DropLauncher 0.5.24a

Requirements

• Windows 7 or higher
• StarCraft: Brood War 1.16.1

Instructions

No installation required. Just download and extract the DropLauncher-0.5.24a.zip file to any user directory. Further instructions and details are accessible via the front page of this repo and the program menu option: Help > DropLauncher Help.

Changelog 0.5.19a to 0.5.24a

• Added an option to kick the bot if it lags too much during a game. Previously, this was ON by default with no option to disable. Lastly, this setting has been changed to be OFF by default.
• Changed the text of some UI messages and buttons.

DropLauncher 0.5.19a

Requirements

• Windows 7 or higher
• StarCraft: Brood War 1.16.1

Instructions

No installation required. Just download and extract the DropLauncher-0.5.19a.zip file to any user directory. Further instructions and details are accessible via the menu option: Help > DropLauncher Help.

Changelog 0.5.7a to 0.5.19a

• Added tooltip descriptions for options in settings window.
• Moved help and documentation, formerly Instructions.html, to a new menu option: "Help > DropLauncher Help"
• Restructured the DropLauncher directory.
• Added right-click menu to the output log window.
• Moved the "Clear" button for the output log window to its right-click menu.
• Added option to save output log via its right-click menu.
• Removed program restart requirement for output log window and UI theme.
• Moved color theme setting to menu option: "Edit > Select Theme"

DropLauncher 0.5.7a

Instructions

No installation required. Just extract the .zip file to any user directory. Further instructions and details are provided in the Instructions.html file.

Requirements

• Legal copy of StarCraft: Brood War 1.16.1 (not included)

Changelog 0.4.18a to 0.5.7a

• Auto-extract BWTA cache files.
• Bugfix: Bots using older versions of BWAPI were not launching at all.
• Added a StarCraft-like theme to the UI.
• Changed the way config files are presented to the user. Repositioned the config file button next to the Race dropdown list.
• Added an option to verify the selected StarCraft.exe is 1.16.1.

DropLauncher 0.4.18a

Instructions

No installation required. Just extract the .zip file to any user directory. Further instructions and details are provided in the Instructions.html file.

Requirements

• Legal copy of StarCraft: Brood War (not included)

BWTA/BWTA2 Cache files

Some bots make use of the BWTA library. BWTA gives the bot a chance to analyze the map at the start of the game. Each new analysis of the map generates a cache file. Generating these cache files may take a few minutes. Optional pre-generated cache files are available for download from the BWTA_cache.zip file. Extract these cache files to the StarCraft/bwapi-data/ directory. If extraction was successful, you should have cache files in both the StarCraft/bwapi-data/BWTA/ and StarCraft/bwapi-data/BWTA2/ directories.

Changelog 0.4.6a to 0.4.18a

• Auto-extract BWMirror 2.5 dependencies.
• Bugfix: Bot files with no file extension
• Various other bug fixes.
• Automatic backup of "bwapi.ini".
• Allow user to drop "StarCraft.exe" to set the path.
• Use Windows INI format for saving program settings.
• Display information about "error 740".

Changelog 0.4.2a to 0.4.6a

• Bugfix: Auto-rejoin with an unknown BWAPI.dll
• Display an error message in DropLauncher for "error 126" in "bwheadless.exe".

Changelog 0.3.12a to 0.4.2a

• Various bug fixes.
• Added support for JNIBWAPI bots.

Changelog 0.2.20a to 0.3.12a

• Added support for BWAPI 4.2.0 bots.
• Added new feature: Extracts required BWAPI files to "StarCraft/bwapi-data/". This removes the requirement of having BWAPI installed.
• Added new feature: "Auto-eject bot after game has ended"
• Added new feature: "Auto-connect bot to game lobby after eject"
• Added new feature: "Warn about unknown BWAPI versions"
• Added new feature: "Clear" button to clear bot output log window
• Minor adjustments to user interface
• Improved error messages and handling