SC2Mapster

Maps

AI improvements

• Enemies are now more responsive and react to attacks better
• Enemies use abilities more effectively and frequently
• Enemies harass the player more actively
• Enemies apply more upgrades in certain maps

Other gameplay/miscellaneous improvements

• New, easier difficulty level added
• Certain things such as default game speed, difficulty level etc. can now be controlled via SCMR options
• Terran characters' portraits now have talking animations
• The name of the finished mission, decal of the playable faction and elapsed time added to the score screen displayed after the mission
• Edited epilogues at the end of each campaign
• New defeat dialog box added
• Much of the script and used assets have been standardized and transferred into the mod file, many redundant files removed

Terrain/aesthetics

• Updated terrain for each map, a lot of detail added. Certain maps re-terrained extensively
• Tweaked lighting in many maps
• Weather effects added in some maps
• Player decals updated, other textures added
• Narrative text screens standardized, changed to high-res font similar to the original
• New loading screens for many maps

Cutscenes

• Most cutscenes edited, many cutscenes reworked
• New cutscenes added
• Cutscenes now always play at normal game speed or slower

Some map-specific changes

Episode 1 - Rebel Yell

General

• New missions added: Terran07S: Biting the Bullet, Terran08S: Operation Silent Scream
• Number of Medics used in enemy attacks decreased
• Players now have the option to play the campaign without Medics available

Terran00

• Victory dialog can no longer play twice
• Fixed Continue Campaign button in the score screen

Terran01:

• Decreased starting minerals from 150 to 40 (as in the original map)

Terran03:

• Weakened the final enemy attack on easy/medium difficulty

Terran04:

• Added another music track
• The installation now has a visible roof in third person mode
• All doors now play a sound effect when opened
• All doors are now invulnerable

Terran05:

• Decreased times between enemy attacks
• Tweaked enemy attack paths
• Certain units trained at Antigan facilities now occasionally appear as Antigan troops (visual change)

Terran06:

• Tweaked enemy attack paths slightly
• Certain units trained at Alpha Squadron facilities now occasionally appear as Alpha Squadron troops (visual change)

Terran07:

• The Supply Depots at the expansion no longer block a Command Center
• Tweaked enemy attack paths slightly

Terran08:

• The northwest expansion now has room for a Command Center
• Slightly decreased time between attack waves after one enemy is defeated

Terran09:

• Unloading troops from a Dropship no longer rallies them to a certain point in the starting base
• Protoss and Zerg units are now hostile towards one another

Terran10:

• Slightly decreased time between attack waves after one enemy is defeated

Episode 2 - Overmind

General:

• Fixed timing issues with upgrades
• Players now have the option to play the campaign without Lurkers available

Zerg01:

• Corrected available tech tree
• The Young Chrysalis is no longer invulnerable

Zerg02:

• Pneumatized Carapace upgrade is no longer available
• Difficulty slightly increased on Hard difficulty

Zerg03:

• Corrected available tech tree

Zerg05:

• Kerrigan's Cloaking ability now available, Razor Swarm unavailable in RTS mode
• Added some Defense Turrets
• Defense Turrets now detect cloaked units
• Added another music track
• The installation now has a visible roof in third person mode
• Doors now close properly at a certain point in the mission
• All doors now play a sound effect when opened
• All doors are now invulnerable
• Some new dialogue added

Zerg06:

• Added observers to some enemy attacks

Zerg07:

• Decreased the amount of Vespene in Geysers according to the original map

Zerg08:

• Adjusted some enemy attacks slightly in hard difficulty, due to AI improvements
• Kerrigan can no longer die during the ending cutscene

Zerg09:

• Fixed an issue with Arbiters and Arbiter Tribunals
• Tweaked the amount of available resources according to the original map

Zerg10:

• Fixed an issue with Arbiters and Arbiter Tribunals
• Decreased the amount of Vespene in some Geysers
• Adjusted some enemy attacks slightly, due to AI improvements

Episode 3 - The Fall

General:

• Campaign overhauled, updated to SCMRmod

Protoss06:

• Layout changes, the map now resembles the original more closely
• Zerg units can no longer accidentally be "rescued" by the player
• Rescued Raiders now retain their decals

Protoss09:

• Fixed an issue where attacking the Cerebrates would freeze the game

Episode 4 - The Stand

ProtossX02:

• Expanded playable map area to the north, changed starting location
• Intro music track now plays all the way

ProtossX03:

• Some layout changes, particularly on the Zerg island to make it resemble the corresponding area in mission 8 more closely

ProtossX04:

• Fixed an issue with Missile Turrets during the intro
• Fixed a potential issue which would cause the AI to activate at map initialization

ProtossX05:

• Added ramp to northwest Power Generator platform
• unpowered Missile Turrets stop rotating, and have an "unpowered" tag in their unit description

ProtossX06:

• Slightly expanded playable map area in each direction

ProtossX07:

• Slightly expanded playable map area to the south - all mineral fields now within playable map area
• The AI now begins with 1/1 upgrades, as in the original map
• Slightly weakened some enemy attacks
• Fixed an issue with Aldaris' dialogue

ProtossX08:

• Minor layout changes along the southern map border and the area north of Zeratul's starting base
• Activating the Temple now results in faster and stronger enemy attacks. Massive Zerg attack wave removed
• Fixed an upgrade issue

Episode 5 - The Iron Fist

General:

• Pre-placed units are now counted in score screens
• Adjusted the resources in Vespene Geysers, and mineral fields in rare cases

Terran X01:

