StarCraft

StarCraft
Also known as: StarCraft Original/StarCraft: Brood War Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Platforms: Windows, Mac OS Classic Released in US: March 31, 1998 (Windows) 1999 (Mac) Released in EU: 1998 This game has unused areas. This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a prerelease article

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StarCraft is a really, really successful PC real-time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. It is ridiculously popular in Korea, even holding offline tournament matches for it, and had a nice Nintendo 64 port developed by Mass Media, the only time any game in the series would appear on a console. What's odd is that the sequel, StarCraft II, took 12 years to be released. Then again, considering Blizzard's track record of developing and re-developing games for more than a decade, this is not surprising.

To do: Find a copy of the Battle.net Beta and try to get access to the .dat files. They contain some of the most critical information we need to figuring out what else is in there data-wise.

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Unused Audio How many audio files are out there, Dukie?

Unused Missions

These missions are unused in the final version of the game.

"terran\terran7" (Biting the Bullet)

This mission would have occurred just after Norad II, Misson 6, but before The Trump Card. This mission explains why Tassadar began to assist Jim Raynor. The player controls General Duke in a Siege Tank and Raynor in a Vulture, along with 4 SCVs and a Command Center. This is odd, since General Duke only appears in a Siege Tank in the precursor missions and the StarCraft demo. The mission is incomplete; among many other issues; Tassadar does not appear without modification due to a non-functioning trigger.

Strangely, The Trump Card is called Mission 7, but this is also called Mission 7. This probably means that this was considered the seventh mission, but got replaced by The Trump Card instead.

This map was redone for the Enslavers Campaign, but with altered terrain, enemies, locations and story.

(Source: StarCraft)

(Source: CiniCraft, Used with permission)

"terran\terran10" (Operation: Silent Scream)

This mission would have occurred after The Big Push, Mission 8, but before New Gettysburg, Mission 9. The player commands Jim Raynor and Sarah Kerrigan, along with a small strike force made up of every Terran unit in the game except for the SCV. This mission would have been the final strike against the Confederacy, but it was scrapped, creating a plot hole.

Oddly, this is called mission ten, but it comes before mission 9. Perhaps New Gettysburg was mission 10 before Operation: Silent Scream got scrapped?

This map was also refined for the Enslavers Campaign along the same lines as "terran7".

(Source: StarCraft)

(Source: CiniCraft, Used with permission)

"protoss\tutorial"

This may originally have been the tutorial for the Protoss Campaign. The gameplay is similar to that of the campaign's first mission, but the layout of the player's base is different, and Fenix has different dialogue in which he mentions a race called the Tagal, a race that is weak individually but deadly in large numbers like the Zerg, while defending Antioch.

(Source: StarCraft)

(Source: CiniCraft, Used with permission)

Unused Terran Units

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Repair Bay

Most likely, this building would have been used to repair mechanical units. It may have been from a point in time where they planned to use it to repair mechanical units instead of using SCVs, as seen in the retail version.

Gerard Dugalle

The UED flagship Battlecruiser Aleksander piloted by Gerard DuGalle. He uses Edmund Duke's voice overs but retains his portrait.

Arcturus Mengsk

The Terran Dominion flagship Battlecruiser Leviathan, piloted by Arcturus Mengsk. Once again, Duke's voiceovers are used but Mengsk retains his portrait. His unit lacks a wireframe.

(Source: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Battle.net Beta)

Unused Protoss Units

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Aldaris

Aldaris was originally intended to be a unit. However, his actual unit goes unused, even in the Brood War mission "The Insurgent". In said mission, Tassadar's unit is used instead but through some clever use of triggers, it's made to look like it's actually Aldaris (this is actually used for a number of "non-existant heroes" in Brood War, such as Raszagal. This illusion can easily be seen if the player selects them before the mission ends). Tassadar and Aldaris share stats so if one is modified the other is affected as well. Like Tassadar, Aldaris has an attack but unlike Tassadar he has no abilities and lacks voiceovers.

Raszagal

Raszagal is probably the most incomplete unit. Although she exists as a unit, she uses the Corsair's sprites but is much weaker and has a Dark Templar unit's wireframe. She uses the same weapon as the Corsair.

Unused Fourth Race Units (Independents)

To do: Can we convert .smk to .png?

