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Article #305112Re: Diablo II Expansion Crash - Act 5
From: John Q. Taxpayer
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:27
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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