Hi,
There is something in the news when you start the game.It says Starfriend 0.45Beta.Has anyone heard about an update from the chineese person?I tried going around the forum(starfriend.info) but could not find any info.
Google TranslateQuoteWelcome Friends Star Software
Please use the latest version of the game Star Friends to get the best gaming experience!
Software latest version 0.45Beta (beta)
Please go to the Friends star Download, http://www.starfriend.info (http://www.starfriend.info)
SORRY user access to the mainland may have a variety of unknown problems, over the wall
Friends of Star Log Account 0.44 Description:
When using the multi-room mode,
Please use xxx.room @ star.friend landing (xxx custom room number) [recommended]
Or use a random account room@star.friend landing (ie, random add a room)
When using the single-room mode,
Log in using gg@star.friend
ps: after landing system will have allocated according to accounts, only the father can create games
A big thank this selfless contribution, as well as the QQ group children's shoes were long test.
by so di tune ~ ~ (just do notice, I do not qq privacy)
OriginalQuote歡迎使用星友軟件
請使用星友最新版本進行遊戲以便獲得最佳遊戲體驗!
軟件最新版本0.45Beta(內測）
請前往星友論壇下載，http://www.starfriend.info (http://www.starfriend.info)
SORRY大陸用戶訪問可能有各種未知問題，請翻牆
星友0.44登陸帳號說明：
當使用多room模式時，
請用xxx.room@star.friend登陸（xxx為自定義房間號）[推薦]
或使用隨機帳號room@star.friend登陸（即隨機加入某房間）
當使用單room模式時，
使用gg@star.friend登陸
ps：登陸后系統會按先後分配帳號，只有father可以建立遊戲
在此感謝A大的無私貢獻，還有QQ群里童鞋們的長時間測試。
by 如此di調~~（只是做公告，不要qq私密我）
I read a bit of the forum and i understand that the start making a private beta version of the program and recruiting new beta members, but i didn't saw a 0.45 version
我想是的，0.45处于内测阶段。。。。。英语不好，你们google去吧
。。。。。。。。。。。。。
have and 没有~
这是个problem~
有的详见http://www.starfriend.info/forum-47-1.html (http://www.starfriend.info/forum-47-1.html)
So does this lan software run perfectly?
It does what it's currently supposed to do. Provide play locally.
the new version will have a gui and the client will not need to be modified :)
good news. so we can use this on en_US on the next versioN?
2MadSheep
And still nothing from Blizzard? Btw, some useful forums are hidden now (at Chinese site)
syk0@darkblizz is making a [Starfriend Launcher] that will make Starfriend work with any client, enUS, enGB, etc etc. And the launcher will make the installation process more automated so it'll be less work and easier for the end user.
It should be out soon.
Interesting.
But ask this time the Starfriend team no ?
Quote from: Myst on July 23, 2011, 11:41:26 AM
syk0@darkblizz is making a [Starfriend Launcher] that will make Starfriend work with any client, enUS, enGB, etc etc. And the launcher will make the installation process more automated so it'll be less work and easier for the end user.
It should be out soon.
when is the estimated release of this tool?... I dont want to use the chinese--->english client because I dont want to download chinese client since its very big 7gb...
Quote from: MadSheep on July 22, 2011, 01:32:35 PM
and the client will not need to be modified :)
May ask where you read that? As I understand it 0.44 runs code from both .\StarCraft II.dll and .\Versions\Base18092\SC2.dll, besides modifying patch-zhTW.SC2Archive and Battle.net-patch.MPQ. You mean this will be unnecessary in 0.45?
I believe the login use an encryption that currently must be hacked away, just as in wc3. That's why simply redirecting 127.0.0.1 zhTW.logon.battle.net in the hosts file doesn't work.
Quote from: miguelgalit on July 23, 2011, 09:55:08 PM
Quote from: Myst on July 23, 2011, 11:41:26 AM
syk0@darkblizz is making a [Starfriend Launcher] that will make Starfriend work with any client, enUS, enGB, etc etc. And the launcher will make the installation process more automated so it'll be less work and easier for the end user.
