A StarCraft II Bug Or Two You Might Want To Know About

No issues whatsoever for me except that I suck. Even after all that practice I had during beta I still landed in the Bronze League.

" How come people didn't just try the demo first to see how it runs on their machine?  Oh. Right. "

" Does this affect the N64 version? "

No game can make your computer melt-down.  When you make a system, you should make sure your computer can handle a full GPU and CPU load in regards to heat generation. 
 
Anyway, haven't run into any problems.  Page pool is a bit annoying, but once I made it 4 gigs, i stopped having that popup.

Its crashed on me on loading screens though, during gameplay its been fine.

The game runs like a rock with a frame rate that (almost) never falters. Even more amazing is that I'm pulling this off with a GPU that's nearly 4 years old. I'm quiet proud of this 8800GTX - doing beautifully despite some truly chaotic battles.  This game is one awesome piece of code. 

The reason  it appears that so many people are having more issues than any other PC game release is because so many people bought the game... I'm not saying these issues don't exist but when you have this many people buying and playing a game (in this case attempting to play), there are bound to be dozens if not more bugs found that were not found previously... Blizzard is a stand up company though and will obviously patch ASAP. Chill. 

" The game runs like a rock with a frame rate that (almost) never falters. Even more amazing is that I'm pulling this off with a GPU that's nearly 4 years old. I'm quiet proud of this 8800GTX - doing beautifully despite some truly chaotic battles.  This game is one awesome piece of code.  "

I just got done playing SC 2 only because it crashed me out when I tried to do the next mission. On two occasions my friend was unable to scroll the screen down with the mouse. Also online games have been dropping a lot for me. I don't know if these are pretty common but they are not keeping me away from this great game. 
Specs:  2.13 dual core, Nvidia 8800 Ultra, 3 Gigs of RAM, X-fi extreme gamer sound card, windows 7 - 32bit

" The game runs like a rock with a frame rate that (almost) never falters. Even more amazing is that I'm pulling this off with a GPU that's nearly 4 years old. I'm quiet proud of this 8800GTX - doing beautifully despite some truly chaotic battles.  This game is one awesome piece of code.  "

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

Lowering the screen resolution is the quick fix here. That's normally why things overheat, people set the resolution for their computer screen size and their cooling unit can't quite handle it.

" @eclipsecdn said:

" The game runs like a rock with a frame rate that (almost) never falters. Even more amazing is that I'm pulling this off with a GPU that's nearly 4 years old. I'm quiet proud of this 8800GTX - doing beautifully despite some truly chaotic battles.  This game is one awesome piece of code.  "

That's not "code". That's having art assets dumbed down so most people can play.
 
 @Tarsier said:

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

Like red rings you mean. "

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

during one of the dialogue sequences in the bar early on, my computer just shut itself off.  strange, since that never happened before.

This game runs like butter. Who the hell has their frame rate uncapped anyway when most are playing on a 60hz maximum display? Turn on triple buffer v-sync for fuck's sake. It's 2010.
 
Or does that not help? Brad2 did a terrible job explaining things.
 

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" @Tarsier said:

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

In the same boat and completely agree. "

Glad I've not seen any of these issues, freaking sweet game, forgot how much I enjoyed Starcraft.

I have the black screen issue.  It happens in the middle of play.  Not super happy about that, also if I ctrl-alt-del it brings up the log-in menu in win 7 and I can start a task manager.  If I leave the task manager open after that I can alt-tab over to it when it does the black screen again.  Has nothing to do with heating or the entire screen would stay that color.  That is all programming.

 
Honestly, I don't mind Brad2 not knowing who that is (Seriously, yes, I know it's Mensk, but how would people who don't care about it know?  He doesn't even look that much like he did in SC1) or all this talk about the program crashing (I also like Console games because they are easier to run, but prefer PC games for the  variety and upgradablility.) 
 
That said, the idea that a GAME can destroy a system is freaking ridiculous.  No game can make your system go over the maximum threshold.  Instead of indulging in dumb rumors like this, you should teach PC users to stress test their hardware with temperature monitoring, to make sure it can handle a full CPU and GPU load.   That stuff is all set by the CPU and Mobo makers, not Blizzard.

Known Bug - Game is broken on OSX

" @Jaserno said:

" @Tarsier said:

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

You come on to GB moaning about a game having problems yet you've purchased it? And you claim that consoles are superior, yet you've purchased it. So therefore you must have a fairly adequate PC... You're a strange man. "

i didnt claim that the console was superior, dont put words in my mouth.   "

" this is one of the main reasons i prefer the console experience over the PC one. console games never have problems like this, you just put the disc in and play. on the pc you have to go through tons of bs just to get them running smoothly, and then youre still not even guaranteed it wont crash once a day because the graphics card you have doesnt like the game. not turning this into a pc vs console war, as i know this game isnt even on the console (im getting it for my PC in a day or two), but its a similar problems that all pc games have. just somethin to think about. "

FWIW, no problems on my end. Bought the standard version at midnight on launch day, installed it and patched it that night, and it's been working fine since. Intel Q6600, Windows 7 Pro x64, 2GB RAM, 640MB 8800GTS, all settings on high. 
 
