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Play StarCraft and BroodWar Beta on Battle.net with l2k-Shadow\'s Battle.net Beta Gate!
It\'s been almost a year since the release of StarCraft: Beta Gate by l2k-Shadow. The program provided an enjoyable retreat from the StarCraft norm for several gamers. The fun was short lived though, as l2k-Shadow discontinued support for the program to focus his energies on other projects. Over time, we have recieved several requests to bring StarCraft: Beta Gate back, but it was Goga[OEP] who peaked l2k-Shadow\'s interest for the project once again by also providing BroodWar Beta.
So the new program is no longer a one trick pony, and you can now witness first hand the evolution of StarCraft and BroodWar during their later design phases. Perhaps this can also give us a glimpse at what the current Blizzard Development team is facing as it tests the pre-alpha version of StarCraft II, and see just how much StarCraft Beta changed before it became the packaged retail version.
A big thank you goes out to Goga[OEP] for providing us with BroodWar Beta. Goga[OEP] would like to extend a request to the StarCraft community for any StarCraft or BroodWar Beta patches; as the game\'s stability increases with each patch. Goga[OEP] also has provided us with a complete list of the MPQ files for both betas. They are available for download here.
As far as the gameplay, listen to what Entropy aka Physician had to say about playing StarCraft Beta:
I played it, it was hilarious - workers run almost twice as fast and their pathfinding is retarded. Ovies are fast to start off, and no Lair is needed for a Spire. Tanks cost gas only! The funniest thing? If your opponent leaves the game and you click \"continue to play,\" all of his units will still attack you if you attack them. Tons of other spacy stuff!
Since it is very new to Beta Gate, the BroodWar Beta has not been played much at all, so you have an oppurtunity to play and see what differences you can spot before anyone else!
So what does the future hold for Battle.net Beta Gate? It\'s hard to say for sure, but there\'s a possiblity to add Diablo and Diablo II to the program! The original Diablo Beta could be very interesting to see, as it\'s actually the Battle.net Beta as well!
If you\'d like to check out what projects l2k-Shadow is currently working on, or submit your own project ideas, be sure to stop by his official website: www.l2uthless.org.
Setup Links:
Setup Instructions - GosuGamers.net
Battle.net Beta Gate - here
StarCraft Beta - here
BroodWar Beta - here
Daemons Tools - here
WinRar - here
Other Links:
- SCLegacy.com - Article about the Beta before SC: Beta Gate
- GosuGamers.net - The GosuGamers\' feature for the original StarCraft: Beta Gate
- SCBeta.IcyHell.net - Screenshots of StarCraft Beta in action
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Hmm, I've had BW beta sitting around since I first started working on SC Beta, but I never installed it, lol. It just didn't seem as alluring as SC's, cause it was just an expansion.
Impressive work on Beta Gate though, nice job Shadow!
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This looks pretty fun. :D
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Hahah I SIRLed when I read this ^^
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wow.. beta is soooooo terrible! haha it feels weird to play. nowhere near as responsive.
originally posted by MgZ)merz at gosugamers.net:
All I found out about Protoss in this beta:
Archon is an ability and must be upgraded
Archons were orignally designed with an ability that is "not implented" in the beta
Archons "merge" is not the same graphic used in the final version
Archons get +1 for each weapon upg (lol)
Zealots does 5 damage
Zealot gets 5 + 1 per upgrade(lol)
Zealots hit fast as hell
Dragoons hits fast as hell.
Carriers can carry 10 incs and are 80 shields 200 hp
Carriers can kill themselves with their own incs
Arbiters are pretty much the same
Probes explode diffrently and are retarded (goes for all workers I guess) as their AI is stupid, not the same floating style etc.
Templars has an attack ability (like Tassadars)
Their storm lasts as long as they have mana, meaning you can actually kill any unit with a templar if you have enough mana.
Storm costs 25 mana
Hallucination lasts forever
Hallucination is 75 mana
Templars costs gas only (150)
Nexuses are 250 minerals
Forge 200
Photon cannon 200
Random stuff:
You can't set rally on any buildings
You can't use any mutual abilites in a group (say you group 5 carriers and want to make incs, doesn't work)
Reavers doesnt need support bay to build, only a robotics facility.
Shuttles need support bay instead.
Everything goes a lot faster on fastest than it does now.
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YES!
I was waiting for this.
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out of boredom I tried out zerg too. These are the changes I can recall right now:
the huge "what the fuck" stamp with zerg was the defiler.
Instead of Plauge it has Blood Boil which is graphically a mini-swarm, that causes damage like irradiate to any units inside it.
"Swarm" on the other hand is a insta-kill spell that kills any unit with a buzzing swarm around them.. rofl. And yes, the defiler can attack too :O
oh and spire needs an evo chamber, not a lair.
and nydus canal requires hydraden, not hive.
mutas are gas only
all upgrades (as the protoss ones) gives +1 for each level.
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LMAO... "blood boil"... awesome
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i demand screenshots and/or videos!
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I can't play.. 
it keeps saying my udp packets are too poor and I only have chatting options. However I try the real SC on Bnet and it works perfectly.
What's with that?
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i wanted to try this but decided against it cuz i was afraid of my cd-key being stolen
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While by no means you have to trust me, but I'll give you some insight and possibly comfirt in trying out this Beta Gate.
The Beta Gate is open source, meaning the actual source code for the program is available to the public. The Beta Gate was made almost a year ago, and if it had a backdoor or trojan in it that stole your CD-Key, people looking over the code would have cought it.
l2k-Shadow doesn't backdoor his work. (But don't take it from me. If you still don't feel safe using the program, then no soup for you)
While I forget the exact URL, there is a website out there that you can give it a download link, and it will scan the file with several of the better anti-virus softwares out today, and give you a verdict on if its wangaware or not.
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hmm cool i'll probably check it out since so many other players have tried it
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Anyone have the same problem as me?
It doesn't work for SC or BW.
"your internet connection is too poor or your udp packets are not going through..."
BS. It works fine on v1.15.
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What's your OS? You behind a router?
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TL.net BW Beta tournament gogogo
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On August 15 2007 04:23 l2k-Spec-Ops_X wrote:
What's your OS? You behind a router?
I have Vista Home basic, and I'm directly connected to cable with no firewalls.
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On August 15 2007 04:21 Axsynthe wrote:
Anyone have the same problem as me?
It doesn't work for SC or BW.
"your internet connection is too poor or your udp packets are not going through..."
BS. It works fine on v1.15.
same problem here and i have no router and no firewall.
I can play SC beta but with BW >> UDP problem.
edit: btw nice work
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