The StarCraft II Beta Test Has Officially Begun

[Thran]

Well it took alot of work and I don't have my beta key so hey I was bored and finally got this to somewhat work.

[Delphium]

That looks rather dope and interesting scaling of the HUD :D.

[GeneralAdmission]

Thanks for the shot, Thran, and bravo to Blizzard. That presentation is terrific, even if the HUD could use a little centering.

Anyone in the multi-monitor business should be giddy about SC2 now, especially for the Korean market. :D

[Tanuki]

Playing this in TH looks, daunting. I wonder what would cramp up first, your neck or your arm?

[Thran]

Well you won't be able to use it on battle.net when the game comes out I'm sure of that it took me about 2 hours to even setup the game without stretching it horribly. It is hope tho that someone can do a better job than I can on this, I am not even close to centering the hud on the middle screen haha.


Edit: also this game looks like its made for 6 monitors originally or someone on the blizz team tried eyefinity on it. When you originally load full screen with eyefinity on 3 screens its only the top half with the bottom cut off.

[Paradigm Shifter]

The problem is selling two thirds of your game separately as "expansions." A single Terran campaign is not a complete Starcraft game. Not even a crazy long Terran campaign. I'm not buying this until they sell the whole thing in one box either (though I'd easily pay sixty bucks for it).

This.

[GeneralAdmission]

it took me about 2 hours to even setup the game without stretching it horribly.

Perhaps I spoke too soon.

So the shot you posted isn't a natively supported display config by SC2? What did it take to get it running like that?

DaFox has reported that a friend of his has been playing SC2 in triplehead without trouble, so the state of the game isn't too clear ATM. I'm assuming everyone is using identical beta code, right?

[Thran]

Mine is not supported natively. I'd like pics of his if it is working out of the box as he says cause mine definitely did not on my setup it looked horrid and the fov was horrendous.

Edit: anything wider than 16:9 is definitely NOT supported natively and its been pretty clear on blizzard forums they think multi monitors is cheating and even deleted a post I made about eyefinity support.

[DaFox]

DaFox has reported that a friend of his has been playing SC2 in triplehead without trouble, so the state of the game isn't too clear ATM.

Eh that was a friend 'on the inside' and he just tried it out once, like a year ago. So as I said things could have changed since then, and it seems they have :(

[GeneralAdmission]

[quote]DaFox has reported that a friend of his has been playing SC2 in triplehead without trouble, so the state of the game isn't too clear ATM.

Eh that was a friend 'on the inside' and he just tried it out once, like a year ago. So as I said things could have changed since then, and it seems they have :(
Well nuts. With the apparent nice treatment of 16:9 and 16:10 I thought Blizzard might have gone one further and made happy with TH/EF. Oh well. Whenever I might acquire this game (not until a complete box set for sure) it seems to be hackable for surround. Also wish they had elevated the camera a bit, but I shouldn't ask for too much now, should I? ;)

[DaFox]

Also wish they had elevated the camera a bit, but I shouldn't ask for too much now, should I? ;)

You generally only play singleplayer correct?

I'm working on a camera hack currently. Simply allowing you to dolly out more.

It absolutely will not be usable on battle.net though (Infact I'll probably include a check to make sure that it is not usable on bnet once the beta is over) Blizzard enforces one of the harshest no third party program rules in the industry on battle.net... Even applications that FIX aspects of games on battle.net get you banned. (Like anti crash 'hacks')

[Thran]

I mostly play singleplayer and with a close knit group of friends who do not care, I hope lan is introduced into this game so I can play with them, but no most the time on any battle.net I just play the custom maps that people come out with and not really the original game :P.

[Thran]

Damn double post.

[Anprionsa]

[quote]The problem is selling two thirds of your game separately as "expansions." A single Terran campaign is not a complete Starcraft game. Not even a crazy long Terran campaign. I'm not buying this until they sell the whole thing in one box either (though I'd easily pay sixty bucks for it).

This.

I loved the first SC, but I have to agree with this.

[GeneralAdmission]

[quote]Also wish they had elevated the camera a bit, but I shouldn't ask for too much now, should I? ;)

You generally only play singleplayer correct?

For the original Starcraft, yes. Just SP and co-op LAN play.

Your mod sounds nice. I look forward to seeing it in action.

[DigChaos]

Thought i should mention, if you pre-order the game through Gamestop (amazon too i heard) they give you a free Beta account key. From there you just login to battle.net and download the game.

[DaFox]

The StarCraft II Editor is now available!

The StarCraft II Editor is now available!

The StarCraft II Editor is now available!

The StarCraft II Editor is now available!

The StarCraft II Editor is now available!

[Tanuki]

You got some Blizzard on your face DaFox.

[DaFox]

You got some Blizzard on your face DaFox.

Not going to lie, I have never not liked a blizzard game before. That being said I think that they are assholes in general.

[ViciousXUSMC]

I got in the beta, not lucky enough for a invite despite my rare hardware configuration on my laptop but you get a key for preordering the game so thats how I got one.

I preordered the collectors edition from gamestop. I have not had many good opportunities to play since I only play when I know I can get atleast one hour to myself with no interruptions. 3 games under my belt, no losses yet but I am in the practice league and just had some luck. Im actually not good at the game at all, its apparent to me watching some replays on youtube...