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TheBalanceIssue
Profile Joined June 2015
Singapore41 Posts
September 05 2015 04:27 GMT
#21
On September 05 2015 12:55 xpaperclip wrote:
The following worked for me. I logged in one with my actual account and another on a starter account and played a game with myself.

1. Open first instance of SC2.

2. Using Process Explorer, go to the sc2.exe process and force close four handles (View -> Show Lower Pane, find it in the list, right click -> Close Handle) with "StarCraft II" in the name:
Events
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\StarCraft II Game Application
- \BaseNamedObjects\StarCraft II Game Application (Global)
Sections
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\StarCraft II
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\StarCraft II IPC Mem
(I don't know which one it actually uses to tell another instance is running so I just did all of them.)

3. Start new instance of SC2.


Amazing, it works, thanks a lot!!!

For some reason, mine appears as "\Sessions\34\" instead of "\Sessions\1\", but it works anyways, thx.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
September 15 2020 14:27 GMT
#22
Bumping a thread from 5 years ago, but hear me out. I’ve searched Google and Reddit for answers, but I only got this page and some solutions that didn’t really work.

Reason why I want to do this: I want to be able to play Co-op on one computer and attempt to solo Brutal missions. I have already made another account and found out how to run multiple instances of BattleNet, but I wasn’t able to run two instances of SC2.

I tried the Process Explorer method, but I couldn’t find the events and sections. They all seem to be related to support and not “sessions”. Maybe that was for Windows 7. I was just wondering whether or not anyone knows how to run two instances of SC2 on one cpu. Maybe it’s easier to do this now in 2020.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
September 15 2020 18:15 GMT
#23
Not really an optimal solution but you could if you really wanted to use a trial account of either hyperv or vmware and run a sc2 session through that and run another sc2 session on your "main" computer.
Do something today that your future self will be thankful for.
xpaperclip
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia995 Posts
September 19 2020 15:28 GMT
#24
I tried this again just now and it does still work. One difference is in Process Explorer the lower pane is now split between files and handles, so you may need to select View -> Lower Pane View -> Handles (or press Ctrl+H).

Turns out you also don't actually need to kill the \Sessions\xx\BaseNamedObjects\StarCraft II one.

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