StarFriend was a third-party tool developed to allow LAN (Local Area Network) play for StarCraft II, which famously lacked a native LAN mode at launch. By version 1.5.4, the emulator had become highly sophisticated, supporting the Heart of the Swarm 2.0.9 client with remarkable stability. Key features of this specific setup included:
: Version 1.54 was specifically optimized to work with the 2.0.9 patch of Heart of the Swarm