SC1 Episode 5 - The Iron Fist - StarCraft 2 Maps

Starcraft Brood War: Episode V - The Iron Fist

the complete Terran campaign

Episode list
Episode I - Rebel Yell	by Ultraling & Jones
Episode II - Overmind	by Jones
Episode III - The Fall	by christdaugherty
Episode IV - The Stand	by Telenil & Jimm3110
Episode V - The Iron Fist	by Jones
Episode VI - Queen of Blades	by Telenil, Jones & Jimm3110

Requires SC1BWMod to play, version 4.7 recommended

also check out the project thread at TeamLiquid

28/04/2013 - State of the mod

Apparently HotS/the latest major Starcraft 2 update has once again caused some small problems throughout the campaigns. However, aside from episode 3, it seems there are no major issues present at the moment, 99% of everything should work. Everything should be compatible with both HotS and WoL - but probably more compatible with WoL. If you're experiencing problems, try switching to Wings of Liberty mode in the Starcraft 2 gameplay options menu. If you're getting "unable to open map" errors when using the campaign launcher and your Starcraft 2 is up to date, chances are you don't have the necessary files in the right locations - read the instructions carefully.

Know that we're still not happy with the state of the remake. We're already knee-deep in working towards a larger update to all six episodes, so there's no turning back to doing small bug fixing updates. We're making good progress so far, and looking to have everything done by the end of the year (hopefully major mod-breaking updates to the game have settled down a little bit by then). There likely won't be any updates this summer.

The upcoming version(s) will require Heart of the Swarm.

Forever and a day in the making, here's my take on the legendary UED campaign from Starcraft: Brood War. Nostalgic, faithful to the original, surprisingly fresh at the same time and most of all fun to play are the things I was going for when creating it.

Thanks to a bunch of people including but not necessarily limited to Telenil, christdaugherty, Superfield, Jimm3110, Ultraling, Maverck, GnaReffotsirk for their feedback and/or other (direct or indirect) contributions to this little project. Also thanks to my brother for all the playtesting I made him do, and thanks to all you people for the feedback/support and/or just general interest in the project. Much fun was had making the campaign (among other things), I hope you'll have at least as much fun playing.

Features

all 8+1 original missions
original SC1 units and structures with original stats, including custom models
original SC1 Terran soundtrack
all the dialogue, voice acting & other miscellaneous text from the original campaign, and more
classic UED unit decals
two difficulty levels (maps tested exclusively on Stukov (harder) difficulty, so you can consider it the "default" difficulty)

"Artistic License"

(some notable differences from the original campaign)

two difficulty levels - with a somewhat more aggressive AI than in the original, in order to provide some challenge to the average player
all kinds of cinematic/cosmetic flavor
Duran has the snipe ability because why not

Downloads

Links to the latest versions, by language. You will need both the maps and the mod file to play (see "How to play" below). For older versions, check the "Files" section.

PLEASE NOTE that for the latest versions and the Campaign Launcher, you will also need the latest (or at least close to latest) version of Starcraft 2. For older versions, check the "Files" section.

English version

Map pack - v1.01
Mod file - v4.7b
Campaign Launcher - v1.1

French version

Map pack - v1.01
Mod file - v4.6
Campaign Launcher - v1.1

German version

Map pack - v1.01
Mod file - v4.7b
Campaign Launcher - v1.1

Russian version

Map pack - v1.0
Mod file - v4.6a
Campaign Launcher - v1.1

Italian version

Map pack - v1.0
Mod file - v4.2

How to play

extract the mod file (SC1BWmod) to your "Mods" folder in your Starcraft 2 install directory (NOT the folder under "My Documents")
extract the map pack to the "Maps" folder in your Starcraft 2 install directory (create the folder if it doesn't exist)
extract the Campaign Launcher & setup to the same "Maps" folder (not the campaign folder)

Campaign Launcher installation:

launch the Starcraft 2 editor
open the setup map named SCMRsetup in your Maps folder and click the "test document" button on the top right (or press ctrl+F9)
wait until the launcher loads and you're at the title screen, then save the game and exit the map (press esc or F10 to open the game menu)
find the save file (named "Starcraft - Mass Recall" by default) in (your home/documents folder)/Starcraft II/Saves/VersusAI
copy or move the save file to the saves folder under your account folder (your home/documents folder)/Starcraft II/Accounts/.../.../Saves/Multiplayer (for example; any of the save folders will do)
Done! You can now log into the appropriate account and load the save from the load game-screen. You can use this save to play each episode.

more info:

You can copy the save file to whatever accounts you want. For example, if you want to play offline, copy it to your guest account folder.
If you're unsure of the right folders or can't find the Starcraft II documents folder, log into an account of your choice in SC2, go to the load game-screen, click on a save and click the "show in folder"-button. It will take you to the appropriate saves folder.

