how do i play d2 without the disk?

[GreatZeal]

how do i play d2 without the disk?

yeah i forgot how..

 

[Orphan]

Re: how do i play d2 without the disk?

After installing and upgrading to the latest patch (1.12) then copy all the MPQ files from the CD's to your D2 installation directory, but do not overwrite when prompted.

 

[Charlo]

Re: how do i play d2 without the disk?

if only playing expansion, only copy files from exp cd (probably only d2music.mpq)

 

[HartAttack]

Re: how do i play d2 without the disk?

Download the v1.12 patch from 'www.blizzard.com' (the one for your system, Windows or Mac).

Get your pack of CDs out and run the patch file. Copy the files 'D2music.mpq' and
'D2Xmusic.mpq' from the CD to the directory 'Program Files/Diablo 2' on your C: drive.

Follow the on-screen instructions, which will tell you which CD to put in the drive, show you a progress bar, then tell you which CD to put in next, and so on. Reboot when finished, put the CDs away, and play the game.

Seamless transition between acts -- goes right into the cinematic without that "put in the disk" stuff, and if you don't want to watch the whole show, just press Spacebar and you're into the next act right away.

 

[In The Name of Zod]

Re: how do i play d2 without the disk?

1. Install Diablo 2
2. Install Lords of Destruction
3. Upgrade install to full install (put LOD install disc back in and choose full install)
4. Copy all mpq files off Lords of Destruction CD into your diablo root directory
5. Apply 1.11 patch
6. Apply 1.12 patch

Watch for downloading the wrong 1.12 patch which will tell you that you are upgraded already. Find another one if that happens. I think blizzard have the wrong one, morons.

 

[krischan]

Re: how do i play d2 without the disk?

The difference between a partial and a full install is that d2video.mpq is copied from the core game into the game dir and you can do that by hand as well. That means, a medium install is enough. You just have to copy the d2music.mpq, d2video.mpq from the core game and d2xmusic.mpq, d2xvideo.mpq from the expansion game into the install dir, in case they are missing. The info on the Blizzard webpage is a bit incomplete with respect to that.

I'm not sure about a minimum install (playing without bnet), I haven't tried that.

 

[ChenCanete]

Re: how do i play d2 without the disk?

seripham posted pretty much the same thing, and here's what I said:

My LOD is V1.12 so I don't know if that has any bearing.

I don't hafta use my CD at all when playing 'cause I'm using a virtual drive. I jez insert my D2 virtualCD in my virtual drive when I want to play.

You can try using other clone devices, too (per advice by my computer geek).

My computer geek told me you jez need the CD for the cinematics. Used to be I couldn't play either if I don't have the CD on my optical drive. But the VCD works just fine when I play. So I guess it all worked out pretty well.

At any rate, I had no idea you can copy files or somesuch in a particular folder just so you can play without a CD. After reading the 1st few lines of the readme I zoned out so I probably missed out a lot of other options.

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