If i go through the following steps (from the official battle.net site):
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Hey guys I want to know how to authorize my game client to let me play offline mode! And also what is a starcraft character?
#1 YOU NEED FULL PURCHASED GAME...
#2 YOU MUST HAVE THE FULL (FULL) GAME CLIENT INSTALLED / DOWNLOADED #3 YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE PATCH's UPDATED. #4 DISCONECT INTERNET AND HIT PLAY OFFLINE WHEN IT SAYS CONNECTION NOT FOUND. All done :P
But! it will make you connect to the serves once a month for authentication so you can't stay offline forever.
So people such as myself who are in the military and about to go on deployment without internet for months at a time are screwed, yes?
In 'Custom Game', find a map you want to play, RIGHT CLICK on it, and select Play Offline
do i need to buy the heart of swarm? everytime i try to play off line it says starter edition cannot play offline ive did everything on battlenet.
spartan, can you make sure your system date and time is correct? I'd also try changing your password.
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is there an easier way without disconnecting your internet...?
Hey chaostemplar,
There is a way to play offline in 'Custom Games'. Once you pick your map, right click on it and select 'Create offline game'. From there, you'll be but into a standard lobby as usual except you won't be able to add any human players to the game.
Hi, Leviathan. My friend told me that I can just play on campaign and disconnect it in the middle. That worked though. Also, can you help me with my error? It is on one of the thread.
Yeah, chaostemplar was asking if there was a way to do it with out physical disconnection.
I'll take a look at your post.
doenst give u that option if u cant connect to battle.net and click play in offline mode. the custom game menue is different looking while in offline mode and you cant right click a map and click create a offline game
I can't believe Blizzard is still trying to hold strong on this pro-piracy measure, Blizzard must really really want people to pirate their games.
It's not hard and you don't have to be brilliant to look around a bit at a few studies and realize that the more you make the experience suck for your paying customers while you try to stop piracy, the more piracy you end up getting. doenst give u that option if u cant connect to battle.net and click play in offline mode. the custom game menue is different looking while in offline mode and you cant right click a map and click create a offline game Hey Madrobot, If you are already completely disconnected from Battlenet (by using the 'Play Offline' option at log in), then you don't need the 'Create offline game' option because you are already offline. So it's expected that the 'Create offline game' wouldn't be present.
Redonkulous, you must have an internet connection to first authenticate to their servers, before you can even choose the offline method (nearest I can tell).
What would be fair, is if after you purchase the game, you enter a code, unlock the offline mode so that even if you are in outer-space with no internet, you can still play the game. No reason you need to be up-to-date if you aren't playing against anyone else other than AI. Personally I was fed up with my the issues of achievements not working and I sadly suck too hard to play against anyone else online, thus I play solely offline. As it happened today my ISP was down for several hours, I thought to myself, 'well I've got games I can play'. Wrong! And as for having to physically pull your internet connection so that your entire system (streams, messenger services etc.) is just sickening. You wonder why I stopped buying expansion packs and subscribing to WoW. Reasons like this. Blizzard clean your act up because WoW won't last forever and your company is losing gamers by the minute. Learn what the term 'offline' means and abide by the definition. I paid you hard earned dollars to be able to play this game. Looks like it's back to the original versions that actually DO allow me to play true offline mode.
man i can't figure it out
I hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's not letting me play offline either.. Every time I try even without Internet turned it keeps telling my 'Cannont play starter edition offline' which doesn't make any damn sense because I launch HoTS and then it says starter edition..
Hey Hmoobher,
Is the game fully patched and up-to-date? Also make sure you have logged in to the game within the last 30 days. Running StarCraft® II in Offline Mode https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/running-starcraft-ii-in-offline-mode
Yup looks like it.
Guess you'll have to stick with watching movies like everyone else on deployments, was in military got out due to deployments :) Or play dozens of other games that don't use draconian DRM to limit gameplay although that is becoming more rare these days.
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-Make sure the game is fully patched and up-to-date.
-Disable your internet connection.
-Start Battle.net, select StarCraft II, and press Play. The game will launch as normal.
How To Play Starcraft 2 Offline 2018
-Enter your username and click Connect. 'Can't connect to Battle.net' will display.
-Click Play Offline.
-Click Enter. (Here i get the following message: 'You must verify your client and have at least one Battle.Net charcter'.)
-Select your game type and begin.
note: according to the site i have LOTV: standart edition (i bought a legacy of the void key somewhere and i have read that LOTV is a standalone client).
note2: 4 days ago i have played (so i have authenticated my client), but since 2 days we have no more internet at home (and the coming 10 days we won't have internet either) and i would like to play what i payed for and practice some builds and stuff.
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But apperantly only sometimes, some certain people can play offline, and others can't. nice..
Anyone with experience on this matter? Why can't we just play offline without logging in?
source: https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/running-starcraft-ii-in-offline-mode
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How to I play StarCraft 2 offline?
When I start StarCraft 2 offline (my network connection disabled), it prompts me for my Battle.net account name. After entering my account name, I select play offline. It then tells me that offline play authorization is required.
When I'm online, I can login to Battle.net with no problem and play. I searched around and couldn't find anything within the game to authorize my game client.
I'm running StarCraft 2 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4.
Edit: I can login and play online. Afterward it still doesn't let me play offline.
Edit 2: This appears to be a common problem, see gamespot, yahoo and blizzard.
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This is a known issue with Blizzard. The issue is that the StarCraft 2 authenticator relies on the hostname. On OS X the hostname changes depending on the network configuration. Until Blizzard fixes this, the workaround is to edit
/ect/hostconfig (as superuser, so use sudo ) and add:
Patch para cuteftp 9.3. This works on my Mac.
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hostname_of_your_computer is the hostname of your computer.
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So, right when the game is installed, you can't press 'play offline' until you've logged in once. Having done that, you should be able to play offline now.
Update:This sounds like a bug. Talk to Blizzard Tech Support. It might just be an issue with the Mac Client.
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Found the problem in windows.You need to remove the HOSTNAME entry from your host file if it is there.Then you can play offline.
Palessan
I'm on Mac OS X and had the same problem, this is what I did to make it work:
1) go into batte.net and reg the game 2) start the game with internet connection active 3) kill internet connection 4) play a mission 5) end the game (it'll say that the battle.net connection is lost and something something about Offline playing) 6) be generally positive about playing Offline (dont remember what I answered) 7) restart the game without internet connection 8) Bob's your uncle. Best of luck.
Edit: addition to point 2 - start playing the game in window mode (ie not fullscreen) before you kill the internet connection.
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How To Authorize Starcraft 2 For Offline Play
Hey guys,ok check this out....I had this very same problem myself and I believe I have a solution. What you want to do is first connect to the internet. Then go to the log in screen as normal and input your account/email name. When it pops up and asks for your password, disconnect your internet and continue while being totally offline. After this is done and it SHOULD work if you have already made an account etc. You should be able to quit the game, re-initialize it while offline still, then log in and press the play offline button, this time it should bring up your account, but w/o your little picture. This has worked for me and I hope it works for you! Enjoy =)
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I've had the same problem and have communicated with tech support. The basic problem appears to be Blizzard's definition of 'Playing Offline'. So basically it is not a problem by design that you have to have an internet connection to login in to start the game. Once you've logged into start the game (which is the authentication) you can then disconnect and play without being online. This apparently is their definition of 'Offline'. It was apparently a mode intended for intermittent / problematic internet connectivity and not what the rest of us seem to think of as 'Offline'.
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