Hidden inside the game files are many units that are all listed as "Independent Buildings", "Independent Units", or "Independent Heroes". These suggest that there may have been a fourth race in development, which may not have even been able to be controlled by the player. It's possible that it only showed up in the campaign and/or custom maps.

They even have their own Advisor listed in the game: "NAdvisor". While this does appear on certain buildings, there is actually a fully rendered portrait for it. It does not appear on said buildings because the listing points towards the standard Marine portrait instead. The portrait itself is the Terran Science Vessel, hinting that originally he would have been their Advisor. The Civilian is also listed here as well, hinting that he also may have once been an Independent Unit before being made a Terran Hero instead.

Also, if one opens any map or creates a new map in SCMDraft 2 (an unofficial StarCraft map editor), when looking at the options for players 'Independent' is listed there in the Race selection for every player. This is probably the most concrete evidence supporting the fact there was originally a fourth race in development.

Gunship

Gunships were once Terran vessels meant to be used in conjunction with capital ships, such as the Battlecruiser. Small, dynamic, high-speed fighters such as the Wraith were developed instead. However, it was found that the Wraith could deal out a similar amount of damage to capital ships while evading most defensive battery attacks. After that, the Gunship became only used by the cut race "Independents" as they used the old outdated Terran technology. There was one Gunship hero unit known as Greedo, which is a reference to the Star Wars character.

(Source: StarCraft Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Cargo Ship

Not much is known about the Cargo Ship. One hero named Sally was intended to be for the Cargo Ship. The Cargo Ship is rumored to be the original Battlecruiser. It's possible that this unit was the Terran's Battlecruiser, until they made a more powerful version. The developers made the Independents use the remaining obsolete versions instead.

(Source: StarCraft Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Raider

An Independent unit of unclear purpose. Two hero Raiders, Boskk, another Star Wars reference, and Peter had been created for this unit. Its .grp was altered and turned into the Terran Valkyrie for StarCraft: Brood War. It's also notably bigger than the Valkyrie as well.

(Source: StarCraft Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Merc Biker

The Merc Biker has a portrait which exists in the retail release, but it's only made up of the same still image repeated. What the unit itself would have looked like is currently unknown. A character named Grom was intended to be a Merc Biker hero, but didn't make the cut. This name was later included in WC3. A closer look into the data reveals that a Vulture wireframe is near the Cargo Ship's, Raider's, and Merc Biker's wireframes.

(Source: StarCraft Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Independent Starport/Starbase

An Independent structure that was cut from the final version. There is a name mix-up in the game files; it is listed as Independent Starport in DatEdit, but the picture in neutral is listed as "starbase.grp". The picture is definitely for this unit. In-game, the Starbase has the appearance of a Scout, thanks to the mix-up up above, but with a very large placement circle. It has the portrait of a Marine (NAdvisor as listed in DatEdit) and an undefined, non-functional weapon. Graphics for the Starbase can be found in the game files. It is located under the "Neutral" files, alongside the other Campaign-only buildings, suggesting it was for a Campaign mission. It is likely that the Independents would have used this to construct Raiders, Cargo Ships, and Gunships.

(Source: StarCraft Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Cantina

An Independent structure that was cut during development. Its purpose is unknown, though it may have been used to construct Merc Bikers. It uses the portrait of a Marine (NAdvisor as listed in DatEdit). It's clear this was not a Terran building.

(Source: StarCraft Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Independent Command Center

This unit will crash StarCraft if viewed in-game, thanks to it missing an image file and coding. It is an Independent version of the Terran Command Center with a different appearance. It is unclear whether or not the actual .grp for the unit still exists somewhere. It most likely would have been used as the Independent's resource gathering building. It uses the portrait of a Marine (NAdvisor as listed in DatEdit).

(Source: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Independent Jump Gate

This unit will crash StarCraft if viewed in-game, thanks to it missing an image file and coding. The Jump Gate may have been the Independent version of the Protoss' Warp Gate. It uses the portrait of a Marine (NAdvisor as listed in DatEdit).

(Source: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Mining Platform

It could've been an automated, unit-less way of mining for the Independents. It's unlikely that it was a Doodad, due to it being listed as a unit. It also uses the portrait of a Marine (NAdvisor as listed in DatEdit) making it clear it was not a Terran building.

(Source: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Battle.net Beta, Starcraft Wiki)

Unused Power Plant

This unit seems to be a power plant. What use of it is unknown, though it may have functioned like the Protoss pylon.

