Blizzard lists known StarCraft II issues, solutions

Enjoying StarCraft II? For those of you who are having some technical difficulties concerning the game, Blizzard has posted a few known issues and solutions on their official forums.

Enjoying StarCraft II? For those of you who are having some technical difficulties concerning the game, Blizzard has posted a few known issues and solutions on their official forums.

• Known Issues 
  • The installer allows multiple copies of the game to be installed 
  • Unlike previous Blizzard installers, this one will always let you install another copy of the game. It does not check for previous installations so be careful of how many folders you end up making. 
• Compatibility Modes will not work properly 
  • Attempting to run StarCraft 2 on a compatibility mode (Windows XP SP3 from Windows 7, for example) will make it crash. Please run the game normally. 
• Certain screens make your hardware work pretty hard 
  • Screens that are light on detail may make your system overheat if cooling is overall insufficient. This is because the game has nothing to do so it is primarily just working on drawing the screen very quickly. A temporary workaround is to go to your Documents\StarCraft II Beta\variables.txt file and add these lines:
    • frameratecapglue=30 
    • frameratecap=60 
  • You may replace these numbers if you want to. 
• User report – Security program flagging the beta downloader as a trojan 
  • We had some reports where a security program might flag the beta downloader as a trojan. It is a false positive. 
• Black Screens 
  • There have been multiple reports of black screen issues being related to the use of a Quick Cam webcam. In some cases exiting out of the software has resolved the issue but others have reported a need to uninstall the software for the camera in order to resolve the problem. There are also reports where some security programs like Comodo firewall can cause the game to start and stay on a black screen.

The game’s system requirements have also been given a slight update, so if you haven’t bought it yet make sure to check this thread first. It has more in-depth info on which processors and video cards work with the game.

Via [StarCraft II forums]