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This patch upgrades Diablo II Lord of Destruction from version 1.07 or later to version 1.14d. ERROR: unable to move file ‘C: Program Files (x86) Diablo II PTC9070.tmp’ to ‘C: Program Files (x86) Diablo II Game.exe’ Cannot create a file when that file already exists. RESULT: Patch failed. Diablo ® II: Lord of Destruction ® is being downloaded! If your download didn't start, try again.

Diablo II
Developers
Publishers
Release dates
WindowsJune 29, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)July 26, 2000
macOS (OS X)March 28, 2002[1]

Patch 1.14d Game Diablo II Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Release date June 7, 2016 Patch 1.14d was released on the 7th of June, 2016. Specific Changes.

Diablo
Diablo1996
Diablo II2000
Diablo III2012

Key points

Active community.
Ongoing support for compatibility and other issues. Patches for the game have been released as recently as April 2016.
Official support for Intel Macs was added in via the v1.14a patch.
Single player frame rate is capped at 25 FPS; see Mouse lag/low frame rate in single player.

General information

Diablo II Website
Diablo II Forum
Unofficial Diablo Wiki
Battle.net Support for game
  • 1Availability
    • 1.2Version differences
  • 2Essential improvements
    • 2.1Patches
    • 2.2Mods
  • 3Game data
  • 4Video settings
  • 6Audio settings
  • 7Network
  • 8Issues fixed
    • 8.2Better performance with Glide Wrapper
  • 9Other information
    • 9.3Command line

Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
RetailSecuROM 3 DRM.
Lord of Destruction uses SecuROM 4 DRM.
Battle.net Digital Download.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

NameNotes
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Included with the Diablo Battle Chest. Can be bought from the Battle.net store.

Version differences[edit]

Diablo Battle Chest[edit]

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 Diablo.

Battle.net Digital Download[edit]

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[edit]

Patches[edit]

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 patches-scrolls.com.

Diablo 2 Patches[edit]

The most up-to-date standalone installer version for the retail release is 1.14d.

Install the Diablo II patch only if Lord of Destruction is not installed.

Operating SystemDiablo IILord of Destruction
WindowsBlizzard FTP ServerBlizzard FTP Server
MacBlizzard FTP ServerBlizzard FTP Server

High Resolution Patch Compatibility[edit]

Diablo II: Patching only to version 1.12a is recommended for the use of the high resolution patch.
Lord of Destruction: Patching only to version 1.12a is recommended for the use of the high resolution patch.
When using 1.12a, official Battle.net play will not be available, as that requires the latest patch.

Mods[edit]

Fixed Font[edit]

Fixes the 5 looking like a 6 in one of the game's fonts.

Median XL: Ultimative[edit]

Diablo 2 1 14d Bot

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).

PlugY[edit]

A mod that adds infinitive and shared storage along with other features.

Succulent[edit]

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[edit]

As of patch 1.12, the game officially supports running with no CD. Some newer copies of the game are set up to run with no CD by default.
If you register your CD keys on the Battle.net website, you can download disc-free installers, even if you have lost the discs themselves.
Although there is no limit to how many computers you can install the game to, only one computer can be logged in to Battle.net with a given CD key at a time.

For older copies of the game, you will need to do the following:

  1. Perform a 'full' installation (not a minimal install) of Diablo II (and Lord of Destruction if applicable).
  2. Install patch 1.12 or later.
  3. Copy any .MPQ files from your Diablo II (and LoD, if applicable) discs to your Diablo II installation folder. Ignore any files that already exist. For most users, you will only need to copy D2Music.mpq from the Play disc (LoD owners should also copy D2xMusic.mpq from the LoD disc).

Notes

If you have a Mac, rename D2Music.mpq to Diablo II Music (If you have LoD, also rename D2xMusic.mpq to Diablo II Expansion Music. Note that the Mac OS version is not compatible with OS X 10.7 Lion or later.)

Skip intro videos[edit]

Use Succulent[citation needed]
  1. Download Diablo 2 No Intro Mod.
  2. Extract data to the installation folder.
  3. Start the game with the -direct -txtcommand line arguments.

Game data[edit]

In-game automap settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREBlizzard EntertainmentDiablo II
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Save
As of v1.14 patch: C:Users(user name)Saved GamesDiablo II
[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
For single player only. See Battle.net save files for details on the multiplayer save system

Battle.net save files[edit]

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[edit]

Graphics optionOptionWSGFNotes
Widescreen resolution Maximum resolution available for the base game is 640x480. LOD expansion introduces 800x600. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedUse Succulent for a better experience.
Borderless fullscreen windowedUse MultiRes and GameCompanion.[2]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)Available via Sven's Glide Wrapper.
60 FPS and 120+ FPSSingle player is capped at 25 FPS;[3] See Mouse lag/low frame rate in single player.

