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StarCraft: Mass Recall
StarCraft: Mass Recall (SCMR) is a project that recreates the classic StarCraft and Brood War gameplay as well as the entire single-player campaigns within the StarCraft II engine. StarCraft: Mass Recall contains 68 maps, 59 from the original StarCraft/Brood War game, 3 that were hidden or deleted on various StarCraft supports, and 6 from the 1998 demo campaign.
You need to have StarCraft II installed in order to play the Mod. StarCraft II is free-to-play, you can download the game client from the StarCraft II Official Game Site.
Also check out:
- our project thread at TeamLiquid forums
- a commentated playthrough by Jayborino (v6.x, hard difficulty)
- a playthrough by professional StarCraft II player Crank (HotS version, hard difficulty)
- story and cutscenes video series / playthrough by Executor Nral (v8)
Do not hesitate to leave feedback or suggestions in the comment section below.
We hope you all enjoy playing StarCraft: Mass Recall!
- The StarCraft: Mass Recall - Team
“Ah, Executor! En Taro Adun! It is good to see you once more upon the field of battle.” – Fenix
FRIENDLY DISCLAIMER: This Mod and all campaign files are free. This means, all who work on Mass Recall are putting their free time into an incredibly comprehensive remaster of all of StarCraft and Brood War, including entirely new custom campaigns such as the Stukov Series and Enslavers Redux. Thus, there should be absolutely no expectations that bug fixes or new features will be released in any sort of timely manner. This is a "we'll get to it when we get to it" situation. Please be aware the modders here have work lives, family lives, and simply do not have the energy to maintain a lively work cycle to keep the Mod 100% up to date. We do promise we will release updates when we feel they are ready to be released. We hope that you understand our position on this.
Latest News
“Receiving incoming transmission…” – Adjutant
December 29th, 2021
The Spanish (EU) localization of StarCraft: Mass Recall (version 8.0.1) is now available!
The first major redesign of our project page is now live!
StarCraft: Mass Recall is done for the foreseeable future. Have fun!
You can find all essential files that are required in order to play StarCraft: Mass Recall, as well as the Bonus campaign Enslavers Redux in the "Downloads" section below!
Note that the Cinematics addon has not changed. If you have the latest Cinematics addon already installed, do not replace it with the file included with StarCraft: Mass Recall v8.0, this is just a "dummy" file in case you're not using the addon.
Trailers
“This is kind of exciting for me.” – Sarah L. Kerrigan
StarCraft: Mass Recall 7.0 Trailer #2
StarCraft: Mass Recall 7.0 Preview Trailer #`1
Downloads
“ACCESSING CONFEDERATE NETWORK >” – Confederate Network
Current Version: 8.0.1
Required files:
Localizations (one of these required):
- SCMR Localization v8.0.0 English
- SCMR Localization v8.0.1 Deutsch
- SCMR Localization v8.0.1 Español (EU)
- SCMR Localization v8.0.0 Español (Latino)
- SCMR Localization v8.0.1 Polski (2024.08.23) - includes Polish localization of the Stukov Series + Enslavers Redux
- SCMR Localization v8.0.0 Русская
Optional addons:
SCMR Cinematics Pack (Recommended)
Enslavers Redux Bonus campaign (Recommended)
- SCMR v8.0.1 Extra Campaign - Enslavers Redux - English
- SCMR v8.0.0 Extra Campaign - Enslavers Redux - Русская
- SCMR v8.0.1 Extra Campaign - Enslavers Redux - Spanish
To install the SCMR Cinematics Pack if you've already run the installer without it, replace the "SCMRcinematics" file in your "Mods" folder with the one in the cinematics pack download. Similarly, if you have already downloaded the English Localization Mod but wish to change languages to one of the above supported versions, replace the "SCMRlocal" Mod file in your "Mods" folder with the respective language you wish to use.
If you've played previous versions of StarCraft: Mass Recall, for a clean installation it is recommended you delete any previous StarCraft: Mass Recall-related folders or ZIP-Archives from your StarCraft II installation directory, and delete or rename the SCMR.SC2Bank file in (Documents)/StarCraft II/Banks.
