Diablo 2 + LoD Tutorial

[fou-lu]

hey i was wondering if anyone could help me with my D2 problem.
im using ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
wine 1.1.13
i have D2 installed (not LoD) and the latest patch
it will play the first two videos and then it will go black and i can only hear the music but see nothing. the only thing i can do is press escape to close the window.
if someone could please help me that would be great
thnks
*edit* i was using opengl and i found that it doesnt let diablo2 work. so i opened it with the cd adn now i dont see any video and still hear the sounds.
also theres a block in the top left corner that characters flash by

[shnurui]

hey i was wondering if anyone could help me with my D2 problem.
im using ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
wine 1.1.13

There's yer problem...Update wine...

The only thing not working is the No-CD patch, which I can't figure out the argument for.

[beastrace91]

The only thing not working is the No-CD patch, which I can't figure out the argument for.

Its kinda hit or miss. I have friends on Windows that still need to use a CD to load the game even with the 1.12 patch.

~Jeff

[Raymond Lanphere]

Hey I need help installing D2 and LOD i have the installer.exe set to open with wine but when i click it it doesn't start anything. Furthermore, when I type wine /media/cdrom0/installer.exe into the terminal I get this message

wine: could not load L"D:\\installer.exe": Module not found
raymond@Optimus-Prime:~$ err:menubuilder:WinMain unknown option -a
err:menubuilder:WinMain unknown option -r

any help would be amazing thanks all

[Elviswind]

There's yer problem...Update wine...

The only thing not working is the No-CD patch, which I can't figure out the argument for.

Its kinda hit or miss. I have friends on Windows that still need to use a CD to load the game even with the 1.12 patch.

~Jeff

I've got the no CD thing working . . . I came across some instructions on the Blizzard website saying that you have to copy all of the .MPQ files to your Diablo directory from the Diablo II Play CD and LoD CD.

If all required Diablo 2 '.MPQ' files are installed on the
hard drive, the game will no longer require the CD to play.

For users that originally performed a 'Full Installation'
and wish to run without the CD, all '.MPQ' files should
be copied from the Diablo 2 CDs to the Diablo 2 directory.
Most users will only need to copy D2Music.mpq from the
Diablo 2 Play CD and/or D2xMusic.mpq from the Lord of
Destruction CD. Mac users will need to copy these music
files and rename them to 'Diablo II Music' and
'Diablo II Expansion Music' respectively.

Anyone who did not perform a 'Full Installation' will need
to re-install from CD again to ultimately play without the CD.
In this case, a 'Full Installation' is required, followed by file
copy step noted above.

[Lockheed]

I discovered how can you play Diablo 2 in a window of resolution higher than 800x600. You will need Sven glide wrapper for Diablo 2.

1. Configure wine desktop to given resolution, let us say 1030x795.
2. Configure diablo to run in Glide mode.
3. Then, in the advanced options of the Glide wrapper, set windowed mode, force resolution to, say, 1024x768 and voila!

[onclouds]

I discovered how can you play Diablo 2 in a window of resolution higher than 800x600. You will need Sven glide wrapper for Diablo 2.

1. Configure wine desktop to given resolution, let us say 1030x795.
2. Configure diablo to run in Glide mode.
3. Then, in the advanced options of the Glide wrapper, set windowed mode, force resolution to, say, 1024x768 and voila!

I would advice against using that for Battle.net games...
I read on a forum that Blizzard considers that as a third-party program (which it is ) and bans accounts that use it =/

[Lockheed]

I highly doubt it is detectable in any way, as all it does is acting as a glide interpreter and hence is fully transparent.
It has nothing to do with methods applied by hacks, as maphack.

[hikaricore]

Yep the glide wrapper is safe. Don't be a FUD spreader.

[Sugi]

I was actually thinking about trying that Glide mode thing out. I wonder if it supports stretching for my wide monitor. XD I got use and prefer everyone being horizontally long-aged.

Sugi