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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-26 14:00:02
December 08 2008 14:21 GMT
#1
Hello guys.

I just read a thread @gg.net (forgive me guys) and this time i actually spotted something useful:



The "SCV Selector" changes the version of BW from 1.00 to the current version !!!

Here is the website to download it:
http://www.rainux.org/scv-selector/
If you have any questions, just go and ask, and we'll answer your question in English.


-Source: http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/thread/328942



Uncheck NoCD and Express Mode to be safe. I don't exactly know what express mode is, but well i uncheck it and its always fine.


But i also want to tell you guys that its possible to use old executables from starcraft to watch old replays.
Basically read this:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=83254
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PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 08 2008 14:46 GMT
#2
doesnt work for me..
tells me there is an error with the setup.exe
and that he cant find certain files ? o.O
hatred outlives the hateful
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
December 08 2008 17:13 GMT
#3
it works for me. i guess your installation of starcraft is fucked up T_T
it already worked for others so far
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
December 08 2008 22:04 GMT
#4
sorry i just need to double post to bump this. I don't get why nobody posts in this thread.

Did i make a mistake in the OP or are there some other problems??
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Narrator
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States868 Posts
December 09 2008 01:31 GMT
#5
Seems to work fine.

I was messing around in SC v1.0 :D
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
December 09 2008 18:28 GMT
#6
can i play iccup with it after i patched sc to 1.16.0?

i mean WITH antihack.
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jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
December 09 2008 18:32 GMT
#7
nice, it seems to work
http://twitter.com/jhNz
hixhix
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
1156 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-09 18:34:11
December 09 2008 18:33 GMT
#8
On December 09 2008 07:04 MasterReY wrote:
sorry i just need to double post to bump this. I don't get why nobody posts in this thread.

Did i make a mistake in the OP or are there some other problems??


You bumped because noone posted in 5 hours.. seriously???

Anyway, I wont try this until this weekend so no feedback for now. I guess others are busy as well.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
December 09 2008 21:36 GMT
#9
Thanks for the post. I dl'ed but haven't tried it yet. On this new comp I don't have any old replays to test on.
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
December 09 2008 21:58 GMT
#10
Haven;t tried it, same question as the guy above me...
Does it work for iccup?
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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
December 09 2008 22:06 GMT
#11
I just successfully watched a TvZ replay from version 1.13, Niceee!
never_Nal
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica676 Posts
December 09 2008 22:10 GMT
#12
Mac version PLZ
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
December 09 2008 23:56 GMT
#13
Awesome, thanks for this. No more wasted time reinstalling anymore.
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GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
December 10 2008 01:27 GMT
#14
finals are killing most of us. I'll try it after >.>
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
December 10 2008 16:48 GMT
#15
yea guys. thats right. it really works !!! hurray
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LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
December 23 2008 22:36 GMT
#16
the program works perfectly

thanks!
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CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
January 10 2009 17:10 GMT
#17
okay question. i have a ton of old replays. way back to jan2006. how do i know which version of starcraft (broodwar) to run for these replays?
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-10 20:30:24
January 10 2009 20:29 GMT
#18
On January 11 2009 02:10 cUrsOr wrote:
okay question. i have a ton of old replays. way back to jan2006. how do i know which version of starcraft (broodwar) to run for these replays?


In BWChart (link here) you can check the version of the replay on the main screen.

[image loading]


The only problem is that after 1.14 it gets a little..well..it's usually wrong :p

Anything up until 1.14 is identified correctly, but the program is too old to recognize any 1.15/1.16 incarnations and labels then as 1.13/1.14. For those you'll just have to guess I suppose, but for your old BoxeR replays it should work fine.

January 2006 is probably 1.14ish if my memory serves me right?
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
January 10 2009 21:10 GMT
#19
ShaLLoW can I have ur childreN ? =)
+ Show Spoiler +

ShallOw thats sum low apm
w/e
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-10 21:12:19
January 10 2009 21:11 GMT
#20
On January 11 2009 06:10 InfeSteD wrote:
ShaLLoW can I have ur childreN ? =)
+ Show Spoiler +

ShallOw thats sum low apm


Yeah that's a result of inactivity. I now rely on strategical brilliance rather than boring ol' macro to win games!

