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MPQDraft on Windows 7
Nov 12 2011, 5:29 pm
By: Saima  

Nov 12 2011, 5:29 pm Saima Post #1



Hi. Apologies if this is in the wrong section.

I can go through all the steps in various SC BW mod tutorials (i.e. mod the marine to give him shields) up to the use of MPQDraft. When I use either the "Load MPQ" or .exe, my screen re-sizes and goes into 256 color mode (as usual when I run Starcraft). However, the game fails to run, without any "error" prompts. After 30 or so seconds, my screen re-sizes back to normal.

Any tips? I'm using Windows 7 (Basic?).

Thanks, Saima



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Nov 12 2011, 7:44 pm Dem0n Post #2

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You should post the mpq/exe so that we can look at it and see if there's anything wrong with it.




Nov 13 2011, 1:25 am Saima Post #3



Sure thing.

http://www.mediafire.com/?77jbrvesg4dan2s



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Nov 14 2011, 3:05 am Saima Post #4



Good news! I fixed the problem.

Turns out I was using an older version of MPQDraft which was not compatible with Windows 7.

Saima



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