On July 25 2012 19:12 LGSaxon wrote: If we have to sacrifice mods and editing ability for better protection from maphackers, drophackers and cheaters I am all for it.
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No functional map hack, public or private, does ANYTHING to mpq files. This has NOTHING to do with hacking. Either that, or Blizzard has severely misjudged what a maphack actually does, but I highly doubt it.
Since when do hackers need MPQ Modification to run their cheats? Everything is done from the Mem if im not completely mistaken. On topic: I really hope they build in the Colormod...
On July 25 2012 12:43 AndAgain wrote: At least Orb casts will be watchable for me.
+1
I really dont understand why people use stronger colour mod. I never had a problem with reading colours between armies (you use mostly minimap anyway) and this mod makes game look awful.
as a player it doesnt make sense but in casts it ehlps especially if players have similar coulours(roach roach battles, bane battles, etc etc
If it does anything to alleviate some of the hacking issues then I'm sorry guys, but Stronger Unit Color, broodwar sounds, custom backgrounds, whatever just have to go.
If it doesn't, then that sucks. Regardless all of this stuff should be available in game. I don't see any reason Blizzard doesn't have the option to add in game overlays, for instance. The ability to replace a small portion of the game with a simple image would be extremely useful, for instance.
This is a good change from Blizzard. Finally some evidence that they are doing something to prevent map hackers. This of course isn't the nail in the coffin but every added change towards a more secure client is welcome.
Seriously, why so many people think this will help maphacks? Maphacks alter the game data in memory, after the game is started, after the check is made by the launcher. Other hacks use probably similar methods.
Thats a shame the community created some cool things like background skins and strong colors. I for one thought having the ability to make your game client look unique was a great one. Maybe legacy of the void hmmm. I hope this prevents hacking.
On July 25 2012 20:08 makkesk8 wrote: not any stronger team colors anymore
I quit sc2 seriously.. hard to see those colors for me
Hahhaha omg i loled so hard... How people can really write they gonna quit sc2 because of one mod..
Dustin and David say many times in interviews that STC is good thing , and they dont have anything against this MOD .. so why all you people thing they gonna block it now? Maby they gonna add this to game menu .. , maby they allow it.. WE DONT KNOW !! but blizzard haters already cry , and complain..
I'm going to miss stronger colors, but not all that much. I'm not really surprised by this change, Blizzard has done this in other games of theirs as well. We can just hope that for HotS they add in something similar. That was really the only mod that improved quality of life in sc2.
On July 25 2012 20:08 makkesk8 wrote: not any stronger team colors anymore
I quit sc2 seriously.. hard to see those colors for me
Hahhaha omg i loled so hard... How people can really write they gonna quit sc2 because of one mod..
Dustin and David say many times in interviews that STC is good thing , and they dont have anything against this MOD .. so why all you people thing they gonna block it now? Maby they gonna add this to game menu .. , maby they allow it.. WE DONT KNOW !! but blizzard haters already cry , and complain..
Wow, you surely don't know what you are talking about, right? Given that patch may happen next week, they surely won't just 'add this to game menu', and for now it's broken. And there is no sign at all that's gonna change.
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