Pre-requisites

StarCraft II for AI requires:

  • Visual Studio Code - Install Visual Studio Code
  • Docker - Install Docker and start it
    • If on Apple Silicon, disable Rosetta for emulation. The headless game client doesn’t work with it.
  • StarCraft II - A headless game client is downloaded by StarCraft II for AI when watching a replay or starting a game at step “Download StarCraft II”. If the step fails you can download the game client manually using docker pull --platform linux/amd64 stephanzlatarev/starcraft in a command prompt and troubleshoot connectivity issues

Install StarCraft II for AI in Visual Studio Code

StarCraft II for AI is an extension to Visual Studio Code. You can install it from the marketplace. Install extension

The extension is also available for download in Visual Studio Marketplace, Open VSX Registry and GitHub.

Change game ports if necessary

Two network ports on the local host are used for running and watching the game. You can change the defaults - 5000 and 5001 - if these conflict with other software on your machine.

Port settings