Older versions and localizations
- Chinese Localization v6.2.1:
1st method:
Required files:
Localization (required):
- SCMR Localization v6.2.1 International Subtitles (including Chinese)
Optional addons:
2nd method:
The Chinese Localization v6.2.1 of StarCraft: Mass Recall is also hosted on the Chinese cloud-service by Baidu. There you can also find a comprehensive installation guide in Chinese to properly install this localization. To get to the required files and the installation guide follow this link here.
- French Localization v6.2.1:
Required files:
Localization (required):
Optional addons:
- Korean Localization v7.1.0:
Required files:
Localization (required):
For translators:
SCMRlocal changes from v7.3 to v8.0, provided by 628w
Installation
“Uh... how do you work this damn thing?” – Marine
Auto-Installation
(for Windows, if you're using Mac follow the manual installation guide below)
For a fresh auto-install please carefully follow these steps:
1. Download the SCMR installer and the required files (see the "Downloads" section above).
2. Move all downloaded ZIP-Files and unzip the installer to your StarCraft II installation directory. The default path to it is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft II\".
3. Run the installer.
4. After SCMR is successfully installed, use the shortcut on your Desktop to run SCMR.
Auto install video guide by DeltronLive
Note that this is for an older version, just make sure you have all the latest required files specified in the "Downloads" section above, otherwise the process is the same.
Manual Installation
If auto-install fails and/or you would like to manually install SCMR, please carefully follow these steps:
1. Download the required file sets (see the "Downloads" section above). For StarCraft: Mass Recall to work properly you need to download the Campaign Maps - that are bundled with the Main Mod (SCMRmod) and a "dummy" Cinematics Mod (SCMRcinematics) - as well as the Assets Mod (SCMRassets) and a Localization Mod (SCMRlocal).
2. Then extract all ZIP-Files to a folder of your choice. The extracted folder should look like graphic [1] below.
3. Now, open your StarCraft II installation directory where the StarCraft II.exe (WIN) or .app (MAC) is located. Per default this is on your primary C: drive under "Program Files (x86)" (WIN) or "Applications" (MAC). The standard paths to the StarCraft II installation directory are shown below.
Windows: "C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft II"
Mac OSX: "Macintosh HD/Applications/StarCraft II"
The StarCraft II installation directory should look similar to graphic [2] below. Note that you may need to create the "Maps" folder here if it does not already exist. Then move the folder called "Starcraft Mass Recall" (with lowercase "c") from the extracted folder to the "Maps" folder within your StarCraft II installation directory. The "Maps" folder should now look like graphic [3] below.
4. Next, move the "Mods" folder from the extracted folder into the StarCraft II installation directory (the same place as the "Maps" folder). Your "Mods" folder should now have four Mod files and resemble graphic [4] above.
5. While your newly placed "Starcraft Mass Recall" folder within the "Maps" folder should now look like graphic [5] below.
Other (older) manual installation guides:
- Step-by-step Installation Guide (English)
- Installations-Handbuch (Deutsch)
Alternative ways to play
If the above doesn't work for you, first and foremost make sure that:
- you have all the necessary files in the right directories
- you've set the correct paths for the shortcut
- you're running the latest version of StarCraft II
Alternative way to play without the shortcut:
- locate SC2Switcher.exe in the Support folder (your StarCraft II installation directory)/Support
- locate the SCMR Campaign Launcher file in (your StarCraft II installation directory)/Maps/Starcraft Mass Recall
- drag and drop the SCMR Campaign Launcher file to SC2Switcher.exe
If you wish to play while logged on to Battle.net, you will need to take the following steps:
- Launch StarCraft II using the Battle.net launcher
- Alt-tab to Desktop
- Launch StarCraft: Mass Recall using the created shortcut
Note that you can still save and load any SCMR map, as long as you're logged in.
Bonus Campaign - Enslavers Redux Installation
ZIP Download - https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall/files/3246278
This file includes a new 30-mission extra bonus campaign "Enslavers Redux" by OmegaWeaponX! This series contains 4 episodes, with 9 unique maps per Terran, Protoss, and Zerg races, with 3 epilogue maps. Content and story is based on the original Enslavers custom maps in StarCraft and Dark Vengeance maps in Brood War. Features brand new dialog and story, missions, and enhanced heroes with their own level-up mechanics! Learn what happens between the major StarCraft episodes and the events leading up to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty!
