guide to install & play starcraft 2 beta

1) download starcraft 2 beta installer (~1.64gb)
2) download maps
3) download betalauncher http://darkblizz.org/Forum2/sc2-tools/starcraft-ii-beta-launcher/
4) run the installer. after installing it will update patch automatically, this will take quite long, basically it's updating its version
5) the game installed does not contain any maps, so u will need to download separately. See step (2). Create of Maps folder in the installed directory and put all maps inside.
6) from step (3) extract everything & put in the installed directory
7) launch betalauncher. it should detects the map automatically. specify the AI folder manually. Choose ur race
Click Play & Enjoy....noob

there is another launcher called lazylauncher2. it's also available from step (3). it will load the map u choose however everything else is random.

where to download the maps?

torrent site...just search isohunt.com for starcraft 2 beta....u should see result for the installer and maps...

tofumaster wrote:torrent site...just search isohunt.com for starcraft 2 beta....u should see result for the installer and maps...

ok, thanks

the betalauncher only works till starcraft 2 patch 8. Starcraft 2 patch 9 onwards will not work on betalauncher and you won't able to update the patch 9 either after you have install the betalauncher before update patch 9.

To update patch 9, you will need to reinstall the starcraft 2 beta again. Before you uninstall the game, copy/backup the updates folder to somewhere else. Then reinstall the game. After finish installing copy back the updates to the installation path. So the the update will not need to download again and just apply the patches in several seconds and proceed to update the patch 9 and onwards.

The patch 9 have starcraft 2 editor, and I have it now!