Starcraft – The fastest way to run Starcraft 2 offline

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I need to play Custom Games in offline mode.

As shown here on Battle.NET and Arqade, to play in offline mode we have to disconnect the internet connection. The problem is this process can take anywhere from about 30 seconds to several minutes.

Is there a faster way to get to Offline Mode immediately or as fast as we can? E.g. some setting that can be tweaked to turn down the waiting time for the connection?

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You can skip the attempting to connect box that appears when clicking play from battle.net without a connection by just clicking cancel. There's no need to wait. This will cause Starcraft 2 to launch immediately and you can log on from there. (Note: you have to have logged on at least once before in online mode)

However there doesn't sound like there is any need for you to launch the game in offline mode. You can still access all the same offline content from when the game is connected. If you lose connection sometimes, it will only affect you if you are playing online modes, such as ladder. If however you only play offline modes, such as campaign, when you are connected, you should not be able to be disconnected and dropped from games.

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Starcraft 2: What features are disabled/different while offline

Any achievements you complete (e.g. complete all mission objectives) will not be saved. The mission will still be complete, but you need an active connection to battle.net to activate the achievement -- meaning you need to do it again if you lose your connection.

Additionally, while SC2 uses cloud storage to save your saved games / campaign data, this cannot occur while offline. After regaining connection to battle.net, your saved games / campaign data should continue to update.

All Challenge maps are available.

Custom games, vs. AI only, are available. (Actually, not 100% sure about this. I think I played a custom game vs. AI while offline)

Edit: Map Editor and testing maps made in the editor also do not require an internet connection (the latter not even requiring you to log in)

Starcraft – How to play Starcraft 2 offline

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:

HOSTNAME=hostname_of_your_computer

This works on my Mac.

Edit: Where hostname_of_your_computer is the hostname of your computer.

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