While this custom campaign can be played stand-alone by opening up the unique Enslavers Redux Campaign Launcher and launching missions from there, it is also integrated into Mass Recall via the "Extras" menu. In order to load it properly in for the Mass Recall Launcher to work with this campaign, follow these instructions:
- Download the above ZIP-file containing Enslavers Redux
- Go into your StarCraft II folder -> SCMR Mass Recall -> Extras:
- Within Extras, place your ZIP-file, then uncompress it there. You should have a folder that says 8. Enslavers Redux. It should look like this now:
- You've got Enslavers Redux installed! Now from the SCMR Campaign Launcher go to Extras and click on the Enslavers Redux menu panel. You can launch any mission from here or open the Enslavers Redux Campaign Launcher and launch missions from there!
Please note - This campaign has no unique audio for voices and as such it is required that subtitles are enabled in order to actually read what transmissions are saying :)
Informational Pages
“Come, stand here. You need to see this.” – Gerard DuGalle
- Options
- Terran SCMR Models
- Zerg SCMR Models
- Protoss SCMR Models
- Faction Model List Options
- Cheat Codes
Troubleshooting
“I swear it's always some damn thing.” – Joeyray
Make sure to check out the auto install and manual install video guides also linked above. The end result in these videos is the same, regardless of install method.
Also make sure you're using an up-to-date version of StarCraft II.
Common issues:
- Param/Value/-Error: If lots of texts are like that, you may have a problem with your Mods: Delete SCMRmod and SCMRlocal, and re-download them from the links above. If it is only one or two lines (say, a mission objective), report it in the comments section (in that case, please specify which language you are playing in).
- Dependency cannot be loaded: The Mods are not at the proper place. Check that you have put your Mods (SCMRmod, SCMRassets and SCMRlocal) in the "Mods" folder, as on the pictures above.
- Unable to load map: Your Maps are not at the proper place. Check that you have put the episode files such as "1. Rebel Yell" in a folder "Starcraft Mass Recall", itself to be placed in "Maps", as on the pictures above.
Credits
“Who's in charge here?” – Marine
[ Click here to view full credits ]
Map Design and Scripting
Jones
Telenil
Jimm
Gradius
Ultraling
Kostyarik
Re1deR
herdal8
christdaugherty
OmegaWeaponX85
SCMRmod
based on the StarCraft 2: Brood War Mod by
MavercK
Additional development by
Jones
Jimm
Telenil
Gradius
OmegaWeaponX85
Superfield
christdaugherty
Custom 3D Models and Textures by
GhostNova | Units: Dropship, Stukov (co-author SoulFilcher), SC1 Queen's Nest, SC1 Ghost, SC1 Citadel of Adun, SC1 Battlecruiser, SC1 Siege Tank, SC1 Academy, SC1 Devourer Portraits: Fenix, Duran, Stukov (co-author SoulFilcher), Goliath |
Thrikodias | Units: Tassadar, Observatory, Arbiter Tribunal, Warp Gate, Bengalaas, Kakaru, Psi Emitter, Stasis Cell, SC1 Defiler Mound, SC1 Photon Cannon, SC1 Robotics Facility, Portraits: SC1 Mengsk, Valkyrie, Tassadar, SC1 Adjutant, SC1 Zasz, SC1 Daggoth, SC1 Corsair, SC1 Defiler, Dropship, SC1 High Templar |
GnaReffotsirk | Carrier, Shuttle, Queen, Creep Colony, SC1 Guardian |
Cacho56 | Units: UED marine, SC1 Sunken Colony Portraits: Duke, DuGalle, SC1 Arbiter, SC1 Siege Tank, SC1 Battlecruiser, SC1 Science Vessel, |
SoulFilcher | Units: Ion Cannon, SCV (Retro), Stukov (co-author GhostNova) Portraits: Stukov (co-author GhostNova) Icons: Kerrigan, Tassadar, Devourer, Queen |
Gradius | Units: Cerebrate Portraits: SC1 Overmind |
XibadivS | Control Tower, Machine Shop |
Snowflake Entertainment / Project Revolution | Valkyrie |
buhhy | Dragoon |
KORroy | Portraits: Aldaris |
Hammer107 | ComSat Station, SC1 Barracks, SC1 Engineering Bay, SC1 Missile Turret, SC1 Starport, SC1 Armory, SC1 Bunker, SC1 Factory, SC1 Medic, Raynor (Vulture), SC1 Spore Colony, Tassadar (Gantrithor) |
Kailniris2 | Shield Battery, Psi Disrupter textures |
Delphinium1987 | Psi Disrupter mesh |
MSeverns | Duran, Raszagal units |
DaveSpectre | Jim Raynor portrait |
Skulluse | Sarah Kerrigan portrait |
Kanitala | Terran beacons |
ZeShmoutt | Retextured Hunter Killer, Devouring One |
