It's a cheat-code that makes your units unkillable. However, the side-effect is that when the computer AIs attack each other, they also cannot kill each other.

IntoTheEmo

Singapore1170 Posts

May 29 2018 01:54 GMT

I did this fine just last week. Cleared the map with Gateway units and walked a Dark Archon to mind control the last Aldaris in the middle. The cutscene played just fine and I was able to complete it.

No cheats obviously.

ninazerg

United States7291 Posts

May 29 2018 01:57 GMT

On May 29 2018 10:19 jgf wrote:

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What cheat?

I knew you were going to ask this, so I made a video in advance:

Jealous

10322 Posts

May 29 2018 02:28 GMT

#10

On May 29 2018 10:57 ninazerg wrote:

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I knew you were going to ask this, so I made a video in advance:

29/5/18-29/5/18
RIP jgf

Account431717

5 Posts

May 29 2018 06:26 GMT

#11

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TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

May 29 2018 06:28 GMT

#12

Have you considered not being a total douchebag troll jgf?

I feel like that would solve your issue.

TaardadAiel

Bulgaria750 Posts

May 29 2018 06:58 GMT

#13

On May 29 2018 15:28 TheFoReveRwaR wrote:
Have you considered not being a total douchebag troll jgf?

I feel like that would solve your issue.

That escalated quickly.

ninazerg

United States7291 Posts

May 29 2018 07:02 GMT

#14

On May 29 2018 15:26 jgf wrote:
Thanks for the input.

I've used no cheats, only had the game a week or so and want to try it "by the book" first. (Once, in another game, gave myself all the weapons at the start of a level then stalled halfway through when the plot called for someone to give me one of those weapons; since I already had it, he couldn't give it to me, lol.)

I was able to recreate exactly what you described, minus the fog-of-war because I had "black sheep wall" on. But you're insisting it's not a result of any cheat-codes, which I find incredibly difficult to believe for many reasons. You're telling me that, in one week, you beat the entire original StarCraft campaign with no cheats? Well, that's plausible, even if you've never played before. I say this because you say "I've used no cheats, only had the game a week or so and want to try it "by the book" first.", which implies that you have:

1) Never played the campaign before
2) Did not own a copy of StarCraft up until this week

So, please forgive me if I say that I don't exactly believe you. I showed beyond a shadow of doubt that if you used the cheat code I mentioned, it would recreate the exact scenario that you described. Not a similar scenario, but the exact scenario. You, however, are claiming to have used no cheats (which you attempt to reinforce with your incorrect usage of parentheses) and came across a bug that no one has ever seen before that happens to perfectly resemble a situation that could only normally be achieved with that particular cheat code.

Tried the "power overwhelming" bit (had to search how to input cheats), got a message about "cheat enabled", made no difference, Kerrigan is still blasting away in vain. Reloaded the last save (just before she attacks) several times, and get the same result (with or without that cheat).

Now, I must ask, how and why would you have a save-state of the game from 'right before she attacks'? That would mean, in the original iteration of this bug playing out, you saved the game in the middle of an in-game cinematic, and conveniently, right before the moment where things went awry. Luckily, you can send saved games through file-sharing, so I would ask you to try to send me the saved game.

So, please, send me the saved game, if it happens to actually exist. If I'm making the argument that you're full of shit, then the worst thing that can happen is that I might learn something new, and then say "I apologize, I thought you were making this up because what you were saying was absolutely bonkers." which costs me nothing. I eagerly await the game files.

So I've restarted that level, which is somewhat a cheat in itself - I now know where everything is and that it is not necessary to take out the two fake Aldarises (Aldarisii?).

Restarting a level isn't a "cheat". It's not even remotely close.

Edit: Oh yeah, I almost forgot, you came across this bug, and the first place you posted was here? That's odd.

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whaski

Finland577 Posts

May 29 2018 07:04 GMT

#15

But can Aldaris kill Kerrigan? Stay tuned for next episode!

Suikakuju

Germany238 Posts

May 29 2018 11:37 GMT

#16

At first I thought the reply would be like "shit I forgot about having cheats on in singleplayer".
But it turned out to be the usual I never cheat response.

@Ninazerg

I don´t think you´ll get a replay file

evilfatsh1t

Australia8867 Posts

May 29 2018 12:34 GMT

#17

im pretty sure a problem with tl as a site was the reduced number of new users as years go by. now i can see why were having that problem heh
guy asks for help and gets absolutely roasted

Cryoc

Germany912 Posts

May 29 2018 13:15 GMT

#18

He only got this response because he denied using cheats even though he obviously did.

kaspa84

Brazil169 Posts

May 29 2018 15:00 GMT

#19

So The cheat actually takes away the ability of AI units to kill. Interessting...

MinscandBoo

252 Posts

May 29 2018 15:02 GMT

#20

I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if an examination of jgf's IP/login stuff by a mod told us that this was a smurf account of someone's looking to troll/stir shit up. It feels like a "prank". I'll go troll the TL forums with a crazy scenario. "What is going wrong here?" After 2 pages of people trying to help, you then reveal "oh I just had a cheat on, whoops".

The only other scenario I see being likely is if there are cracked versions of Starcraft you can download that have all the cheats enabled by default when you play through the campaign.