Quoting: whizseYou can still download it directly from Blizzard. But you need Battle.net (an account and the software).

I don't think it was offered in any other form, even back in 2017?

i recall it initially was a direct link, no login at all, but may be misremembering

the broken links in the news websites hint at the same

the patch from previous versions to this was certainly available as a direct .exe download without login to battlenet or using their launcher

an echo of more generous blizzard times, with less user data gathering shenanigans and no launchers

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Quoting: MarlockI read that last article. Then I tried the links in the article that seemed to be for actually downloading Starcraft. I got a Blizzard page saying 404 not found. Hopefully they've just shifted around where it's offered.

ActiBliz obviously broke the links but the news probably means it's legal to grab a copy of that version elsewhere (eg: torrents and Archive.org)... though your local legislation may vary

the last classic intead of remastered, first with no cdcheck, and released legally for free is version 1.18

https://archive.org/details/StarCraftBattleChest [External Link]
this probably needs to be patched to 1.18 (in which Blizzard even removed the original CD detection annoyance from previous versions) to be played directly but should work with stratagus directly

not sure remastered can be user for stratagus nowadays... I just know it used to be a problem years ago when I last looked at it

also iirc SC1 is/was available for purchase on GOG (but probably the remaster too)

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Quoting: ElectricPrismYou would think that with how religious South Korea is over BroodWar that they would have reverse-engineered the game by now into new source code.

https://github.com/Wargus/stratagus [External Link]
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https://github.com/Wargus/stargus [External Link]
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https://www.techradar.com/news/starcraft-the-original-that-is-is-now-completely-free [External Link]

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Quoting: ThibugI know, because they were losing a lot of money. Yet they continue to use exclusivity deals (That cost them money) to get games on their store, so if they continue at the same rate, it will be back in the news at some point...

I couldn't help but remember Order of the Stick's Episode 135 "Potionomics"
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0135.html [External Link]

I've only read it once years ago yet I vividly remembered it and found the correct episode in seconds... i guess one story matches the other quite closely, lol

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hint: because DOS was the kernel for them and they were just a shell, win 3.11 and win95 work fine over DOSBox

no need for suffering with ancient hardware and ancient OSs if you're doing it just to game

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Gotta love the irony in "DRM free games in the Vault [that you can only get] via their Windows app"

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Quoting: tarmo888Sounds a lot like a Steam Deck VR, a Steam Deck variant that supports VR games and comes packaged with VR headset. Expect $2k price tag.

I see zero reason why Valve would develop a new VR headset and a new handheld but only sell them bundled instead of each on its own. They have already proven they're smart when it comes to reaching people in lower price tiers (which bundling prevents) and they already sold these things standalone.

They might offer both together optionally at a discount, that'd be sweet

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Quoting: redneckdrowHey, it's made with love2d [External Link]! I'm a'gonna see if I can get it to run natively.

Edit: Yup running

 
love moonring.exe

seems to Just Work™:woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:!

Time to nag the dev to support linux officially, then!
The work is done, just need to be made official, LOL!

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: MarlockThanks!
I've tried finding out how good or bad linux support is for that chip but found nothing...

...so I'm probably being as blind in that task as I was finding out which chip it is, LOL

Unless I'm reading this wrong, that chip in turn uses the Qualcomm QCA206x Wi-Fi 6E chip [External Link].

Annoyingly I can't find anything about Linux support for that one either...

almost exactly where I stopped...

I did find some mentions about commits to the linux kernel regarding the QCA2066 but they were all about bluetooth not wifi.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/2/8/285 [External Link]

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Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: MarlockAny mention of what brand of wifi module and if they learned their lesson on choosing modules for linux?[...]

It's right on the title of the first picture: Quectel FC66E-B [External Link].

Thanks!
I've tried finding out how good or bad linux support is for that chip but found nothing...

...so I'm probably being as blind in that task as I was finding out which chip it is, LOL

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