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StarCraft Digital Download -- Doesn't Work?

MBHockey

MBHockey

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So I purchased the StarCraft + BroodWar digital download from Blizzard's site today. The download was around 1.2 GB and went without a hitch (took over an hour though). I ran the installer, put in the long cd key they emailed me after I made the purchase and then when i went to launch StarCraft it just didn't work. Bounced in the dock once, and then vanished.

Console had this to say in the system.log:

Code: 
Jun  1 16:27:22 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.blizzard.Installer[170]: Archive "\Applications\StarCraft.temp\Starcraft Data.temp" has an incomplete listfile!
Jun  1 16:28:05 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.blizzard.Installer[170]: Archive "\Applications\StarCraft.temp\Brood War Data.temp" has an incomplete listfile!
Jun  1 16:28:06 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.blizzard.Installer[170]: Archive "\Applications\StarCraft.temp\Starcraft Data.temp" has an incomplete listfile!

I know StarCraft has some issues on the newer MBPs, but mine has been running SC off the disc fine for the past two months (I have a 2.2GHz SR MBP). I recently gave my physical disc away to a friend, knowing i would be getting the digital download.

So after it didn't work, I removed all Blizzard/StarCraft files from my computer and then booted to the Leopard install disc where I repaired my permissions and also repaired the disk. I then redownloaded the entire 1.2GB and reinstalled SC...but same deal. Doesn't launch with the same message in system.log

Has anyone purchased the digital download of this and actually gotten it to work?

I've sent an email to Blizzard support (who have been quite helpful in the past with some issues) so I'll update the thread if nobody has any insight on this.
 
Me too

I experience the same issue, haven't heard back from their support for a while.

MBHockey said:
So I purchased the StarCraft + BroodWar digital download from Blizzard's site today. The download was around 1.2 GB and went without a hitch (took over an hour though). I ran the installer, put in the long cd key they emailed me after I made the purchase and then when i went to launch StarCraft it just didn't work. Bounced in the dock once, and then vanished.

Console had this to say in the system.log:

Code: 
Jun  1 16:27:22 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.blizzard.Installer[170]: Archive "\Applications\StarCraft.temp\Starcraft Data.temp" has an incomplete listfile!
Jun  1 16:28:05 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.blizzard.Installer[170]: Archive "\Applications\StarCraft.temp\Brood War Data.temp" has an incomplete listfile!
Jun  1 16:28:06 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x13013].com.blizzard.Installer[170]: Archive "\Applications\StarCraft.temp\Starcraft Data.temp" has an incomplete listfile!

I know StarCraft has some issues on the newer MBPs, but mine has been running SC off the disc fine for the past two months (I have a 2.2GHz SR MBP). I recently gave my physical disc away to a friend, knowing i would be getting the digital download.

So after it didn't work, I removed all Blizzard/StarCraft files from my computer and then booted to the Leopard install disc where I repaired my permissions and also repaired the disk. I then redownloaded the entire 1.2GB and reinstalled SC...but same deal. Doesn't launch with the same message in system.log

Has anyone purchased the digital download of this and actually gotten it to work?

I've sent an email to Blizzard support (who have been quite helpful in the past with some issues) so I'll update the thread if nobody has any insight on this.
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SC hasn't required a disc to run for quite a while now, so I don't know why you were doing that ;)

Also, 1.2GB seems massive for such an old game, I'm quite surprised.

I hope it gets resolved!
 
Not sure why I was doing what?

Yes, you could make a disk image of the disk (which I always ran the game from), but you still need a valid cd key.

I'm not sure why you're surprised about 1.2 GB. Each disk (starcraft and broodwar) is around 600 MB each.
 
Umm you don't need a CD to play starcraft anymore... see below.( this is why the Digital DL is around 1 gig.)

Blizzard has released a 1.15.2 patch for StarCraft, enabling users to play the game without the use of the CD.

The patch was released earlier last night but was only available on US East servers. It is now available on all servers throughout Battle.net.

Here are the installer details, and additional StarCraft Broodwar Patch Information.

Battle.net


Feature Changes



- StarCraft and StarCraft: BroodWar no longer require the CD while playing the

game. To play without the CD, please follow the following instructions:



- Windows Users:

- Make sure you have "Hide extensions for known types" unchecked under

Explorer Folder Options.