Unused Graphics

Alternate Devourer Cocoon

The Zerg Devourer unit originally had a different cocoon. In the final game, it uses the same Cocoon graphic as the Zerg Guardian. The old Cocoon is stored alongside the rest of the Devourer birth graphics.

Unused Wireframes

Unused unit wireframes for the Cargo Ship, the Raider, and the Repair Bay building can still be found in the original game's files.

Crashing Flags and Unused Players

There is a flag that is inaccessible from the default map editor, but is used in some multiplayer maps. This can be spawned in-game using triggers, but will crash the game when clicked.

Uniquely among units, the flag uses a different portrait for each player to determine the color of the flag seen on the portrait.

Looking at the portdata.dat file from BrooDat.mpq shows that there are the standard 8 flag color portraits from 82 to 89, but at 106 to 109, there is additional flag portrait data for Players 9 to 12 (9 being Green, 10 being Bright Yellow, 11 being Tan, and 12 being "Blue", which is actually Light Blue, the color used by Neutral/World). It is unknown what portdata.dat in StarDat.mpq, but portdata.tbl only shows lines for Flag1 to Flag8.

Looking inside StarDat.mpq in portraits with a proper listfile shows there are no portraits for 9 to 12; looking in BrooDat.mpq shows that they were added in 'Brood War. This doesn't show much related to the problem, but that is because only looking at the data does not show everything: SCMDraft 2 is the key.

If you load up SCMDraft 2 and look at the Map Properties when you open or create any map, you will see the standard 8 player slots, as well as 4 extra player slots that are missing the option to change color; the latter do not work properly and are useless as player slots. What you must be asking yourself is, "What does all this mean?" If you look at the color options you will see not 8 nor 12 but 17 colors that you can choose from, with Dark Aqua, Pale Green, Bluish Grey, Pale Yellow, and Cyan being added.

What this is all pointing to is very clear. StarCraft was intended for 8-player multiplayer given that most multiplayer and skirmish maps only go up to 8 player slots, but Brood War was going to add at least 3 new Player slots (Player 9-11) and 1 Neutral slot (Player 12). While there are maps (in Brood War) in which you can play 11 players, players 9 to 11 currently only act as Computer slots, meaning that they only have the Owner and Race selections, which don't seem to change anything, and that they are unable to count as actual slots in-game; the game still will only show 8, so human players can never occupy those slots. They seem to act as hostile computers, but further investigation is needed to see if there is anything different about them. They are set to "Unused, Inactive" by default.

Player 12 exists exactly as it should, since it is a Neutral slot, and instead of being set to "Unused, Inactive" it is set to "Unused, Neutral" by default to act as the controller of resource units.

The five extra selectable colors point towards Blizzard planning to have 16 player slots (Player 1 to 16) and 1 neutral slot (Player 17).

The cause of the crashes are four of those extra colors. Choosing them as a player color for any player causes you to use one of 4 strange color palettes that do not have proper flag portraits, so clicking on their flag causes the game to crash because Flag13 to Flag17 don't exist anywhere in the .mpqs, and the data that would link the flag to the appropriate portrait (Flag13-17) more than likely doesn't exist either. However, Dark Aqua acts as Light Blue (what Portdata refers to as "Blue") and will not crash the game when it is used as a player color and its flag is clicked on.

Oddly, though, SCMDraft2 displays their palettes exactly as they should look.

Standard Flags (as seen in SCMDraft 2)
Extra Player Color Flags in SCMDraft 2 (within the red lines)

(Source: StarCraft: Brood War)

Unused Text

Campaign Names and Descriptions

Every campaign mission includes a title and description that were left unused (The mission names come from a different file).