SyCoAttack | Dark Protoss (Shakuras) doodad retextures |
TooMuchTuch | Decals: Alpha, Delta, Nova, Omega Squadron, UED, Kel-Morian Combine |
Frankiealaplaaja | Decals: Mar Sara militia, Sons of Korhal |
Kostyarik | Animations: briefing Start button, score screen |
Re1deR | Briefing transitions, portrait highlight texture |
Jones FixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixed | Town sign textures FixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixed |
Additional Artwork
luhkoala | SCMR loading screen, remastered victory screen backgrounds, additional loading screen artwork |
Existor FixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixed | SCMR logo & banner FixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixed |
Localization
qimingnan | Chinese version |
Khyinn | French version |
FirefoxGhost | German version |
storycraft | Korean version |
628w | Polish version |
Re1deR | Russian version |
Leader_DS | Spanish (European) version |
bluefenixcursed FixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixed | Spanish (Latin American) version FixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixedPlaceholderFixed |
For Brood War-like multiplayer, you can have a look at Starbow.
Old time Brood War players may enjoy the Carbot Animations Brood War series.
Other custom campaigns from various authors can be found at the Custom Campaign Initiative.
This is a completely unofficial, non-profit, fan-made and free-to-play remake and in no way endorsed by or affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and/or Activision Blizzard, Inc.
StarCraft, Brood War, Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void, Battle.net and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
In reply to squidntrolloctopus:
You've done a great job! However, many of these were already reported. Can you ensure you go through the current issues list and make sure you don't duplicate anything? If they are duplicated, please go ahead and delete from the issues section. Thanks!
In reply to OmegaWeaponX:
Oh sorry. I thought I had checked all them and I didn't see these reported. A lot of the unit upgrade bugs seemed like mission specific issues and wasn't sure if other posts about them about other missions were also fixed here. Are those what you are referring to? Otherwise, I do not see any of my issues as duplicates?
In reply to squidntrolloctopus:
The upgrade stuff should be fixed from prior issues. There may be other smaller bugs I looked when I scanned through what you made that were already made by others or by 628w when he went through eps1 and 2. He didn't do 3 or 4 yet, so any of those should be legit! :)
Just do a quick scan back starting from when you created yours to see if anything was already reported. I'm sure there are a few, but not a huge amount
In reply to OmegaWeaponX:
Ah ok. In that case I closed #539 and #538 and updated #537 to only show missing Disruption Web. Outside of those the others are mixed with some mission only bugs that I left so those can get fixed. Sorry about the duplicates hope this helps some.
I followed the auto instructions to the letter and I keep getting the error of "unable to load map" I have triple checked the map placement and everything is in the right area. what do you need to help me so that if this keeps popping up with other people they won't have to scroll far?
In reply to natsusoulslayer:
I have found a work around to this problem,
go into options and click the "unlock all missions" button, click confirm and you'll be able to play without the "unable to load map" error.
In reply to natsusoulslayer:
I take note, thank you :)
If you don’t want to fuck half of your day for this, you’d rather play with the original. I try many times but in vain I do anything, the same mistake. Unable to load map. Its shit.
In reply to Forge_User_07274896:
My guy, please post a picture of you file structure. Clearly, you've done something wrong, but it's very difficult to help you diagnose the problem with so little information. The vast majority of people who download this can play it without issue and hopefully we can help anyone who cannot.
In reply to Forge_User_07274896:
It was the same for me and I have never had concrete and serious help ...
