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Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathknight on 2005-01-20 at 22:24:33
As stated on Blizzard's website, patch 1.12 will be a huge update for Starcraft.

QUOTE(Blizzard)
StarCraft Patch 1.12 Coming Soon
We have been working on a new patch for StarCraft, and it includes a host of new features to streamline and enhance multiplayer competition. You can expect the update to be available for download in the next few weeks, but we wanted to give you a taste of what’s in store for you when the patch does arrive.

  • The multiplayer chat screen will now show a preview of the map you will play on.
  • The creator of a private Battle.net game can now make the game public under the creator’s name in the multiplayer chat screen.
  • A Friends List will be added to the game to keep track of your friends on Battle.net.
  • Friend mail will be added to the game to let you email members of your Friends List.
  • A password-recovery and email-registration function will be added to allow you to recover your password via email.
  • A minimap ping will be added to the game to allow you to ping a location on the map.
  • It will now be easier to set building rally points.
  • We will include updated versions of three of the most popular ladder maps – Lost Temple, Dire Straits, and Rivalry – in order to better suit the newer style of ladder play.



As you can see, there will be major changes, and new options.
We shall wait and see what Blizzard comes up with in just a few more weeks!


Source: Blizzard Entertainment.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CheeZe on 2005-01-20 at 22:26:39
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It will now be easier to set building rally points.


THIS IS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathknight on 2005-01-20 at 22:28:21
Yea I know... as if it wasn't easy enough. :/

But think of those porn maps using the lobby pictures! God, the horror!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Yoshi da Sniper on 2005-01-20 at 22:29:40
Its great to see that blizzard hasn't forgotton about us! happy.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by High on 2005-01-20 at 22:32:36
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The multiplayer chat screen will now show a preview of the map you will play on.

Taken from Wc3, would be awsome for looking at bounds, too bad it dont play them

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The creator of a private Battle.net game can now make the game public under the creator’s name in the multiplayer chat screen.

useful

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A Friends List will be added to the game to keep track of your friends on Battle.net.

Meh? We have a friends list?

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Friend mail will be added to the game to let you email members of your Friends List.

Also from wc3

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A password-recovery and email-registration function will be added to allow you to recover your password via email.

wc3...

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A minimap ping will be added to the game to allow you to ping a location on the map.

wc3... but awsome

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It will now be easier to set building rally points.

Meh, ok

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We will include updated versions of three of the most popular ladder maps – Lost Temple, Dire Straits, and Rivalry – in order to better suit the newer style of ladder play.

Kool, i guess

Wheres the new uber staredit features cry.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-01-20 at 22:34:04
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The multiplayer chat screen will now show a preview of the map you will play on.

That can be bad, REALLY bad. Especially for use map settings games. What if you want things to be a suprise?!? If your map is a maze, just study the map and ruin the game

I also hope the friends list would be bigger...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by High on 2005-01-20 at 22:36:11
Most mazes would be made with units, so you wouldnt see them, it would be really really awsome if we could upload a mini-map image into the scx (like wc3)
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-01-21 at 09:11:29
They're literally taking all good ideas they had for WCIII and put them to SC... Not a bad idea, but still...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by TheOddAngel on 2005-01-21 at 09:30:18
Just make a whole new game!!!!

If they start NOW they could have all these and more in SC2... But no they r updating SC1... Anyway this looks like it will be interesting... lol... Sturdy The Crash map and it crashes you in loby... I wonder if that will happen...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-01-21 at 09:41:51
The minimap thing can be good but only on certain maps.