Troubleshooting & known issues

Credits

Original campaign by Blizzard
Remake by Jones
Mod by Maverck
additional mod tweaking by christdaugherty, Superfield, Jones, Telenil, Jimm3110

custom models by

GnaReffotsirk (Carrier, Shuttle, Queen, Guardian)
Snowflake Entertainment/Project Revolution (Reaver, Corsair, Defiler, Valkyrie), reworked by GnaReffotsirk (with help from NiNToxicated, DeveRR0, Phygis)
buhhy (Dragoon)
SoulFilcher (Ion Cannon)
Thrikodias (Observatory, Psi Emitter)
GhostNova91 (Duran portrait)

UED & Nova Squadron decals by TooMuchTuch
French translation by Choum28
Russian translation by Jimm3110 (original translation & dubbing: Fargus Multimedia, 7Wolf)
Italian translation/modification by Zarxiel93, TheTorrasque, JustSkorpyon
and of course thanks to Hati for his SC2 Localizer, so everyone can play the maps!

there's some music because I couldn't help myself:

Starcraft soundtrack by Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Tracy W. Bush
"Metallic Monks", "Vats of Goo" by Mark Morgan (Fallout)
untitled track (mission 5 outro) by Robin Beanland (Conker: Live & Reloaded)
"Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner (The Ring of the Nibelung)
"Rumble" by Link Wray & His Ray Men (Wings of Liberty jukebox version by Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs)
"March to Doom" by Frank Klepacki (Command & Conquer)
"Jem's Song" by Big Tuna (Starcraft & Starcraft 2)

special thanks to Telenil, christdaugherty, Superfield and Jimm3110 for their enthusiasm and work on the project.

PLEASE NOTE that this is a completely unofficial, non-profit, fan-made remake and in no way affiliated with Activision Blizzard.

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- #124
DanyBoy1234 May 15, 2013 at 23:46 UTC - 0 likes
I don't know if it has been reported yet, but Duran damage reduction isn't working properly.
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Jones313 May 04, 2013 at 20:02 UTC - 0 likes
Hey, thanks for the feedback. We're kind of inactive here lately, but all the comments get read, eventually, even if you don't receive a reply. Let me try and address some of this.

Frightwolf:

1. Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. I would argue that the music sets the mood. The thing about the music there - I simply looked for something already included in the game, and "Rumble" was the obvious choice there.

Look, I like the "dark & gritty" overall atmosphere of the original SC & BW as much as everyone else, but I also don't think everything needs to be so dark and gloomy all the time. Starcraft has plenty of humor as well - which is great because it's done right. That is not to say I'm right, it's just how I see it. The intro music is already more serious and intense, though I fear it's bugged at the moment...

2. ...like the victory audio. It's there, but apparently after one of the recent patches it doesn't play for some reason (maybe something to do with Blizzard removing redundant sound channels, whatever). It's already been fixed.

3. & 4. Mouse cursor issues occur for some people, occasionally. I don't know what's going on there, but perhaps we'll find out.

5. Fixed.

May90:

1. Noted. Even without doing that, you don't need to use all the nukes.

2. It's visible during the intro. :) There's generally not that much "dead space" towards the edges of the maps, scouting just in case is a good idea.

6th map: I don't know, massing Wraiths and going kamikaze on the CC seems legit to me. It just shows that there are different ways of beating the map, as there should be.

Beating it the "legitimate" way you described is definitely possible. I don't know, there's no magic trick to it. If you can get to a point where you have 34 Wraiths, I would think you can just as easily build more cost-efficient units and split them enough to cover two bases. Also having a more mobile group of units ready to respond to attacks at both bases works. You'll probably need to rebuild some defenses from time to time, but you're allowed to lose stuff as long as you can hold on to an expansion or two. Just need to find a good time to expand (as early as possible).

