StarCraft II/Patch 0.5.0

Patch 0.5.0
StarCraft II; “Wings of Liberty beta patch 3”
Release date	March 4, 2010;; 14 years ago
Version	0.5.0
Initial build	14219B
Related links
	Official Patch 0.5.0 patch notes;
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	Patches category, StarCraft II

StarCraft II patch 0.5.0 is the third beta patch for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

Balance Changes

Terran
- Engineering Bay
  - Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
  - Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
- Armory
  - Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
  - Vehicle Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
  - Ship Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
  - Ship Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
Protoss
- Zealot
  - The maximum shield capacity of this unit has been decreased from 60 to 50.

Fixed a bug where the Infestor's Neural Parasite ability could cause Reapers to lose the ability to move.
Fixed an issue that could use an incorrect HDR format on some ATI cards.
Fixed a crash that could happen on some ATI cards.