Sunday 10 October 2010

In for Some Legacy Starcraft Fixing?

The other day I tried to start up Starcraft: Brood War. No I'm not insane, I just wanted to see how far we'd come. Turns out a whole lot, everything looks crappy when it ain't 1080p (!)
Anyway, since I'm on Windows 7, I knew it couldn't go smoothly, and lo and behold I was right (Again!). The colors were all messed up.

Now if you're interested in fixing this there're two solutions:
1- Get Chaos Launcher and launch it in a window (Hate this, so Google it if you really wanna try it)

2- Create a batch file (right click anywhere in the SC:BW directory, new>text document, change open it, type the commands and save, then change extension from .txt to .bat) with these commands in it:

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
starcraft.exe
start c:\windows\explorer.exe

Basically what this does is kill explorer (windows file explorer, that is) and launches SC, so no desktop effects will affect it. Then launches explorer right back up as soon as you quit SC.

Hope it helps!
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32 comments:

  1. la comédie13 October 2010 at 03:55

    great post

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  2. la comédie15 October 2010 at 10:36

    nice post !!!

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  3. Super16 October 2010 at 03:42

    why not just play sc2?

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  4. Audia4guy0816 October 2010 at 03:42

    Mm I hear what your sayin about anything but 1080p sucks. My 24" monitor died on me so until I can order a new one im stuck using my old crt :( siighh. PAY DAY COME FASTER.

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  5. gomby16 October 2010 at 03:59

    thats why you play with a CRT ;)

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  6. SC2 Strats17 October 2010 at 03:24

    great tip i've seen this happen and didn't know how to fix it. nice blog, you got a new follower!

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  7. TechLovesFilm17 October 2010 at 03:35

    Chaos Launcher is brilliant. SC1 still has its own unique charms, just like diablo 2 will always has its own.
    I approve of this article! :P

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  8. Inco19 October 2010 at 13:21

    Yeah, the older games always hold a twinge of nostalgia in my heart. Following for nostalgia lane. :P

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  9. Campino23 October 2010 at 02:12

    thx 4 info

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  10. Matte26 October 2010 at 03:50

    Cool

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  11. Brucejje31 October 2010 at 02:39

    Doing my daily round, and mate, thanks for the chaos launcher, i was just looking for that!

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  12. Bart3 November 2010 at 10:24

    wahts the chaos launcher do? can u leave the answer in my comments

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  13. SoreLosersGaming8 November 2010 at 03:13

    I just re-started playing Diablo II and I had similar problems. I'm sticking with a launcher.

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  14. Michael V10 November 2010 at 04:11

    It clearly helps ! thanks for the tip

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  15. Kartoffeln15 November 2010 at 23:36

    SC2 would be a better idea. Thanks for the info, anyway.

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  16. Moogz17 December 2010 at 09:48

    nicley done brah

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  17. ValveWorld24 December 2010 at 18:29

    Thanks so much!

    -followed

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  18. Bobby4 January 2011 at 08:07

    Sweet blog! Check mine out!
    lifeformation.blogspot.com

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  19. Some Guy16 January 2011 at 00:50

    that's pretty clever
    works fine on XP though so it's good =)

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  20. Benny Lava24 January 2011 at 15:57

    Cool blog man, I'm following and supporting you also =)

    I'd appreciate a click back at http://benny-lava.blogspot.com/

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  21. The Facts of Vidya2 February 2011 at 05:27

    If I had infinate funds I'd get the Starcraft 2 Collectors Edition, comes with a USB drive with Starcraft 1.

    Sadly I do not! :P

    www.thefactsofvidya.co.uk

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  22. Dwrek3 February 2011 at 02:30

    Ya thats the same reason I'll use windows Xp until the sun dies. Its the bestest ever!

    World of Warcraft Cheats @
    http://www.blizzardhacks.com

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  23. James the Giant Leach1 March 2011 at 11:14

    sounds like a problem
    Soma_Shank_Tank

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  24. Meme22 March 2011 at 01:23

    Starcraft has been working pretty well for me, thanks!

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  25. Intellectual Relapse27 April 2011 at 16:48

    cool, I really need to find my old starcraft

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  26. Slush6 May 2011 at 03:51

    I'll see if it works! I loved BW

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  27. Lealeepo6 May 2011 at 03:57

    This really works thanks! So happy playing star craft again.

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  28. JCF6 May 2011 at 03:57

    Yeah man nice blog. Gaming's always a good thing. Would be happy if you'd follow me on my blog too.

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  29. Unknown6 May 2011 at 03:59

    the batch file trick really did i for my game, thanks :D

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  30. Lesha6 May 2011 at 04:05

    awesome, does it work on other gameS?

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  31. la comédie15 June 2011 at 15:50

    nice post

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  32. Sweet Lily6 September 2011 at 19:58

    Great post!

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