Request to disable the ability to change alliances in game

General Discussion
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Hi, designers and developers of Starcraft 1,

I started playing StarCraft 1 in 1999. I’ve played it for thousands of hours and I’m happy to play it for the rest of my life. Thank you for making the legendary game.

But what makes me sick from time to time in multiplayer mode is that you will encounter someone who attacks his teammates because he thinks he is better. I really don’t like the feature that players can change alliances in a game. I’ve never seen this happen in tournaments, have you? So why does this feature still exist? Is it part of the game? Could you explain the reason to keep it?

Thanks.

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This is only in Melee. If you want it disabled, play Free For All or Top vs Bottom.

3

I always play Top vs Bottom, but I can always change alliances during a game. It seems that the feature is only disabled when playing with computers – not with human players.

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Hi! My advice is:

  1. To have your own version of the map, where the title and filename would be different, and where you’d enforce the ability to not break alliances, as seen with this UMS map:
    https://scmscx.com/map/dq7psB7y

    If you break alliance on this map the game will auto enable it after 1 second or so.
    To make this possible, you’d have to host your own maps as UMS.

  2. I’m not sure if this possible with normal triggers, but with EUD:
    https://staredit.net/topic/14226/

    you can disable friendly fire entirely, as seen with this EUD UMS map:
    https://scmscx.com/map/gTDcB4HH

  3. Although it’s not disabling people from breaking the alliance, it decreases the chance of it happening. So, you can use klauncher, a korean anti cheat tool, that among other things, offers the possibility of balancing out the teams right after hitting the Start button for a game.

    To use this feature, you’d have to add to the name of the game that you’re hosting:
    #공평

    https://i.imgur.com/4Hn7X2u.png

    You can download it from here, just make sure to translate the page, as there’s some prerequisites:
    https://klauncher.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=klauncher

  4. Again, you can use klauncher to permanently or temporarily ban someone who’s backstabbing. In this case you must be the host of the game.