There are some real-time strategy games (like StarCraft 1 or 2) where AI needs to be balanced across different type of races (in SC it’s Protoss, Terran, Zerg), so despite they’ve different type of troops to play, no specific type of opponent have any advantage. Not to mention that they need to consider different type … Read more
One of the maps I’ve played, nicknamed SotiS (DoTA in SC2) has the ability to maintain stats, which are sent back to their own server. Does anybody know how this is done? Answer SC2 maps do not have the ability to connect to databases or web services – this could easily be abused. SoTiS can … Read more
Lets say you are playing Starcraft 2 melee map. The game loads the map. Melee maps have the following dependencies: Liberty (Mod) Liberty Multi (Mod) I think the game engine will load the data from Liberty (Mod) first, then from Liberty Multi (Mod). For data that exists in both dependencies, the engine will use the … Read more
One of my favorite ways to play the original StarCraft was in a “Team” game. In this game type, multiple players on the same “team” would share control, resources, supply, and even the same starting location. It was like playing as 1 player, only 2 humans were controlling it. It was a lot of fun. … Read more
I’m building an ability that drains energy from the target unit and gives it to caster unit. I’ve tried to associate an actor that hooks in to the ability’s start event to create the continuous beam, but the beam never appears. What’s the right way to do this? Answer Check out “DominationBeam” under actors. I … Read more
I’m working with Starcraft 2 Map Editor, and am having a little bit of a trigger problem. It’s quite easy to detect when a specific unit kills a structure (simply check if triggering unit == whatever) but I’m not quite sure how to tell when a building dies to to either fire (terran buildings) or … Read more
I want to try creating a custom Starcraft 2 map with a third-person camera following a unit. A few custom maps with this feature exist already, so I know it’s possible. How do I do this? Do I need a custom mods file, or can everything be done in the map file? Answer The information … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Game Development Stack Exchange. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question How do I parse StarCraft 2 replay files (.sc2replay)? Is there an API? I know of Sc2gears, but it doesn’t quite … Read more
There seems to be two ways to play against AI. One is the practice against a matched AI where you choose races and based on performance the game sets the difficulty level. If you you loose to much the AI becomes lower. Then there is custom games where you can choose your own AI. Are … Read more
I’d like to unlock ranked games for free on a new account, so I need 10 “Win of day”. The in-game text suggests that you can win multiple “Win of day” (one with each race). I’ve won multiple games (1 unranked, then multiple “Versus A.I.” with a different race) but I have only 1 “Win … Read more
