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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-15 10:38:56
February 09 2014 21:15 GMT
#1
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Anyone remember good old days with random planets in WOL? You was able to see those planets when you finish the WOL campaign. In Heart of the Swarm this rule still works - you need to finish WOL campaign to see random planets, and not only the blue one with Battlecruiser.

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Like it? I think, yes. No, you do not need to unpack your saves to finish the WOL campaign. You can get those nice random planets by doing next steps:



    1) Close StarCraft 2

    2) Find next file:

    Documents -> StarCraft 2 -> YourAccount#123 -> CampaignProgress.xml (open it with Notepad)

    3) you will see something like this, if your campaign progress was corrupted or you haven't played campaign:

    [image loading]

    4) Replace <CampaignProgressList/> with next lines:

    <CampaignProgressList>
    <CampaignProgress id="HeartOfTheSwarm" tutorialfinished="0" campaignfinished="1"/>
    <CampaignProgress id="WingsOfLiberty" tutorialfinished="0" campaignfinished="1"/>
    </CampaignProgressList>


    5) Save the file and hooray, you got the random planets back



digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
February 09 2014 21:16 GMT
#2
Oh the planet background actually has stuff to do with WoL campaign? #TIL
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 09 2014 21:23 GMT
#3
On February 10 2014 06:16 digmouse wrote:
Oh the planet background actually has stuff to do with WoL campaign? #TIL

Not tested, but here is the way to make them randomly changing by just putting these lines.
KaizoOnFire
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany8 Posts
February 09 2014 21:29 GMT
#4
works good, thx
IeZaeL
Profile Joined July 2012
Italy991 Posts
February 09 2014 21:31 GMT
#5
Pretty cool.
Author of Coda and Eastwatch.
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
February 09 2014 21:31 GMT
#6
neat
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purakushi
Profile Joined August 2012
United States3302 Posts
February 09 2014 21:34 GMT
#7
This is neat. Thanks!
T P Z sagi
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
February 09 2014 21:35 GMT
#8
Thank you!!!
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
EJK
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States1302 Posts
February 09 2014 21:44 GMT
#9
question, does this work if u didnt finish the wol campaign?
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ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
February 09 2014 21:48 GMT
#10
I didn't even notice you got this when you finished the campaign haha. Pretty neat.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 09 2014 21:50 GMT
#11
On February 10 2014 06:44 Smurfett3 wrote:
question, does this work if u didnt finish the wol campaign?

The code from 1st post works in any case
Dynge
Profile Joined July 2012
Denmark46 Posts
February 09 2014 22:04 GMT
#12
Just did it and i still have the default planet. How often does it change? or did it not work for me?
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 09 2014 22:09 GMT
#13
On February 10 2014 07:04 Dynge wrote:
Just did it and i still have the default planet. How often does it change? or did it not work for me?

It randomly changes between 5 planets, including blue one with battlecruiser.

You can see all the planets by toggling Planets - Kerrigan - Planets - Kerrigan - etc
.swz.
Profile Joined May 2012
73 Posts
February 09 2014 22:23 GMT
#14
siiiiiiiick city @Existor
You always deliver good work. Appreciate it THX
HeavenResign
Profile Joined April 2011
United States702 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 03:42:24
February 09 2014 22:23 GMT
#15
Hmm I did it and for a split second it showed a random planet and then went back to the default bc one. Will keep trying! Thanks for posting this!

edit: i'm an idiot, whoops!
MasterSmurf
Profile Joined January 2013
Germany30 Posts
February 09 2014 23:15 GMT
#16
works fine thanks alot!
@xchamper
Training
Profile Joined November 2011
Switzerland15 Posts
February 09 2014 23:21 GMT
#17
if its not working : remember to exit SC2 before editing
Glorfindel!
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1815 Posts
February 09 2014 23:21 GMT
#18
Thanks mate. Works great.
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/598681/1/Glorfindel/ladder/161337#current-rank
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 09 2014 23:31 GMT
#19
On February 10 2014 08:21 Training wrote:
if its not working : remember to exit SC2 before editing

I thought it's obvious
BamBam
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
745 Posts
February 10 2014 01:37 GMT
#20
would it still be possible to overwrite those planet images like before to have our own custom pictures?
"two is way better than twice as one" - artosis
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 10 2014 01:39 GMT
#21
Do you never stop doing cool things?
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
Zode
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada297 Posts
February 10 2014 02:25 GMT
#22
This is really cool, thanks!
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
February 10 2014 02:39 GMT
#23
On February 10 2014 10:37 Energizer wrote:
would it still be possible to overwrite those planet images like before to have our own custom pictures?

No, MPQ editing has been impossible past 1.5.0 and has always been a violation to TOS.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Admiral_Crunch91x
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada13 Posts
February 11 2014 10:19 GMT
#24
Awsome! Thanks a lot.
Sjokola
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands800 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-15 10:27:10
February 15 2014 10:26 GMT
#25
On February 10 2014 06:16 digmouse wrote:
Oh the planet background actually has stuff to do with WoL campaign? #TIL

Yes. Last save game irrc. The planet of your last completed mission.

Edit: or maybe that's just in game. At least all the planets have something to do with the campain.
-RusH
Profile Joined June 2012
United States240 Posts
March 12 2014 22:16 GMT
#26
Cool, I just did this. I don't know why I had to do it though since I did beat the wol campaign and had them already in rotation before Hots. Must have stopped when I upgraded to hots or something, hadn't even noticed. Thanks!
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