Those among you who are more computer-savvy than me might know. Is there a way you can run to parallel starcraft 2 executables?
If I try to just open it twice it returns me to the first screen. I tried the old copy/initiate 2nd that people used to do with broodwar, but it's apparently not working.

I haven't tried installing it properly in a second folder or on one of my other drives, but I will try that tomorrow. Unless you know of a better way

Thanks, and well met.

RoarMan

Canada745 Posts

September 02 2010 03:03 GMT

I don't think there is any way, one of my mates has a laptop so he can watch us play games and also ladder or play in other games himself but I haven't heard of anyone running multiple instances yet.

Tseria

Sweden33 Posts

September 02 2010 13:23 GMT

I gues that'd be a solution. But I would much rather make use of my second proper monitor instead of my laptop's 15 something inch screen. :/

Thanks anyway.

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

September 02 2010 14:12 GMT

Maybe try sandboxie?

Tseria

Sweden33 Posts

September 02 2010 14:22 GMT

Hm I'll look into it, thanks.

semantics

10040 Posts

September 02 2010 16:52 GMT

When you just copy pasted it did you make sure to run it under a different log-in account for windows most times that will work, i haven't run into many instances where that didn't work. Except when you have a run game though a launcher only which sc2 is like.

vuga419

United States4 Posts

January 20 2011 20:51 GMT

I had a similar question, sorry for bumping an old thread, but how would I run more than 2 instances of SC2? I used sandboxie, but I the triel version only lets me run 1 sandbox at a time, any suggestions?

RoosterSamurai

Japan2108 Posts

January 20 2011 21:05 GMT

Download and install virtualbox. Install windows on virtual box. Install starcraft 2 on both virtual box and regular computer. Execute in virtual box and then execute on computer. There you go, you've executed two simultaneous instances of starcraft 2.

vuga419

United States4 Posts

January 20 2011 21:09 GMT

alright, ill try that, thanks, also, can you run multiple virtual boxes since im trying to run more than 2 instances of starcraft 2

RoosterSamurai

Japan2108 Posts

January 20 2011 21:09 GMT

#10

On January 21 2011 06:09 vuga419 wrote:
alright, ill try that, thanks, also, can you run multiple virtual boxes since im trying to run more than 2 instances of starcraft 2

Yes. And you can also run virtual box inside of the virtual box. Just be aware that it will tax your system.

PolSC2

United States634 Posts

January 21 2011 14:00 GMT

#11

What do you need more than two instances of SC2 up for, if you don't mind me asking?

vuga419

United States4 Posts

January 25 2011 04:04 GMT

#12

trying to match myself with myself in free for all games, but its not working, the account I need wins on isnt getting matched with the other accounts, but every other account gets matched together.

PolSC2

United States634 Posts

January 25 2011 14:54 GMT

#13

Do FFA games take your MMR into account?

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

January 25 2011 15:25 GMT

#14

On January 25 2011 23:54 PolSC2 wrote:
Do FFA games take your MMR into account?

I believe so since I'm in master and couldn't get matched with my friends who are in silver. We've tried maybe like 7 times and they would always get instant queues while I would be waiting in the queue for a good 4 mins.

vuga419

United States4 Posts

January 27 2011 04:24 GMT

#15

most of the accounts I used were around the same MMR i think (around plat level) so i would think if they did, i would be able to get matched with them, but I dont think they take it into account, since I get paired with both diamond and copper players all the time. Also, the 3 other accounts would get paired with each other almost all the time, but my account wouldnt

multiversed

United States233 Posts

December 24 2011 07:02 GMT

#16

sorry to bump. someone just asked this question on a stream chat and said he had been looking for a while. hope he finds this.

the only way that i am aware of doing this is with virtual machine software like VMware(running windows inside windows, then starcraft inside each copy of windows.) the problem is that an application like starcraft might be too intensive for multiple instances to run stably. don't invest unless you are sure your system can support this. if you are looking to save money, unfortunately this route would not be much if at all cheaper than building a second computer. assuming you are doing it legally...