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priansh
This is an interesting read! Does this scale to League or other games, especially ones that have strong EAC protection?
mirashii
This is really just a tutorial on using an FFI to call out to BWAPI. You would need to have an equivalent API to BWAPI, or write it yourself, if you wanted to interface with other games.
MobileVet
Just in time for this month's Starcraft LAN party...
karmakaze
Awesome work. Of all the Blizzard titles, Brood War has a special place in me. The LAN party spring/summer of '99. We even had our ritual of getting our 'StarCraft water' and going to the bathroom beforehand so there were no interruptions during the series of matches.

Edit: Also, will this work with StarCraft: Remastered?

IpV8
Dangggg. I've just started getting back into Starcraft hard with the remastered release. Such a great game, so many great memories!
yazr
What is the situation today with SC/BW/SC2 on linux?

I dont have Windows. Dont have the CDs. Dont have a discrete GPU on my laptop. Is there anything available for plain linux?

jcelerier
works fine with wine, I replayed through the campaigns recently with the HD version
suby
If you're interested in this, there's a 24/7 twitch stream of Starcraft AI competing against each other that you may also want to check out or participate in.

https://www.twitch.tv/sscait

kpp
The author is here. Feel free to contact me if you are curious about the project.
cellularmitosis
On a related note, turns out the orinigal Starcraft was turned into a free download back in 2017