Questions tagged [starcraft2]

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How can I restrict myself to playing starcraft 2 between the hours of 10pm and 1am?

I have a lot of work to do and my life is falling apart because of this incredibly fun game. I'm on the verge of throwing my copy into the lake I live on to avoid fully transforming into a twelve year old, but I don't want to stop playing…
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Extreme mouse lag in Starcraft I using VirtualBox Mac Host, Windows 7 Guest

I've installed virtual box on my new MacBook Pro and I'm hosting a Windows 7 instance. Everything works very smoothly. However, I've installed the original Starcraft (yes, 1995! It's 20 years old!) and when I go to use it the mouse response is very…
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Can't convert to DDS file because width and height are not multiples of four

I'm trying to convert a JPEG image to a DDS file format in Adobe Photoshop CC; when I keep saving it keeps showing me a message that says: image width and height must be multiple of four The image I'm trying to use is 2000 x 1330, image size is…
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When playing games, windows steals focus every 10 minutes on the dot

When playing a game in full screen mode, windows will kick me out of the game and go back to windows every 10 minutes. I have no idea how this is happening. Screen saver is not enabled No scheduled tasks listed happen at that time interval
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Gaming performance bad on M17x (GTX 680m)

I'm having problems with gaming performance and have no idea how to solve it right now. I know this machine should be able to perform better than this and I was hoping for some tips. Hopefully I'll find the problem. My machine is Alienware m17x R4,…
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Can an Intel Sandy Bridge GPU run Starcraft 2?

Intel's Sandy Bridge GPUs are said to be a lot better than their previous ones. I'm curious about whether or not such a GPU (or maybe their second generation) can run a game like Starcraft 2 seamlessly? (Maybe on low graphics setting. The question…
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