Mission	Title	Description
Episode I
Tutorial: Boot Camp	Terran Tutorial	A very simple walk-through.
Wasteland	T1) Wasteland	Office of the Colonial Magistrate. Mar Sara Colony: 19:43 SCT, 12.12.2499
Backwater Station	T2) Backwater Station	Office of the Colonial Magistrate. Mar Sara Colony: 07:12 SCT, 12.13.2499
Desperate Alliance	T3) Desperate Alliance	Besieged by the Zerg, you reluctantly agree to be rescued by the terrorist group called the "Sons of Korhal".
The Jacobs Installation	Untitled Scenario	Destroy all enemy buildings.
Revolution	T5) The Antigan Revolt	Secret Staging Area, Second moon of Antiga Prime.
Norad II	T6) New Year's Day	Duke crash lands near an Antigan settlement. Mengsk orders Raynor and Kerrigan to save him.
Unused Mission	T7) Biting the Bullet	Secret Staging Area, Antiga Prime Colony: 08:56 SCT, 01.03.2500
The Trump Card	T8) The Trump Card	The Secret Base has been surrounded by the Confederates. You must use the Zerg against the Confederate forces to break the siege.
The Big Push	The Big Push	Eliminate all Confederate Forces.
Unused Mission	T10) Operation Silent Scream	Command Ship Hyperion, Holding close orbit over Confederate Capitol World, Tarsonis: 10:46 SCT, 01,12,2500
New Gettysberg	T11) New Gettysburg	Destroy all enemy buildings.
The Hammer Falls	T12) The Hammer Falls	Destroy the giant Ion Cannon.
Episode II
Unused Tutorial	Untitled Scenario	Destroy all enemy buildings.
Among the Ruins	Z1) Among the Ruins	Wipe out any Terrans who pose a threat to the Chrysalis.
Egression	Z2) Egression	Move the Chrysalis to the launch area.
The New Dominion	staredit\wav\Z3B00zad.wav	- Protect the Chrysalis. - Destroy the Terrans.
Agent of the Swarm	Z4) Agent of the Swarm	Take care of the Chrysalis.
The Amerigo	Assimilation	Shane's mom.
The Dark Templar	Z6) The Dark Templar	Kerrigan discovers that the Protoss have been hiding on Char for some time.
The Culling	Z7) The Culling	While you were distracted by Tassadar, he slew Zasz - sending the Garm Brood into an uncontrolled rampage. You must destroy the Garm Brood.
Eye for an Eye	Z8) The Dark Templar	You must destroy the Dark Templar who've made you look like such a ninny.
The Invasion of Aiur	Z9) The Invasion of Aiur	Now that your here, the Overmind says you've got to do some wacky stuff before he can manifest himself.
Full Circle	Untitled Scenario	Destroy all enemy buildings.
Episode III
Unused Tutorial	P1) First Strike	Save Antioch!
First Strike	P1) First Strike	Save Antioch!
Into the Flames	P2) Into the Flames	Congratulations from Aldaris are interrupted by a surprise message from the exile Tassadar: Destroy the Cerebrates and the Zerg will fall.
Higher Ground	P3) Higher Ground	Since the Cerebrate reincarnated, Aldaris suggests a more traditional approach: Kill them all!
The Hunt for Tassadar	P4) The Hunt for Tassadar	Now that things seem well at home, the Conclave sends you to Char to arrest Tassadar and bring him back to Aiur.
Choosing Sides	P5) Choosing Sides	Tassadar and Aldaris argue bitterly. Tassadar convinces you to help him rescue Zeratul before returning to Aiur.
Into the Darkness	Protoss 06	Rescue Zeratul.
Homeland	P7) Homeland	Upon your return to Aiur, you are greeted by Praetor Fenix - now a Dragoon - who let's you know you must hide Zeratul to protect him from the Conclave.
The Trial of Tassadar	P8) The Trial of Tassadar	Zeratul has abandoned you. Fenix believes rescuing Tassadar is now your only hope.
Shadow Hunters	P9) Shadow Hunters	Now that's everyone's together, it's time to take out the Zerg.
Eye of the Storm	Untitled Scenario	Destroy all enemy buildings.

Disabled Triggers

"terran 3" (Desperate Alliance) This level has two disabled triggers. The first would have played an unused transmission when a Zerg building was killed before the last two minutes of the level. If you then go and kill the Zerg hatchery, the second trigger will spawn Dropships in another location and the level will end as a victory.

CONDITIONS:
- Colonial Militia kills at least 1 buildings.
- Countdown timer is at least 120 game seconds.
ACTIONS:
- Pause the game.
- Mute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- Send transmission to current player from Terran Command Center at 'Anywhere'.
  Play 'T3M60tad.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 0 milliseconds.
  Display the following text:
         ADVISOR
              Magistrate, analysis shows that it may be 
              possible to break through the Zerg's 
              defenses and reach Mengsk's transports.
- Unmute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- Unpause the game.
- Set Mission Objectives to:
  - Survive for 30 minutes
  OR
  - Destroy the Zerg Hatchery
- Wait for 2000 milliseconds.
- Play 'ComBeep0.wav'
- Display for current player:
  MISSION OBJECTIVES:
  - Survive for 30 minutes
  OR
  - Destroy the Zerg Hatchery 
- Set 'Switch 2'.