THat thing can totally ruin the whole point of the game sometimes. For instance, sexy pictures and all those other maps which have surpise terrain or landscapes.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tazzy on 2005-01-21 at 09:45:09
Dude Blizzard LOVES US STILL!
w00t.gif

mos tof thema re from Warcraft 3. But still.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Nozomu on 2005-01-21 at 09:51:19
This should take a lot of the appeal out of minimap pic maps, and I don't mind it one bit. At least it shows that Blizzard still loves us.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-01-21 at 10:28:24
Well, this sounds freaking awesome. I actually do have all 25 slots filled up in my friend list, and when i try to find out where the first 15 or so are in a game, it skips past them to the last 10. I like the idea of it - I bet it will be another menu... maybe something like the alliance menu?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by SA_Max71 on 2005-01-21 at 10:44:15
QUOTE(Ðeathknight @ Jan 20 2005, 07:24 PM)
As stated on Blizzard's website, patch 1.12 will be a huge update for Starcraft.
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Yay! They are releasing *cough* *cough* more features!
So, what I wonder is, when are they going to re-realease features we already have, and call it a "updated version"?

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A Friends List will be added to the game to keep track of your friends on Battle.net.

Alright. now I can keep track of where my friends are! ...

... Oh, wait, I accidently-on-puropose forgot that we already have this feature. (In other words, I accidently forgot about this featuer on purpose.) The switch is called the "/friends" or "/f" list. (I like to call it the "/f" list, short for the f--- list.)

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Friend mail will be added to the game to let you email members of your Friends List.

yay! they are adding this feature!...

.. Oh, wait, I accidently-on-purpose forgot. They already have this feature. it is under the "/clan" switch.


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A password-recovery and email-registration function will be added to allow you to recover your password via email.


Whoa... I suggested this feature to them about 2 years ago. Based on this, the next "patch" with the features I have suggested will be out in 2009.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2005-01-21 at 11:19:53
What a cheap shot. Change the SC Battle.net GUI to be a lot like WC3 to quiet us. dots.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by RexyRex on 2005-01-21 at 12:01:54
I just hope that they don't touch staredit so we don't need new editors...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-01-21 at 12:07:51
*Chu is speechless.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zombie on 2005-01-21 at 12:17:44
this will be pretty cool, ive been wondering why i couldnt figure out how to e-mail friends even though they had that command thre
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Yoshi da Sniper on 2005-01-21 at 12:29:28
QUOTE(RexyRex @ Jan 21 2005, 01:01 PM)
I just hope that they don't touch staredit so we don't need new editors...
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They aren't indicating that they are. methinks there might be a function for a custom screenshot I hope?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kenoli on 2005-01-21 at 14:24:01
The preview will probably just be generated by the terrain, like the minimap in-game. Hopefully there will be a way to turn it off.

I'm wondering if maps that are 20x12 and such will end up being 'invalid' to play because it can't make the preview picture. Again, hopefully you can disable it.

You know why they made the updates so much like WC3?
Maybe because its the same company, lol...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (U)Bolt_Head on 2005-01-21 at 14:25:27
QUOTE(Yoshi da Sniper @ Jan 21 2005, 11:29 AM)
They aren't indicating that they are. methinks there might be a function for a custom screenshot I hope?
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I doubt it, if there is any change to the editor there will be a setting that dissallows he minimap to be preveiwed in the chat window.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2005-01-21 at 15:35:06
It sounds cool. I just have one question though. Would this completely change the ffects of extended players and extended units? I don;t know if they change every patch due to the added coding in the patch file.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-01-21 at 15:40:56
They are making some large changes in this patch, I wouldn't be surprised if a whole new set of bugs appeared afterwords, but I seriously doubt that it would directly affect the extended players and units.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathknight on 2005-01-21 at 15:51:27
Those who think the map preview will show the minimap are idiots. If it's exactly like WC3, all you do is import any image you like. And even if it does show the actual minimap, I GUARANTEE there is a way to get around it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by -BW-Map_God on 2005-01-21 at 16:02:23
I dunno if this qualifies as a big update.... now if they took away the string limit on staredit... that would be a big update biggrin.gif . Still its nice to see some useful War3 interface stuff being put into Starcraft and nice there making the friend lists less crappy(bigger hopefully) but this will probably lead to at least two more versions fixing bugs from this new version if past updates are any indication.
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