It should be out soon.
when is the estimated release of this tool?... I dont want to use the chinese--->english client because I dont want to download chinese client since its very big 7gb...
The tool will be released soon (a day or two), just need to do some more testing.
This tool is a
temporary solution, until the guys at Star.Friend enable play on other clients (speculation is that this will be soon).
I created the tool because I too didn't want to download the ~8GB Chinese version. :)
Quote from: sYk0 on July 24, 2011, 11:24:10 AM
Quote from: miguelgalit on July 23, 2011, 09:55:08 PM
Quote from: Myst on July 23, 2011, 11:41:26 AM
syk0@darkblizz is making a [Starfriend Launcher] that will make Starfriend work with any client, enUS, enGB, etc etc. And the launcher will make the installation process more automated so it'll be less work and easier for the end user.
It should be out soon.
when is the estimated release of this tool?... I dont want to use the chinese--->english client because I dont want to download chinese client since its very big 7gb...
The tool will be released soon (a day or two), just need to do some more testing.
This tool is a temporary solution, until the guys at Star.Friend enable play on other clients (speculation is that this will be soon).
I created the tool because I too didn't want to download the ~8GB Chinese version. :)
heheheh looks like im not the only one lazy enough not to download effing chinese version XD
Almost there guys, the app just needs a little bit of a polish, I'll try get it out as soon as possible.
Tomorrow afternoon (GMT) is looking like a likely day for release.
And I would have need a lot of time replacing thZW clients with english ones. haha!
This helps a lot of to introduce to new players.
moar p0wah!
i've downloaded the 7gB of the client .. and it worth it ! for my LAN coming next weekend ^^
Quote from: sYk0 on July 25, 2011, 03:18:33 PM
Almost there guys, the app just needs a little bit of a polish, I'll try get it out as soon as possible.
Tomorrow afternoon (GMT) is looking like a likely day for release.
hey syko... where is it now? sorry for being demanding.. :D ???
Almost done, added some last minute changes, it will be out later today. :)
Also would you guys be interested in a tool to make a spawn (multiplayer) edition of StarCraft II?
Basically, this will strip out all the campaign data (cinematics, audio, models, ect) from the game and only leave the multiplayer elements (assuming this is possible), should trim down the game by a couple GB, possibly making a portable edition of the game.
Quote from: sYk0 on July 27, 2011, 03:31:08 AM
Almost done, added some last minute changes, it will be out later today. :)
Also would you guys be interested in a tool to make a spawn (multiplayer) edition of StarCraft II?
Basically, this will strip out all the campaign data (cinematics, audio, models, ect) from the game and only leave the multiplayer elements (assuming this is possible), should trim down the game by a couple GB, possibly making a portable edition of the game.
thats a nice idea... but its very risky and hard... GOOD LUCK! like in beta... the game is only in multiplayer mode...
if thats possible, i bet that the client will reach up to 1-2gb only...
Quote from: sYk0 on July 27, 2011, 03:31:08 AM
Almost done, added some last minute changes, it will be out later today. :)
Also would you guys be interested in a tool to make a spawn (multiplayer) edition of StarCraft II?
Basically, this will strip out all the campaign data (cinematics, audio, models, ect) from the game and only leave the multiplayer elements (assuming this is possible), should trim down the game by a couple GB, possibly making a portable edition of the game.
+interested here+
Could you make it read *cache* in current_dir? That would be super cool.
Again, apologies for the delay, this my side have been a little crazy today, didn't get much time to do anything (private work).
Busy updating the GUI and she'll be done.
Quote from: rnbby on July 27, 2011, 10:22:40 AM
Could you make it read *cache* in current_dir? That would be super cool.
