30 to 20.
• Zerg
  • Corruptor
    • The damage done by this unit has increased from 12 (+8 massive) to 12 (+10 massive).

TeknoGods have allied with really good people to work on StarCraft 2 Server emulator.

The working team is named as “Team Lazytown”
Team members as follows: Keb, Kynox, Ralek, Reaver, Rick, Sagu and Smurfette.

Current Progress:
* Deobfuscator+relocator done. Battle.net.dll is no longer a problem.
* Anti-Debug is not a problem anymore.
* Test mode enabled in StarCraft2 to run game alone, build units, load saved games etc.
* Auth process documented for server emulator

Lazy Launcher v2.0 Download

Source: http://teknogods.com/

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 1 (version 0.3.0.14093)

BALANCE CHANGES

• TERRAN
  • Viking
    • The armor value for this unit in Fighter Mode has decreased from 1 to 0.
    • The damage done by this unit in Fighter Mode has changed from 6 (+8 armored) to 10 (+4 armored).
  • Reaper
    • The damage done from D-8 Charges has decreased from 40 to 30.
    • The delay between attacks for D-8 Charges has decreased from 2.5 to 1.8.
  • Orbital Command
    • The build time for this upgrade has decreased from 50 to 35.
• PROTOSS
  • Observer
    • Gravitic Boosters: The cost of this research has decreased from 150 minerals and 150 vespene gas to 100 minerals and 100 vespene gas.
  • High Templar
    • Phase Shift: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • New ability: Feedback – Drains all energy from the target unit and causes damage equal to the amount of energy drained.
  • Colossus
    • The building pathing radius for this unit has decreased from .75 to .5625.
  • Mothership
    • Vortex: The energy cost of this ability has increased from 75 to 100.
    • Vortex: The target radius of this ability has decreased from 3.0 to 2.5.
    • Temporal Rift: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • Wormhole Transit: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • New ability: Mass Recall – Teleports all of the player’s units in the target area to the Mothership.
  • Nexus
    • Chrono Boost can no longer target allies.
  • Gateway
    • The build time of this building has increased from 50 to 65.
• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Fungal Growth: The damage done by this ability has decreased from 48 to 36.
    • Fungal Growth: This ability now prevents affected units from burrowing.
    • Neural Parasite: Functionality changed – The Infestor now channels this spell, which lasts 10 seconds or until the Infestor is destroyed. You can now target all units with this ability.
    • Terran Infestation: The ability’s energy cost has reduced from 50 to 25 and Infested Terrans now spawn 1 at a time.

BUG FIXES

• Addressed an issue causing people to receive an “Internal Battle.net Error” message with their game client.
• Muting your microphone will no longer cause your microphone to be turned off in the operating system once the program has exited.
  • Please note that the voice chat functionality has only partially been implemented. There are many known issues with voice chat that we expect to address in a future patch.
• The “Medium” graphical settings were reconfigured to work better on appropriate machines. The video settings “auto-detect” functionality has been reset as a result.
• Added a frame rate limiter to the game menus to prevent some graphics cards from running at higher frame rates than necessary.

I wanted to provide an update for players that attended BlizzCon and redeemed their codes, but have yet to receive a beta key invite email. The first wave of invites have already been sent out and a majority of the invites were sent out to BlizzCon attendees. Unfortunately, due to the sheer number of BlizzCon attendees, we could not get everyone in with the first wave. Rest assured that if you did not get into the first wave, you will be included in a future wave, possibly within the next two weeks.

The timing of the next wave will be dependent upon the amount of players that are playing and the load capacity of the servers. Thank you for your understanding and patience through this process.

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Here are the current tech-trees in the starcrft2 beta.

Protoss:

Terran:

Zerg:

Source:http://www.gosugamers.net/

How to watch Starcraft 2 replays since patch 10?

StarCrack Allin1 is an automated tool that makes possible for you to play sc2 beta offline, without cd-keys etc, load match in skirmish battles, and watch replays.

Patch 10 Fully compatible! (includes starcrack (or AKA StarCrafty) A.I 7.0.3 patch 10 compatible!)

Download

How to Access the Full Game Menu

Using an MPQ archiver (http://shadowflare.samods.org/), (http://www.zezula.net/mpq.html) you can access the full game menu by following the steps below:

1. Browse to the directory „C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft II Beta”
2. Create a folder called „SWF” and another inside of it called „Authentication”.
3. Open „StarCraft II Beta\Battle.net\Battle.net.MPQ” with the MPQ archiver.
4. Extract „Battle.net\SWF\MainUI.gfx” to the same folder that the MPQ is in.
5. Close the MPQ archiver and rename „MainUI.gfx” to „authentication.gfx”.
6. Put „authentication.gfx” inside the SWF\Authentication folder and run „Starcraft II.exe”.
7. Note: The resulting file should be in „StarCraft II Beta\Battle.net\SWF\Authentication\authentication.gfx”.

Or just download the modified Battle.net directory here: *authentication.gfx (3723)

Where to put replay files

Importing SC2 Cache Files

Playing against AI

Starcraft-source:Buckwald has recorded all of the soundtracks and put them up on the G-Source YouTube channel!