Questions tagged [starcraft-2]
StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game published in 2010 by Activision Blizzard and is the sequel to StarCraft.
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Can I continue a StarCraft 2 campaign on one account after having started it on another account?
I'd like to know whether I can begin playing StarCraft 2 single player on one battle net account (or whatever account is required) and then pick up where I left off, using another account? For ...
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Is there a hotkey to select an idle worker, but not jump to its location?
I seem to remember from Age of Empires that you could select an idle worker without the screen repositioniong, and I think the minimap would also ping the location of that worker. Is there a way to do ...
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How do I give each player a random unit in the start of the game?
I'm making a kinda risk map in SC2 editor, I have placed cities around the map. How can I randomly split these cities among the players when the game starts?
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Is there any design reason why you can't cancel a building draft by clicking on it directly? [closed]
When you issue a building command in any race, it will create a "draft" transparent model of the building that will be seen until the worker arrives at the location and the construction ...
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Unable to earn any credits in StarCraft II campaign
I am trying to play through the Wings of Liberty campaign and having fun, then randomly I start completing missions and noticed my credits was stuck at 25,000. No matter what missions I finish I never ...
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Is the Starcraft 2 Collector's Edition Ultralisk skin the same as the Leviathan skin?
I'm considering purchasing some skins for my StarCraft 2 account.
I will likely go for one of the packs to get a full set for ~$20, but I noticed that I could get the digital edition for about the ...
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Why so little reaper cheese in top-tier SC2 games?
I'm very often executing the following build in platinum/diamond league games (EU server):
SCV
Supply Depot
Refinery
Barracks
Saturate the refinery fully
Barracks
Barracks
Reaper
Supply depot
3xReaper
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Is there a way to know the build of a random AI after a match?
I would like to know a random AI's build in Starcraft 2 after a match, like in the replay. Is there a way to do this?
I don't want to spoil matches by defining the build of the AI when starting the ...
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What is the meaning of Separation Radius for ground units?
What does it mean when they say "Distance between Air units in squadron" for ground units?
Why is it not the same as Movement Radius?
Here are some stasts of separation radius:
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As Protoss, how can I counter mass Battlecruisers in PvT? [duplicate]
What to do against Terran opponents who go for mass Battlecruisers?
Most skytoss units seem to be garbage at that point. Are Archons at all viable in this scenario?
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What does this symbol mean in the Starcraft chat portrait?
What is the little symbol in corner of the portrait, in Starcraft 2's list of friends?
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Why can't I see worker counts anymore?
I can no longer see how many workers are assigned to my extractors or how many are assigned to gather minerals. I've already reset everything back to default. I get blank boxes over my buildings where ...
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Casting a spell with every selected unit
Suppose for example I have 13 corruptors selected, and I'd like to have them all cast caustic spray on an enemy command center.
I can do this by c mouseclick c mouseclick c mouseclick c mouseclick ......
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How can I play Starcraft 2 under Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
Unfortunately, I only have a laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 as operating system. I'd still love to play a round of Starcrft II for sake of old times. I already tried to follow the "walk-through" from this ...
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Unlocking additional campaigns
I have Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void on my PC, and I have the Wings of Liberty disc. How can I unlock the Wings of Liberty campaign without reinstalling the whole game?
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Starcraft II - How to drop MULES most efficiently?
I tested out that the MULES of Terran do not "colide" with SCVs. One mineral patch can have 2 SCVs working at the same time. If the distance is long enough the SCVs work perfectly in groups of 3-4 (2 ...
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How do the air dead spots work in Starcraft II?
In Starcraft II there are certain spots on the map where Zerg players like to hide Overlords. I imagine that they are on higher level just as the main base is usually on a higher level than the ...
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How to see "Workers Killed" window in Starcraft 2 replays?
You can see in many Starcraft 2 casts that there is a possibility to open a little window to see how many workers have been killed during the last attack. I checked most of the settings but couldn't ...
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How to construct a refinery on a vespene geyser and order the workers to collect the gas in one command queue?
I want to know the fastest (not the most efficient way) of taking a fresh vespene geyser. I want to give my workers only 1 command queue and be done with it. The workers have to construct a refinery / ...
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How does the Alarm Stack in Starcraft II work?
I'm trying to improve my macromanagment speed and I recognize that I never use the Alarm sound cues. There is a hotkey to jump to the last cue, but I can't quite figure out how it works. You can jump ...
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Starcraft 2: can you permanently display the frames-per-second?
In Starcraft 2, you can display the frames-per-second by pressing ctrl + alt + f but then it goes away in after the current game ends.
Can you permanently display the frames-per-second?
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In Starcraft 2 replays, can you display the army, supply, minerals collected rate graphs vs time?
In Starcraft 2 replays, can you display the army, supply, minerals-collected-rate graphs vs time? If yes, how?
I know you can view the instantaneous resource collection rates or the instantaneous ...
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How to set alliances/teams in StarCraft II map editor
How do you set alliances/teams in the StarCraft II map editor?
I set all the parameters in Game Variant and Player Properties, but all AI players are still fighting with each other.
What did I miss?
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Is there a painless way to run Starcraft 2 on Linux?
Now that Starcraft 2 is free to play, is there a painless way to run it in Linux?
People have been doing it with different success for years, but the hacks are spead over different resources and ...
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Do workers 17-24 still provide additional minerals?
In WOL and HOTS, the optimum number of workers per 8 mineral patch base was generally agreed to be 24. Over the command centre, a number was displayed (23/24, for instance) indicating the amount of ...