D2 game resolution?

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Author: Marshall
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:39

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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 :-)
    -Marshall

Re: D2 game resolution?

#544090

Author: 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

Re: D2 game resolution?

#544091

Author: Marshall
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:39

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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:01:26 -0400, "Someone" <someone@somewhere.com>
wrote:

>
>"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

Thanks, I kinda knew it was a vain hope from the start. Oh well, must
be patient for D3, I guess.
    -Marshall

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