Widescreen resolution[edit]

640x480 is the highest available resolution for the vanilla version of Diablo II without Lord of Destruction expansion pack. 800x600 is the highest available resolution for the Lord of Destruction expansion pack.

You can stretch this using windowed mode with a fixed ratio (See the Command-line arguments section on how to disable it).

Use third-party utility[citation needed]
  1. Download the Glide Wrapper.
  2. Go to settings and check the Desktop Resolution box.
  3. Edit the shortcut you launch the game with and add -w -3dfx to it. Example: 'C:Program Files (x86)Diablo IIDiablo II.exe' -w -3dfx

This allows true (unstretched) high resolution, resulting in a bird's eye view and the ability to see more of the surrounding area.

  1. Patch the game to version 1.12a. Higher versions are incompatible with D2MultiRes.
  2. Install D2MultiRes.
  3. Set the game to use Direct3D or DirectDraw by running D2VidTst.exe (may require Windows Vista compatibility mode).
  4. Run D2MultiResGame.exe (may require Windows Vista compatibility mode).
  5. Go to menu->Options->Video Options->Resolution to choose a new resolution.

Notes

This is considered a hack on Battle.net.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
Keyboard and mouseNativeNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio optionsNativeNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound4.0 also supported.[5]
SubtitlesOn by default. Can be toggled
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX supportA3D 2.0 & EAX 2.[6]

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
EnglishUS and EU
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Russian1) Unofficial translation by «Fargus / Dm / L`Autour» – text or audio
2) Unofficial translation subtitle in video by «8 bit / frezzze»

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Connection types

TypeNativeNotes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

ProtocolPort(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP4000, 6112
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed[edit]

Graphical Glitches and/or slowdowns in full screen mode[edit]

Run the Video Test again[citation needed]

Run the Video Test in-game. If this doesn't work, select the DirectDraw rendered instead.

Download the Glide Wrapper here. For more information on the Glide Wrapper see the next section.

Better performance with Glide Wrapper[edit]

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.

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How to Download the Sven Glide Wrapper[citation needed]
  1. Download the latest version of Sven's Glide Wrapper, and extract it to your Diablo II installation folder.
  2. Run glide-init.exe. Click the Deutsch-English button to switch the menu language to English.
  3. Click the Query OpenGL-infos button. A video test should run.
  4. Click Renderer, then set texture-memory to the recommended value.
  5. Click Test. A video test should run. Assuming it runs correctly, you can exit now.
  6. Run D2VidTst.exe. Several video tests should run; afterwards, it should prompt you to choose between the three graphics modes. Select Glide.
  7. 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[edit]

TypeName/CodeInfo
Settingswindow-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. If you are running in fullscreen on your only monitor, this will have no effect.
Settingskeep aspect ratioTurn this on if you have a widescreen monitor, and are running in a window or have Desktop Resolution on, to force the game to display in 4:3 letterbox rather than stretched.
Settingswindow extrasTurning this on will allow you to resize the window in Windowed Mode.
SettingsrefreshrateIf you are running in Fullscreen Mode and are having problems, try setting this to the refresh rate of your monitor.
SettingsdesktopresolutionIn Fullscreen Mode, this makes it so that, instead of changing the output resolution of your graphics card, the game is scaled up to that resolution. This can decrease performance, so it's recommended to turn this on if and only if your monitor has trouble displaying 640x480 and/or 800x600 resolutions (some TFT monitors have this problem), or if you want to use bilinear filtering.
Renderer32 bit renderingTurn this on if and only if your graphics card has trouble rendering 16-bit color.
Rendererbilinear filteringIf Settings - desktopresolution is enabled, this can increase image quality at the expense of performance.
RenderersupersamplingIf Extensions - WGL_ARB_render_texture is enabled, this can increase image quality at the expense of performance.
Renderershader-gammaIn Windowed Mode, this will make the gamma setting only affect the Diablo II window. Also, try this setting if you are trying to take screenshots, but they come out lighter or darker than what is displayed on screen. However, this reduces performance.
Rendererkeep desktop compositionUnder Windows Vista/7, this will stop the game from disabling Aero effects. This can decrease performance.
ExtensionsUsually all of these should be enabled, except for the ones listed as unsupported. The main exception is WGL_ARB_render_texture, which increases the image quality if Desktop Resolution'is activated or if you are running in windowed mode and have changed the window size, at the expense of performance. If you are having problems, try disabling extensions.

