StarCraft II PTR Patch 1.2.1 Notes

General

* A special sneak peek at new ladder maps is now available!

* Matchmaking has been updated to better match players queuing with pre-made teams in 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 brackets.

Bug Fixes

General

* Fixed an issue where the title of a conversation window was scaling rather than truncating.

* Fixed an issue where the Match History score screen was displaying "Null" for the map info for all games played before Patch 1.2.

* Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause players to be improperly disconnected from a game.

* (Mac) Fixed an issue that would cause the Control key to become stuck when holding Control and minimizing the game window, then going back to the game window and attempting to use Control+1 to create a control group.

Maps

* Fixed an issue with foliage that would die and become visible through the fog of war when a player spawned as zerg.

StarCraft II Editor

* Fixed an issue where copied-and-pasted units were not set to the correct height in-game.

* Fixed an issue where the table view scroll-bar position was reset when switching objects.

* Fixed an issue where secondary sort priorities were not working properly. Model name is now the secondary sort so that models are listed in alphabetical order after being sorted by the mod they are contained in.

As this is a test server, please anticipate uneven game performance, and note that restarts and downtime may occur without warning. We'll provide information regarding extended downtimes, should they occur, in the Public Test forum.

New maps:

Show nested quote +

MOD EDIT: please dont edit your post back until you get your own map links working, thanks.

Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/2166875#blog

Can someone please edit the OP so that we can see the new 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 maps as well?

It's not just 1v1 that's updated for the map pool.

0neder

United States3733 Posts

February 04 2011 06:15 GMT

#222

WHY DO BLIZZARD AND CUSTOM MAP MAKERS REFUSE TO USE THE DESERT/BADLANDS TILESET A LA DESERT OASIS? WTF!?!?!!?!?

uSnAmplified

United States1029 Posts

February 04 2011 06:18 GMT

#223

Definitely an improvement but i feel like they are to set in their ways when it comes to the layout of expansions, always a natural with a choke and usually far off hard to defend 3rds and onwards.

Bosu

United States3247 Posts

February 04 2011 06:18 GMT

#224

I changed my mind. Most of these maps have naturals way too open and way too far from ramp. Makes defending bunker rushes outrageously hard. And hellions. And 4gates.

and why the fuck do they still allow bunkers at bottom of ramp. It's bad enough if they get 2 bunkers up in the open.

SlapMySalami

United States1060 Posts

February 04 2011 06:19 GMT

#225

Test map 1 = found temple?

SiguR

Canada2039 Posts

February 04 2011 06:20 GMT

#226

I don't believe there is any way that someone can say that these are the maps this game needed, and I think that's really what it comes down to.

SwiFt

Sweden30 Posts

February 04 2011 06:22 GMT

#227

imo these maps doesnt look very promising... super short distances, hard defended nat's and backdoors =/

BertiliO

Sweden134 Posts

February 04 2011 06:26 GMT

#228

On February 04 2011 15:19 SlapMySalami wrote:
Test map 1 = found temple?

I'd say refined lost temple without ledges @ natural

SoleSteeler

Canada5468 Posts

February 04 2011 06:29 GMT

#229

On February 04 2011 15:15 0neder wrote:
WHY DO BLIZZARD AND CUSTOM MAP MAKERS REFUSE TO USE THE DESERT/BADLANDS TILESET A LA DESERT OASIS? WTF!?!?!!?!?

Hey, that's a good point.

And actually, I kind of miss that map. Maybe it's just nostalgia talking though.

LetoAtreides82

United States1188 Posts

February 04 2011 06:35 GMT

#230

On February 04 2011 15:22 SwiFt wrote:
imo these maps doesnt look very promising... super short distances, hard defended nat's and backdoors =/

Short distances? Did you actually play these maps?

SDream

Brazil896 Posts

February 04 2011 06:38 GMT

#231

Can someone at NA server also printscreen the new 2x2 maps and tell us which ones were removed? Please?

darkevilxe

Canada346 Posts

February 04 2011 06:38 GMT

#232

1st one looks like python (lt without cliff)

FlashIsHigh

United States474 Posts

February 04 2011 06:41 GMT

#233

I dont have a new patch to DL, im confused as to what PTR is, I understand it stands for public test realm but i have no clue what that is

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

February 04 2011 06:42 GMT

#234

On February 04 2011 15:41 FlashIsHigh wrote:
I dont have a new patch to DL, im confused

As far as I can tell, it's completely down.

silencesc

United States464 Posts

February 04 2011 06:42 GMT

#235

This makes me so happy. It's amazing that Blizzard is making bigger maps, because it means that they're listening to the community.

Now all they need to do it get rid of destructable rocks and backdoors, and macro games should be fun again. :D:D Thanks for the pictures!

Dark-Storm

Canada334 Posts

February 04 2011 06:43 GMT

#236

1st one looks like Lost temple with smaller area to gold bases and bridges to the two islands have now appeared, and the xelnaga tower and the little cliff by it reversed

Zim23

United States1681 Posts

February 04 2011 06:43 GMT

#237

I'm not so sure about close position spawns on these maps

bkrow

Australia8532 Posts

February 04 2011 06:44 GMT

#238

It's a step in the right direction

Ansinjunger

United States2451 Posts

February 04 2011 06:45 GMT

#239

Map 3 (2nd one listed, desert tileset) I like because of the rocks and wide ramp at different places around the shelf where the natural expansion is. The initially open wide ramp and set of rocks are close to the main ramp, but there's that 3rd set of rocks close to the expansion too. IMO, the distance favors speedy unit harass like Zerglings and speed roaches, and between that and the wide ramp gives Zerg some decent options for pressuring their opponent early game.

Most of the tighter spots are harder to reach as well, and more importantly, they will put you in a bad position against a strong counterattack. Take for example the low ground below the natural expansion. It looks like a really good place for terran in close positions to siege the natural of any race. But it's also tucked away in the corner, unlike in Steppes of War where that siege position is also really close to the ramp. The little plateaus with a ramp on each side look like nasty places for colossi and siege tanks to work from, but they are just far away enough from the wide ramp that again it appears there will be room to work out counters and flanks, but those hills still provide the shorter distance traveled.

Another of those spots is the Xel'Naga watchtowers. Yes, they look rather useful for sieging a gold expansion with tanks. But as neither the towers nor the gold expansions are on high ground, they favor static defense a little bit less than their Metalopolis counterparts. Without any sort of ramps, the gold bases are even more open than on Metalopolis's, which again helps Zerg just a little.

Nalesnik

Canada51 Posts

February 04 2011 06:45 GMT

#240

Just played a couple matches on most of these maps, and they are biiig! TestMap2 is especially HUUGE! It took forever to scout, xD Definitely a macro map.

Lot of these maps have big open spaces too, so good for zerg, but at the same time most naturals are very exposed, hard to cover all the area with spine crawlers.

And maybe it's cause these maps are new, and unknown, but it seemed like there are a lot of good places to put proxies. Need to scout for cheese accordingly, and use them ovies.