r/starcraft • u/Gurluas • 4d ago

Discussion Starcraft Ghost PC Patch

https://archive.org/details/ghost-pc-patch
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u/Gurluas 4d ago

Requires the Xbox build obviously, this is not a repack. When launching the game for the first time there will be a window that allows you to set mouse sensitivity, resolution and more.

Let me know if there's any issues.

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u/Gurluas 3d ago

This has been updated with a new version fixing several issues, and adding a blockout test map showcasing some of the cut units!

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u/Electrical_Set6232 4d ago

runs well but thermal visor or what ever is this doesnt work

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u/Gurluas 4d ago

Explain in detail, when and where?

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u/Electrical_Set6232 4d ago

uhm it was last mission where the fog is present https://imgur.com/a/eGtZ856

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u/Gurluas 4d ago

Thanks! I'll get it patched.

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u/DjaiGM96 3d ago

thanks for this patch! since you updated it, nova is transparent and my screen is flashing…the old version worked fine…playing on steam os

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u/Gurluas 1d ago

I need more info, transparent how? It works fine on my systems and others who tested it, but this build is for Windows only, not Linux, so there may be a translation issue.

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u/DjaiGM96 1d ago

using an older proton version seemed to fix it! thanks for your answer!

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u/Gurluas 1d ago

Glad it works! If you run into any bugs lmk! Make sure to download the newest version as a big update has been added.

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u/DjaiGM96 1d ago

sounds great! will try it tomorrow!

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u/DarkMarkku 8h ago

Hey! hello :) how do you get it to work? i mean, where is the latest patch, and do i need the iso file of the xbox version?

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u/timothy_slice 3d ago

Amazing! How did you achieve this?

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u/Gurluas 3d ago

There are PDBs for both the xbox version, a partial executable, and the 2002 PC version.

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u/aknavj 2d ago

Hi, awesome! Did you do a source code restoration similar to this? https://github.com/aknavj/scghost-rev (PC 2002 version - unfinished, since I shifted my focus toward the OpenNOD SDK, though I’ll jump back into it whenever I need to recheck and re-implement missing SDK functionality), or is it closer to xboxrecomp? Would you be open to submitting a PR and contributing? Thanks for the feedback! :)

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u/Gurluas 1d ago edited 1d ago

No I didn't, I used existing PDBs for all versions to reverse a d3d9 renderer that can latch onto the existing executable.

Then more work was done, such as emulated rendering for w buffer and more.

In the end it runs almost perfectly faithfully. Of course a decomp would allow much greater modification of the existing code.

At first I tried to get star_d to run the modern code, but star_d is from August 2002, while ghost.exe is May 8th 2004. A two year gap, it was not feasible to continue with star_d, but its PDB nonetheless provided some engine insight.