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Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
October 08 2008 22:17 GMT
#21
Yeah I learned about this pretty recently, I think it's a totally badass feature that I'm glad Blizzard instated.
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
October 08 2008 22:35 GMT
#22
On October 09 2008 03:21 sqwert wrote:
wasnt there an official crack that blizzard itself released? im using it right now and still works regardless of patches.

yeah there was, from patch 1.15.2. The download from Blizzard Store allows you to install the game without CDs
blabberrrrr
OctoPuSs
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Canada5279 Posts
October 08 2008 22:39 GMT
#23
This is awesome :O. Thanks a bunch!
Depression is just a sarcastic state of mind. Liquid`HerO Fighting!
fOrTT
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States123 Posts
October 09 2008 01:30 GMT
#24
i installed this on a friends computer but its asking me to put in my CD to play everytime i run it. is this supposed to happen? was hoping the 1.2gbs wouldnt require the CD
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
October 09 2008 01:32 GMT
#25
Thanks for the guide. I used this a while ago when I lost my CDs and had to reinstall.
fOrTT
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States123 Posts
October 09 2008 01:38 GMT
#26
On October 09 2008 10:30 fOrTT wrote:
i installed this on a friends computer but its asking me to put in my CD to play everytime i run it. is this supposed to happen? was hoping the 1.2gbs wouldnt require the CD


nvm fixed my own problem. thanks ^^
SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
October 09 2008 01:40 GMT
#27
Wait, does this give out CD-keys? Or is it just a version you can download. Please clarify the OP.
What does the scouter say about his macro level? It's Over 9000 minerals!
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
October 09 2008 01:59 GMT
#28
On October 09 2008 10:40 SiegeTanksandBlueGoo wrote:
Wait, does this give out CD-keys? Or is it just a version you can download. Please clarify the OP.

not sure what you mean. You can either register your cd key from your cd case and then download the game (they will give you a brand new 13-digit cd key that is synonymous with your current cd key). Or you can pay $15 for a brand new 13-digit cd key and then download the game.
blabberrrrr
SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
October 09 2008 02:07 GMT
#29
On October 09 2008 10:59 blabber wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2008 10:40 SiegeTanksandBlueGoo wrote:
Wait, does this give out CD-keys? Or is it just a version you can download. Please clarify the OP.

not sure what you mean. You can either register your cd key from your cd case and then download the game (they will give you a brand new 13-digit cd key that is synonymous with your current cd key). Or you can pay $15 for a brand new 13-digit cd key and then download the game.


Ah, gotcha.
What does the scouter say about his macro level? It's Over 9000 minerals!
SkatesSC
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States191 Posts
October 14 2008 11:17 GMT
#30
Been using this for quite a while now and had to download it more than once after formatting my drive.

Something I noticed for people who say it's a very slow download..

If you disable peer-to-peer (Click View ---> preferences ---> uncheck "Enable peer to peer transfer") it seems to extremely speed up the process. For me instead of it being like a normal torrent I was connected to a single peer that was listed as "http direct download" on the torrent client.

I think just unlike the WoW patches and such the http client isnt overloaded for bandwidth so it really increases speeds.

Downloaded mine last time around 600kb/s using this method, can't guarantee it will work the same for everyone but it takes like 5 seconds, doesn't hurt to try.
HerO fighting!!!
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
October 14 2008 12:13 GMT
#31
Ah yea this is how i've played for a while because my CD broke. The only annoying this is i've been unable to discover a way that will allow me to backwards patch sc so I can watch replays from previous patches (like all the TSL replays.) When I tried it fucked it up and i had to delete it and re-dl all the bw game files again.
Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6183 Posts
October 14 2008 13:01 GMT
#32
[/quote]Please keep this thread free of comments like I already knew this, old news because it's not very well known throughout the community that you can do this.[/quote]
very well known
Dewis
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Finland344 Posts
October 14 2008 13:37 GMT
#33
Thanks for the info! Registered all my Blizzard games
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
October 14 2008 13:43 GMT
#34
This has been around for awhile o_o
i've had this for like atlesat the majority of this year haha
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
November 02 2008 06:03 GMT
#35
On October 09 2008 10:38 fOrTT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2008 10:30 fOrTT wrote:
i installed this on a friends computer but its asking me to put in my CD to play everytime i run it. is this supposed to happen? was hoping the 1.2gbs wouldnt require the CD


nvm fixed my own problem. thanks ^^

same problem happens to me. how did u fix it?
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
November 02 2008 06:07 GMT
#36
On October 14 2008 20:17 JSkates wrote:
Been using this for quite a while now and had to download it more than once after formatting my drive.

Something I noticed for people who say it's a very slow download..

If you disable peer-to-peer (Click View ---> preferences ---> uncheck "Enable peer to peer transfer") it seems to extremely speed up the process. For me instead of it being like a normal torrent I was connected to a single peer that was listed as "http direct download" on the torrent client.

I think just unlike the WoW patches and such the http client isnt overloaded for bandwidth so it really increases speeds.

Downloaded mine last time around 600kb/s using this method, can't guarantee it will work the same for everyone but it takes like 5 seconds, doesn't hurt to try.



I don't think that very many people at a time are trying to get scbw, as opposed to the bajillion people that are probably trying to get the wow patches
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zerofear
Profile Joined February 2006
Mexico44 Posts
November 02 2008 06:41 GMT
#37
do u know if i can actually buy the cd key and then download the game from there?
The Midnigth Carnival
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
November 02 2008 08:21 GMT
#38
This would be quite useful if you were trying to convince someone to buy the game. Now it only costs 10 dollars, legally.
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
November 02 2008 23:05 GMT
#39
it keeps saying that I need a cd to play in the installer. i tried putting cd in and then starting, but when I restarted, you still need the cd. Can anyone help me fix this problem?
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
CapO
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1615 Posts
November 02 2008 23:32 GMT
#40
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=70784
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=77522
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