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flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 14:06:28
June 02 2011 12:07 GMT
#21
Otherworldly sources ;(
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 12:08:31
June 02 2011 12:07 GMT
#22
:3
Thanks Blizz
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
June 02 2011 12:08 GMT
#23
On June 02 2011 21:06 Zona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2011 21:04 stangstang wrote:
On June 02 2011 20:59 doothegee wrote:
On June 02 2011 20:58 Tschis wrote:
Amen?

How long did it take?

Hey, those three lines of code take a while to write. Give Blizzard some space, will ya?


lol it takes more than that. they have to make sure the change doesnt completely bug out the game. that takes a lot of time to test.

like how they tested 1.16?


Hhow many patches for 13 year old games have you seen lately.
Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.
Funnytoss
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Taiwan1471 Posts
June 02 2011 12:09 GMT
#24
On June 02 2011 21:06 Zona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2011 21:04 stangstang wrote:
On June 02 2011 20:59 doothegee wrote:
On June 02 2011 20:58 Tschis wrote:
Amen?

How long did it take?

Hey, those three lines of code take a while to write. Give Blizzard some space, will ya?


lol it takes more than that. they have to make sure the change doesnt completely bug out the game. that takes a lot of time to test.

like how they tested 1.16?


omg I remember what a huge mess that was when it first came out... here's hoping for the best. If it does work, I do have to give props to Blizzard for finally taking action to fix something and not leaving its faithful BW community out to dry.
AIV_Funnytoss and sGs.Funnytoss on iCCup
Ghostcom
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark4783 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 12:10:30
June 02 2011 12:09 GMT
#25
Does this also fix the crashing? Or am I still going to have to boot my win95 desktop?

EDIT: nvm, it doesn't >_>
aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 12:18:05
June 02 2011 12:14 GMT
#26
bah .. Let's see if they will actually implement this.

skeptical 99% ..


*after reading and understanding what was posted*

damn .. this isn't a fix .. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Religion is a dying idea .. || 'E-sport' outside Korea are nerds who wants to feel like rockstars. || I'm not gonna fuck with trolls on General Forum ever again .. FUCK!
NicksonReyes
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Philippines4431 Posts
June 02 2011 12:21 GMT
#27
Yessssssssss!!! I was about to downgrade to XP . Nice timing before windows 8 :p.
"Start yo" -FlaSh
MaxwellE
Profile Joined April 2010
England229 Posts
June 02 2011 12:22 GMT
#28
Worked for me!

Sweet move blizz, now I can go get my ass kicked in "1v1 noob python!!!" games.

Wooo
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
June 02 2011 12:28 GMT
#29
I didn't expect this at all from Blizzard, well done Blizzard
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9223 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 12:50:01
June 02 2011 12:31 GMT
#30
Almost as random as the latest wc3 patch. Still awesome tough!

e:Works perfectly unlike the other fixes from tl threads.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
Aeropunk
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia255 Posts
June 02 2011 12:32 GMT
#31
WOW, looks like I'm finally upgrading to Windows 7 :D
dartoo
Profile Joined May 2010
India2889 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 12:33:31
June 02 2011 12:32 GMT
#32
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

But actually that only helps my chat in game..the game was okay to play. I think they were waiting for the kespa thing to be settled to release this?
Rhaegar99
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Australia1190 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 12:34:05
June 02 2011 12:33 GMT
#33
LOL unbelievable
gw bliz
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9538 Posts
June 02 2011 12:33 GMT
#34
This title and WHOLE thread is highly misleading that it's best for it to be closed (a single link as an OP also doesn't help).

First of all, this "fix" has been out a while and it's been posted numerous times in this thread. And I can't see the date of this news on their site, but this registry file was on their FTP servers since December 02, 2010.

Also, this is fix only for color issues (I think it doesn't even work for everyone), it doesn't do anything with "freezing" problems. And the funniest thing is that Blizzard is getting credit here, when they didn't even came up with this solution in the first place (source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1054365/exclusive-directdraw-palette-isnt-actually-exclusive ).

Well, the positive thing is that someone from Blizzard department actually looked for the solution on Internet and included this file in their official help and support forums, which is to say that someone there still cares about BW I guess.

But all in all, this thread should be closed as it contains nothing new and is highly misleading. For Windows 7 problems with BW, refer to this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=93382 (especially last few pages).
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2107 Posts
June 02 2011 12:35 GMT
#35
love love love love to Blizzard for actually fixing this ! Super nice
~~Yo man ! MBCGame HERO Fighting !! Holy check !
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
June 02 2011 12:36 GMT
#36
That's actually pretty awesome. I wouldn't expected a patch for a 13-year-old-game to fix a non-fatal issue on an operating system that came out 11 years after the game in question.

And yet, here we are. I should pencil in some ICCUP time this weekend now that it won't look like the 60s
Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
June 02 2011 12:44 GMT
#37
Holy crap! This is huge! Thanks to Blizzard.
You mean ESPORTS isnt a synonym for SC2? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Proud owner of a Filco Majestouch 2 with Cherry Blue Switches- BW or SC2? Why not both?
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9538 Posts
June 02 2011 13:01 GMT
#38
Also, just before you start bashing Blizzard again, this is actually completely Microsoft's fault! They should be able to fix it in few hours, but for some reason don't (it's not just BW, it's all older games that are messed up on Win7).

And funniest thing is, they list StarCraft and StarCraft:BroodWar as Compatible on Windows 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Starcraft&v=Blizzard Entertainment&uid=1&l=en&pf=0&pi=0&s=Starcraft&os=32-bit

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Starcraft: Brood War&v=Blizzard Entertainment&uid=&pf=0&pi=0&s=Starcraft&os=32-bit

Maybe we should send them some negative feedback and they'll listen to us!
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
dartoo
Profile Joined May 2010
India2889 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-02 13:07:52
June 02 2011 13:07 GMT
#39
Just tried the fix...it works! my brood war splash screen looks beautiful again, almost like someone wiped off puke from the screen! yaay! After months of stupid stuff like keep your resolution window open etc...
Rorra
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia1066 Posts
June 02 2011 13:08 GMT
#40
I can't believe this actually happened. Awesome, just awesome, good to see blizzard hasn't been ignoring BW afterall, well i mean it took long enough but either way
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