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Re: Greetings, Old Friends

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From: TheGunslinger
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:12
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You will need patch 1.13 and Administrator privileges to play under
Windows 7. Check Blizzard support site for dretails.


On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:49:54 -0700 (PDT), "Chucky@Work"
<st.chucky@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 23 maalis, 11:26, "Chucky@Work" <st.chu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Follow-up:
>
>> 1) Are there new patches out beyond 1.10 to deal with Windows 7 and
>> other issues, and where could I find them?
>
>In accordance with the Just Fucking Google It treaty of 2004, I just
>fucking Googled it and found the 1.12a patch for download from
>Blizzard. I suppose I can always run this, at least, to get a bit of a
>new lease on the original version of the game.
>
>I also found a fix for whatever problem the game might be
>experiencing, although as I said there was no problem with gameplay
>for me so far and the incompatibility does not seem to have stopped
>the game form working. Still:
>
>*paste*
>
>---
>
>If you want to run D2 in windowed mode you have to right click your
>Diablo 2 shortcut, go to properties, and in the "Target:" field you
>should see something like
>
>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe"
>
>Just add
>
>-w
>
>to the end of that (after the quotes and with a space between) so it
>looks like
>
>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -w
>
>---
>
>*unpaste*
>
>This may fix the problem.
>
>It does not, however, necessarily help me with the Chaos Empire issue.
>The last known installation of Chaos Empire I used insisted on the
>1.10 patch of Lord of Destruction.
>
>> 2) Chaos Empire mod no longer installs properly, even with the 1.10
>> patch, and it is probably to do with this same incompatibility. Is
>> there a new Chaos Empire mod for Windows 7 OS, and where might I find
>> that?
>
>I looked for this too, but couldn't find much even on the Chaos Empire
>home page. It looks like I need to register to look at their FAQ and
>downloads and things. Can anyone testify as to the effectiveness of
>this mod in this day and age?
>
>
>
>
>Cheers and beers,
>
>- Chucky
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