Question about StarCraft II

September 5, 2013 8:17 AM

So I'm working through the basic tutorial of StarCraft II. One of the first instructions, as you build your base and army, is to add a tech lab to a barracks structure so that you can build two Marauders. So, I did this, but I don't get the button to build Marauders. Am I missing something obvious? Curiously, every barracks structure I build, including any add-ons, has two Reaper buttons (see here). Is this normal, or is this a bug that is keeping the Maurader from showing up?
posted by SpacemanStix to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (9 answers total)

That looks like a bug. You should get a button for marauders (I think in the middle, but I'm not on my machine with SC2 so I can't check) with a "D" hotkey. Not sure what to do about that -- try uninstalling and reinstalling?
posted by dorque at 8:21 AM on September 5, 2013

Thats weird. Have you messed around with the keymappings? Looks like a bug.
posted by H. Roark at 8:21 AM on September 5, 2013

Just out of curiosity, if you use the D hotkey instead of clicking on the button, do they build?
posted by dorque at 8:23 AM on September 5, 2013

Response by poster: Just out of curiosity, if you use the D hotkey instead of clicking on the button, do they build?

No, it doesn't register at all. Kind of a bummer, as it's right at the beginning of the tutorial.
posted by SpacemanStix at 8:25 AM on September 5, 2013

Response by poster: I did some more searching, and it looks like at least one other person has noticed it on the forums, but I haven't found a proposed solution. It doesn't seem to be in the game, but in the training section of the Matchmaking section.
posted by SpacemanStix at 8:27 AM on September 5, 2013

Yeah, I was about to say, I found this which indicates it's a known issue, wait for patch, not that that's comforting.
posted by dorque at 8:28 AM on September 5, 2013

Response by poster: Yep, that's it! Thanks. Bummer, but it's nice to know that it's recognized and a fix is on the way.
posted by SpacemanStix at 8:42 AM on September 5, 2013

Well, all other things being equal and if it's not the bug, the one thing I'm noticing about that image is that the barracks you've selected has a reactor attached to it, not a tech lab.
posted by bswinburn at 12:39 PM on September 5, 2013

Response by poster: That's what it looks like for the tech lab attachment, too (and even if there is no attachment).
posted by SpacemanStix at 1:25 PM on September 5, 2013