Well, glad you enjoyed the final map - in my opinion, compared to 8th the 6th is a cakewalk. Thanks for the debriefings, always interesting to read how the maps are being played.

Not much I can say about those bugs - hopefully we'll be able to "clean up" the whole thing a little, so crashes such as this happen less.
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May90 May 02, 2013 at 09:36 UTC - 0 likes
Now, about bugs. The campaign is incredibly polished. I recall only 2 bugs I encountered.

1) After Stukov dies in mission 7, there is no mouse in the game. Mouse reappears after reloading the after-death save. Reported by Frightwolf2005 as well.

2) On the last mission, if you save a game, then quit Starcraft, you won't be able to load the save due to the "unexpected DirectX error". The only way to load that save I found is to start the last mission through the campaign launcher and then load the save. No idea what it is.
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May90 May 01, 2013 at 19:51 UTC - 0 likes
Just finished the 6th mission. Seriously, WTF? How is it even possible to beat it the 'legitimate' way?

Both Zerg and Protoss keep attacking constantly, sometimes 2 of them simultaneously. Ultralisks, guardians, lurkers, tons of dragoons and hydralisks... It's possible to hold the main base, but how to secure the expansions? Main base is covered by siege tanks on high ground, but it seems impossible to defend 2 bases at once, no matter what unit composition I tried.

So I did it this way. Staying on 1 base, I placed 8 tanks on the high ground and then train wraiths only. Before every enemy attack I saved the game and tried not to lose a single unit. Once the number of wraiths reached 34 (and it is almost impossible to train more as by this time the gas geiser is depleted and all collected gas is spent on repairing the wraiths harmed during enemy attacks) with 3/2 upgrades, I moved them directly to the Raynor's command center and focused fire on it destroying it quickly.

I have no idea how it is possible to finish this mission 'legitimately', by expanding, killing enemy bases and so on.

P.S. Mission 8 difficulty is spot-on! I think this is the 3rd most difficult mission I've ever seen in RTS games (the others being 1st Undead mission in Warcraft 3 TFT and 5th mission in SC 1 remake Episode 3). Thanks god, celebrates are placed so that it is possible to get to them with a few suicidal battlecruisers, without need to break through the insane ground defenses. Still, defending 2 separated bases from countless Zerg waves is already a challenge, given the resources are very limited and it is easy to run out of them, if not carefully microing. 1st (red) celebrate is easily beaten early when you get a few battlecruisers, but to slay the remaining I had to pick 18 battlecruisers (literally all units I had, except for a few siege tanks) and to move them along the edge of the map, avoiding Zerg ground armies. And, while doing it, I almost lost my 2 bases. Luckily, after celebrates are slain, Zerg no longer attack...

Last edited May 01, 2013 by May90
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May90 Apr 30, 2013 at 21:55 UTC - 0 likes
I've played through the first 3 missions so far. Well done guys! The campaign is amazing.

2 notions though.

1) In the 2nd mission there is the first cluster of enemies that you are supposed to nuke. It is easily done without nuke: since a siege tank doesn't kill a medic by one shot, it is easy there just to get to it with medic and blind it, and then to kill it with ghosts. I think it can be fixed by a different placement of turrets and a tank. For example, the same trick doesn't work for the second cluster as you just can't get to a tank without your medic being killed.

2) It would be nice to have a natural expansion in the 3rd mission visible at start. You can place there an SCV or, say, a dropship. I spent 2 hours trying to beat this mission with only 1 base as I simply didn't discover the expansion and didn't feel any need to use scan on the bottom side of the map (nothing is coming out of there anyway). And it is simply impossible! On the 3rd try I managed to destroy 2 hive clusters and significantly cripple the 3rd one, but then I ran out of resources. Not that I complain or anything, it is good when a mission provides some challenge. But still... ;-)

Also, the 3rd mission is easily done with massed wraiths (50+) and a few protected siege tanks. Would be nice to add, maybe, some scourges to the Zerg to counter massed air a bit. Though this may interfere with the very idea of the campaign remake. So it's just a personal opinion. :-)
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Frightwolf2005 Apr 14, 2013 at 04:43 UTC - 0 likes
@Jones313

A lot of effort went into this campaign. I love the liberties you took with Mission 5 (showing the UED occupation once you destroy the command center, plus showing the ships in actual orbit), Mission 6 (Ride of the Valkyries + a great catch by adding the tank's singing of that song) and Mission 7 (scene of Duran setting the disruptor to self-destruct, the lighting, etc.). There are a few things I think may make the campaign better:

1. The briefing music in Mission 8 really doesn't match the mood. Yeah, you sent many broods in disarray, but with what happened to Stukov in 6 and Duran's betrayal, regular music or the music from mission 7's briefing would be better.

