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Local.dll
What is the exact purpose of Local.dll? I was able to reconstruct the DLL with resources but no code: https://github.com/xboi209/Local
It appears to be only used for localized data that is more convenient to store as resource (instead of storing inside mpq), so the main .exe can be kept same for all localizations. One of the its resources is used to set the default locale for files read from mpqs.
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I'm aware that it contains resources for localization but it seems that it also contains executable code as well which is what I'm interested in.
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The executable code seems to be just the C runtime library initialization code that was automatically included when blizzard compiled the dll. Bw only uses the handle for loading resources and the dll doesn't even export any functions or variables. Storm.dll contains similar initialization code, maybe you can compare them to see if there are any differences between them?
-Though for proper comparision you would need to use older version of storm, local hasn't changed since 1.00 (or even beta) and it might have different compiler/runtime version
-Though for proper comparision you would need to use older version of storm, local hasn't changed since 1.00 (or even beta) and it might have different compiler/runtime version
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DarkenedFantasies -- Probably just didn't care. For example, at some point before release, they've updated the graphics of some of the Protoss buildings (Forge, CyberCore, Citadel, Observatory, Arbiter Tribunal), but instead of properly re-rendering them with edited 3D models, they did crappy copy-paste jobs on the rendered graphics.
[2026-6-21. : 4:56 am]
Ultraviolet -- I suppose we'll likely never know, but my guess would be that they already saw it operating successfully and there was no monetary incentive to finish the original work. And the dev cycle in old school Blizzard was so hectic, it's possible it just got forgotten about after the original game got released. Plus there's an element of existing MPQ files that were packaged with the original discs becoming outdated if they updated it. And it's not like they remade the original MPQs, they just made new ones for BW specifically[2026-6-21. : 4:26 am]
Oh_Man -- so that makes me think maybe the theory they are unfinished is not true and its a deliberate design decision, coz why not finish them wen ur making brood war?[2026-6-21. : 4:25 am]
Oh_Man -- the thing is thos buildings are from classic. that means they went ahead and made brood war without ever finishing the 'unfinished' buildings[2026-6-20. : 6:15 pm]
Ultraviolet -- Yeah he's talked about a lot of that stuff in his casts before. It seems plausible. Especially knowing how Blizzard of yesteryear operated.[2026-6-20. : 3:47 pm]
NudeRaider -- to clarify: couldn't recall the behavior for every single Protoss building but I was aware the disparity exists.[2026-6-20. : 3:43 pm]
NudeRaider -- Contained nothing new for me. Didn't know all building's behavior, but very much all unit's. Also Terran balance whine - also nothing new 
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