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AssyrianKing
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia2116 Posts
January 27 2012 14:27 GMT
#81
Should be stickied
John 15:13
qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
January 27 2012 14:44 GMT
#82
On October 08 2011 08:08 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Well, that's a bummer. I've been writing a guide like this last 6 months :/
If it took you 6 months to write that much, then you'd probably never have finished it, anyway.
'As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR. One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust".' —Wikipedia
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9538 Posts
January 27 2012 15:09 GMT
#83
On January 27 2012 23:44 qrs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 08 2011 08:08 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Well, that's a bummer. I've been writing a guide like this last 6 months :/

If it took you 6 months to write that much, then you'd probably never have finished it, anyway.

Fair enough.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
Moon_Unit
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada2 Posts
January 29 2012 10:09 GMT
#84
I have a noob question, is it possible to change hotkeys in starcaft 1? i find things like m for marine really inconvenient.
hurp and derp
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
January 29 2012 14:25 GMT
#85
No music in this SC download?! Is there unit sounds though??
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
January 29 2012 14:31 GMT
#86
On January 29 2012 19:09 Moon_Unit wrote:
I have a noob question, is it possible to change hotkeys in starcaft 1? i find things like m for marine really inconvenient.

There are 3rd party programmes for it, but it's usually considered cheating. And yeah, I find o for overlord and m for muta pretty bad
On January 29 2012 23:25 Azera wrote:
No music in this SC download?! Is there unit sounds though??

Yes. Iccup version lacks the music and the campaign, and that's all as far as I know.
No unit sounds would make it pretty hard to play imho/
‎numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret, numquam minus solum esse quam cum solus esset
shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
January 29 2012 18:30 GMT
#87
Thanks a tonne for this guide! Just played a bit and got my ass handed to me, but it was great fun. Definitely going to play some more!
You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?
macaronij
Profile Joined December 2010
Argentina67 Posts
January 30 2012 15:10 GMT
#88
Hi, i want to start playing, i play sc2 but want to try a little of BW, so i bougth the game in blizzard store
where can i find a guide to begin whit zerg? i mean something veeeeery basic whit build order i can practice vs any race
Caloooomi
Profile Joined July 2010
Scotland188 Posts
January 31 2012 15:37 GMT
#89
On January 31 2012 00:10 macaronij wrote:
Hi, i want to start playing, i play sc2 but want to try a little of BW, so i bougth the game in blizzard store
where can i find a guide to begin whit zerg? i mean something veeeeery basic whit build order i can practice vs any race


I always tried doing 3 hatch muta when I was playing bw, although at a low level:

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/3_Hatch_Muta_(vs._Terran)
Booga booga booga~
Linz
Profile Joined February 2011
Belgium151 Posts
February 01 2012 12:08 GMT
#90
Don't know if this is the best place to ask, but I did everything you said in the OP, and for some reason I cannot keybind control groups ingame. Anyone knows how to fix this? I'm using a Logitech G15 keyboard (Azerty) if that is relevant.

Thanks in advance.
"The plural of anecdote is not data."
corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-01 12:22:34
February 01 2012 12:15 GMT
#91
On February 01 2012 21:08 Linz wrote:
Don't know if this is the best place to ask, but I did everything you said in the OP, and for some reason I cannot keybind control groups ingame. Anyone knows how to fix this? I'm using a Logitech G15 keyboard (Azerty) if that is relevant.

Thanks in advance.

As it's an azerty keyboard, numbers are up, you have to play with caps lock. Annoying stuff.
On January 31 2012 00:10 macaronij wrote:
Hi, i want to start playing, i play sc2 but want to try a little of BW, so i bougth the game in blizzard store
where can i find a guide to begin whit zerg? i mean something veeeeery basic whit build order i can practice vs any race

To be more precise than the answer above me, I'm sorry but there's no opening that will cut it in all 3 match-ups, this is especially true as zerg. My advice would be to pick one (zvp for instance, protoss are pretty common on iccup, and it's the more macro oriented I guess) and to train only this one at the beginning. In this case read Liquipedia and use 3 hatch spire into 5 hatch hydra I guess, it's a bit outdated but it will give you a good feel for the match-up.
Well, good luck adpating to the numerous one base build you'll encounter at D level though.
‎numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret, numquam minus solum esse quam cum solus esset
DieterEilts
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany283 Posts
February 12 2012 22:45 GMT
#92
not entirely sure if this belongs here, but i have a big problem. 3weeks ago i started playing bw again, this time with iccup launcher and stuff and i play windowed mode 2x but in that mode it lags like hell. my pc can play sc2 without any lag so i think i should be able to play broodwar without problems.
when i play on full-widescreen there is no problem at all but its not cool to play in widescreen. i have 2.6ghz 4gb ram 1gb graphics.