Oh, and yes..yes you may.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
January 10 2009 21:37 GMT
#21
Okay~ someday~

We need to play btw... even though Im not as good as I used to be anymore cuz of new table set up , mouse problems etc...

should be fun.. can u play in like 1 hr?
w/e
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
January 10 2009 22:29 GMT
#22
thanks guys. and it was 1.13f.... yes, almost 1.14
great :D
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Michaelj
Profile Joined February 2008
United States186 Posts
January 11 2009 03:11 GMT
#23
After using this program, I developed a program that forced me to reinstall. However, I can't connect to bnet anymore! I keep getting the error message: "Battle.net was unable to properly identify your application version".

I cleaned out everything sc-related in my registry, restarted, and reinstalled many times. Still no dice. Any suggestions?
---
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-11 07:38:38
January 11 2009 07:12 GMT
#24
um im encountering the same sort of problem. a little different.
i cant play single player, i went to play and it told me i was missing some file. I also get no music. im on my second reinstall now, much to my surprise the first didnt fix the problem.

ill clean the starcraft registry stuff too, good idea. ill let you know how it turns out.

(some time later)

damn. uninstall, clean everything to do with starcraft off my computer. even this version changer.
shut down- restart.
reinstall, by actually running the Setup.exe off the disks. also, right clicking and running everything as administrator.
i was able do download my update from Bnet to 1.16.
as soon as it restarts in 1.16, no sound again!!! i was like "DOH!"
sure enough, i can put in my single player name, but when i actually go to play... it boots me out and says it cant find this file:
"glue\palcs\backgrnd.pcx"
and if the problem persists, to reinstall.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
January 11 2009 09:35 GMT
#25
okay. even worse now.
even though a lot of the problems we are having (im also having the "cant connect to battle.net" problem now)... are similar to ones that people are having from 1.16, Im pretty sure thats not the cause of it. my wife has an identical computer to mine, and had 1.15.2

after updating hers to 1.16, it has none of the same problems. plays everything fine.

k now here is the worse part. on my computer i did a total system restore to about 3 days ago. and after multiple restarts, uninstalls, reinstalls, system restorations, i cant get past those screens to either Bnet or 1 player games. also tried different patches. 1.15.3 etc on my comp. no dice.

this is really really pissing me off now.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
January 11 2009 13:49 GMT
#26
bookmarked.

There are a lot of retards around here asking how change patch versions.
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CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
January 11 2009 19:30 GMT
#27
ummm... i do not recommend this program.
if you want to watch replays under a different patch. its a bit more labor intensive but do this:
uninstall starcraft. reinstall it and then just patch it to the one you want to watch replays with/or just play on. then you can patch to the most recent when you are done.

this program, as far as i can tell, messes stuff up. i cant believe more people havent encountered problems. post if you do plz.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Michaelj
Profile Joined February 2008
United States186 Posts
January 11 2009 19:30 GMT
#28
Just in case anyone else has the same issue, I fixed my problem with a system restore to a week ago
---
MasterOfChaos
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Germany2896 Posts
January 11 2009 19:36 GMT
#29
If you just want to watch replays using old executables is enough. You only need to downpatch for some old plugins like the ICCup antihack.
LiquipediaOne eye to kill. Two eyes to live.
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-11 22:45:14
January 11 2009 22:44 GMT
#30
kk solution for my problem:
1) uninstall SC/BW
2) re installed in a different folder ( \program files\SCbroodwar )
3) unistalled that version (which was working slightly better)
4) went into the registry and searched for more "starcraft". i found about 3 files i was comfortable deleting.
5) re installed in the default folder, and it works.

i have no idea how or why it works now, but something did it. starcraft is working and that is all that matters I wouldnt wish this problem on my worst enemy. glad that is over :D
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
DalfiusWL
Profile Joined January 2009
New Zealand47 Posts
January 19 2009 22:17 GMT
#31
would this be good for ICC? as apparently i need bw version 1.15 to play on icc and 1.16 to play on bw so i can use this to switch between the two versions with ease?
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
January 19 2009 22:18 GMT
#32
On January 20 2009 07:17 DalfiusWL wrote:
would this be good for ICC? as apparently i need bw version 1.15 to play on icc and 1.16 to play on bw so i can use this to switch between the two versions with ease?

