Hey guys - so I live in a rural village in South Africa and I don't have an active internet connection. I also don't have a very good laptop which led me to download BW since I've enjoyed playing it in the past.

My issue is that playing 1v X-number of computers in standard games has gotten boring. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make offline mode fun? I tried installing some UMS maps but the offline AI doesn't seem to cooperate with those maps. Any ideas?

Thanks!

PS- I've tried making maps with interesting features in the default Campaign Editor but then I open the map in the game with UMS option and the computers don't move or do anything and I don't know how to get them to play..

nbaker

United States1341 Posts

October 20 2016 15:00 GMT

I've never tried it but one thing you could do is play against the custom AI's that people are building for competitions.

Here's a thread explaining how to set it up.

Jj1212

6 Posts

October 20 2016 15:03 GMT

Unfortunately it seems you need an Internet connection for that nbaker

LML

Germany1791 Posts

October 20 2016 15:04 GMT

UMS maps should work fine offline.
Simply use the "Use map settings" mode (maybe use multi-player -> UDP). There are great defense maps, bounds, and a million other map styles. Note though, that some may require additional players (some maps automatically end if you play them alone, and you would need to unprotect the map and change the triggers in a map editor to change that behaviour).

check http://www.staredit.net/sc1db/ for some BW UMS maps

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19363 Posts

October 20 2016 15:11 GMT

The custom campaigns that you can find in the pre-installed maps are pretty fun too. That's something you can play and not have to download.

toriak

Slovakia477 Posts

October 20 2016 15:11 GMT

if u want computers to move u must in editor go to triggers and make an action: Run AI script at locationXY . BWAPI bots should work offline too.

Endymion

United States3701 Posts

October 20 2016 15:32 GMT

On October 21 2016 00:00 nbaker wrote:
I've never tried it but one thing you could do is play against the custom AI's that people are building for competitions.

Here's a thread explaining how to set it up.

if i have this in my broodwar folder while playing on fish and or iccup i won't get banned for hacking, will i? can anyone confirm?

art_of_turtle

United States1206 Posts

October 20 2016 15:56 GMT

Plenty of UMS Maps out there. This discord has map makers who share their favorite UMS Maps.

https://discord.gg/Js86jaT

Jj1212

6 Posts

October 20 2016 16:07 GMT

Thanks for all the input guys - I did just realize the AI script trigger has to be active for UMS to work offline. It seems though that everything has to be AI-scripted. Is there a preloaded set of triggers I can DL to make the computer just do the normal things? (I.e. Gather, build and attack others)?

LML

Germany1791 Posts

October 20 2016 17:19 GMT

#10

On October 21 2016 01:07 Jj1212 wrote:
Thanks for all the input guys - I did just realize the AI script trigger has to be active for UMS to work offline. It seems though that everything has to be AI-scripted. Is there a preloaded set of triggers I can DL to make the computer just do the normal things? (I.e. Gather, build and attack others)?

Yes. Not sure if the standard SC Editor contains these triggers, but editors like SCMDraft2, StarForge or the Special Editor all contain special AI triggers that you can enable. Simply set the location to Anywhere. I'm not sure how good these AIs are, though.

wishbonesaka

Canada117 Posts

October 20 2016 17:36 GMT

#11

im playing the campaign currently, no mouse or keyboard, just a laptop. its a nice experience. :D its easier than you think after a few games.

byj

520 Posts

October 20 2016 17:53 GMT

#12

On October 21 2016 02:36 wishbonesaka wrote:
im playing the campaign currently, no mouse or keyboard, just a laptop. its a nice experience. :D.

you'll love bw's zerg 8

XenOsky

Chile2356 Posts

October 20 2016 18:11 GMT

#13

seems pretty difficult to have fun with offline starcraft, the campaigns are kinda good tho.

outscar

2832 Posts

October 20 2016 20:15 GMT

#14

Try winning vs. 3 AI's on 4 player maps (FS, CB). Or vs. more than 4 AI on Hunters. Pretty fun.

toriak

Slovakia477 Posts

October 20 2016 20:59 GMT

#15

On October 21 2016 00:32 Endymion wrote:

Show nested quote +

if i have this in my broodwar folder while playing on fish and or iccup i won't get banned for hacking, will i? can anyone confirm?

no u wont

toriak

Slovakia477 Posts

October 20 2016 21:00 GMT

#16

its just one trigger for a computer player i think

toriak

Slovakia477 Posts

October 20 2016 21:01 GMT

#17

On October 21 2016 02:36 wishbonesaka wrote:
im playing the campaign currently, no mouse or keyboard, just a laptop. its a nice experience. :D its easier than you think after a few games.

no mouse no keyboard ?
touchpad ?
or do u use some of that bwapi bots ? thay can play campaign too.

toriak

Slovakia477 Posts

October 20 2016 21:03 GMT

#18

On October 21 2016 02:53 byj wrote:

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you'll love bw's zerg 8

in my opinion
bw campaign <<<<<<<<< original campaign

toriak

Slovakia477 Posts

October 20 2016 21:05 GMT

#19

On October 21 2016 03:11 XenOsky- wrote:
seems pretty difficult to have fun with offline starcraft, the campaigns are kinda good tho.

i was on offline sc from 98 to 08.
it was patch 1.0.0 vanilla.
the map editor was my friend...

Jj1212

6 Posts

October 21 2016 03:34 GMT

#20

I have SCMDraft but when I try loading it it keeps saying "Failed loading MPQ" ..."Brood War add on not detected." ..."loading game data failed!"

I also tried DL'ing Scxe, ProEdit4.0 and redownloaded SCM Draft2 but every program is giving me startup errors, basically saying a SC file is missing or it can't detect Brood War. My SC directory is in c/program files/starcraft but I run the game off an ISO so I'm not really sure how (or where) to install the map editors

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