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Wow. That ScaleHD shot is amazingly crisp!
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Tec27 I just gotta say, you and the rest of the SB team are angels sent from RTS heaven. I'm very happy that you are continuing with the SB project. Thank you for everything you guys have done so far.
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I'm really looking forward to ladder system and matchmaking :D
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Very grateful to see the SB team working on this project with such passion. Yeah SC:R is on the horizon, but community effort was what made SC:BW stand out in the first place. Very excited for the future of this project.
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Wow, that is seriously awesome! Scale HD, continuing with the project, lots of amazing things in the works! I am so happy to hear about these updates and comments. And since 1.8 will be compatible with BW:R, that should be the case on SB as well. We might see the day in the future one day where SB becomes an official gateway  And it's definitely amazing and reassuring to hear the attitude taken by the developer here towards the long-term support of this game, ensuring its longevity, and that it prospers, no matter what. What a hero indeed!
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Can I sign up for ShieldBattery? If so, how?
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On March 29 2017 10:51 evilEye_ wrote:
Can I sign up for ShieldBattery? If so, how?
You click the large link that says "Sign Up For Beta" in the OP:
https://www.shieldbattery.net/
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Just to update you all, since Blizzard delayed their update, we're going to get another 1.16.1 release out before then with all the new stuff we've added. Should hopefully be early next week (with another invite wave as well, of course).
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waiting for it
I can't stand the new bnet potato UI anyway.
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want to give it a try, signed up for the beta.
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On April 01 2017 06:33 tec27 wrote:
Just to update you all, since Blizzard delayed their update, we're going to get another 1.16.1 release out before then with all the new stuff we've added. Should hopefully be early next week (with another invite wave as well, of course).
I was hoping for this! Yay
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New update is live! And I'll note it again since I'm sure people will be confused: This is for 1.16.1 *NOT* for the PTR version of BW.
Changelog:
- Maps. Again. But better. We've been hard at work implementing a new maps backend that can be used to upload and play any maps during lobby creation. It's not quite ready for use by everyone, but it now backs all of our official maps (you'll probably notice that map thumbnails look nicer and are more consistent, and that some maps have different titles between the selection and lobby screen). Expect this upload ability to come in a near-future update! Along with this, we've added a few more requested maps: Camelot (from ASL), Judgment Day, and Mizu de Chaud.
- UMS. If you've ever wanted to trade freedom of controlling your own settings for the thrill of playing a completely different game inside of Brood War, do we have exciting news for you! Use Map Settings maps are now supported on ShieldBattery! The maps we provide for now are: BGH 3.0 (a version of BGH that randomly assigns teams), Micro Tournament, Mini-Game Party, Monopoly, Poker D NovaX2, Random Micro Arena, SoG - Random, TMA Legends, i S k U Bound, Dhoom 2 Bound, and TriX Bound. This is all backed by our new maps backend, as well, so you'll soon be able to play whatever UMS maps you want. These won't currently display the pre-game briefing screen, but we're working on that as well.
- Lobby actions. Adding computers just wasn't enough, so we finally threw in some more options for all you lobby enthusiasts out there. Try not to get too into it as you close slots, or kick or ban players from your lobbies, you do need some opposing players to start the game.
- System tray icon. Our standalone client has one now, and will go there when you hit the close button. If that weren't enough, its icon will also change when you've received a new message (it's still pretty unintelligent though, better notifications with nickname highlighting and sounds and other such niceties are coming very soon!).
- Saved window position. We installed some additional memory modules in our windowed mode mainframe, meaning it can now save and restore your Brood War window's position between games!
- Username and password recovery. No longer will you have to PM an admin to recover your lost or forgotten account info! It's 2017, so we've built this functionality right into the login form. Please don't PM admins any more. Please. I mean, unless it's about something more interesting than resetting TamponZerg's password for the 15th time.
- Window titles. We made our window titles differ from stock Brood War, so that it's easier to configure streaming programs to work specifically for ShieldBattery. You may have to adjust your streaming configuration, depending on how you had it set up. The window title will also change between game initialization and actual gameplay, to help avoid switching scenes before things are ready.
- OpenGL full screen fixes. Some previous updates introduced a bug that caused the task bar to never get hidden in OpenGL full screen mode. It seems some people actually like using the bottom part of their screen or something, so we fixed that. We still recommend DirectX for everyone who can use it, but if you need to use OpenGL for compatibility reasons, it should work a bit better now.
- Chat scrolling fixes. Our auto-scrolling code used to be a bit picky about who it would work for, but we gave it a nice, stern talking to. It should be cool with everyone now.
- Enhanced game launch failures. If your game is failing to launch (should be incredibly rare!), we've implemented some additional logging. If this is happening to you, please reach out to an admin so we can collect this data and get some proper fixes in.
Will be sending out another invite wave now as well. Enjoy the new additions!
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Very nice. Looking forward to playing some more on SB once I'm back home in 2 days.
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Very nice. Looking forward to smashing some Jonoman92 on SB once he is back home in 2 days.
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Hey guys. Got an invite today but when installing im getting those two errors
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/6Do4q8j.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/UJGX1mE.png)
I think in 2nd msg part of link ".../win//shield..." has // is causing this error. After manualy written into browser i get to client download.
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On April 06 2017 15:17 alone wrote:Hey guys. Got an invite today but when installing im getting those two errors I think in 2nd msg part of link ".../win//shield..." has // is causing this error. After manualy written into browser i get to client download.
Shouldn't be an issue, might be a firewall problem?
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Yeah it was...assumed its not because I didnt get any notification. Thanks.
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Hello, i am an old brood war player, i submitted for the invite. How long does it take until e get this invite? thank you
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On April 06 2017 16:08 undead3112 wrote:
Hello, i am an old brood war player, i submitted for the invite. How long does it take until e get this invite? thank you
I got in today after 5 months. For some it was shorter, while other who signed up before me haven't gotten in yet. But that's the way closed betas work.
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sent an invite ages ago, still don't know what this thing looks like
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EPT