Battle.net Verify Error[edit]

If you are unable to connect to Battle.net on Windows Vista or Windows 7, the problem is that the installation folder is a location which requires administrator access (i.e. the default install location, C:Program Files). To fix this, do one of two things:

Install the game to a non-protected folder[citation needed]

Install the game to a non-protected folder (e.g. C:Games).

Run the game with administrator access[citation needed]

Right click on link, click on Run as administrator.

Unhandled Exception: Access Violation (c000005) Error[edit]

Newer video cards may no longer support Diablo 2.[citation needed]

  1. Install the game to a non-protected folder (e.g. C:Games).
  2. Right click on Diablo II.exe, click 'Compatibility' tab, check Run as administrator
  3. Also check Run this program in compatibility mode and select Windows XP (Service Pack 3) from the dropdown menu.
  4. Hit Apply and OK to close the tab and attempt to run Diablo 2.
  5. If these options fail to alleviate the issue then install Glide Wrapper

Colorization Problems Windows Vista and Windows 7[edit]

Update the game to patch 1.14b by connecting to Battle.net.

Mouse lag/low frame rate in single player[edit]

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Diablo II caps the frame rate at 25 FPS in Singleplayer Mode; some users have reported that this causes mouse lag.
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[edit]

'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.

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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[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specsSupportedNotes
Direct3D6.1
DirectDraw6.1
OpenGLMac OS and OS X only.
Glide3.0
Software renderer
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

MiddlewareNotes
CutscenesBink Video, Smacker
MultiplayerBattle.net

Command line[edit]

Command-line arguments[edit]

CommandDescription
-wRuns the game in windowed mode (also fixes slow start on Vista/7)
-nsNo Sound
-skiptobnetConnects to closed Battle.net on start
-nofixaspect(windowed mode only) Disables the 4:3 ratio lock otherwise enforced when maximizing the game window.
-act5New Single Player characters start in Act 5 with character level set to 33

In-game commands[edit]

CommandDescription
/fpsShows diagnostic information such as FPS, memory usage and latency
/nopickupDisables picking up of items unless ALT (show items) is held
/soundchaosdebugFills out the available amount of sound channels with all sounds found in Diablo 2
/players Xwhere X is 1 to 8, changes the 'player count' (to increase difficulty and experience gain) to the set amount (single player and local network play only)

System requirements[edit]

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)9598, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)32 MB128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)650 MB1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 6.1 compatible
Mac OS
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)8.19.2.2
Processor (CPU)G3 processor or equivalent
System memory (RAM)64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)650 MB950 MB
Video card (GPU)SVGA video card

Notes

  1. When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore (more details).

References

  1. Diablo 2, Lord of Destruction OS X patches released Macworld
  2. Verified by User:Fwinest JediThug on 24 March 2013
  3. DiabloWiki
  4. Diablo II WSGF
  5. EAX - Interview with Jon Stone (retrieved)
  6. can't enable Aureal 3d sound in Diablo 2 - Hardware Central Forums
What about the patch notes for:
Patch 1.14D?
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Specific Changes & Improvements
- Implemented Blizzard Error and System Survey to better troubleshoot crashes and assertions
/€: whatever that means...
I cant download path from battlenet... is there any chance to download it manualy?
http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/diablo2exp/patches/PC/LODPatch_114d.exe
It says pre patch hopefully its the correct one...
hopefully they will upload it here:
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/classic-game-patches
or check here
http://us.battle.net/en/forum/12790218/
In other words, they are able to scan your files A LOT easier.
Basically it means , they're trying to correct bots/hacks , at the expense of legit players who are skilled and fast
Basically it means , they're trying to correct bots/hacks , at the expense of legit players who are skilled and fast

Because troubleshooting crashes and assertions is definitely the same as detecting bots and hacks /s
Actually it is xboi209. Maybe if you knew anything about troubleshooting crashes or bots/hacks you would know that.
http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20745035139
Banwaves alrdy been dropped famo
For all those who have no idea how the detection works.
It DOES NOT have nothing to do with your timeouts nor pixels...
It is client > server then server < client which is packet based.
D2BS is the only bot which could get away with fooling the system truly because of a .dll of cGuard which will be no more and now blizzard / b.net can ban them silly because it will never be updated.
Clientless bots well b.net needs to step their game up on that since trying to detect them is harder than D2BS (well was).
06/07/2016 10:59 AMPosted by FloowSnaake
What about the patch notes for:
Patch 1.14D?
Hotkeys for skills do not seem to work on my mac. :(
Hotkeys for skills do not seem to work on my mac. :(

Scratch that. It was my keyboard settings.
the minimap resets when I enter a new area and then go back to a previous area... this should not happen... i think
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