- If you own only StarCraft, copy "INSTALL.EXE" from the StarCraft CD to

your StarCraft folder and rename it to "StarCraft.mpq".

- If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy "INSTALL.EXE" from the StarCraft:

Brood War CD to your StarCraft folder and rename it to "BroodWar.mpq".



- Mac users:

- If you own only StarCraft, copy "StarCraft Archive" from the StarCraft CD

to your StarCraft folder.

- If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy "Brood War Archive" from the

StarCraft: Brood War CD to your StarCraft folder.
 
Why are you guys obsessing about the physical disc? It really is quite irrelevant to the situation at hand.

The only reason I brought it up was to explain why I would have purchased the digital download in the first place...I no longer own the CD key. If i could have just purchased the CD key from Blizzard I would have -- but the cd key for the digital download is twice as long as a normal cd key -- you can't install from the physical disc and use the cd key from the digital download.
 
MBHockey said:
Why are you guys obsessing about the physical disc? It really is quite irrelevant to the situation at hand.

The only reason I brought it up was to explain why I would have purchased the digital download in the first place...I no longer own the CD key. If i could have just purchased the CD key from Blizzard I would have -- but the cd key for the digital download is twice as long as a normal cd key -- you can't install from the physical disc and use the cd key from the digital download.
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How about one for starcraft + one for brood war????

P.S. Blizzard is possibly the best computer game company to ever exist.
They stuck by Macs from the start and all their games rock. All Warcrafts including WoW, Diablo II+LoD (I sucked compared to II), and Starcraft+Brood War.
Starcraft II will be amazing too.....
yeah.....
 
Reply from Blizzard tech support:

Hello Diego

Thank you for contacting Blizzard Entertainment Technical Support. My name is Tom and I will be assisting you today.

I apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

It seems this update, while fixing a few minor issues for our players, has caused a number of more severe problems. If you get reports from Mac customers who complain of low frame rates in WoW, a crash when launching SC or D2, or any other issues, make you sure you ask if they just recently installed the 10.5.3 update. If they did, let them know that we have filed bug reports with Apple, but at this time there is nothing we can do to resolve the issue. And unfortunately, there is no supported method of uninstalling an OS update.

Sincerely,

Tom L
Technical Support
Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.blizzard.com/support
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Kind of annoyed me how impersonal the reply was. Clearly pasted from an announcement or something. At least Apple and Blizzard are aware of the issue. A solution can't come soon enough.
 
It breaks the digital download only, then, because StarCraft had been running fine with the normal installation on 10.5.3 on my Santa Rosa/Merom MBP.

Oh well, back to boot camping into Windows and playing on the iccup ladder.
 
MBHockey said:
It breaks the digital download only, then, because StarCraft had been running fine with the normal installation on 10.5.3 on my Santa Rosa/Merom MBP.

Oh well, back to boot camping into Windows and playing on the iccup ladder.
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No, you are wrong. I use the regular starcraft with disc (although i have updated it so i dont need to insert the disc), and 10.5.3 breaks that as well
 
I thought it was working on 10.5.3 but I'm probably just confusing my iccup games with battle.net. It would make sense if it's broken for everybody it's broken for me too ;)

Come on Apple, stop breaking stuff!

Have you guys submitted feedback through Apple's site? I guess that's pretty much our only course of action right?
 
For what it's worth I still haven't heard back from Blizzard on this issue (i'm not expecting a different answer, i just figured they'd reply by now).
 
Can I get clarification that this is happening whether you have 10.5.3 installed or not ?

Please use my email below.
 
So you're running the newest version of leopard on a MBP? Hmm.. I actually would love to get this game again and that's a great price. However I'm running the newest version of OSX as well and have a MBP. Do you think it would not work for me as well?
 
I don't plan on it.

I haven't been able to get an answer about a refund (or my original inquiry for that matter). What the hell happened to Blizzard? I feel like i'm dealing with some shady eBay seller, not such an established game maker. :rolleyes:
 
2.4ghz mac leopard 10.5.3 running starcraft off the cd and on battle perfectly... been playing all day
 
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