starcraft ii

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Well, you do now! But be of good cheer: I’m about to tell you how to fix that.

I’ve had StarCraft II for awhile now, but haven’t played even anywhere close to finishing the first campaign. Among other reasons, I’ve been frustrated by what I have been certain is too slow performance for the high-end rig I’ve got it installed on. And yesterday, I finally set out to find out why (or if I was even right about that).

Turns out that StarCraft II doesn’t like multiple CPUs all that well. Optimally it should be running on two cores, not three or four. So Yours Truly went searching for a way to bring it down to operating on only two processors. Lo and behold: it can be done! Start up StarCraft II from the desktop, then bring up Task Manager (usually done through CTRL+ALT+Delete), go to the sc2.exe process and ...

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Now this could be a story about copyright issues that may wind up having a very happy ending…

It all starts with one Ryan Winzen, a 25-year old artist who claims to have no inclination toward video game programming but who has been creating custom maps for Blizzard’s Warcraft and StarCraft games since he was 13.

A few days ago Ryan sent shockwaves across the Intertubes when he went public with a lil’ project that he’s been working on…

Yup, “World of StarCraft”! Ryan is using the in-game editor and assets to create a StarCraft II mod that is… well, World of StarCraft. And it’s exactly what you’re thinking it is: a massively multiplayer online game that does for StarCraft what Blizzard’s mega-popular World of Warcraft has done for the company’s other well-known franchise.

Remember: Ryan used the StarCraft II editor and the game’s own assets to ...

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Is this game really that good? I’m thinking of getting it.

And should I play the original StarCraft first? Believe it or not, for all of the original’s legendary renown, I’ve yet to play it.

(I’m way behind on my video games. I still need to finish Batman: Arkham Asylum sometime. Not to mention Halo 3: ODST.)

Anyway, StarCraft II looks incredibly promising. Just wondering if it’s worth dropping sixty bucks for it, or if I should wait 🙂...

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