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teamTV
Profile Joined June 2012
France16 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-06 16:18:25
September 06 2012 09:57 GMT
#1
Hi everyone,

If like me, you don't have a beta key, and you are too much impatient to test the new units of heart of the swarm, this tutorial might interest you !

This is a proof that this tutorial works:
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1) You have to download and install the HOTS client.
US: https://us.battle.net/account/management/sc2/dashboard-hots-beta.html
EU: https://eu.battle.net/account/management/sc2/dashboard-hots-beta.html

2) You have to download and extract to somewhere the HOTS modified maps.
http://teamtv.fr/HOTS/hots_maps.zip

2b) If you already know how to use the map editor, you can already play and enjoy ^^. For the others, from this point, the tutorial will take 5 minutes ^^.

3) Open the Starcraft II Beta - Map Editor.
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4) Open one of the two HOTS modified maps.
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4b) Click yes when the dependency data box appears:
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5) Adjust the player properties (e.g. select your race or set a computer).
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6) Adjust the preferences (e.g. game speed).
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7) Launch the game by testing the document.
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8) If an error appears during the game, uncheck the corresponding box.
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9) Enjoy !!

9b) AI is set to very easy for the moment ... but you can test all the new units.

10) All the credits go to Vernam7. If you want to use his alternative method, go to this thread:
http://sc2.nibbits.com/forums/29/view/1719/how-to-play-heart-of-the-swarm-with-sc2allin1

11) If this tutorial works for you and you like it, please post a comment. It is always nice to get some feedback and to spread information ^^.

http://www.teamtv.fr/
Cabinet Sanchez
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia1097 Posts
September 06 2012 11:06 GMT
#2
You are awesome!

Pre-ordain and a mothership core or tempest is EVIL - 30 seconds of visibility is amazingly long period of time and so easy for my oracle to sneak in and do it because it's so fast.
I suspect they might make the range to cast pre-ordain a bit shorter or drop it to 20 seconds (I'm guessing, I know!)

The sounds for the tempest are AWFUL - it's sounds bad. I do know they fix that kind of stuff but god it's grating and I have a bitching sound system.

I do NOT like the "select enemy units / buildings" being off as default and then the lower right has this distracting message YO BRO, YOU CAN'T CONTROL THIS, ENEMY BUILDING in giant red font. I understand why it's there (newbies) but ugh
Drimacus
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany92 Posts
September 06 2012 11:42 GMT
#3
Thanks!
Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
September 06 2012 11:46 GMT
#4
<3 i fucking love yew :>
ok
Cabinet Sanchez
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia1097 Posts
September 06 2012 11:59 GMT
#5
I should totally be a UI tester! > GODDAMNIT BLIZZARD.


Ok so if you use consume on a building and want to stop consuming, you hit the stop command? Fine for us yes, because we know "S" = stop but what does a newbie user do in this case here.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/NewUI01.jpg
Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
September 06 2012 12:20 GMT
#6
On September 06 2012 20:59 Cabinet Sanchez wrote:
I should totally be a UI tester! > GODDAMNIT BLIZZARD.


Ok so if you use consume on a building and want to stop consuming, you hit the stop command? Fine for us yes, because we know "S" = stop but what does a newbie user do in this case here.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/NewUI01.jpg

you can disable that in the game options
ok
Jochan
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Poland1730 Posts
September 06 2012 12:34 GMT
#7
Thanks for that, works fine.
"(...)all in the game, yo. All in the game"
Decendos
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1338 Posts
September 06 2012 12:39 GMT
#8
Thanks!!
teardatAZZup
Profile Joined September 2012
United States1 Post
September 06 2012 12:48 GMT
#9
so basically anyone can download the beta but you have to have a key to play online?
EdSlyB
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Portugal1621 Posts
September 06 2012 12:56 GMT
#10
On September 06 2012 21:48 teardatAZZup wrote:
so basically anyone can download the beta but you have to have a key to play online?


That's about it.
aka Wardo
Cabinet Sanchez
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia1097 Posts
September 06 2012 12:57 GMT
#11
Anyone know how to crank up the AI difficulty? It's very very easy.
ULuMuGuLu
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
190 Posts
September 06 2012 13:16 GMT
#12
Not possible on that map but i'm all for it! Could u please upload some of the beta maps we see in streams etc? With all AI difficulties enabled :-)

Besides from that i'm very thankfull, could see new units in action now too ^^
CaptainTwig
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom532 Posts
September 06 2012 13:16 GMT
#13
Merci beaucoup. very cool.
teamTV
Profile Joined June 2012
France16 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-06 13:53:20
September 06 2012 13:50 GMT
#14
On September 06 2012 22:16 ULuMuGuLu wrote:
Could u please upload some of the beta maps we see in streams etc? With all AI difficulties enabled :-)


Well, it would be nice to know people who have beta keys that can extract/share beta maps from their SC2 beta cache folder.

But anyway, I will upload if I have got some new stuff .
nukkuj
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Finland403 Posts
September 06 2012 14:03 GMT
#15
Oh sweet! Thank you for the guide! :D
Naphal
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany2099 Posts
September 06 2012 14:05 GMT
#16
thank you very much, the AI even uses vipers and their pull! XD
NFxJehuty
Profile Joined March 2012
United Kingdom58 Posts
September 06 2012 14:08 GMT
#17
Very nice tut, warhound op ^^, zerg expensive, protoss useless. Imo, thanks again
SedativeDev
Profile Joined August 2010
Slovenia316 Posts
September 06 2012 14:10 GMT
#18
This is awesome!
Forikorder
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada8840 Posts
September 06 2012 14:12 GMT
#19
whenever i try to install the Bet i keep getting "an unexpected file management error has occured please try again"

i can download the set up thing from the website but whenever i try to run it the launcher DL thing pops up then i get the error
Moosy
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada396 Posts
September 06 2012 14:17 GMT
#20
To be honest I only care about the beta ladder, but this should be great for people that just want to try new stuff out.
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