Can't start a new campaign and can't delete old files

Bug Report
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Yeah I too am having problems deleting old save files and saving over existing files, particularly when going back to archive missions in LoW.

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30

Any chance of Blizzard ever, ya know, fixing this? Three days in and it’s still a problem.

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31

Doubtful. Only way to enjoy the campaigns now is watching youtube vids.

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32

Well good news, just had a small update install for the game and now I managed to get past the zergling spawn part so they might be working on it although it will teleport me directly to the Leviathan after so that is still not fixed

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33

I was able to start a new campaign about a year ago, just came back to play again and I’m affected too. Looking for a workaround, will post to the thread if I come up with anything

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34

workaround is to modify documents/starcraft ii folder’s user permissions. allow ‘full control’ for admins and all users and things work fine after that. also make sure to disable updates otherwise it messes up permissions every time you quit the game.

detailed steps:

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35

Started a new Wings of Liberty Campaign, It plays the opening Cinematic, then I’m on the Hyperion having just rescued Dr. Hansen. I Can’t Delete Older saves either through the game or in File Explorer. Something about me not having permissions even though I’m the administrator and nobody else uses this computer.

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36

This appears to have let me mess with the folder in file explorer again. will update if it has fixed my game

37

I have the same problem, I started WOL again before the bug and everything was fine then after the update no credit after the missions, the cutscenes are missing and the zerglings that I mute at the start of HOTS are improved.

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38

So after Starting my game again and having moved my saves out of the SCII folder to my desktop, I launch the game to find all of my saves back where they were in the SCII folder, still unable to start a new campaign.

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39

Got the same Problem, also tried to repair installation,failed. What next???

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40

So, I ended up going to my SC2 folder in my Documents folder. I right clicked the folder and selected “Give Access To”. I gave any and all permissions to edit the folder and then went inside the SC2 folder and deleted the Campaign folder and the WOL save file just for good measure and it worked for me. Starting the first mission now on WOL.

41

Agreed. I have the same issue. Cannot start a new WOL campaign.

In addition to that i noticed that in the first mission in Heart Of The Swarm game is stuck after making 5 zerglings. Adjutant repeats “Left click on the command card to spawn zerglings” but even if you produce like 20 of them nothing happens. The door won’t open and you cannot proceed with the mission.

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42

This kind of worked, although the cutscenes are still broken at least I was able to go to the second mission

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43

Agree, worked for me too

44

In addition to opening a saved campaign (when I try to start a new one), I also have a problem that I cannot delete any of the saved games…

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45

Yep, cant delete saves ( even if you delete from desktop it will start you where ever you left off in WOL) and cant earn credits either

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46

I’m having similar issues. I keep beating the Haven mission and it keeps taking back to the point where you decide to save the colonists or not. So I decided to skip to HoTS. Can’t get passed the first mission as the Zerglings I spawn don’t count lol.

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47

I have the exact same issue. If you were able to get it to work, can you please provide a step by step on the fix?

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GO to documents and locate the Starcraft 2 folder
-right click on the starcraft 2 folder and go to properties
-security
-change all the permissions to “Full Permission”

it seems to work for some people but it still doesn’t fix it for me.