StarCraft II Client - protocol definitions used to communicate with StarCraft II.

Overview

The StarCraft II API is an interface that provides full external control of StarCraft II.

This API exposes functionality for developing software for:

The API is available in the retail Windows and Mac clients. There are also Linux clients available at the download links below.

Official

Protocol
- Protobuf protocol definition of the API.
- Definition
- Documentation
Reference C++ implementation
- Library designed for building a scripted bots using the API.
- Repository
StarCraft II Linux Packages
- Self contained headless linux StarCraft II builds.
- Documentation
- Download
Maps
- Maps from the 1v1 ladder and other custom maps.
- Download
Replays
- Replay packs of 1v1 ladder games.
- Download

PySC2
- DeepMind's python environment wrapper.
- Repository
CommandCenter
- A robust architecture for quickly developing Starcraft AI bots.
- Repository

To access these additional files, users must agree to the AI and Machine Learning License.

The files are password protected with the password 'iagreetotheeula'.

By typing in the password ‘iagreetotheeula’ you agree to be bound by the terms of the AI and Machine Learning License

All additional game data should be extracted within the installation directory.

The default installation directories are:

On Linux, the installation directory is the folder you extracted the linux package into.

The folder structure is the same accross all platforms. However you may need to create some folders if they are missing.

Standard folder layout:

Extract the zip file directly into the "Maps" folder.
In the API, a map can be specified as either an absolute path or its relative path inside this "Maps" folder.