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I just reconnected to Battle.net on the advice of a friend, and it quickly downloaded and installed version 1.14 of Starcraft: Brood War. So far, I've noted a few changes, but feel free to add any that you find.

1. Most importantly, the ladder via Battle.net has been erased. It no longer exists. If you click on the Ladder (Alt+L) in a chat room, it minimizes SC and pops open your default web browser with a battle.net site listing various WGTour Ladders.
2. The default icon changed for the desktop (and the little taskbar button changed as well).
3. The login screen has a different appearance now.

*Edit @ 8:09* They have also deleted colors from the forces and map properties. So far, colors on units appear to work (I just checked).

Starcraft and Brood War Patch Information

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- patch 1.14
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Feature Changes

- European ladder now affiliated with WGTour (http://www.wgtour.com/blizz.php).
See http://www.battle.net/scladder/ for additional information about the new
European ladder.
- Ladder games disabled for all other regions.
- For Top vs. Bottom games, the default chat filter is now 'Chat To Allies'.
- In-game chat messages now show the speaker's name in his/her team color.
- Users can now use the mouse wheel to scroll chat and selection boxes in
Windows 98 (or later) and Macintosh OS X.
- Screen shots now use a time/date stamp; they are no longer limited to 100.
- Improved version numbering system.
- The high-color application icon from the Macintosh version is now used on PC.
- Small corrections to the Lost Temple and Dire Straits maps.

Bug Fixes

- Fixed Hatchery cancellation crash bug.
- Fixed crash that can occur when SCVs are repairing a unit boarding a Dropship.
- Fixed crash when Mac users very quickly cancel connection to Battle.net.
- Fixed a scoring bug that gave Zerg unit points for building cancellation.
- Users can now take screen shots on Macintosh OS X.
- Updated Battle.net account creation information text.
- Logging onto an account closed for a Battle.net Terms of Service violation
will now say the account is closed, rather than 'invalid password'.
- Fixed bug preventing Portuguese StarCraft clients from receiving patches from
Battle.net. Portuguese users must still patch to this level manually, but
subsequent patches can be obtained automatically from Battle.net.
- No longer displays control characters in Battle.net's map description pane.
- Color codes and control codes are no longer allowed in chat messages.
- Fixed a crash in StarEdit when attempting to save modified Blizzard maps.
- Fixed undesired text wrapping in Spanish and Portuguese Battle.net screens.
- Fixed a rare crash in multiplayer games.

Exploits

- Fixed the Nydus Canal cancellation bug that allowed creating a mobile exit.
- Fixed two exploits that allowed players to gain minerals very quickly.
- Fixed exploit with Arbiter that allowed Zerg buildings to become cloaked.
- Fixed exploit that allowed units to kill themselves instantly.
- Fixed exploit that allowed Command Center infestation without a Queen.
- Fixed exploit that allowed Command Center infestation from a distance.
- Fixed exploit that allowed players to float Zerg Drones over obstacles.
- Fixed exploit that allowed worker units to mine at a distance.
- Fixed exploit that allowed Terran buildings to lift off while training units.
- Fixed exploit that allowed SCVs to repair Protoss buildings.
- Fixed exploit that allowed SCVs to detach Larvae from Hatcheries.
- Fixed exploit that allowed morphing Terran and Protoss buildings.
- Fixed exploit that allowed buildings to be stacked on top of each other.
- Playing against illegally named players on Battle.net no longer results in a
disconnect game result.

AWESOME

Colors are broken. Fantastic.

- For Top vs. Bottom games, the default chat filter is now 'Chat To Allies'.
- In-game chat messages now show the speaker's name in his/her team color.

Those are pretty much the only two I like...

I refuse to download this patch until a downgrader is made for it!

Add: At least its not 1.13g

I wish I wasn't in class right now, I'd check this out. Anyone find anything really bad about this yet?

Hey, we can't change unit colors to black anymore ethier.

cant stack units, colours broke, the tricks are broken, this patch sucks

Fascinating, not only did they remove 95% of mapping tricks, they also force DoA to look for new offsets for FG. Oh, not to mention removing the ladder. Why the hell would they do that?

Illegitimate children.

And WTF's with the SC screen showing "Version 1.14"?


But hey, SC has a sexy new icon now. I like...

I think the ladder disable is only temporary? And I think the stacking is only not allowed for ingame stacking which still sucks. They removed so many of the tricks that were fun...thanks for the bad patch.

Wow, the ingame text messages look uuuugly...

Can anyone reach into SC's code and steal those new colors for use in maps?

turret and cannon stacking isnt broke, while stacking in game

Stacking ingame still works, the patch just stops hacking stuff.

Xeno told me to say:
THAT'S GAY

I don't know if I'm even going to map after this.

Wow this patch BLOWS!, you cant cloak zerg units with an arbiter anymore...this patch blows.

I've lost alot of my desire to make anything for this game with this patch. I mean, stacking units is used ALOT in RPGs. I've decorated alot of terrain pieces with stacked buildings, and alot of maps have used it in the past.

Not only is that change destroy tons of maps, it was also just a harmless trick. Are we going to have to stack using sprite buildings or should we just give up now?

When you press "join" it auto selects the first game on the list...

OMG, everyones forces in the maps are messed up because stacks and colors arent available! THIS PATCH SUCKS!

this patch was made to kill starcraft so ppl stop bugging blizzard about starcraft 2.

A sad day for StarCraft indeed...And amen to whoever said it's not 1.13g

Screw u koltz if u like it, i dont give a crap about hackers. It freaked up map making

I know Staredit is a pretty small community, but I think that instead of sitting ehre and complaining, we should email Blizzard on the issue.

I mean, if we can get atleast 200 emails in I think they'll atleast consider it. Something to the vein of "On the subject of Patch 1.14: Through removing an exploit that allowed preplaced building stacking, you have disabled countless UMS maps.

Now, yes, it is is an exploit, but it did not affect the performance of melee maps or their derivative types, it has only managed to frustrate the UMS map making community, as well as kill off ambitions of making UMS maps, as many tricks and trigger solutions will be rendered impossible. There is no harm in having stacked buildings, it is little more than a harmless glitch that can be used for countless creative ends."

I've been playing Starcraft since I was about 7, and I've never felt like I didn't want to do it until now. It's my personal belief that they're killing off the flexibility of Starcraft's mapping features so people will switch over the more expensive Warcraft 3 (and, if they can get them hooked, WoW, where they can suck money out of them monthly).

What I HATE about tihs patch is that you can no longer join games which have overlaps in their map names. Not only does this include like the majority of bounds out there, but many many other great games as well.

I made a topic about this in blizz's forum, check it out.

never said i liked it, in fact i hate it. dunno where u got that idea