i use this program regularly and it has worked like a charm for me to switch between 1.15.3 and 1.16.0
ModeratorResident K-POP Elitist
Rainux
Profile Joined January 2009
China2 Posts
January 28 2009 03:50 GMT
#33
Hi StarCraft players & fans, I'm the creator of SCV Selector, thanks for using it and very sorry to any problems it has made.

Yes in previous versions of SCV Selector there's a bug with NoCD option, it may cause you can not play Single Player game or/and lost background music in Multiplayer game, this bug has been fixed in Build 2008.12.10. If you still in the trouble of this bug, just do the following steps and you'll get back the fun from the game.

1. Delete Install.exe, BroodWar.mpq, StarCraft.mpq from your StarCraft installation folder.
2. Copy Install.exe from StarCraft install CD to your StarCraft installation folder, and rename it to BroodWar.mpq.
3. Copy Install.exe from StarCraft: BroodWar install CD to your StarCraft installation folder, and rename it to StarCraft.mpq.
4. Download the latest version of SCV Selector(http://www.rainux.org/scv-selector/, search "Download", and choose the links under DreamHost), run it make "Express Mode" unchecked so that you can make sure SCV Selector will install files to the StarCraft installation folder you expected.
Rainux
Profile Joined January 2009
China2 Posts
January 28 2009 04:09 GMT
#34
To MasterReY: Thanks for recommend SCV Selector, the latest version of SCV Selector have multiple language support, so you can read the help text for options such as "Express Mode", "NoCD", "RegFix" in English, just move your moue cursor on to the options. And, please do not direct link to the download file, because direct link can not lead to the latest version.

To jhNz: The goal of SCV Selector is to keep StarCraft installation folder clean & official. All the files installed by SCV Selector is exact same with the files installed by official patch from Blizzard. So if you can play on iccup or any other place with official patch, you also can do this with SCV Selector. The only things may trouble you is the simplest NoCD patch for versions before 1.15.2, if this happened, just do not use it by uncheck the NoCD option. You can read the help text of NoCD option for details.
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
February 26 2009 12:32 GMT
#35
my god this is so great. i have to use 1.13f to play on VS in china
Cpt.beefy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Ireland799 Posts
February 26 2009 13:44 GMT
#36
this program is the devil.. DON"T USE!

4 uninstall/reinstalls required before fix

PLAGUE
Our Beloved Geoff "inControl" Robinson.
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-26 13:58:09
February 26 2009 13:54 GMT
#37
cpt.beefy?
what the fuck are you talking about?

i hate people who come here and claim that something is crap without giving any hint why they think that. Moreover every says the program is well.

So Cpt.beefy, give some arguments or get out of here. srsly

(IF you were refering to cursor: Its clearly proven that it was some other mistake on his computer OR the bug with the NoCD fix.

In the OP i clearly stated:

Uncheck NoCD and Express Mode to be safe. I don't exactly know what express mode is, but well i uncheck it and its always fine.
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
February 26 2009 13:56 GMT
#38
On January 28 2009 13:09 Rainux wrote:
To MasterReY: Thanks for recommend SCV Selector, the latest version of SCV Selector have multiple language support, so you can read the help text for options such as "Express Mode", "NoCD", "RegFix" in English, just move your moue cursor on to the options. And, please do not direct link to the download file, because direct link can not lead to the latest version.

To jhNz: The goal of SCV Selector is to keep StarCraft installation folder clean & official. All the files installed by SCV Selector is exact same with the files installed by official patch from Blizzard. So if you can play on iccup or any other place with official patch, you also can do this with SCV Selector. The only things may trouble you is the simplest NoCD patch for versions before 1.15.2, if this happened, just do not use it by uncheck the NoCD option. You can read the help text of NoCD option for details.


ok sorry ill edit the link in the OP.
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