2. Unlike Rebel Yell, there is no audio for the victory cinematic. I understand that it would be very difficult to recreate it as a cinematic, but at least with Episode I, you could hear Arcturus' speech to the Dominion with the text and the changing backgrounds. Here, no audio played at all, so it was just text with some screenshots from the ending. It felt anti-climactic, especially considering the terrific work that went into the entire campaign.

3. This may be an occasional glitch, but after Stukov dies, my cursor on the screen disappeared. When I pressed F10 to bring up the menu, I could see the cursor, but in-game, it was invisible. I saved and reloaded and the cursor re-appeared during gameplay. Strange.

4. I don't know what it is, but every time I finish one of these campaigns and get to the final victory screen, there is no cursor to which I can go to the score screen of return to game. I end up going back to my desktop and closing SC2, then reloading it. I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong.

5. When the warp gate triggers the Zerg to attack in Mission 6, there is no map revealer by the gate. Is there a way to create one? It was fun watching the Protoss and Zerg go at it, but here, it's just Stukov's comments and then no map revealer.

That's all I can think of for now. Overall, great job! I loved playing through this, and Mission 5 is still as much of a pain in the ass as I remember! ;)

Last edited Apr 14, 2013 by Frightwolf2005
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thorvath Mar 09, 2013 at 21:17 UTC - 0 likes
@Jones313: Go

I'm just playing the last mission now and while I don't mind the custom song, artistic license and all, it'd be great if it wasn't so varying in intensity. It overpowers the admiral's voice for a couple seconds then settles back, then overpowers it again, guess I'm easily distracted lol. I tried turning down music in the options menu but I'm guessing it isn't considered music because there was no change, couldn't even mute it. Oh well the ride of valkyries cutscene was cool and I can always youtube the original briefing.
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Jones313 Jan 24, 2013 at 16:10 UTC - 0 likes
Adun:

I think you misunderstood me - yes, the Zerg will still attack you when you go near them, otherwise they will just sit there. The AI will stop making units. There might be a chance the AI will send one more attack on your base after its Cerebrate is dead, but that's it. Sure, you could probably complete the map without killing Cerebrates, but killing them should make it much easier. But yeah you're right, it's optional.

And yeah, I'm generalizing here but I think people tend to hype things up too early, putting all kinds of pressure on themselves and suddenly everything feels too much like work. It's also very easy to underestimate the amount of time it takes to finish a larger project.

TyrantMachine:

Hey, thanks. About the music, ah well. It's certainly in contrast with the previous mission. If you think it's too light for the situation, you might not like a certain cutscene in Queen of Blades. I don't know, I think it fits - DuGalle isn't worried. Think of it as a little break in between surviving a hellish nightmare in a Zerg-infested frying pan and being thrown into the fire, with DuGalle reassuring you everything's going to go smoothly.

Last edited Jan 24, 2013 by Jones313
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TyrantMachine27 Jan 23, 2013 at 17:47 UTC - 0 likes
Excellent campaign. Really well done. My only complaint was the music in the last mission briefing... kind of killed the mood in my opinion. Can't wait for the last one!
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AdunEntarovich Jan 22, 2013 at 06:06 UTC - 0 likes
@Jones313 I killed 2/3 Cerebrates, so this task is actually optional(as it was in BW), but not marked. But their 2 swarms stopped attacking me only after I completelly eliminated their bases and units. Killing cerebrates gives nothing but destroyable sunken colonies and no more Torrasque. But I don`t care of them anyway. Sunken colonies can`t attack my base or my wraiths. Torrasque dies from tanks very quickly. So, I could probably not kill any cerebrates and win. The main problem was supply limit, but I solved it by sending most of my SCVs to enemy. I mined all minerals so I didn`t need them anymore.

Great news about last episode, thank you and your team! It`s so rare to see free project, which is finally completed. Usually their teams break down and stop at 20-25%, showing, at the most, pretty shitty demo or only few pics/vids.