Starcraft Display Issues

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I installed Starcraft Broodwars for my grandson on my desktop. I have Windows 7. On the screen, the far left has about two inches of black screen, which cuts off the far right of the game display. I installed it on a laptop without this issue. Any ideas on how a non-gaming grandma can fix this desktop issue?

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Best Answer

While this question is already quite old and this answer is probably pointless, this sounds like a monitor calibration issue.

This can usually be resolved in 3 ways. Unfortunately, Brood War doesn't support the 2nd and 3rd way:

  1. Use the buttons on the actual monitor to move the image on the screen to the left.
  2. Change the display resolution of the game. Unfortunately this game doesn't support changing the display resolution out of the box: How can I change the screen resolution?
  3. Run the game in windowed mode. Unfortunately this game doesn't support windowed mode out of the box: Is it possible to run Starcraft in windowed mode?


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How do I change my resolution in Starcraft?

Can't change resolution
  • Right click the desktop.
  • Select Display settings.
  • Select Advanced Display settings.
  • Click the drop down to change the Screen resolution.
  • Change it to what ever you want to use in game.
  • With this done, before you start the game, lets Reset the game settings.


    • Why is Starcraft so laggy?

    Slow and choppy gameplay can have a variety of causes. Make sure your computer meets the Starcraft: Remastered System Requirements. Update your drivers and operating system to resolve any compatibility issues. Close all other applications to resolve software conflicts and free up resources.

    How do I fix Starcraft lag?

    Restart your computer to resolve problems caused by programs and services running in the background. Make sure the game is up to date before playing. Updating the game while you're playing may degrade performance. Update your drivers and operating system to resolve any compatibility issues.

    How can I improve my Starcraft 2 performance?

    Disable every single eye-candy, every anti-virus, the windows firewall, the windows indexing service, disable the log and event service. Use a tool to change the affinity and priority of Starcraft to a better one. Update to the latest directx.


    How to fix StarCraft graphics issues in Windows 7/Vista



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    Answer 2

    I never stand at this problem before, hopefully you could use this to try to resolve your Starcraft problem http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-fix-Starcrafts-bad-colors/ or maybe you could use Chaos Launcher to play Starcraft in windowed mode http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/closed-threads/72621-play-starcraft-in-windowed-mode. I did use ChaosLauncher before in Windows 7 and for me it worked well. Good Luck.

    Answer 3

    Try to Alt-Tab out of the game. When you come to the desktop you can click on the game in the taskbar to bring it up again, this might fix the issue.

    IF you still have the issue, try running the game in "Window" mode instead of full-screen mode. When you have it in a window, you can press Alt+Enter to make the window go full screen which should also fix the issue.

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