Patch 1.5 Arcade Beta. - Page 9

On June 02 2012 11:53 dynwar7 wrote:
Wait....guys, is this a real patch 1.5.0 or is this for a completely different custom game within SC2?

Protoss

The Pylon power radius now displays up cliff levels properly on Low graphic settings.
Fixed an issue where certain protoss structures would sometimes continue to display a warp-in animation if they became unpowered.



Terran

It is no longer possible to stack a large number of units into tight spaces using Medivacs.
The Medivac_HealLoop sound now plays properly when a player manually heals a unit with a Medivac.
The Command Center’s Load ability will no longer reserve a cargo slot for nearby SCVs that are busy constructing buildings.
Fixed an issue where flying terran structures would sometimes use their ground death animations when killed.
Fixed an issue where the Hellion’s flame attack would only hit burrowed units despite other units also being in its line of fire behind the burrowed unit.
Fixed an issue where a Bunker could be made to look empty despite being loaded with units by using queued Rally commands.



Zerg

Banelings will now auto-cast Unburrow if a Colossus comes within their attack range.
Morphing units no longer become stuck in their cocoon state if they are underneath a Hatchery.
Active Creep Tumors no longer display as dormant if their Spawn Tumor action was canceled during the spawn animation.
Brood Lord and Overseer Cocoons now have a Rally command instead of Move, Hold Position, and Patrol commands.


I am concerned with these changes.... so are they just for custom or for the actual gameplay of SC2?

On June 02 2012 11:38 SarcasmMonster wrote:
I remember one of the mapmakers saying that patch 1.5 has more responsive mouse inputs (ie. scrolling around the map using the mouse on the edge of the screen, etc.). Can anyone confirm?

On June 02 2012 08:02 l_Kyo_l wrote:
Not sure if it was mentioned earlier in the posts but some small things i noticed

Obs timing is 40 sec
Probes now show a "waypoint" on the mineral patch they are gathering from, even if multiple are selected you see dots on all minerals. Moreover, there seemed to be more waypoiting shown by probes on movement command. Though, all of the above may have just been because the client was not full updated when i was playing.

There are now chat channels that u can join when looking through strategy, multiplayer(arcade) etc at the top of each game type. This is to help I guess with the "community" aspect.

Overall, not much changes.. and personally I don't think it's really "better" just different. Though, some of the other things that will be introducted with Hots i think will make the new UI much better and smooth with the game. We will see though.

On June 02 2012 11:57 mtn wrote:


Yes. I can say that is a lot smoother to move ur screen from minimap / on screen. Before it was all like sharp and shiet. Totally love the changes. Also I'm playin on LOW and the graphics looks pretty smooth / good too. Not that gloomy/depressing.

On June 02 2012 11:53 dynwar7 wrote:
Wait....guys, is this a real patch 1.5.0 or is this for a completely different custom game within SC2?

Protoss

The Pylon power radius now displays up cliff levels properly on Low graphic settings.
Fixed an issue where certain protoss structures would sometimes continue to display a warp-in animation if they became unpowered.



Terran

It is no longer possible to stack a large number of units into tight spaces using Medivacs.
The Medivac_HealLoop sound now plays properly when a player manually heals a unit with a Medivac.
The Command Center’s Load ability will no longer reserve a cargo slot for nearby SCVs that are busy constructing buildings.
Fixed an issue where flying terran structures would sometimes use their ground death animations when killed.
Fixed an issue where the Hellion’s flame attack would only hit burrowed units despite other units also being in its line of fire behind the burrowed unit.
Fixed an issue where a Bunker could be made to look empty despite being loaded with units by using queued Rally commands.



Zerg

Banelings will now auto-cast Unburrow if a Colossus comes within their attack range.
Morphing units no longer become stuck in their cocoon state if they are underneath a Hatchery.
Active Creep Tumors no longer display as dormant if their Spawn Tumor action was canceled during the spawn animation.
Brood Lord and Overseer Cocoons now have a Rally command instead of Move, Hold Position, and Patrol commands.


I am concerned with these changes.... so are they just for custom or for the actual gameplay of SC2?

On June 02 2012 11:57 mtn wrote:


Yes. I can say that is a lot smoother to move ur screen from minimap / on screen. Before it was all like sharp and shiet. Totally love the changes. Also I'm playin on LOW and the graphics looks pretty smooth / good too. Not that gloomy/depressing.

On June 02 2012 12:35 SpecFire wrote:
Can I get Grandmaster on this Beta?

On June 02 2012 12:40 jinorazi wrote:
the removal of bfh splash to burrowed units seem unfortunate (i assume still works against cloaks?)
or maybe same principle as irradiated burrow unit not effecting unburrowed units.

On June 02 2012 12:36 SarcasmMonster wrote:


Thanks for the response. Can I get a clarification?

When you say smoother, did you mean more responsive or something else?