Starcraft for Mac OS X Release Notes
Release Notes:
- StarCraft for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X, version 10.3.9 or later.
- StarCraft for Mac OS X should be installed on a hard drive that is formatted as Mac OS Extended. To find out how your hard drive is formatted, select your hard drive in the Finder and choose "Show Info" from the File menu.
- For the best color quality, it is recommended that you run Mac OS X's Display Calibrator Assistant. You can find it by choosing Displays in System Preferences. Select the Color tab and click the Calibrate button. Then follow the on-screen instructions to calibrate your display.
- Networking over IPX, AppleTalk, Serial and Direct Modem-Modem is not available in StarCraft for Mac OS X.
- UDP Networking added. You can now play on your local TCP/IP based local network by choosing "Local Area Network (UDP/IP)" in the Multiplayer options screen. An upcoming release of the Classic Mac and Windows versions will also support this feature, allowing LAN play between these three versions.
- If the computer goes to sleep while you're in the battle.net chat screen, you may get disconnected from Battle.net. If this happens, simply disconnect and then reconnect to Battle.net.
- If music is turned off in the game, you may notice occasional pauses while the CD-ROM drive spins up. You may want to leave music turned on to avoid this.
- Please do not lock any of the files in the StarCraft folder. This will prevent you from being able to connect to Battle.net.
- If you have any problems installing StarCraft in Mac OS X's Classic environment, download StarCraft_Installer_1.05-b.sit from
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraft/patches/Mac/Starcraft_Installer_1.05-B.sit. Run this program with the StarCraft CD in your CD-ROM drive. Should that fail, restart into Mac OS 9 and install from there.
How to Install:
For players using StarCraft installed using the original CD set, use the following patch instructions:
1) Find the Starcraft folder on your hard drive, and open it.
2) Drag all the files from the "Brood War v1.16 OSX" folder into the Starcraft folder.
3) Transfer any maps you wish to keep from the "Maps" folder found in the Starcraft folder to the "RENAME ME Maps" folder.
4) Delete your "Maps" folder from the Starcraft folder.
5) Rename your "RENAME ME Maps" folder to "Maps" (minus the quotes).
6) Select the Starcraft file in your Starcraft folder.
7) Choose Make Alias from the File Menu.
8) Move the new alias file to the Desktop or Dock
9) Double click the Starcraft alias to play.
For players using StarCraft installed using the 1.15.2 digital installer, use these patch instructions:
1) Find the Starcraft folder on your hard drive, and open it.
2) Drag all the files from the "Brood War v1.16.1 OSX" folder into the Starcraft folder.
3) Transfer any maps you wish to keep from the "Maps" folder found in the Starcraft folder to the "RENAME ME Maps" folder.
4) Delete your "Maps" folder.
5) Rename your "RENAME ME Maps" folder to "Maps" (minus the quotes).
6) Double click the Starcraft (Carbon) application to play.
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