Starcraft 2

FAQ

When is Starcraft 2 released to the public?
- Starcraft 2 Global Launch is 27-7-10.

Where can I purchase Starcraft 2?
- Starcraft 2 can be purchased from any good retailers including EB Games, Game, JB Hi-Fi or online from the Official battle.net website.

What is battle.net and how does it work?
- Battle.net operates very much like Valve's Steam software to act as both a form of digital distribution as well as management for all Blizzard games. Once you purchase your copy of Starcraft 2 and activate it on your battle.net account it will be locked to this account indefinitely. Visit the Official battle.net website for more details.

As an Australian player what region(s) am I eligible to play on?
- Australians who purchase an Australian, New Zealand or SEA (South East Asia) copy of Starcraft II will eventually have access to both the SEA (South East Asia) and NA (North American) Servers. Currently however, they only have access to the SEA servers. For more details see Starcraft-SEA Facebook

I can't wait to play my favourite race in the single player campaign. For the swarm!
- The Starcraft Single Player campaign will be released episodically so please be patient while these features are available for more info see the Blizzard trilogy FAQ

I want to add my username and identifier to the OCAU wiki but I can't find those numbers, where are they?
- The easiest way to locate the randomly generated numbers attached to your account is to go to the "Add a Friend" Tab located at the bottom right. The add page dialogue displays your unique account number.

I want to brag about my awesome ladder ranking but I've forgotten where I'm ranked.
- Once you log into battle.net and access the multiplayer tab, select profile, then "Ladders and Rankings". Brag away with screenshots and e-taunts good sir!

Updating

Starcraft 2 deletes the update files after you download and install them. For multiple systems or re-installs this can be a problem when updates get to 1gb+ in size.

Luckily we can backup and restore the update files to save a heavy redownload later.

To do this follow these steps:

Start Starcraft 2 and let it update normally.
When the update has finished, minimize out of the update screen. *do not close the screen or click play as the update files will be deleted.
Go into the Starcraft 2 directory and copy the updates folder and the torrent and other update files from the main Starcraft 2 directory to your backups updates directory make a new one if you don't have a backup updates directory.
After that is done you can now click play.

Installing updates:

Copy (not move) all the files from your updates backup directory to the root of the starcraft 2 folder.
Load starcraft 2 normally and it will update using the files you copied and download any new updates you don't have.
Check the folder if any new updates have been downloaded using the method above and copy those over to your updates folder. (copying all the updates over again is quicker)
You can play after the update and the backup of new updates are done.

Notes:

You can reuse the same directory for all update files just adding the new files for each patch that comes out to the directory.

Sometimes the update may have problems installing, if this happens run the starcraft 2 repair tool and retry to update.

Updating Issues

There are currently a number of people experiencing problems with the Blizzard patcher, most of these are people who's router has problems with p2p connections, or 3g (or other wireless) connections. There are a few fixes for this:

Copy the backup updates directory from another friend / PC that has access to a stable internet connection If you need the game copy a mates install files or his dvd (not his code).
Disable P2P (some people seem to have this option while others do not)
Check your Internet Explorer proxy settings and make sure they are correct or disabled
As a last resort gRnt has been uploading the patch files to our very own OCAU Starcraft 2 Thread. This may take a while to be up to date with the current Blizzard patch at the time but we will do our best to keep it as convenient as possible. To install from the files download them for the link in the Starcraft 2 thread and use the steps in the Updating Section. Only use the thread download links if you cant download or get the updates yourself.

YABOT

"Yet Another Build Order Tester" is an addon for Starcraft 2 that helps players, both new and pro alike, fine tune build orders against a wide variety of opening plays. While this is not guaranteed to make you "PRO EHAN TIMING" it is going to help you overcome early game "cheese" and put you in a position to transition to a strong economically sound mid game. YABOT can be found at SC2 Mapster. If you wish to add new build orders or simply share yours with the community the best place to find info on it would be over at the TeamLiquid YABOT Thread.

Links

Official Starcraft 2 Battle.net website - Purchase or manage your game here.
Starcraft 2 Official Twitter Page - Get new information first on twitter!
Day[9]'s official live stream site - Great as both entertainment and a learning tool.
Day[9]'s episode archive - A Fantastic tool for new players who wish to learn strategies in a simple and easy to understand format.
Team Liquid - One of the Internets most active Starcraft related sites. Has a very informative community and a heaps of technical jargon.

Player List

A place for users to share their ingame information as well as their preferred region. Please copy the 'exampleuser' code, paste it at the END of the table and change your details to suit.

Current list of registered OCAU Members ingame account information

If you would like to add your own Starcraft 2 Unique ID, just edit the page, copy the last bit of code, add it to the end and swap the details.

Could all new comers please add themselves to the BOTTOM of the list.

OCAU Username	Starcraft 2 SEA Name + Identifier	Starcraft 2 NA Name + Identifier	Preffered Region	Battle.net Profile Page
EXAMPLEUSER	Exampler - 000	Exampledurface - 876	North America	USERNAME
gruntLOL	gRnt - 414	n/a	Oceania	gRnt
h0uSe	Krouse - 234	Krouse	Oceania	TBA
Mikos	train - 597	n/a	Oceania	TBA
Gr00my	Gabba - 526	n/a	Oceania	TBA
IPW	Teracis - 913	Teracis - ???	Oceania	TBA
Deftone2k	Deftone - 499	n/a	Oceania	TBA
redw0lf	Phaded - 122	n/a	Oceania	TBA
SpammT	SpammT - 786	n/a	Oceania	TBA
viggenn	vig - 617	n/a	Oceania	TBA
nugget28	Nugget - 110	n/a	Oceania	TBA
soulblade64	soublade - 554	n/a	Oceania	TBA
eniGzor	eniGma - 497	n/a	Oceania	TBA
MudBlood	MuddyOCAU - 954	n/a	Oceania	TBA
dfcowell	Taco - 788	n/a	Oceania	TBA
13ulletz	Bulletz - 148	n/a	Oceania	TBA
misc.	Tim - 584	n/a	Oceania	TBA
iinsom	Insom - 320	n/a	Oceania	TBA
SomeGuy1234	Rudager - 895	n/a	Oceania	TBA
SmEaGoLLuM!	XeRauS - 408	n/a	Oceania	TBA
rezyn8	rezyn - 722	n/a	Oceania	TBA
Joehax	Joehax - 512	n/a	Oceania	TBA
Mistiqi	Mistiqi - 370	n/a	Oceania	TBA
mrmas	FireFLi - 268	n/a	Oceania	TBA
Vassili	HennigPanzer - 911	n/a	Oceania	TBA
kimnkk	kimnkk - 333	n/a	Oceania	TBA
Neosis	Eli ten Dam - 518	n/a	Oceania	TBA