StarCraft Stuck After Episode 1 (‘Client is not connected’ Issue)

wonsang_you · December 3, 2025, 4:42am

I’m encountering a problem when running StarCraft.

Episode 1 finishes correctly, but Episode 2 does not start and appears to be stuck or timing out.
The log only shows messages like ‘Client is not connected’.
Could you help me understand why the game is stopping after the first episode?”

A detailed version is
OS: Windows 11
Starcraft2: 5.0.15.95299
agent: RandomStarCraftAgent

gyouk_chu · December 5, 2025, 4:59pm

+1. Any solution for this?

inchangbaek · December 7, 2025, 1:30pm

Same here, this issue also occurs during remote evaluation.
If the evaluation script disconnects even once, the StarCraft environment fails to reconnect and gets stuck at the Launching status.

jyotish · December 8, 2025, 4:39am

We are investigating this issue and will get back as soon as we have an update

ChoiSoojin · December 10, 2025, 7:39pm

i work on linux PC, and SC2 is not officially supported on linux, therefore i would appreciate if anybody from organizer team provide details how to be in such situation, i tried to install sc2 with wine, but it need battle.net client which freezes.

jyotish · December 10, 2025, 10:13pm

We use the Linux headless binary for evaluations, and the steps below should help you get everything set up clearly:

Download the last available version (4.10) from GitHub - Blizzard/s2client-proto: StarCraft II Client - protocol definitions used to communicate with StarCraft II..
Check the README for instructions on unzipping the archive. It’s password protected, and the password is provided in the README itself.
Extract the game into your $HOME directory. After extraction, the expected path should be $HOME/StarCraftII.
Depending on your burnysc2 version, the maps directory may need to be either $HOME/StarCraftII/Maps or $HOME/StarCraftII/maps. To avoid issues with missing map directories, create a symlink:
```
ln -s $HOME/StarCraftII/Maps $HOME/StarCraftII/maps
```
For additional details on configuring the maps, see: Question about SC2 map setting in starter kit

ryan_aspenleiter · December 11, 2025, 1:39am

How would we setup with Windows?