StarCraft 2

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Rookie103

We know what Korea will be doing soon...

Korea might as well declare the Starcraft2 rls day as national holiday.

But Raynor looks old, how years has since brood Wars?

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

But Raynor looks old, how years has since brood Wars?

4 years since BW. Same as what Ghost was supposed to be.

[marth1244]

Lol national holiday for SC2 realease. BTW i had no idea that SC: Ghost took place when SC2 is suppposed to take place.
I have a question for those of you who know.
Who was supposed to be the lead character in SC: Ghost? The blonde?
Or is it just a random freelancer ghost making ends meet.
I head it was going to be an RPG.

EDIT : I forgot to mention..... SWEET!!! PROTOSS MOTHERSHIP!!! AWSOME Finnally they can kick ass!!!

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by marth1244

I have a question for those of you who know.
Who was supposed to be the lead character in SC: Ghost? The blonde?
Or is it just a random freelancer ghost making ends meet.
I head it was going to be an RPG.

It was supposed to be a first/third person shooter, and the blonde ghost was the main character. Her name was Nova, if I remember correctly.

[krisslanza]

Nova of Nova Squadron to be exact I believe. She had all that cool in-testing stuff Nova Squadron has... Like that Cy-Blade or somethin'.

It looked cool but after a looooooong delay Blizzard announced the project was scrapped.

[lilguy]

Spoiler for SC: Ghost Storyline:

Along the storyline for SC: Ghost, she is the ghost under Mengsk and part of the Shadow Blade project, which was the experimental group of ghosts using Protoss technology. She goes by his orders to eradicate the Koprulu Liberation Front rebel group and during the course of the storyline, she uncovers the truth behind Project Shadow Blade.

[Papaya]

Best part would've been the multiplayer. Play as a Mutalisk. A MUTALISK!

[Jazzrat]

Good news and bad news for all the SC fans.

the good news......
The tr00th revealed



and the bad news? the eternal wait for this precious gem to be resurrected. Maybe it ll be out along with DNF

[lilguy]

Yay we get to keep smexy tight spandex Nova?

[technomo12]

NICE so ghost is out when and aksi ill make a bet here that this game wil be released in 2010

[Papaya]

I bet Starcraft: Ghost is somehow integrated with this rumored "Starcraft Online" thing going on.

[brocko]

Ghost was never axed, Blizzard just chucked it on 'indefinite hold'.

Originally Posted by Papaya

Nah, you won't forget. You can hotkey multiple buildings to a single group now!

Good call, i completely forgot about that XD

Anwayzy the latest Q&A Batch(Batch 30) from Karune and this time it's a map making batch: http://www.battle.net/forums/thread....l&T=493471&P=1

Spoiler for for those too lazy to open another page:

Going along with out monthly discussion topic about map making requests, we've sought to get more answers to help direct these upcoming discussions.

Chat with Devs: Brett Woods is back with us to answer our community map making questions. We cant stress enough that StarCraft II is going to have immense potential in the UMS (User Map Settings) area, where we hope to seriously empower the community with the tools you need, to create some awesome gaming additions to StarCraft II.

As always, feel free to give the Devs and I a w00t if you are enjoying these batches!

---StarCraft II Q&A Batch 30: Map Maker Series 3---

1) Will it be possible to code the game so map makers can make maps where people can stop incoming spell/missile?

This should be possible through customized ability data and/or triggers.

2) Will we have selectable male/female of every unit?

No, we don't have plans to include male and female versions of each unit.

3) Will we have the option to give players the option to change weapons in-game?

While we don't have any plans for a specialized interface for this, it would be possible using the highly flexible ability system.

4) Will you guys link multiplayer maps, so mapmakers can make multiplayer campaigns?

Yes, we do plan to support multiplayer campaigns and linked maps.

5) Will all buildings stand alone and also can we have the ability to disable tech trees?

