The following information was taken from: http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/201...eating-bug.aspx

"Anyone else have StarCraft II try to melt their hardware? Blizzard admits that it's a known issue and has a fix for you.

Apparently, the game's menu screens aren't framerate-limited. This means that when there's nothing else going on, your graphics hardware renders the bejeezus out of those screens, causing nasty overheating problems. The fix is easy, requiring players to add the following lines to your "Documents\StarCraft II\variables.txt" file:

frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60

Good to know. Personally I would have appreciated a heads-up before my video card fried, but maybe this can save someone else from the hassle I've been dealing with since yesterday afternoon."

Keep Bumped.

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"Come get some!" -Ash

Before reinstalling sc2, try doing repair.exe

via: C:\Program Files\StarCraft II\Support\repair.exe (depend on your installation directory/drive)

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forgot to add this: do note before doing repair.exe, please be connected to the internet, and make sure your connection is stable (and preferably port forwarded) for patch/files download

I always have problem to tab in and out, almost took me more than a minute to tab back in..

Sometimes my mouse would run out to my 2nd screen and made me tab out

Anyone playing SC2 on XP SP2?
I'm playing on SP2 and so far got no prob..

I always have problem to tab in and out, almost took me more than a minute to tab back in..

Sometimes my mouse would run out to my 2nd screen and made me tab out

for me, it takes ages to download custom map.. when i press "join game" button it either says "not available while downloading" or "not available while waiting lobby".. but then it never happens.. don't know what the problem is..

Thinking on having starcraft 2 but not sure whether my lappy can support (at least medium mode) or not

C2D 1.8ghz
3Gb Ram
Intel GMA X3100
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit

Why would there be a problem in the first place if playing on SP2?
I'm also playing on SP2.

win 7 ultimate, 1680x1050, ATI 4850, c2d 3ghz with 4gb ram.. I guess it's not a too bad rig to run sc2, only problem is that tab in and out taking forever. Maybe I should disable the other screen when I play sc2?

need to switch to gamer mode for my keyboard too as always accidently press start button

haha, because the requirement is to have the latest service pack.. maybe Blizzard already 'pakat' with Microsoft..

can we have a minimum requirements thread?? see what are user feedbacks on their current rig .. be it ram/processor/graphics/OS

hdd dun think need to specify ... as long as got space..

im running
processor: core2dua e4600 @ 2.4ghz
ram: 2 gig DDR2
graphics: nvidia geforce 9600gt 512mb
os: winxp

anyone running at this specs?? dun wanna buy it and then 'feel' i have to upgrade certain parts ...

Anyone here experienced freezing after completing a mission? It's odd really. No harm done though as the game usually saves right before the game hangs.

The screen just freeze. Usually happens while loading. (not slowdown, I tried waiting, no luck)

Alt-Tab and the game doesn't respond anymore.

Ah.. .now only I noticed this thread....

Ok for all the nVidia card user, how do u enable AA for this game, from nVidia control panel? I couldn't find any clue abt that.

@kianweic,

sorry i have no clues at all, riva tuner  is ok, but Nvidia drivers? i'm using it at the moment but where's the setting took place?

anyone know my dvd doesnt comes with map, and when i click join game or play game, it stuck and hang there. anyone know how to solve this problem

Go to my computer then click on control panel then click on Nvidia Control Panel and finally click on Manage 3D Settings.

Click on Global Setting

Change AA mode to override any application settings then change AA settings to 4x.

hm.... must be global setting? game program specific can?

mcm ini:

Bloody hell. Now I find myself unable to start any AI games.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

I hope Blizzard fixes this soon.

(Oh well, guess I can start collecting achievements first).

@kianweic,

Thx a lot

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Added on August 1, 2010, 11:11 pm

what's wrong? it might take a little while to load all the maps.

Anyone here experienced freezing after completing a mission? It's odd really. No harm done though as the game usually saves right before the game hangs.

Describe your freezing experience.

Completely crashes or just slow down during loading.

