Does Blizzard allow people to buy and download the first diablo game online? Or do I need to purchase a physical copy?
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The original Diablo game is now available digitaly on GOG, DRM-free and supported on Windows 7, 8, and 10.
You can try searching on Amazon for either the PC or PlayStation physical copy. If not, look for other releases or bundle. In 1998 there was a re-release bundle called Diablo + Hellfire. Blizzard also released a Game of the Year Collection in 1998 that contains the original Diablo. The Blizzard Anthology, released in 2000, also contains the original Diablo game. The Diablo Gift Pack contained the first two Diablo games but no expansions. In 2001, a Diablo: Battle Chest was available which contained the original Diablo, Diablo II, and the Lord of Destruction expansion.
Diablo II, however, is still available from Blizzard's online store. The original Diablo II game, Lord of Destruction expansion, and the Diablo II Battle Chest (which includes the Diablo II, its expansion, and strategy guides for each) are all there. However, the Battle Chest for Diablo II does not include the original Diablo game, but Diablo II and its expansion are available for digital download.
Situation changed just a few days ago.gog.com offers it now.https://www.gog.com/game/diablo
The Diablo 2 Battle Chest comes with Diablo 1 game.
Diablo 1 is now treated as abandonware and can be downloaded online from archive.org.
- First, download the game here. You can mount this .iso file (right click --> Mount on Windows 10, slightly harder before), and then install Diablo by launching AUTORUN.EXE from the newly mounted Diablo drive.
- Then, download the 1.09 patch from here to the same folder that you installed Diablo, and launch it in order to update the game. This is the only official patch from Blizzard you'll need.
- Finally, install the third party patch from here as well, which fixes a lot of startup and graphical issues and allows you to play at various resolutions, in windowed mode, and etc.
If you want to play with friends, you can utilize GameRanger or Hamachi to play multiplayer games on simulated local networks nowadays, despite Battle.net discontinuing support for the game early in 2018.
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Publishers | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 29, 2000 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | July 26, 2000 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 28, 2002[1] |
| Diablo | 1996 |
| Diablo II | 2000 |
| Diablo III | 2012 |
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]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | SecuROM 3 DRM. Lord of Destruction uses SecuROM 4 DRM. | |||
| Battle.net | Digital Download. |
Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| 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.
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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 System | Diablo II | Lord of Destruction |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Blizzard FTP Server | Blizzard FTP Server |
| Mac | Blizzard FTP Server | Blizzard 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]
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:
Reinstall and copy files[citation needed]
Notes
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Skip intro videos[edit]
Use Succulent[citation needed] |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREBlizzard EntertainmentDiablo II |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| 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 option | Option | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||
| Windowed | Use Succulent for a better experience. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use MultiRes and GameCompanion.[2] | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Available via Sven's Glide Wrapper. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Single 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]
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Use D2MultiRes[4] This allows true (unstretched) high resolution, resulting in a bird's eye view and the ability to see more of the surrounding area.
Notes
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Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
| Audio options | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | 4.0 also supported.[5] | |
| Subtitles | On by default. Can be toggled | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | A3D 2.0 & EAX 2.[6] |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | US and EU | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Russian | 1) 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
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 4000, 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[citation needed] 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.
How to Download the Sven Glide Wrapper[citation needed]
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Additional useful Sven's Glide Wrapper settings[edit]
| Type | Name/Code | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Settings | window-mode | Be 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. |
| Settings | captured mouse | If 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. |
| Settings | keep aspect ratio | Turn 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. |
| Settings | window extras | Turning this on will allow you to resize the window in Windowed Mode. |
| Settings | refreshrate | If you are running in Fullscreen Mode and are having problems, try setting this to the refresh rate of your monitor. |
| Settings | desktopresolution | In 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. |
| Renderer | 32 bit rendering | Turn this on if and only if your graphics card has trouble rendering 16-bit color. |
| Renderer | bilinear filtering | If Settings - desktopresolution is enabled, this can increase image quality at the expense of performance. |
| Renderer | supersampling | If Extensions - WGL_ARB_render_texture is enabled, this can increase image quality at the expense of performance. |
| Renderer | shader-gamma | In 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. |
| Renderer | keep desktop composition | Under Windows Vista/7, this will stop the game from disabling Aero effects. This can decrease performance. |
| Extensions | Usually 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. |
Run the game with administrator access[citation needed] Right click on link, click on |
Unhandled Exception: Access Violation (c000005) Error[edit]
Newer video cards may no longer support Diablo 2.[citation needed]
Correcting (c000005) Error[citation needed]
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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]
- 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).
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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.
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 specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 6.1 | |
| DirectDraw | 6.1 | |
| OpenGL | Mac OS and OS X only. | |
| Glide | 3.0 | |
| Software renderer | ||
| 64-bit executable |
Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes |
|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker |
| Multiplayer | Battle.net |
Command line[edit]
Command-line arguments[edit]
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| -w | Runs the game in windowed mode (also fixes slow start on Vista/7) |
| -ns | No Sound |
| -skiptobnet | Connects to closed Battle.net on start |
| -nofixaspect | (windowed mode only) Disables the 4:3 ratio lock otherwise enforced when maximizing the game window. |
| -act5 | New Single Player characters start in Act 5 with character level set to 33 |
In-game commands[edit]
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| /fps | Shows diagnostic information such as FPS, memory usage and latency |
| /nopickup | Disables picking up of items unless ALT (show items) is held |
| /soundchaosdebug | Fills out the available amount of sound channels with all sounds found in Diablo 2 |
| /players X | where 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 650 MB | 1.5 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 6.1 compatible | |
| Mac OS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 8.1 | 9.2.2 |
| Processor (CPU) | G3 processor or equivalent | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 650 MB | 950 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA video card | |
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Notes
- ↑When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore(more details).
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References
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- ↑Diablo 2, Lord of Destruction OS X patches released | Macworld
- ↑Verified by User:Fwinest JediThug on 24 March 2013
- ↑DiabloWiki
- ↑Diablo II | WSGF
- ↑EAX - Interview with Jon Stone (retrieved)
- ↑can't enable Aureal 3d sound in Diablo 2 - Hardware Central Forums