The tech tree will be fully configurable through customized data and/or triggers.

6) Will research or firing a skill in a certain location be part of the tech tree enabling, for example Stim Packs could be researched to enable a Factory?

Yes, the tech tree and upgrade system will be fully configurable from the editor.


7) Will it be possible for AI to be commanded to research a skill, perform an upgrade, build a building at a location, build a unit at a location, retreat from a location?

Yes, there will be extensive AI scripting support.

8) Will mapmakers have the ability to set weather that can change the terrain and interrupt gameplay for players? Is this for anywhere or in a specific location?

Weather effect technology has not yet been finalized. However, even if weather effects do not affect gameplay normally, it would be possible to drive both the desired weather effects and associated gameplay effects through triggers.

---End of Transmission---

Multiplayer campaign has me frothing at the mouth. There have been countless of times where i wished i could've played through the Starcraft campaigns with some of my friends

[Papaya]

Ugh, most important question, "Will heroes and items be possible" is ignored.

[CrazyPerson]

I'm pretty sure that question has been answered rather early on, I'm just too lazy to dig out specifically where.

I do recall they have said that heroes-with-experience do exist. They will only be available in use map settings games. They won't be there for single player or any non use map setting games. Also, if I recall correctly, the heroes and their abilities can be customized depending on the map creator. Unfortunately, I don't know about items, but seeing the popularity DotA and how much blizzard probably wants to keep that going for SC2 as well, it's likely items are there too.

[felix]

Mod-ers can make your Wc3 clone. Official heroes will be no better then Sc1 heroes, not anything close to make or break units of Wc3. (hopefully)

[HaZzArD]

Originally Posted by Papaya

Ugh, most important question, "Will heroes and items be possible" is ignored.

Warcraft is warcraft , and starcraft is starcraft

i personally hope they dont try mixing one with the other in any way....

[Clarste]

Originally Posted by HaZzArD

Warcraft is warcraft , and starcraft is starcraft

i personally hope they dont try mixing one with the other in any way....

We're talking about the map editor here. I really can't see why you'd want to limit anything in the map editor. It's not like it'll affect the gameplay, it just lets people mess around more. Personally, I'm sure I spent at least half my starcraft gametime playing people's crazy user-made maps. Like, fireworks shows where they spawn and kill masses of units to create pretty images out of their death animations, and of course all the various madness maps and rpg things and tower defense and whatnot. Why limit people's creativity? If you don't like it then don't play those maps...

[Cheezy]

The new map editor sure looks tasty.

As an old SC mapper, I am excited to try out the Staredit 2.

[lilguy]

Oh god, mapping for the old SC was a pain in the ass >.< Especially with bridges

I hope the editor would be something similar to the WC3 editor though, just because it wasn't a map editor that was divided into blocks.

[brocko]

*Ultralisk Rawr!*

Somehow it looks like Tidehunter's long lost cousin... well to me at least, WC3 and Dota players should know what I'm taking about lol =P

And as for heroes and items in Starcraft 2:

Originally Posted by from StarCraft II Q&A Batch 22: Map Maker Series

Chat with Devs: One of the most popular questions we get when it comes to creating UMS (User Map Settings) games or mods is: Will there be a DotA for StarCraft II? For those who are not familiar, DotA (Defense of the Ancients), is a popular UMS game created for Warcraft III. StarCraft compared to Warcraft III, does not focus on heroes as much, and heroes or units do not have the same experience gaining mechanic as Warcraft III, making it difficult to imagine how a game like DotA could be reproduced for StarCraft. Nonetheless, after chatting it up with our devs, we found out the ability to allow heroes and units to gain experience is built into the Map Editor, though it will not likely be in single player or standard multiplayer. In addition, those units can also be toggled to have the ability to carry an inventory, which is also a characteristic needed in UMS maps such as DotA. With those two additions, we can rest assured that our clever community modders can handle the rest in creating some awesome custom games.