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Revision as of 22:04, 18 April 2012
Patches
The latest patches can be downloaded at Blizzard's Battle.net website.
Issues and Fixes
Color Artifacts on Windows 7
Playing StarCraft or its expansion Brood War using Windows 7 causes the colors in the game to become glitched, this is due to the way the coloring works in Windows 7. To solve this, you must stop explorer.exe
, however explorer.exe
is a very important file that Windows uses. Using a batch file with the script of starting StarCraft and closing explorer.exe
, and upon exiting the game, restoring explorer.exe
.
You can find a more detailed explanation in PCGamingWiki's Color Fixes For Older Games article.
Mods
ChaosLauncher - ChaosLauncher allows you to run StarCraft with all the necessary mods like Windowed-Mode.
W-Mode - Allows you to play StarCraft in windowed mode using ChaosLauncher.
System Requirements
Resources
ICCUP - Official ICCUP website - they're currently the biggest non-Korean organization with a ladder system for organized play. You can get StarCraft legally and free only from here.
TeamLiquid - Great resource for keeping up with SC1 news.