Version differences Diablo Battle Chest The Battle Chest is a box set containing Diablo II and Lord of Destruction, as well as an official strategy guide for both games.Older copies (2006 and earlier) of the Battle Chest include.Battle.net Digital Download A downloadable version of the game. The main differences compared to the retail release is the removal of disc checking, along with native support for Intel Macs and modern Windows.If a retail version is already owned, the serial key can be registered with a Battle.net account to get the digital release for free.Note that Diablo II and Lord of Destruction are separate downloads.Essential improvements Patches The game updates automatically when connecting to Battle.net, though it is still possible to download and apply patches manually.Older patch versions can be found at.Diablo 2 Patches.

• Diablo 2 Single Player Commands

When using 1.12a, official Battle.net play will not be available, as that requires the latest patch. Mods Fixes the 5 looking like a 6 in one of the game's fonts. A total conversion mod for Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction that modifies the game by replacing character skills, improving items and monsters, and adding new uberquests (1.13c recommended). A mod that adds infinitive and shared storage along with other features.

A single-player mod that makes the game closer to Diablo 1 and the original Diablo 2 (1.00-1.06) while providing some quality of life and other improvements.Run game without CD. For single player only.

See for details on the multiplayer save system Battle.net save files Battle.net Realm characters are stored in the cloud and are tied to your Battle.net account; however, they are only accessible on the realm (server) on which they were created (US-East, US-West, etc.). They are not playable in single-player, LAN, Open Battle.net, or direct-IP-connection online play.Realm characters expire after 90 days of inactivity; to reset the inactivity timer, you will need to perform basic activity, such as buying or selling an item or killing a monster. In addition, newly created Realm characters expire after 10 days unless they are played for at least 2 hours during those 10 days.'

Open' (non-Realm) characters are used for single-player, LAN, Open Battle.net, and direct-IP-connection online play; they are not playable on the Battle.net Realms. They are stored locally in the 'save' folder in your DII installation folder. Note that there is no hack protection for Open characters.Video settings.

Use D2MultiResThis allows true (unstretched) high resolution, resulting in a bird's eye view and the ability to see more of the surrounding area. Patch the game to. Higher versions are incompatible with D2MultiRes. Install. Set the game to use Direct3D or DirectDraw by running D2VidTst.exe (may require Windows Vista compatibility mode).

Run D2MultiResGame.exe (may require Windows Vista compatibility mode). Go to menu-Options-Video Options-Resolution to choose a new resolution.Notes. Download the Glide Wrapper citation neededDownload the Glide Wrapper.

For more information on the Glide Wrapper see the next section.Better performance with Glide Wrapper Diablo II supports three different rendering modes: DirectDraw, Direct3D and Glide. DirectDraw offers the worst performance, and does not support perspective effects. Direct3D offers better performance but causes color issues on many newer machines. Glide offers the best performance of them all, no color issues, and improved ground textures to boot, but is not natively compatible with non-3DFX graphics cards.

However, there are many 'Glide wrappers' that emulate Glide in OpenGL. The most popular of these is Sven's Glide Wrapper, which was specifically designed for this game; other general-purpose Glide wrappers that work with multiple games are also available.

How to Download the Sven Glide Wrapper citation needed. Download the latest version of, and extract it to your Diablo II installation folder. Run glide-init.exe.

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Click the Deutsch-English button to switch the menu language to English. Click the Query OpenGL-infos button. A video test should run. Click Renderer, then set texture-memory to the recommended value. Click Test.

A video test should run. Assuming it runs correctly, you can exit now. Run D2VidTst.exe. Several video tests should run; afterwards, it should prompt you to choose between the three graphics modes. Select Glide. Launch Diablo II.

Note that the Glide Wrapper sets the gamma to maximum by default; you may wish to go into the options menu and set it to a more reasonable value.Additional useful Sven's Glide Wrapper settings TypeName/CodeInfoSettingswindow-modeBe aware that when used in combination with static size window-scaling the mouse cursor will jump around the screen when opening your inventory via the keyboard. All window-mode-specific settings only work if you have this setting enabled.Settingscaptured mouseIf you're running in a window, or in fullscreen with a second monitor attached, this will lock the mouse cursor to the game screen. Multiplayer Mode does not have this cap.A workaround is to create a password-protected 'Other Multiplayer' game; 'Other Multiplayer' characters are shared with single-player mode.You need not be connected to the Internet or a LAN to do this, and nobody will be able to join your game unless you give them your IP address and password. However, unlike in single-player mode, the map will be randomly regenerated each time you play (though you can still transport between any waypoints you've visited).Battle.net accounts 'Legacy' Battle.net accounts (for Diablo II, WarCraft II, WarCraft III and StarCraft) are not the same as Battle.net 2.0 accounts (for Diablo III, StarCraft II and World of WarCraft). Even if you have one of the latter, you will still need to create one of the former in order to play Diablo II on Battle.net. You can create the account in-game.Up to eight characters can be created per account, but there is no limit on the number of accounts you can have.

You do not have to buy a separate copy of the game for each account. However, if you installed Diablo II on multiple computers using the same CD key, only one of those computers can be connected to Battle.net at one time.Other information API.