Starcraft in 3D - Project Revolution Demo Released
If you can’t wait for Blizzard to release Starcraft 2 and/or are sick and tired of playing the ol’ 2D Starcraft at a tiny 640×480 resolution, here’s something that might raise an eyebrow (or two). The team over at Snowflake Entertainment have been working (for three years) on a Starcraft total conversion using the Warcraft III engine. It seems (as of late) they have put together something they feel is worthy of public release:
Finally! After more than 3 years in development, Snowflake Entertainment (a modding community) has announced that Project Revolution demo is now downloadable. This demo allows you to play Starcraft Terran race in 3D using the Warcraft III Engine. You must have the Starcraft: Brood War and Warcraft III: Frozen Throne CDs installed and updated with the latest patches (All English-version) and load the CDs on your CD-Drive when asked by the installer in order to play this demo. Installation won’t work on non-English versions of the Game CDs. No Mac installer at this time. Windows Vista is not supported.Project Revolution mod is meant only as a preview of what Snowflake Entertainment has done thus far. It’s not a complete or debugged demo. There are many bugs, and adjustments that will be fixed in the final version of the demo. In this demo, Terran race is around 90% done (lot of bug fixes not implemented). Zerg is very incomplete (60%). The demo offers you a taste of what has been done in the past 3 years, and to show the potential the full mod will have when it is released in the future.
So yeah, it’s an unfinished mod - albeit, a pretty good looking one. However, the chance to play Starcraft at a scalable resolution sounds mighty enticing. With Blizzard being a complete tease with Starcraft 2 media and Starcraft 2’s release date yet to be announced, this might satiate your hunger - at least for a while.
You can download the installer for the mod from the link below. You can also read a checklist of (important) requirements, install instructions, and a brief FAQ after the break. If reading isn’t your thing, here’s a link to an install tutorial as a nifty YouTube video.
Download Project Revolution Demo Installer @ FileFront [127 MB]
