004ED187 jz short loc_4ED1D2 This jump is for if the Unit pointer is NULL. Changing this will cause a crash for sure. Although the instruction before it 004ED182 mov edi, 300h is used to compare the status flags to (Cloaked | RequiresDetector) but the comparison for that isn't done until 004ED195, ...

Check http://code.google.com/p/bwapi/downloads/list?can=1 (set dropdown to "All Downloads" and click Search) For the first problem: Are you running both Chaoslauncher/Starcraft and the Client as administrator? If that doesn't work then try using "_NULL" instead of "NULL".

Skynet is open source so you may compile it (if you're able to).
See http://code.google.com/p/skynetbot/

Yeah you should send it to him. If you're a student then you can also participate in the SSCAI 2012 tournament which had a good turnout last year and may contain prize money and trophies this year.

I'm sure you will definitely get more participants now that the word is out and students now know that they are able to participate.

Not sure, but the BWAPI4 branch was converted to a VS2010 project and the new custom container eliminates any issues with compatibility.

Yes but if the bot has a pdb symbol file available then BWAPI's exception handler will print the function, file, and line numbers that the exception occured, which is more helpful than a general exception handler.

Will do everything possibly at the beginning of the weekend.

EDIT: Could you make it upload the exception logs after a crash occurs? (then delete the file so that it doesn't append another crash to it)

Nope. IDA Pro shows the following v16 = (weaponsdat_dmgAmount[60] << 8) / 76; // this is (*256)/76 which translates to int dmg = (Weapons::Plague.getDamage() * 256) / 76; The plague damage amount is 300, so (300*256)/76 = approx. 1010 real hp Divide that by 256 to get the "actual" hp (that...

That's actually optimization. The random number is a "magic" number used for division, but instead they use multiplication and shifts to speed things up.