Version 1.12 of StarCraft has arrived! This latest patch includes a host of new features that will make playing against your online friends and competitors all the more fun. For a complete list of all the new features, please read the StarCraft Patch Text.
New Features
Changed Speed from "Fast" to Fastest" for Ladder Games.
You now can preview your map in the Multiplayer chat screen.
Added feature that allows the creator of a private Battle.net game to make the game public under the creator's name in Multiplayer Chat screen.
Added full Korean language support for battle.net and in-game.
Added a Friends List Feature and button that allows you to keep track of your friends on Battle.net.
Added Friend mail feature that allows you to email members of your Friends List.
Added Password Recovery and email registration features (like Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2) so you can recover your password via email.
Changed the default race type in single custom games to Random.
It now remembers your last map and folder setting when you create single or multi player games.
Brood War will now show 'maps\BroodWar' folder as your default map folder.
When a building is selected and if a ground rally point is set the rally point will briefly animate.
Added minimap ping (Alt-left-click on minimap to show graphic location.)
Added alliance colors on units - Shift-Tab changes your color to green, your allies to yellow and your enemies to red.
Added right-click feature that will set your building rally point.
Added shift-# to add a unit to a control group.
The mouse cursor stays on the game's monitor in multi-monitor environments.
Updated Maps
Lost Temple has been updated, while Dire Straits and Rivarly have been slightly tweaked to balance resources and space for building.
All maps have been resigned. If you have moved standard maps to different folders you must do so again. If you have maps downloaded from our FTP site you must do so again.
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug related to seeing Question marks instead of Korean characters when using /where command in Battle.net
Fixed a bug that hindered Korean text in Battle.net chatrooms and game advertisements.
Originally posted by: Ready
people still play sc for some odd reason even though wc3ft has better custom games.
Originally posted by: EpsiIon
Originally posted by: Ready
people still play sc for some odd reason even though wc3ft has better custom games.
Your logic... it's so... pure.
Might it be possible that the people who are playing Starcraft aren't playing custom games?
BTW, DotA > any RTS custom map, ever. Heck, I think it's better than regular WC3.
New Features
Changed Speed from "Fast" to Fastest" for Ladder Games.
You now can preview your map in the Multiplayer chat screen.
Added feature that allows the creator of a private Battle.net game to make the game public under the creator's name in Multiplayer Chat screen.
Added full Korean language support for battle.net and in-game.
Added a Friends List Feature and button that allows you to keep track of your friends on Battle.net.
Added Friend mail feature that allows you to email members of your Friends List.
Added Password Recovery and email registration features (like Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2) so you can recover your password via email.
Changed the default race type in single custom games to Random.
It now remembers your last map and folder setting when you create single or multi player games.
Brood War will now show 'maps\BroodWar' folder as your default map folder.
When a building is selected and if a ground rally point is set the rally point will briefly animate.
Added minimap ping (Alt-left-click on minimap to show graphic location.)
Added alliance colors on units - Shift-Tab changes your color to green, your allies to yellow and your enemies to red.
Added right-click feature that will set your building rally point.
Added shift-# to add a unit to a control group.
The mouse cursor stays on the game's monitor in multi-monitor environments.
Updated Maps
Lost Temple has been updated, while Dire Straits and Rivarly have been slightly tweaked to balance resources and space for building.
All maps have been resigned. If you have moved standard maps to different folders you must do so again. If you have maps downloaded from our FTP site you must do so again.
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug related to seeing Question marks instead of Korean characters when using /where command in Battle.net
Fixed a bug that hindered Korean text in Battle.net chatrooms and game advertisements.
Originally posted by: MetalMat
Originally posted by: EpsiIon
Originally posted by: Ready
people still play sc for some odd reason even though wc3ft has better custom games.
Your logic... it's so... pure.
Might it be possible that the people who are playing Starcraft aren't playing custom games?
BTW, DotA > any RTS custom map, ever. Heck, I think it's better than regular WC3.
what is DotA?
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Does the AI still cheat?