CONDITIONS:
- Zerg Swarm commands at most 0 Zerg Hatchery.
- 'Switch 2' is set.
- Countdown timer is at least 1 game seconds.
ACTIONS:
- Send transmission to current player from Terran Command Center at 'Attack Drop(1)'.
  Play 'T3M80tad.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 0 milliseconds.
  Display the following text:
         ADVISOR
              We've broken through to the dropships.
- Create 1 Terran Dropship at 'Attack Drop(1)' for Sons of Korhal.
  Apply properties.
- Create 1 Terran Dropship at 'Attack Drop(2)' for Sons of Korhal.
  Apply properties.
- Create 1 Terran Dropship at 'Attack Drop(3)' for Sons of Korhal.
  Apply properties.
- Create 1 Terran Dropship at 'Attack Drop(4)' for Sons of Korhal.
  Apply properties.
- Create 1 Terran Dropship at 'Attack Drop(5)' for Sons of Korhal.
  Apply properties.
- Create 1 Map Revealer at 'Attack Drop(1)' for Colonial Militia.
  Apply properties.
- Wait for 500 milliseconds.
- Center view for current player at 'Attack Drop(1)'.
- Pause the game.
- Wait for 2000 milliseconds.
- Mute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- Send transmission to current player from Terran Dropship at 'Attack Drop(1)'.
  Play 'TDrYes04.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 0 milliseconds.
  Display the following text:
         DROPSHIP PILOT
              Strap yourselves in, boys.
- Wait for 3000 milliseconds.
- Unmute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- End scenario in victory for current player.

"terran 9" (The Big Push)

A trigger is disabled early in the game.

CONDITIONS:
- Elapsed scenario time is at least 1 game seconds.
- Current player commands at least 1 men.
ACTIONS:
- Mute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- Send transmission to current player from Jim Raynor (Vulture) at 'Anywhere'.
  Play 'T9M00ura.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 0 milliseconds.
Display the following text:  
         RAYNOR
              All right, kids. Let's find a spot to park
              these bad boys.
- Unmute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.

"protoss 6" (Into the Darkness) The mission briefing has a lot of unused content. Raynor was supposed to be included as Tassadar reaffirmed his commitment to recovering the Dark Templar. This scene may have been removed since Kerrigan does not appear during the mission. This cut section of the briefing does appear in the StarCraft 64 version of the mission, albeit without the audio.

- Show portrait of Jim Raynor (Marine) in slot Slot 3.
- Pause for 1000 milliseconds.
- Show speaking animation for Slot 3.
  Play 'P6B01ura.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 0 milliseconds.
  Display the following text:
  That won't be easy, man. That's Kerrigan down there leading those Zerg. She won't let us
  go without a fight.
- Show speaking animation for Slot 4.
  Play 'P6B02uta.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 0 milliseconds.
  Display the following text:
  I know, my friend. With all due respect to you, and to the feelings you once had for her,
  you must know that I will not hesitate to destroy her should she pose a threat to us.
  Nothing shall prevent me from delivering the Dark Templar to Aiur.

  Nothing.
- Pause for 1000 milliseconds.
- Hide portrait in slot Slot 3.

Unused Triggers

"terran tutorial" (Boot Camp) Switch 2 is never set in-game, leaving this trigger unused.

CONDITIONS:
- 'Switch 1' is set.
- 'Switch 2' is set.
- 'Switch 7' is cleared.
ACTIONS:
- Set 'Switch 7'
- Center view for current player at 'Minerals'
- Create 1 Map Revealer at 'Minerals' for Player 2.
  Apply properties.
- Mute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- Send transmission to current player from Terran Barracks at 'Anywhere'.
  Play 'T0M04tad.wav'.
  Modify transmission duration: Subtract 100 milliseconds.
Display the following text:  
         ADVISOR
              It is these blue crystals that are the source 
              of minerals. Use your SCV's to gather
              additional minerals.
- Unmute all non-trigger unit sounds for current player.
- Clear 'Switch 7'.
- Wait for 2000 milliseconds.
- Kill all Map Revealer for Player 2.