How easy is it to mod BW? I've seen many different mods for it, including that SC2 bw mod that had sc2 units in the game. So it leads me to believe that it can't be that difficult to put in custom sprites.
Then there's that high resolution hack for bw. The one that turns the resolution up(like in the bw editor) letting you see more of the map, making units and buildings smaller. So upping the resolution is also possible.
What I'm not sure if it's possible, is whether or not things such as the selection limit or mechanics can be changed, but that would really be secondary. ---------
Anyways, how possible would it be to make a mod that upped the resolution making everything smaller, but then putting in custom sprites for everything, much better quality and bigger size, so basically leading to having the same proportions as regular bw, but in high resolution with high rez sprites and in proper widescreen proportions? I've never modded bw, and I don't have any real plans to right now. But I've been learning a lot about game development and modeling and coding and all that neat stuff. BW has been the strongest game to influence my life, and I would really love an HD version, which is what this game deserves. If anyone knows about modding bw, it would be nice to hear whether something like this could ever happen, and if it did, if it could ever have a chance to be played multiplayer.
On March 06 2012 12:57 LightAngels wrote: If we scale up the resolution, it will ruin the game. The best part of BW is that you don't have a high resolution UI like SCII
I remember seeing a thread where brood war was cast in HD, it looked kinda funny...everything was so small, I thought it lost some appeal. Especially in big fights, you dont have that massive theatre of war feel, because everything gets squished into one screen.
they have a mod for sc2 that has all the brood war units and modified the play so that it emulates sc:bw. but i imagine that kind of defeats the point.
I think what the OP means is to increase the resolution while keeping the size/aspect the same. The BW HD hack that people are mentioning keeps the same level of detail, but just zooms out until the desired resolution is reached. BW is run in 640x480 resolution, which means that a 1900x1200 monitor could potential display about 3 screen-heights worth, but everything would appear much smaller.
An alternative would be to somehow resample all of the textures and sprites for BW and display it in a higher resolution. I would be curious about this too.
With programs like photoshop CS5 or CS6 now and professional very exspensive video editing programs that should have algorithms to help fill in the gaps. I'm not sure if you could do that to all of the BW textures but it might worth investigating.
On March 06 2012 12:57 LightAngels wrote: If we scale up the resolution, it will ruin the game. The best part of BW is that you don't have a high resolution UI like SCII
That's the best part of BW?
Its much harder to play with the old UI, and people enjoy BW that way
To completely overhaul the system (such as the SC2BW project) just can't work. Not only are the small bugs part of what makes it a great game, but it is also necessary for balance. However, I think that the extended screen that was posted above, or to brush up the sprites/textures would be cool. Here is a reference as to what is possible while still using the engine.
Obviously I'm not suggesting to make the unit's look exactly like that, or that big, but it shows that it is possible to make the sprites look a lot better and still have everything look smooth.
On March 06 2012 12:57 LightAngels wrote: If we scale up the resolution, it will ruin the game. The best part of BW is that you don't have a high resolution UI like SCII
That's the best part of BW?
Its much harder to play with the old UI, and people enjoy BW that way
Changing the resolution doesn't change the UI. SC2 isn't any "harder" on 800x600 than it is on 1920x1080. It just makes the game not look like shit and have giant black bars on the sides and stretching issues on modern equipment. That being said, I think accomplishing what the OP wishes to do would be very difficult and time consuming.
You might as well just do SCII:BW if that's what you want. Also, the crappiness of the graphics allows people to figure out what they actually look like in their head.
well bw could be fine tuned, some things really easily, the unit sprites as mentioned already for example. But i doubt it would be accepted by everyone or help bw in any way. Personally i like bw how it is, but i would probably bite if Blizzard released a money making bw remake with better graphics. And continue playing the old bw after playing around abit.
I am not that interested in playing in HD but I would surely love to watch VODs in HD.
I can imagine in korean proleague where they can show the entire battle in HD and alternate between these wide shots and "close ups," sort of like in physical sports broadcasting.
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