EPTBlizzard Official Win7 Color Fix for BW
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sceg10
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Tomken
Norway1144 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES51129 Posts
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doothegee
Korea (South)3011 Posts
So unexpected. I guess Blizzard is finally accepted BW back into the family T_T | ||
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Nazza
Australia1654 Posts
Link leads to a blizzard site that gives you a link for a download for a registry key, that supposedly fixes your colours. Code below + Show Spoiler + [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\StarCraft116] "Name"="StarCraft.exe" "ID"=hex:ca,89,65,49 "Flags"=hex:00,08,00,00 | ||
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razorsuKe
Canada2044 Posts
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Jakalo
Latvia2350 Posts
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Nazza
Australia1654 Posts
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Clamev
Germany498 Posts
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mansa
Philippines336 Posts
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Tschis
Brazil1511 Posts
How long did it take? | ||
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doothegee
Korea (South)3011 Posts
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? | ||
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
so I guess this is too late for me lol | ||
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
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stangstang
Canada281 Posts
On June 02 2011 20:59 doothegee wrote: 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. | ||
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Zona
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alypse
2784 Posts
Time to acknowledge modern Blizzard's efforts I guess | ||
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Zona
40426 Posts
On June 02 2011 21:04 stangstang wrote: 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? | ||
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
 K, so this isn't actually anything new. I'm still happy that they're at least aware of the problem though.  | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
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DoX.)
Singapore6164 Posts
Thanks Blizz | ||
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Jakalo
Latvia2350 Posts
Hhow many patches for 13 year old games have you seen lately. | ||
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Funnytoss
Taiwan1471 Posts
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. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
EDIT: nvm, it doesn't >_> | ||
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aimaimaim
Philippines2167 Posts
skeptical 99% .. *after reading and understanding what was posted* damn .. this isn't a fix .. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz | ||
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NicksonReyes
Philippines4431 Posts
. Nice timing before windows 8 :p. | ||
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MaxwellE
England229 Posts
Sweet move blizz, now I can go get my ass kicked in "1v1 noob python!!!" games. Wooo | ||
Hyde
Australia14568 Posts
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Weavel
Finland9223 Posts
e:Works perfectly unlike the other fixes from tl threads. | ||
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Aeropunk
Australia255 Posts
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dartoo
India2889 Posts
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? | ||
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Rhaegar99
Australia1190 Posts
gw bliz | ||
2Pacalypse-
Croatia9545 Posts
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). | ||
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Copymizer
Denmark2108 Posts
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Ribbon
United States5278 Posts
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]
Malaysia2589 Posts
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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9545 Posts
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! | ||
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dartoo
India2889 Posts
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Rorra
Australia1066 Posts
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Maynarde
Australia1286 Posts
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Ozarugold
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
This is awesome, holy shit!!! | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
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_Quasar_
Russian Federation4405 Posts
Blizzard ACTUALLY made a patch for BW???????????????? omgwtfworldendstoday So.... is it now called 1.16.2 or something like this? | ||
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[sc1f]eonzerg
Belgium7012 Posts
On June 02 2011 22:19 _Quasar_ wrote: WAIT WHAT? Blizzard ACTUALLY made a patch for BW???????????????? omgwtfworldendstoday So.... is it now called 1.16.2 or something like this? man its only a reg that fix the crash color of bw.not its a patch -__-;; | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
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Hesmyrr
Canada5776 Posts
FOMOS suddenly purports copyrights. WTF IS GOING ON + Show Spoiler + Now only if page 2 wasn't there to weaken my post... | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
On June 02 2011 21:09 Ghostcom wrote: Does this also fix the crashing? Or am I still going to have to boot my win95 desktop? EDIT: nvm, it doesn't >_> It doesn't?!?! Why can you fix the colours but not the crashing problem T_T | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Red.
Spain228 Posts
On June 02 2011 20:52 doothegee wrote: LOL WHAT So unexpected. I guess Blizzard is finally accepted BW back into the family T_T well they take 15 euro here in europe if you buy that game, so at least we deserve that! | ||
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Necosarius
Sweden4042 Posts
On June 02 2011 21:09 Ghostcom wrote: Does this also fix the crashing? Or am I still going to have to boot my win95 desktop? EDIT: nvm, it doesn't >_> Aw damn  | ||
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speedphlux
Bulgaria962 Posts
BTW, for those thinking that Blizzard has "gave up" on Brood War - you're wrong fellows. Blizzard still supports games like Diablo I and WarCraft II Battle.Net Edition and patches them when needed. I wouldn't be surprised to see patches and fixes come out for Diablo II long after we're "done with" Diablo III. They just care ! :D | ||
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seanisgrand
United States1039 Posts
I just thought everyone knew about this :X | ||
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mangomango
United States265 Posts
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mangomango
United States265 Posts
Do you see rainbow or washed out colors in StarCraft on Windows 7? If you are experiencing washed out or rainbow colors in StarCraft, forcing Windows DirectDraw to run the game under a compatibility mode may resolve your issue. We have a pre-set registry key that you can apply to enable it. 32-bit Windows 7 - http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraft/scbw116_x86.reg 64-bit Windows 7 - http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraft/scbw116_x64.reg Save the registry file on your desktop, then double-click on it to apply the key. Once it is applied, start the game. If you do not know if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows, click on your Start menu, then right-click on Computer and select Properties. The window that pops up will tell you if you're running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows. Note: This registry key will only work for StarCraft version 1.16. If you have an earlier or later version, the compatibility mode will not work. It also does not work on the game's cinematics. Alt+tabbing may cause it to go back to having washed out or rainbow colors. Solution ID: 36371 | ||
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
Even for supposed 'good news', don't make 1-line OPs please. | ||
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