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Re: Diablo II Expansion Crash - Act 5

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From: John Q. Taxpayer
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:27
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I have seen on other groups that the g2 cards are actually the
problem.  Some folks are suggesting reverting to NVIDIA drivers 2
releases prior, 6.31 i believe. The hard part is, trying to find these
drivers..  Hope you do, and hope it works..
JQT



On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 06:36:04 GMT, use...@home.com (N.I.P.) wrote:

>I am having SERIOUS problems with ACT 5.  Everytime I go to ACT 5, my
>system crashes.  The crash happens everytime I leave the main gate, or
>whever I am in the same screen with an Act 5 character (anyone who has
>successfully been to ACT 5).  I have re-installed the game, updated
>video drivers and treid both video modes.
>
>I called Blizzard about this, and they seem to know about it, but to
>my surprise, I cannot find anyone else with this problem.  In
>addition, Blizzard is being VERY quiet about what the real problem is.
>A direct quote from tech support call the problem "gremlins".....
>(which obviously means that they do not know the cause) They say they
>plan to fix it in version 1.09, but have NO idea when that will be
>released.  
>
>Needless to say I am a bit ticked.  I can't play any part of Act 5 or
>play with antone who has.  The error I get is "d2exp.mpq" file is
>corrupt.  Yet, I have several times removed and re-installed the game.
>I bought the game specifically so I could play Act 5, and now my
>characters are in "limbo", with no end in sight
>
>Here are my system stats:
>Windows 98
>P3 700
>256 megs RAM
>27 gig hard drive (6 gigs free space)
>GeForce 2 video card w/32 megs RAM
>
>If anyone else is having this problem, or has an in as to when it will
>be corrected, please let me know....
>
>Thanks
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