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Metaspace
Profile Joined November 2006
Austria670 Posts
November 18 2010 09:02 GMT
#161
Oh. So, no new hope, apparently...will try myself tomorrow, no time today.
Wir haben zuwenig Vespingas!
Daven
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1 Post
December 17 2010 23:29 GMT
#162
Well, so far I've tried every solution up to this point, except window mode, just because I REALLY don't want to go window mode :'( and nothing has worked for me. I'll try one "fix" and it'll work for a full day, 5 or 6 hours of game play, then crash every 5 min. afterwards. Try another "fix", work for a day, then crash every 5 min. etc.

I tried doing the Microsoft support hotfix, but it's currently no longer available it says. So, so much for that I guess. Sucks this problem's been here for months now and most of us are still on square 1. I guess I'll just have to deal with window mode or forget BW and play only SC2. I'll be checking back every once in a while to see if there are any updates, but I won't be holding my breath! haha Good luck to anyone that's still even attempting a fix!!! I'm rooting for you! ^_^
MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
December 19 2010 08:04 GMT
#163
Is BW freezing AFTER you guys log on or before? Cuz mine froze before I logged on while it's on the "accessing account" screen. I just wanna make sure mine is the same as yall's
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
VoriuM
Profile Joined March 2009
Belgium83 Posts
December 19 2010 08:34 GMT
#164
mine freezes after I log in.
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-19 10:25:35
December 19 2010 10:23 GMT
#165
Using DDHack with no problems, fixed colors and crashing. Set it to altwinpos and disable vsync, iccup works fine. I highly doubt that anyone who is still having problems has tried out DDHack while following all the instructions. You're welcome to prove me wrong though.
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9508 Posts
December 19 2010 14:55 GMT
#166
DDHack unfortunately doesn't work on Bnet (yeah I know, "play iccup" blablabla...).

Here's a good workaround to make your Starcraft work on Windows 7:

1. Enable Window Mode in Chaoslauncher.

2. Change your Windows resolution to 640x480 and position your Starcraft in Window mode so it fits the screen perfectly.

3. Use Alt + F1 to lock your cursor inside Starcraft window, so you can scroll normally in game. Also use Alt + F11 to keep Starcraft on top of other windows, in case Taskbar is showing on top of SC.

4. In case you can only change your resolution to 800x600 in Display Settings, click Advanced and go to Adapter settings. There find "List all modes" option and click it (if you can't find it in Adapter tab, look around, it should be there somewhere). When you find all modes, choose the one where it says "640 by 480, True Color (32bit), xx Hz" (note: choose highest number of xx you find).
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
December 19 2010 19:35 GMT
#167
On December 19 2010 23:55 2Pacalypse- wrote:
DDHack unfortunately doesn't work on Bnet (yeah I know, "play iccup" blablabla...).

Here's a good workaround to make your Starcraft work on Windows 7:

1. Enable Window Mode in Chaoslauncher.

2. Change your Windows resolution to 640x480 and position your Starcraft in Window mode so it fits the screen perfectly.

3. Use Alt + F1 to lock your cursor inside Starcraft window, so you can scroll normally in game. Also use Alt + F11 to keep Starcraft on top of other windows, in case Taskbar is showing on top of SC.

4. In case you can only change your resolution to 800x600 in Display Settings, click Advanced and go to Adapter settings. There find "List all modes" option and click it (if you can't find it in Adapter tab, look around, it should be there somewhere). When you find all modes, choose the one where it says "640 by 480, True Color (32bit), xx Hz" (note: choose highest number of xx you find).


Um what's the difference between doing this and just playing on windowed mode regularly besides the fact that your clear of distractions? I don't really understand how this is a fix becuz we still can't get sc to play on full screen :x
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9508 Posts
December 19 2010 19:38 GMT
#168
On December 20 2010 04:35 MaRiNe23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2010 23:55 2Pacalypse- wrote:
DDHack unfortunately doesn't work on Bnet (yeah I know, "play iccup" blablabla...).

