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Disclaimer: all the info below is a CnP from bnetdocs.org, with additional small bits and pieces from teamliquid.net.
This is not an official release yet. Use at your own risk. Make backups.
These files were first spotted on July 22:
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/broodwar/patches/PC/BW-1170.exe
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraft/patches/PC/SC-1170.exe
This new version should currently not be active on Battle.net servers.
Standalone patches are still not downloadable officially, on August 9 at 04:25 PM (French local time)
Patching Classic Games
Starcraft and Brood War Patch Information
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- patch 1.17.0
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Specific Changes & Improvements
- Increased turn rate to lower unit response times over Battle.net gameplay
- Fixed palette issues to correct "rainbow water" and other graphic artifacts
- Fixed text artifacting in the Battle.net menus
- First client run will migrate saves to avoid issues from Windows system admin changes
Known Issues
- Mac is not supported this patch, but is in progress
"Increased turn rate to lower unit response times over Battle.net gameplay", means that the NetworkModeDelay while playing on a server is now the same value as playing on LAN, which is 2.
A few other things of possible interest:
- StarCraft now logs the total and monthly amount of games played on each protocol.
- StarCraft no longer crashes when attempting to watch a replay in which a player has chat too much while the game was paused.
- Blizzard seems to have modified an outdated version of StarEdit.
- The patch introduces BlizzardError.exe and SystemSurvey.exe to StarCraft for the first time.
- battle.snp, standard.snp, StarEdit.exe, and storm.dll are now digitally signed.
- Screenshots are now saved in PNG format instead of PCX.
- Screenshotting in the Battle.net interface automatically saves to your clipboard instead of opening a dialog.
- It has been reported the game does not run anymore on Windows 2000.
This is not an official release yet. Use at your own risk. Make backups.
These files were first spotted on July 22:
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/broodwar/patches/PC/BW-1170.exe
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraft/patches/PC/SC-1170.exe
This new version should currently not be active on Battle.net servers.
Standalone patches are still not downloadable officially, on August 9 at 04:25 PM (French local time)
Patching Classic Games
Starcraft and Brood War Patch Information
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- patch 1.17.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Specific Changes & Improvements
- Increased turn rate to lower unit response times over Battle.net gameplay
- Fixed palette issues to correct "rainbow water" and other graphic artifacts
- Fixed text artifacting in the Battle.net menus
- First client run will migrate saves to avoid issues from Windows system admin changes
Known Issues
- Mac is not supported this patch, but is in progress
"Increased turn rate to lower unit response times over Battle.net gameplay", means that the NetworkModeDelay while playing on a server is now the same value as playing on LAN, which is 2.
A few other things of possible interest:
- StarCraft now logs the total and monthly amount of games played on each protocol.
- StarCraft no longer crashes when attempting to watch a replay in which a player has chat too much while the game was paused.
- Blizzard seems to have modified an outdated version of StarEdit.
- The patch introduces BlizzardError.exe and SystemSurvey.exe to StarCraft for the first time.
- battle.snp, standard.snp, StarEdit.exe, and storm.dll are now digitally signed.
- Screenshots are now saved in PNG format instead of PCX.
- Screenshotting in the Battle.net interface automatically saves to your clipboard instead of opening a dialog.
- It has been reported the game does not run anymore on Windows 2000.