I can't download, no matter how long I leave it. So yeah, thats a problem alright.

which OS r u using and what's the SP?

hm... I neer exp such prob? game never crash or freeze, only thing is when open the versus AI it takes a little while to load all the maps.

@Kianweic,

I tried just now, in the game I don't spot any different...
(using 1920*1080 res)

It's a known issue with multiple threads mushrooming in the Bnet Tech Support forum (http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/11481/).

Yup, alway crash after complete mission and while loading

 

Oh man    is my problem with Starcraft not getting any attention 

I have problems with the resolution..

My monitor is 1366x768,but StarCraft II only supports 1360x768,so if I put that resolution,there will be a black border on the left side of my screen,and a bit of the right side of the screen will be hidden,causing me to not able to see the supply quantities,and the Tip button properly..

I have tried changing the resolution through the Variables file located in My Documents,Starcraft II folder,but if I change the width to 1366,and I launch the game,the screen will be ok,but the words not very clear..

Pls help sad.gif

Anyone got problem when loading the SC2?
Every time when i start up SC2 the loading page (the page showing Raynor) keep blinking until it go to the Battlenet logon page and ok already. However it do not give any big problem to me, just strange it keep blinking (when i test beta also same problem)

Hey if i have a friends US version can i use a SEA version to install the game and use a fiends US key to play?

No i ment the installation can i install with a SEA CD and play with a US key?

No i ment the installation can i install with a SEA CD and play with a US key?

Stop failing Don. I will tell your sister!

i usually encounter freezes n had to restart when exiting d game....

mind posting the link here for us?

well, there's 1 problem when u accidentally press the window button or alt+tab out then back to SCII...
my screen will be black for a few seconds (depending on the display tat time, if huge army or battling then will take longer) then oni came back the SCII display...

so maybe when it hang or blackout...try wait a while...
when i face tat black screen...i also tried open task manager n close it a few times due to impatient

seems like a GPU resource eater

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Added on August 5, 2010, 5:18 pmps: i've already set the cap

For technical support Q&A.

GC Overheating in SC2?

When I put this in variable.txt , my starcraft 2 cannot play on High or Ultra mode    It become laggy and hardly play, only medium can become back to normal, anyone facing this ?

win 7 ultimate, 1680x1050, ATI 4850, c2d 3ghz with 4gb ram.. I guess it's not a too bad rig to run sc2, only problem is that tab in and out taking forever. Maybe I should disable the other screen when I play sc2?

need to switch to gamer mode for my keyboard too as always accidently press start button

Anyone playing SC2 on XP SP2?
I'm playing on SP2 and so far got no prob..

just a note...I added the two lines to my Variable.txt
frameratecapglue=30
frameratecap=60

btw GPU still overheat although I managed to play several hours before it hang.

I really wonder if the announcement is accurate...graphics rendering too fast for our processors. Frame already capped and its still problematic.

just want to check...does the game crash on you guys during a mission or during intermission (armory/laboratory/etc)

I really wonder if the announcement is accurate...graphics rendering too fast for our processors. Frame already capped and its still problematic.

just want to check...does the game crash on you guys during a mission or during intermission (armory/laboratory/etc)

starcraft is fking bullshit man! the map list wont load, clicked find game and waited for hours, what the fuk with this, blizzard? Anyone can tell me how to solve that problem? and yesterday i played 2v2 with my fren, the placement match still at 5 while we already played fking 4 games, fuk!!!

I really wonder if the announcement is accurate...graphics rendering too fast for our processors. Frame already capped and its still problematic.

just want to check...does the game crash on you guys during a mission or during intermission (armory/laboratory/etc)

I really wonder if the announcement is accurate...graphics rendering too fast for our processors. Frame already capped and its still problematic.

just want to check...does the game crash on you guys during a mission or during intermission (armory/laboratory/etc)

you guys should try out TechPowerUp GPU-Z. I monitored my GPU and the temp doesn't go that high...59 degrees Celsius at most.