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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 (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 |
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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.
@aeonnaranek: Go
These maps are staying true to Brood War as it was. Artanis never had a ground model in the original. That said, if they wanted to do the cinematic with Artanis and Zeratul in the temple at the end on Shakuras, I could see them using that model there
I was playing few of Mass Recall levels just for fun. And i wonder, maybe you can consider to change Scout Artanis in last mission of BW Protoss story. I can uderstand why Artanis was a Scout pilot few missions before that, but in last missions will be more realistic to use his ground unit model from Legacy of Void.
Also i would love to see Artanis as hero ground unit aswell, along side Zeratul in 1st BW Protoss mission. Remember Sacrifice comics? Artanis was the one who stood in front of activated Warp gates. Make it like this in Mass Recall please ^_^
I understand it is not like it was in original, but it will fit with new provided lore.
@Kostyarik: Go
Sounds good! Hopefully 6.0 is still out this summer
@lad0k: Go
That is intended, because not having them usually makes "stim" useless =) However, in episodes 1-3 (original starcraft) hey heal at a half a normal rate, and they can be disabled entirely in options menu, if you wish =)
@smartazjb0y: Go
I'd advice to wait for 6.0. Can't tell when it's going to be online, but 6.0 will bring you some new experience =)
Looking to replay this since I just got LotV, but is it super buggy? I know you guys are working on a 6.0 patch but like are there a lot of issues playing it right now?
did any1 else have a bug where medics ara available in mision 2(no broodwar) ?
@ReshyShira: Go
The AI does not use resources at all, - if you look at map-triggers, you see this. Triggers auto-add to AI resources or just create wave of units without pay through infinite cycle. Something like behavior can be see and in SC2-maps too. But AI has limitation on supply, - so, for example, if you destroy all Supply Depot of terrans, AI stop creating units. :) When I tested my own first version of Control Mind feature (just through flag of behavior), I also saw suggestion of this feature - AI can't produce any units because captured units used AI supply yet, not gamer ones (I do not know how SCMR-team realized the appropriate feature for Dark Archons). At last I fixed this behavior since it is not interesting to play when AI can't attack you. But I saw also some fun feature when on one map zergs-AI destroyed protoss-AI because the last can't produce units and so I win unexpectedly.
2Authors: Are there any news about date of the new version of SCMR? (Using LotV.)
Follow up:
Does the AI use resources at all? Because I get the sneaking suspicion that they don't use them at all. The AI seems to just send massive waves of unending units, their production facilities just run constantly regardless of food being destroyed or workers being killed. If something could be done about that that would be grand, because the current system seems like they run on infinite resources. I know the original starcraft had a system like that, but I'd like to think that starcraft 2's AI can be a bit better than that.
No Satisfaction can be had in killing enemies if they don't cost anything, if you know what I mean?
At the very least if you're going to give endless resources to the AI, then give the player enough resources available to them to be able to win, because right now that seems to be the problem for the campaign. Running out of resources, having to go to a new one, and spending almost as many resources rebuilding your standing force as expanding it.
Only way that seems to be able to win in the late parts of the campaigns is to play perfectly which involves saving and reloading constantly. That's not really a fun experience for me.
Note: I am playing on normal.
Side note, weird graphical glitches seem to occur with the lighting from time-to-time, roads turning into dirt paths or completely black at seemingly random intervals.
Some bugs I have noticed playing through episode 1:
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SCV's don't start with repair on auto-cast, you have to manually do it for every SCV you produce.
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If you skip the intro-cutscene the screens can go dark and prevent you from controlling any of your forces. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=704522508
On a side note, does the mission in normal Starcraft usually start with your starport being attacked?
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On the mission where Kerrigan is first introduced, the enemy forces will mass Goliaths next to their auxiliary refinery and just sit them there. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004436202/screenshot/268343213622973700
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One thing that I noticed, which may be just my imagination, but it appears like zerg units attack and move abnormally quickly. I know there are upgrades for attack speed and movement speed, but I don't recall the zerg in the first game being that fast, so you may want to look over that.
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Units attacking from the high ground don't get the benefits from starcraft 1 (Attacks would often "miss" against high-ground targets), if the Highground advantage is going to be revoked in Mass Recall, then the bonus from starcraft 1 should be included. I believe that they also had a range increase as well?
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On the cosmetic side, I don't know if there's anything you can do about this but can the Adjutant use the peach/cream colors on their face-plate like in the original games?
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Lastly, is there any chance that General Duke will get a proper SC2 portrait going? The standard Battlecruiser placeholder is bugging me. If possible, could it be possible to use the general duke gif from the first game and use that until a viable replacement is found?
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Otherwise things look good so far with the game, good work. Maps do seem more crowded than I remember though.
@TheWanderingZebra: Go
what do you mean? =)
How do I even get the "automatic" installer to work? It seems when I download it it just tells me to do it manually.
@JMAdamski: Go
Great =)
@Kostyarik: Go
Got everything up and going, but only had time to do first mission. Everything looks incredible and definitely excited to play this game again. Bravo, folks
@Kostyarik: Go
Ahh, touche. It was being blocked by the computer. Unblocked the cmd file and appears to be running. I'll update on progress in a moment.
@JMAdamski: Go
Everything seems to be fine there. My only guess is that it gets prohibited by your security software (antivirus or windows account rights or smth), check for any pop-ups when you launch the installer, or disable your antivirus for launching the installer. If works right - cmd (black) window should appear anyway.
@Kostyarik: Go
Hey, sorry, had to go out.
That's the folder. No cmd window opens.
This is AWESOME! This means I can remake my "The Rise of the New Agent" SC1 Campaign into SC2! Yay! Though, getting it back to where it is may take awhile. XD
@JMAdamski: Go
can you post me a screenshot of the cmd window and the folder, which you're running it from?
@Kostyarik: Go
It's been going about 40 mins now, no alerts or anything.
@JMAdamski: Go
yes, it happens sometimes thatyou have to rename the extension =) and no, it should take some 5 minutes to complete. Did the installer throw you any text?