I have been waiting for 3 months to fix this
In reply to Forge_User_96068351:
I went back three months in these comments and could not find anything from you. Please post your specific file structuring (ie where the Map files and Mod files have been placed) with screenshots if possible. It's basically impossible to know what you've put in the wrong place without seeing it. I don't think any of the project contributors here revel in being desktop support, but I will try my best if I can get some specific information.
In reply to Jayborino:
Because you just don't go back far enough! (Currently on page 6 and 7of the comments) Dated early July, so 3 months ago. But I would even add, since the end of June.
In any case Thank you for devoting yourself to the task, it's unexpected
Unfortunately I have deleted everything from my computer in the meantime. I was just waiting for a corectif to arrive for people who are in the same situation as me.
I would do the installation again and if the problem still arises, I will come back here to lay out all the useful information to get it fixed!
But I assure you, that I had already checked everything * thoroughly * the first time for it to work. In vain.
The manual installation is not easy, I spent a lot of time there!
In reply to Forge_User_96068351:
Unfortunately, this is not an issue with the mod, so there is not a correction we can provide to you or anyone else on this matter. The manual instructions look way more complicated than they actually are.
Run the launcher through the editor or using SC2Switcher. If it doesn't work then something is still in the wrong place, which is why I'd need screenshots to know any more details.
In reply to Jayborino:
I think at this point, this has become enough of an issue to call for, say, an all-in-one repack of the mod hosted on ModDB (or anywhere else that takes big chunky files), possibly with an installer.
While there will always be people who get tripped up by installation for mods, reducing the steps to 'Point installer to your SC2 directory, click icon on desktop, enjoy' would probably be a huge load off your shoulders.
In reply to DominicTarason:
good point
Hey everyone! I just found this and it looks awesome. I've finished SC1 & BW previously, but it's been a while and this looks great!
Can someone please list for me the best canonical way to play through all the content of Mass Recall? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Thanks squidntrolloctopus.
So far I've completed Loomings on Brutal. Felt like classic SC1. Good job team!
... Just did a few missions of Rebel Yell on Brutal. "Desperate Alliance" (survive for 30mins) was super difficult on brutal (didn't use medics). My Command Center survived until 0:00...
In reply to pr0noun:
Copy/paste from my previous post:
0. Loomings
1. Rebel Yell
2. Insurrection (Although it is mainly non-canon, but if you want to include it as part of your journey, it would take place during episode 1)
3. Enslavers Episode I (technically takes place during episode 2, A path is canon)
4. Overmind
5. Retribution (also mainly non-canon. Not 100% sure where it takes place, but it is said to take place sometime before the death of the first overmind)
6. The Fall
7. The Stand
8. Enslavers Episode 2 (takes place during Iron Fist episode, A path is canon)
9. The Iron Fist
10. Stukov series mission 1 - 4 (not sure exactly when these happen, but since it involves a cerebrate, it must take place sometime before Kerrigan killed the last cerebrate in Enslavers 3 and obviously after Stukov was launched into space after the end of iron fist, so it must take place sometime during Episode 6)
11. Queen of Blades
12. Enslavers Episode 3 (All events happen after Episode 6 and before Wings of liberty, A path is canon)
13. Enslavers Epilogue (I am pretty sure these all happen before Wings of Liberty)
14. Wings of Liberty
15. Stukov Mission 5 (this mission takes place sometime during Heart of the Swarm, but before Kerrigan goes to Skygeirr)
16. Heart of the swarm
17. Whispers of Oblivion
18. Legacy of the Void
19. Into the Void
20. Nova Covert ops
I can't tell if im doing something wrong...
I extracted starcraft mass recall to Maps, same with the other stuff in Mods
but it doens't seem to work, i tried the auto-install but it keeps saying the maps aren't there, and before anyone asks, yes it is in the install directory.
In reply to impythedemon:
I downloaded all of the zip files and put them all (unextracted) in the SC2 root folder. not in the maps folder. Then I unzipped the installer only. Then I ran the installer. It extracts all the zip files and puts them in their places. Then there is a shortcut on your desktop once it's all done. Hope that helps.
I ran into a problem with mission Norad II.
When I escort Raynor to the crashed ship, the trigger does not activate (I have tried the mission 3 times).