Only problem is that I created my SC2 profile without knowing that the name I chose was permanent for both online and offline play. They've got a handy notice now, but it's too late for me. My profile name is the oh-so-creative "Kyle".

After installing and then trying to open the game, it told me there was a patch to be downloaded.  I tried clicking, "yes", to download the patch and I also tried, "cancel".  It would sputter and then the question would just come up again.  Simply restarting my computer fixed the problem.

I hate windows automatic compatibility mode settings that it applies, today I had to go into some system files to disable it so it would stop fucking with Steam. Starcraft 2's getting problems too because of windows compatibility mode? Fuck windows compatibility mode. Turn it off before you even try playing modern games on your windows pc just to avoid any problems.

My computer melts down at any menu screen for any game almost.

I  installed the game and started it up with no problems.  Only took about 30 minutes.  However, I haven't had time to play it yet. ..

Yea, my computer completely shut off yesterday in the middle of the campaign. I felt the back of my computer and it just about burned my hand. My computer is more than capable, and I can run Crysis at lower temps than SC2.  Wtf? I really don't like a game to damage my hardware Blizzard :(

I wouldn't call "making your computer work pretty hard" a fault. 
 
What I can see happening is people who don't normally PC game, or who just play WoW, are just now installing a modern title that actually works the video card and CPU. WoW is a memory hog which doesn't generate a lot of heat. 
 
So the PC on the carpet shoved inside a cubby between the desk and the wall with more dust inside than PC components is probably freaking out in ways it didn't before. 

" Can anyone tell me is there a V-Sync option? "

Yuck. Good thing I haven't even cut the plastic wrap on my copy yet. 
 
I guess I'll work on Starcraft 1's campaign while I wait for more patches, then. :\

" just read the page on Battle.net
 
... please somebody here define "some screens" ... as in screen resolution or as in monitor (LCD/CRT/PLASMA - certain vendor?)?! 
 
I don't want to click through unresponsive Blizzard-Support. Thanks :)
 
btw, N64 joke was brilliant 
 
@Fragstoff said:

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" Does this affect the N64 version? "

LOL  "

:) "

" @Detrian said:

" @eclipsecdn said:

" The game runs like a rock with a frame rate that (almost) never falters. Even more amazing is that I'm pulling this off with a GPU that's nearly 4 years old. I'm quiet proud of this 8800GTX - doing beautifully despite some truly chaotic battles.  This game is one awesome piece of code.  "

That's not "code". That's having art assets dumbed down so most people can play.
 

   

" I wouldn't call "making your computer work pretty hard" a fault.  What I can see happening is people who don't normally PC game, or who just play WoW, are just now installing a modern title that actually works the video card and CPU. WoW is a memory hog which doesn't generate a lot of heat.  So the PC on the carpet shoved inside a cubby between the desk and the wall with more dust inside than PC components is probably freaking out in ways it didn't before.  "

Installer said my operating system didn't meet the min requirements.... but its OSX 10.6..... 
Guess I'll be getting a copy of XP for bootcamp?

An uncapped framerate is not any reason to "fry" your video card. 
 
If your video card is getting fried simply because it's running at 100%, contact your computer or video card manufacturer. They either cut costs by putting a heatsink on your video card that isn't sufficient enough or they didn't even bother to stress test your machine.
 
Also, if any of you are interested in your video card temps at load, I recommend downloading an advanced version of your driver suite (for ATI), or getting Furmark or Rivatuner.
 
Blizzard putting an uncapped framerate in their games doesn't cause hardware failure. Your manufacturer cutting costs is not Blizzard's fault, or you being irresponsible enough as to not forcing v-sync when you're aware of such an issue makes it your fault. If you're going to make an investment in a gaming PC, learn a few things about it, just like any other purchase you make.    

I have a problem with it forcing me to use a standard resolution instead of the one that actually works for my monitor. I have to use the closest one, which zooms in way too much and makes it so I can't see things like menu names or the amount of resources I have. Can't find a log file or registry entry log to change and fix the problem either.

Man, I hope Starcraft II doesn't kill my laptop when I pick it up. Also I hope it doesn't kill my mouse, having to buy replacement mice could add up over time.

That might be the manliest beard I've seen in a long time.

" That might be the manliest beard I've seen in a long time. "

Definitely errors that need to be put in check FAST.

HELP**** Im trying to play starscraft 2 for the first time and it wont let me connect to battle.net from inside the game... the CONNECT button itself is greyed out and not clickable so i cant even create an in-game character to post in the battle.net forums. I would appreciate it if someone could post up my issue on the forum so i can get it fixed.