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Posted Thu 28 Jul, 2016 2:06 PM
Source: BNETDocs.
Blizzard recently uploaded a StarCraft patch file to their FTP server, marked as "BW-1170". While it's unclear if this is the finalized patch that is going to be pushed out on Battle.net in the near future, it's currently not live, and you cannot connect to the Battle.net servers if you decide to patch manually. For those who do want to patch their game (and understand the risks, yadda yadda), here's a direct link to the file: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/broodwar...PC/BW-1170.exe
As for the patch notes, the following was procured from... somewhere...
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Starcraft and Brood War Patch Information
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- patch 1.17.0
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Specific Changes & Improvements
- Increased turn rate to lower unit response times over Battle.net gameplay
- Fixed palette issues to correct "rainbow water" and other graphic artifacts
- Fixed text artifacting in the Battle.net menus
- First client run will migrate saves to avoid issues from Windows system admin changes
Known Issue
- Mac is not supported this patch, but is in progress
Blizzard has uploaded a copy of their new patch for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War version 1.17.0. It is currently not active on Battle.net servers (connecting using 1.17.0 displays an unsupported version error message), however it can be downloaded from their FTP site. It contains the new version byte 0xD5, a bump from 0xD3 as seen on 1.16.1. The patch was first reported at tieba.baidu.com on July 22 and at teamliquid.net on July 25.
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I can't believe that 15+ years later, Blizzard is still patching these games! 
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