Here's a good workaround to make your Starcraft work on Windows 7:

1. Enable Window Mode in Chaoslauncher.

2. Change your Windows resolution to 640x480 and position your Starcraft in Window mode so it fits the screen perfectly.

3. Use Alt + F1 to lock your cursor inside Starcraft window, so you can scroll normally in game. Also use Alt + F11 to keep Starcraft on top of other windows, in case Taskbar is showing on top of SC.

4. In case you can only change your resolution to 800x600 in Display Settings, click Advanced and go to Adapter settings. There find "List all modes" option and click it (if you can't find it in Adapter tab, look around, it should be there somewhere). When you find all modes, choose the one where it says "640 by 480, True Color (32bit), xx Hz" (note: choose highest number of xx you find).


Um what's the difference between doing this and just playing on windowed mode regularly besides the fact that your clear of distractions? I don't really understand how this is a fix becuz we still can't get sc to play on full screen :x

Because Window mode of Starcraft is 640 pixels wide and 480 high (it's a constant).

When you set your Desktop resolution to 640x480 what do you think happens?
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9508 Posts
December 19 2010 19:39 GMT
#169
Oh and I didn't say it's a fix. I said it's a workaround.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5508 Posts
December 19 2010 19:43 GMT
#170
On December 20 2010 04:35 MaRiNe23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2010 23:55 2Pacalypse- wrote:
DDHack unfortunately doesn't work on Bnet (yeah I know, "play iccup" blablabla...).

Here's a good workaround to make your Starcraft work on Windows 7:

1. Enable Window Mode in Chaoslauncher.

2. Change your Windows resolution to 640x480 and position your Starcraft in Window mode so it fits the screen perfectly.

3. Use Alt + F1 to lock your cursor inside Starcraft window, so you can scroll normally in game. Also use Alt + F11 to keep Starcraft on top of other windows, in case Taskbar is showing on top of SC.

4. In case you can only change your resolution to 800x600 in Display Settings, click Advanced and go to Adapter settings. There find "List all modes" option and click it (if you can't find it in Adapter tab, look around, it should be there somewhere). When you find all modes, choose the one where it says "640 by 480, True Color (32bit), xx Hz" (note: choose highest number of xx you find).


Um what's the difference between doing this and just playing on windowed mode regularly besides the fact that your clear of distractions? I don't really understand how this is a fix becuz we still can't get sc to play on full screen :x

Come play sc2 ^^
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Metaspace
Profile Joined November 2006
Austria670 Posts
December 20 2010 09:16 GMT
#171
On December 19 2010 19:23 writer22816 wrote:
Using DDHack with no problems, fixed colors and crashing. Set it to altwinpos and disable vsync, iccup works fine. I highly doubt that anyone who is still having problems has tried out DDHack while following all the instructions. You're welcome to prove me wrong though.

Read my posts above. I cannot log into ICCup. I use Win7 64 Professional.

Playing in window mode is no alternative for me, because of the keyboard and mouse latency. Storms don't go off in time, control groups are not assigned as pressed etc. In short: sucks.
Wir haben zuwenig Vespingas!
Savi[wOk]
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
United States81 Posts
October 02 2012 15:28 GMT
#172
Alright so I believe I posted about 3 solutions to this freezing and color problem and had to later EDIT and
say "I'm sorry,never mind".
But this time I waited about 2 weeks to seriously to see if this worked.
So If you have windows 7. Try downloading the service pack 2.
I've done this and no freezes and color problems so far and I've been going strong for 2 weeks.
I can with confidence say, this is the solution.
SPECIAL THANKS to Learn[wOk]
Lets play starcraft
squall leonhart
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia44 Posts
December 16 2012 03:43 GMT
#173
There is no service pack 2 for windows 7

and the problem is still present.

now gtfo.
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