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MajorFoley
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June 10 2017 04:23 GMT
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Hey guys so this is my first post on Team Liquid.
I'm having a bit of trouble downloading some arcade maps, i think mainly due to some spacing issues im trying to sort out and i wish to delete some older ones.

A couple of older threads (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tech-support/205852-which-folder-sc2-maps-are-in) i checked here mention that they are in the program data folder but are cached and you use something called S2maCache (https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/s2ma-cache).
When i use the thing though it only shows 5 maps yet identifies some 900?

Can anyone help me here?
Ahli
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June 10 2017 04:59 GMT
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Pretty much all battle.net data is downloaded into "C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle.net\Cache" on a Windows machine.

After clearing the content of that folder, the game will take a bit to download everything it needs again after logging in. So, don't worry if the UI is loading slowly at first or creating a custom game takes 1-2 minutes.

Map and mod files are stored as ".s2ma" files.
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Last Edited: 2017-06-10 10:40:02
June 10 2017 10:34 GMT
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On June 10 2017 13:23 MajorFoley wrote:
Hey guys so this is my first post on Team Liquid.
hi
this should be your first thread to post in
tl first post thread

On June 10 2017 13:23 MajorFoley wrote:
I'm having a bit of trouble downloading some arcade maps ...
Can anyone help me here?

Well, while there is help here .. you don't really help us to help you.
Are you downloading through the editor? if so, is it just starting to upload or does it not even give you the download option?
Are those melee or other (heavier) maps?

The actual space required on your computer should not prevent you from downloading a map through the editor (the size of a melee map is negligible) .. if you can't upload that then you are in trouble on said computer,

however a "weak" internet connection would easily be responsible for preventing you to download from blizz's servers.

Also, you might need to update your editor/sc2 for it to work (#online or offline should seem to not matter but it does.. the way you connect to blizz's galaxy servers matters). So checking those fundamentals could help.

Yes, if you have done all the updating blizzard has done for years, of course you will have useless/outdated stuff from never clearing that shi t up.. no blizzard does not care to take care of that process (deleting outdated files) and yes that could be a real space waster.. but that's the "game" and the launcher and the platform documents not galaxy maps per say.. you should be able to have all the maps you want in your map folders and in the cache ?!

If it is the size of the "arcade" maps that is the problem that is entirely a connection issue and it won't be solved unless your internet gets better or blizzard fixes its platform (downloading an arcade map is often downloading a series of documents that (as far as i know) is not easy/intuitive or quick...

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