maybe and hopefully there is an easy solution to it
ImbaTosS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1709 Posts
February 12 2012 23:19 GMT
#93
On February 13 2012 07:45 DieterEilts wrote:
not entirely sure if this belongs here, but i have a big problem. 3weeks ago i started playing bw again, this time with iccup launcher and stuff and i play windowed mode 2x but in that mode it lags like hell. my pc can play sc2 without any lag so i think i should be able to play broodwar without problems.
when i play on full-widescreen there is no problem at all but its not cool to play in widescreen. i have 2.6ghz 4gb ram 1gb graphics.

maybe and hopefully there is an easy solution to it

That's caused 100% by the Wmode program. As far as I know, there is no solution. I simply got used to playing like that.
EleGant[AoV]
L3o
Profile Joined August 2011
United States28 Posts
February 12 2012 23:34 GMT
#94
On February 13 2012 07:45 DieterEilts wrote:
not entirely sure if this belongs here, but i have a big problem. 3weeks ago i started playing bw again, this time with iccup launcher and stuff and i play windowed mode 2x but in that mode it lags like hell. my pc can play sc2 without any lag so i think i should be able to play broodwar without problems.
when i play on full-widescreen there is no problem at all but its not cool to play in widescreen. i have 2.6ghz 4gb ram 1gb graphics.

maybe and hopefully there is an easy solution to it


Basically what I did was turn on fixed aspect ratio. That way I play in full screen (on my widescreen monitor) in a 4:3 aspect ratio..
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
DieterEilts
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany283 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-13 02:09:51
February 13 2012 02:06 GMT
#95
well thats sad to here. windowed 2x mode would be awesome. how do i turn on fixed aspect ratio?

:sorry for being such a noob
aka600
Profile Joined April 2010
United States12 Posts
February 13 2012 02:26 GMT
#96
My question is, do a good amount of people still play BW? I havent played it in years, so if i begin to play am i going to get stomped on right from the beginning?
L3o
Profile Joined August 2011
United States28 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-13 03:05:53
February 13 2012 03:04 GMT
#97
On February 13 2012 11:06 DieterEilts wrote:
well thats sad to here. windowed 2x mode would be awesome. how do i turn on fixed aspect ratio?

:sorry for being such a noob


It's under your video card settings

Under mine Nvidia Control Panel it's under Adjust desktop size and position. It might be different for different video cards... but a quick google search should have it.

On February 13 2012 11:26 aka600 wrote:
My question is, do a good amount of people still play BW? I havent played it in years, so if i begin to play am i going to get stomped on right from the beginning?


Simple answer: yes.
There are plenty of people that still play and you will get rofl-stomped for a little while
I just started back again about two months ago, went about 80 games before i felt like i was actually winning games (as opposed to my opponent losing them, i.e. one base cheese that fails)
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
Tomba
Profile Joined January 2012
Norway106 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-13 05:58:11
February 13 2012 05:53 GMT
#98
How do you deal with mouse sensitivity in bw? When i enter broodwar and start playing the sensitivity is so high cos the resolution is so low. It makes it REALLY hard to play both BW and other games.

I play with acceleration off and 6/11 in windows and 1200 dpi on mouse. Do you just change the dpi and get a different sensitivity or is there some kinda chart that shows how much 1200 dpi is equally in bw resolution or something?

It's okay if you play in windowmode but everything is so small then...
taitanik
Profile Joined December 2011
Latvia231 Posts
February 13 2012 06:07 GMT
#99
too much stuff to fix on windows 7 and resolution sucks , i guess old monitors were better for it ;(
"the game is over only when you make it over"
klibrt
Profile Joined August 2010
United States533 Posts
February 13 2012 06:18 GMT
#100
I'm not sure if this has been asked but... I use a Windows 7 HP laptop and... when I run BW... the loading screen comes up as grainy black/white/grey and then a black screen comes up. I can hear the buttons selecting, like if I press M for multiplayer, it goes there, but the screen stays black.... how do I fix this? I can't play BW...
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