That's what I plan on doing ;), as well as saving/using custom settings file(s) (we don't want to mess up our retail version now :))
hi new here but been watching your site for a LOooooooooooooooong time :P
so Syk0 what exactly is this "launcher" going to do? it will actually dump the Tw files needed and the lan crack for the game to start in a more frirendly way (lets say 1-2 buttons) over the en-us or en-gb versions, and after the game you can "revert" those changes-files back so that the sc2 instalaltion remains original?
it this the plan? if i am right (because the only other way is to make a eng lan) then i am thinkign the launcher-mod-tool will be quite Big in size! right? but defenetly not like 7,x Gb like the TW client is, and defenetly not that much labor and manual work to play a lan.....
hope you can share some more specific on that to get an idea ;-)
thank you 8)
I have decided to split the launcher and locale converter into two separate tools (as they do completely different functions).. :)
The Locale Converter will be release this evening (GMT), this little number converts your non-Taiwanese version of StarCraft II into, well a Taiwanese version. ;) (which is needed for the current release of StarFriend).
Although not all the text will be converted (because some text is generated from the cache), you'll get about 85-90%, hey, it's better than nothing.
(http://i51.tinypic.com/23szrxi.png)
(http://i52.tinypic.com/20swtc4.png)
The launcher (to be used alongside StarFriend) will have some basic yet useful functionality, it'll allow you to edit the StarFriend server and Client configurations (via a nice GUI) and optionally launch either (or both) of them. I'll also add some other little features (pinging remote servers, resolving host names, ect).
em i see, something like the one i was imagine....
you dint reply about the size, how much do you expect the localizer to be in size?
also a tiny friendly advice, although the localizer looks very nice, i sujest to rename the "Destination" label to "Target", or "From" , "to", or "Now", After to make more seance ;-) destination is somewhere you are going or somewhere you are going to place files!
imho
keep it up. 8)
Quote from: johnnyMnemonic on July 28, 2011, 12:58:17 PM
you dint reply about the size, how much do you expect the localizer to be in size?
Localizer is small, around
700KB (would be smaller if I used a more basic GUI :)), it uses all of your
current game data, no extra downloading will be required. ;)
Quote from: johnnyMnemonic on July 28, 2011, 12:58:17 PM
i sujest to rename the "Destination" label to "Target", or "From" , "to", or "Now", After to make more seance ;-)
You are correct, that does make more sense, changed :)
Quote from: sYk0 on July 28, 2011, 09:53:20 AM
I have decided to split the launcher and locale converter into two separate tools (as they do completely different functions).. :)
The Locale Converter will be release this evening (GMT), this little number converts your non-Taiwanese version of StarCraft II into, well a Taiwanese version. ;) (which is needed for the current release of StarFriend).
Although not all the text will be converted (because some text is generated from the cache), you'll get about 85-90%, hey, it's better than nothing.
(http://i51.tinypic.com/23szrxi.png)
(http://i52.tinypic.com/20swtc4.png)
The launcher (to be used alongside StarFriend) will have some basic yet useful functionality, it'll allow you to edit the StarFriend server and Client configurations (via a nice GUI) and optionally launch either (or both) of them. I'll also add some other little features (pinging remote servers, resolving host names, ect).
wow very nice sir! thank you for this! compare 700kb to 7millionkb(tai client)! this is very convenient
@skyko whats the difference the locale converter vs the mod tw eng patch.. :)
Quote from: aceyot on July 29, 2011, 12:19:48 AM
@skyko whats the difference the locale converter vs the mod tw eng patch.. :)
locale converter converts your current client, en_US to be zh_TW inorder to be compatible with starfriend... got it?
Quote from: miguelgalit on July 29, 2011, 04:30:08 AM
locale converter converts your current client, en_US to be zh_TW inorder to be compatible with starfriend... got it?
100% correct... ;)
Thanks to everyone for being patient (I know I took longer than expected), here you go.. :)
http://darkblizz.org/Forum2/sc2lan-news/starcraft-ii-locale-converter-(for-starfriend)/ (http://darkblizz.org/Forum2/sc2lan-news/starcraft-ii-locale-converter-(for-starfriend)/)
Locked to prevent going further away from topic :P
If you want to continue to discuss the future release of v.45 of Starfriend or w/e, please make a new topic.
If you want to talk about syk0's new tool, make a new topic.
Cheers.