• Expanded playable map area and moved Duran's base slightly to the east
• Disallowed Charon Boosters
• Duran's forces now retain their decals
• Marines and Firebats trained at Duran's barracks now have Confederate colors and decals

Terran X02:

• Added a missing Battlecruiser on the third platform
• Medics now have the Caduceus Reactor upgrade
• Difficulty levels reworked

TerranX03:

• Enemies gain 3/3 and Adrenal Glands upgrades when only one Hive remains (hard difficulty only)
• Fixed issues with the deactivation of the AI

TerranX05:

• expanded playable map area to the north and east slightly
• Fixed an issue with the reinforcement Wraiths during the intro sequence (TX05a)

TerranX06:

• The Warp Gate area is now revealed upon Warp Gate activation
• Tweaked the first ZvP attack waves to resemble the original map

TerranX07:

• All doors now play a sound effect when opened
• All doors are now invulnerable
• Duran's Cloaking ability is now available
• Added DuGalle's missing dialogue

Episode 6 - Queen of Blades

ZergX02:

• Rescuing Renegade Zerg now plays the original sound effect
• The SCV is now properly evacuated

ZergX05:

• Added Medics to some Terran attacks
• Fixed an issue with enemy workers remaining idle after the surprise attack sequence

Campaign Launcher & Setup

SCMR Campaign Launcher:

• Visual changes: new logo, background, loading screen
• Added credits
• Added extras
• Added options

SCMRsetup:

• Setup updated

Extras

Resurrection IV:

• New mission added

SCMRmod

Stats

Terran

• Bunker health decreased from 400 to 350
• Raynor (Marine) range decreased from 6 to 5
• Wraith damage changed from 10x2 to 20, no visual change to attack
• Irradiate radius increased from 1.5 to 1.75
• Infantry and Siege Tank movement speed decreased from 2.3 to 2.2
• Defensive Matrix no longer restores Protoss shields to full upon casting and no longer leaks damage on health points
• Repairing Raynor's vehicles now costs resources

Zerg

• Creep Colony no longer requires Hatchery, armor decreased from 1 to 0
• Spore Colony armor decreased from 1 to 0
• Sunken Colony armor increased from 1 to 2, vision reduced from 11 to 10
• Fixed a hit point issue with burrowed Hunter Killers
• Defiler movement speed decreased from 2.3 to 2.2
• Cerebrate life regeneration rate decreased to 10hp/s
• Overmind life regeneration rate decreased to 20hp/s
• Duran's armor increased from 2 to 3
• Guardians and Sunken Colonies now have original Brood War responses and sound effects

Protoss

• Tassadar can now attack air units. Attack range decreased from 6 to 4, cooldown decreased from 1.5 to 1.3
• Corsairs can no longer shoot while moving
• Maelstrom radius decreased from 4 to 3
• Stasis Field radius increased from 2 to 3, duration increased from 40 to 60
• Archon attack cooldown increased from 1.13 to 1.18
• Interceptor attack cooldown increased from 2.09 to 2.19
• The Select Army button now also selects Dark Archons and Reavers

Miscellaneous

• Detailed tooltips added for all units and structures, with trivia from the Starcraft manual and other official sources. Corrected many tooltips for rare/map-specific units/structures
• The mod now uses the remastered Starcraft: Brood War soundtrack included in newer versions of Starcraft 2. Music files removed from the mod.
• Marines and structures firing from higher ground are now properly revealed
• Removed incorrect optimal number from worker count labels
• Added missing hero icons
• Corrected plenty of HotS-related bugs (overwritten links, upgrades applying twice...)
• Duplicate/redundant files have been removed

Art

New 3D unit models

Terran

• Dropship
• Jim Raynor (Vulture)
• Jim Raynor (Hyperion)
• Norad II
• Aleksander
• Alexei Stukov
• Control Tower
• Machine Shop

Zerg

• Queen
• Guardian
• Devourer
• Defiler
• Devouring One
• Hunter Killer
• Torrasque
• Sunken Colony
• Cerebrate

Protoss

• Shield Battery
• Fenix

New unit portraits

Terran

• Goliath
• Valkyrie
• Spider Mine
• Alexei Stukov

Zerg

• Cerebrate
• Torrasque

Protoss

• Reaver
• Fenix

New buttons

Terran

• Ion Thrusters

Zerg

• Consume

Protoss

• Gravitic Thrusters
• Disruption Web
• Sensor Array
• Khaydarin Core
• Stasis Field
• Scarab Damage
• Reaver Capacity
• Carrier Capacity
• Argus Talisman

New unit wireframes and icons

Terran

• Dropship
• Jim Raynor (Vulture)
• Jim Raynor (Hyperion)
• Sarah Kerrigan
• Norad II
• Aleksander

Zerg

• Defiler
• Devourer
• Devouring One
• Hunter Killer
• Kerrigan
• Overmind
• Chrysalis

Protoss

• Zealot
• Dragoon
• Shuttle
• Arbiter
• Corsair
• Fenix (Zealot)
• Fenix (Dragoon)
• Tassadar

Other visual changes

• Fixed an issue with Devouring One attack animation
• Dropship scale increased from 1.00 to 1.15, collision radius from 0.75 to 0.875
• Shuttle scale increased from 1.00 to 1.15, collision radius from 0.875 to 0.935
• Wraith scale increased from 1.00 to 1.1
• Scout scale increased from 1.00 to 1.1
• Corsair scale increased from 1.00 to 1.1
• Carrier/Gantrithor selection radius increased from 1.71 to 2.5
• The Overmind now has a death animation and a selection cicle
• Fenix (Dragoon) now has a lighting effect to make him recognizable among other Dragoons

SCMR version 5.0