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For now it is unknown if Blizzard will ban your account if you apply this mod. Use at your own discretion. |
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Download:
Updated on Mar 29. 2014
DSC Lite 20140329.zip
Usage:
You need .NET Framework 4.5 to run the application.
Extract, run, set SC2 path and install (the button then becomes uninstall, you can completely remove the effect with that)
Change settings and apply.
When you have older version installed, please first uninstall.
Features:
UI style option
You can choose using the default game interface, or the new 1v1 interface.
- Removed all model backgrounds and borders
- Minimap is bigger (350 x 350) instead of 291 x 289
- Ping, Terrain and Team color buttons are hidden. (You can still access the button via hotkey)
- Army button (F2) and Warp gate button(W) are hidden (You can still use hotkey)
- Idle worker button (F1) is only shown when there is actually idle worker.
- Info panel is shown at bottom right corner.
- When multiple units are selected, their current progresses (production, research) are displayed on unit buttons.
- Removed portrait, you can click on unit's wire frame icon to center camera.
- Command panel is above Info panel and has smaller size (57 x 57 instead of 76 x 76 for each button)
- Common ability buttons are hidden to reduce command panel size (new!)
- Resource and supply numbers are bigger (21 instead of 16)
- Alert / Error messages in the middle (new!)
- Command prompt in the middle (new!)
- Chat messages to the left side (new!)
Research progress
When this option is enabled, the player's current research progresses are displayed.
Options for default UI user:
Main UI
Default / Narrow: when using narrow, the game interface forces 4 : 3 instead of 16 : 9. Note it only affects interfaces, not the 3D world. Good for big monitor users!
Minimap
Zoom: you can make minimap larger.
Resource Panel
You can set the resource numbers larger, and / or place them in the middle instead of the corner.
Alert Panel
You can set the alert panel showing messages in the middle.
Coming features:
- customizable in-game event alerts (4 levels: off / text / text + sound / text + sound + minimap)
Any suggestion? Please tell me here!
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I have been waiting for this for forever. However, shouldn't this be considered a hack by blizzard and therefore get you banned? Also could you make a version where t he minimap is still in the buttom left with normal size and you only have the middle part that shows you what you have selected? The buttom right thingy is pretty useless if you know your hotkeys.
EDIT: Just played around with it for a bit and I am loving it. Pretty handy to have less of the screen covered up by the UI. I hope that if this gets enough traction, similiar to gameheart, blizzard will end up giving us an ingame option for different UIs.
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Well, i consider it like a cheat.
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I think the minimap should stay in the left corner and the rest of the bottom ui in the right, because i use the center of my screen more than the edges, they are like dead space now. All the action happens in the middle of the screen anyway and you dont want it clumped up with the ui.
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On March 17 2014 18:15 Lorch wrote:
I have been waiting for this for forever. However, shouldn't this be considered a hack by blizzard and therefore get you banned? Also could you make a version where t he minimap is still in the buttom left with normal size and you only have the middle part that shows you what you have selected? The buttom right thingy is pretty useless if you know your hotkeys.
I'm going to create a 1v1 optimum interface and give that as an option. (similar to the layout of 1v1 obs interface)
I don't think blizzard would ban player for that - as long as the tool doesn't modify program memory.
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Thanks man! Really appreciate this kind of work. Can't wait for the next version.
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Isin't modifying game files consireder as a cheat. Looks nice, but is illegal and gives unfair andvantage with things like biger minimap. Great work, but it all may be flushed down the toilet by blizz
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On March 17 2014 18:37 EnPo wrote:
Isin't modifying game files consireder as a cheat. Looks nice, but is illegal and gives unfair andvantage with things like biger minimap. Great work, but it all may be flushed down the toilet by blizz
A 24" monitor shows a bigger minimap than 17", no ?
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well its modifies the game so in blizzard terms you can get permbanned for it so sry cant use before blizzard says its ok and i doubt it
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Looks like a nice workaround 
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Russian Federation52 Posts
bigger minimap is nice, the rest is useless imo
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I don't know if it is legal to use this kind of program, however it is great idea.
Today's SC2 UI is terrible and not practicall at all. First example: resource information is in upper right corner, minimap is in left lower corner, thus to effectively monitor all resources and vision you need to jump around whole screen, it is tiresome and really bad. I hope Blizzard will make available some options to customize UI.
Props to original poster.
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You might wanna give an option to uninstall I guess for those who are scared of Blizzard but still wanna give it a try.
Nevermind just saw that uninstalling is indeed an option, nice!
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Would be nice to have 'light UI' where you would just get rid of UI decorations, portrait and maybe make smaller command chart. Everything would be at the same place. Maybe timer and F1, F2 put above minimap, they are little at sideways at your preview.
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On March 17 2014 18:53 Embir wrote:
I don't know if it is legal to use this kind of program, however it is great idea.
Today's SC2 UI is terrible and not practicall at all. First example: resource information is in upper right corner, minimap is in left lower corner, thus to effectively monitor all resources and vision you need to jump around whole screen, it is tiresome and really bad. I hope Blizzard will make available some options to customize UI.
Props to original poster.
Wow, this just blew my mind. All herp derp this game is too easy whining aside, why the fuck isn't resources placed in the center middle?!
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I played a game with ressources being top middle and, besides looking top right a couple times, it was way way easier to keep track of supply/resources.
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I'm also going to implement this:
customizable in-game event alerts (4 levels: off / text / text + sound / text + sound + minimap)
I personally would like to have the 'unit complete' message a little bit more obvious. :/
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On March 17 2014 19:25 growlizing wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2014 18:53 Embir wrote:
I don't know if it is legal to use this kind of program, however it is great idea.
Today's SC2 UI is terrible and not practicall at all. First example: resource information is in upper right corner, minimap is in left lower corner, thus to effectively monitor all resources and vision you need to jump around whole screen, it is tiresome and really bad. I hope Blizzard will make available some options to customize UI.
Props to original poster. Wow, this just blew my mind. All herp derp this game is too easy whining aside, why the fuck isn't resources placed in the center middle?!
You clearly know nothing about games design, don't you?
Game shouldn't be difficult because of unfriendly UI, game should be difficult because of gameplay.
If game designers would think like you there would be no auto mining in SC2, there would be limited control groups, there would be no customizable hotkeys.
Hell, we could even go further and remove control groups at all, then I guess it would be perfect game for you. Too bad no one would like to play game like this.
In LoL there is fully customizable interface, I can choose to place my map on left or right side, I can make icons bigger or smaller. I dont understand why it shouldnt be in SC2. At the moment resource management is pretty tiresome because informations are spreaded all over monitor.
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On March 17 2014 18:39 TheWisp wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2014 18:37 EnPo wrote:
Isin't modifying game files consireder as a cheat. Looks nice, but is illegal and gives unfair andvantage with things like biger minimap. Great work, but it all may be flushed down the toilet by blizz A 24" monitor shows a bigger minimap than 17", no ?
No. It still occupies the same percentage of the screen. This is cheating.
The idea with spreading UI elements out is that your information is scattered around, and you need some semblance of awareness and eye movement to collect it all. It punishes players who get hardcore tunnel-vision very nicely the way it works. Cramming all the information into the centre of the screen makes the UI look like shit, and removes the aspect of the game where your eyes need to move from one spot (the centre of the screen). I feel like it is cheating. Big time.
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