Starcraft 2 offline lan patch

Update: This sounds like a bug. Talk to Blizzard Tech Support. It might just be an issue with the Mac Client. Found the problem in windows. Then you can play offline. Best of luck. Edit: addition to point 2 - start playing the game in window mode ie not fullscreen before you kill the internet connection.

Hey guys,ok check this out I had this very same problem myself and I believe I have a solution. What you want to do is first connect to the internet. When it pops up and asks for your password, disconnect your internet and continue while being totally offline. This has worked for me and I hope it works for you! I've had the same problem and have communicated with tech support. The basic problem appears to be Blizzard's definition of "Playing Offline".

So basically it is not a problem by design that you have to have an internet connection to login in to start the game. Once you've logged into start the game which is the authentication you can then disconnect and play without being online.

This apparently is their definition of "Offline". Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How do I play Starcraft 2 offline? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 5 months ago. Active 9 years, 5 months ago. Blizzard is the smartest video game company in the world and they make this decision for a reason. Imagine the intense discussion and arguments over disallowing LAN play. I recommend we all admit the beta experience has been amazing for BETA. And the finished product will no doubt be awesome and continue to improve over time. The whole point of LAN play isn't that you cannot connect to the interent, its more the 0 lag and close proximity to your friends while playing that makes it superior to internet gaming.

As a fellow beta tester, even you would have to admit that the lag and frequent drops from patch 12 onwards were horrendous, none of which were fixed in the subsequent patches. I assume the intense discussion and arguments you mentioned also include the decision not to include features like chat rooms just to make it that much harder to find other people in game?

I honestly doubt much thought was put into this and I really am not looking forward to bnet 2. I live in a small town. Theres no ATT or big cable company here. The 'high speed' my isp only isp in town offers is just over 1 meg. If one guy tabs out to look at a youtube vid the server will explode. I also get 1 bar on my cell phone on a good day. Guess I should move instead of complain about no lan. Sorry to hear that! We'd like to know what's wrong. Please check any which apply: This information isn't relevant to my issue.

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