[Diablo 2 Lod Hacked Charms Addict
Oludare Padilla
Because of the higher res it's obvious you are now able to tele further because there is more screen to click, so if your tele distance > then that of 800x600 they know your doing something illegal :), that, and Warden :).
You can use this online without having to worry about warden or hacking or anything, it is a perfectly legitimate way of running d2 prettier and at ANY res. It does not interact with the game files in anyway, it is rather installing the glide drivers on your computer (note diablo2 is not the only game that can take advantage of this glide emulation). I currently use it on my 1920x1200 screen with my 8800GTS flawlessly and have connected to bnet for years with it.
Run the game in window mode and use the bottom right hand corner to drag it to any size you want. ***I highly recommend you use this at the main menu as for some reason it is harder to do so in game!***
Firstly run the D2MultiResGame exe that comes with the patch. It should start the game and generate a log file. You can't change the res in-game in a non-LoD Diablo II install because there is no resolution button, so exit the game. Look in the D2MultiResLog.txt log file (in your Diablo II folder). It should have a bunch of resolutions it found. Something like this...
Run regedit, search for "D2RMRes". Its parent folder should be "Diablo II". Change its value to that number you remembered. The number is a decimal number. Close regedit, and rerun the D2MultiResGame exe. Once you get into the game itself, you should have your nice new resolution.
i could not get that glidewrapper to work, d2 only opens as a window
i added -w -3dfx to the shortcut and ticked window mode in the wrapper, also ran the vidtest and selected glide. it doesnt change the game to 1920x1??? inside the game, it keeps the same resolution 800x600, the only difference is now its in windows mode
ahha that is the sexiest thing ever, iM going to reinstall just for this new mod lol. Brings new life into this extraordinary game. I bet some areas will lag a LOT though due to the high about of monsters in the game, say worldstone keep lol.
A lot of spells/abilities in the game are based on sight range, for example the bigger your
resolution (and so, the bigger your sight range) the further you can teleport, giving you a massive advantage over those without the res patch... Which is why it's a hack!
I googled it and found it over here:
Haven't tried the mod yet, bought the game at JB Hi Fi yesterday and plan to load it today. I've never played Diablo 2 before, but it was cheap and I'm not expecting much.
What can I say. This old game is depriving me of sleep. So addictive. Click, click, click. Got the patch to work, sort of. It won't run without problems at my monitor's native resolution of 1920x1200 but I can get a couple notches higher than 800x600.
Works for me at 1920x1200 but only on Direct3D and with perspective turned off.
Thanks Karmond. I turned perspective off and now all good at 1920x1200. I have to say, can't understand why they are waiting so long to bring out a sequel to this amazing game.
i remember earlier that someone said to look in d2multires.log or something, and in there it has like resolution 15: 1024x768 etc, then change it in the registry, but in my log it only detects up to 1280x1024.
Anyone's computer restarting when playing the patched D2? I've patched LoD to 1.12, applied the Hi-Res patch, and can play the game at 1680 x 1050 (native resolution), BUT only for 5mins at best, before it resets the computer. (also using direct3d and perspective off)
Everything works fine and I've got the correct resolution for my monitor but the title bar displaying Diablo II at the top can't be hidden so I end up not being able to see the potions in my belt and half my hp/mp globes etc.
Any ideas appreciated
Sounds like you're running the game in windowed mode, which means the height of the window is greater than the height of your screen thanks to to the window's title bar. Easy fix = reduce the resolution slightly so it fits properly; that's what I do.
i am running windows 7 ultimate. i changed LOD to run in windowed mode. i changed it to run as administrator and in xp sp2 compatibility mode. i ran the video test and am running it in 3d. i have done everything that i can think of and i still have this problem. i am running a Geforce FX 5500 on a 3.6 P4.
I got exactly the same problem.
It worked yesterday perfectly. Didnt change anything and today it crashes at the loading screen (opening door). Tried all the same even running it in 2D. Im running Vista and Geforce 9500 GS. Get the error message UNHANDLED EXECPTION: ACCES_VIOLATING (c0000005)
==Error 3:
"UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: ACCESS_VIOLATION (c0000005)" [or something similar]
For this one, you need to make a shortcut to the D2MultiRes.exe and put "-w -3dfx" after the target's end quotes. It's also common for a crash to occur when you are using any 3dfx in a window, so remove the -w if that happens.
==Error 4:
Exception Processing Message 0xc0000135 Parameters 0x00000007FEFCF17 etc etc.
This is to do with the 3dfx graphics. Make sure you have the required libraries, obtained from here. If you're still getting the errors, make sure you have restarted after installing; and if you are still getting them after that, then your GFX hardware does not support glide. If you really want to, you can force D2 to try and start with glide, by going into regedit under VideoiConfig in Diablo II and changing the value of "Recommend04" to "2" as a decimal, then opening D2VidTest, selecting skip and then selecting Glide. However that will probably result in a BSoD.
==Error 5:
"Error 1: Diablo II is unable to proceed. Please run D2VidTst and try again."
Just calm down and run the vidtest, selecting any of the options. The author of MultiRes suggests that 2D is the best, but I have it running on Direct3D fine.
I had the expansion disk inserted, and I ended up not having the game windowed. Two monitors may be an issue; because the game is older if you were (even able to, the mouse may be locked) to click into the second screen, the game may freeze. If you are using Direct3D like my post (or my post on Paul's account) suggested, then alt-tabbing will not be an issue.
I made a quick batch file that will swap to classic theme and kill explorer, then start up d2 multires. When you quit the game, you select the command prompt and hit enter, then it starts explorer and puts it back to Aero.
Yeah its awesome. Very challenging. FYI BrotherLaz frowns upon use of the HighRes Mod because it makes gameplay easier.
Much crafting to be had. Expect to die a lot.
Check out the builds list in the forums.
Continuously updated.
Only way to play Diablo until DIII comes out.
If your having issues with direct3d and artifcats on the resolution mod use directdraw the only problem is when i used directdraw i had all these funny colored dots which ruined it after hrs of trying to fix it i found a solutions
Windows Classic theme on windows 7
Run the game alt tab right click desktop open the Screen Resolution window then leave it open and tab back into game you may need to do it a few times but it gets rid of the dots isn't the best fix but it helped me get 1920x1080 fullscreen no distortions
Hey! Been meaning to give d2 one last play through before d3, after which I'll probably never touch it ever again. How does it look, mate? The screen shots earlier in the thread are well gone so if you could link some pics that would be much appreciated. Thanks, hope to be playing d3 soon!
thank you SO MUCH! After trying this out, I've seen this really does work MUCH better than Direct Draw or Direct 3D. I always wondered why it didn't let me choose glide mode, must just be something they don't use anymore? Never had a Voodoo card back in the day...
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