Re: D2 game resolution?

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From: Someone
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:01

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"Marshall" wrote...
> Howdy, been almost 8 years since I've played D2, was just wondering if
> they'd done anything in the patches or mods since 2003, to improve the
> screen resolution maximum up from the unbearable old 800x600? I don't
> play anything in less than 1600x1200 anymore, and preferrably up to
> 1920x1200, on my 24" widescreen piece of heaven.
>
> I remember the last time I saw the game, in 800x600 mode... long after
> that pixelicious rez had been completely obsolete, and said "never
> again". Please tell me they've unsuckifyed D2's maximum rez somehow
> since then? Thanks :-)

They have not changed the game resolution.  That would have required 
generating tens or even hundreds of thousands of new sprites and bitmaps. 
They have introduced a new feature to windowed mode that lets the screen 
stretch to the maximum resolution using the correct apsect ratio, but the 
pixels remain unchanged.

Here's more information about the video changes: 
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25026566009

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