07-18-2003, 03:35 PM
The simplest way to use this is to go into your Diablo II directory and find the "Game" application within (it has no visible icon). Right-click and send a shortcut of "Game" to your desktop and label it something akin to "Secondary D2 game" or somesuch.
Run the game normally from your usual shortcut/start menu. Host an IP game and then Alt-Tab (or hit the Windows key) to return to your desktop while running. At this point, click on your "Secondary D2 game" shortcut and another D2 game will start. In this second D2 game click to join an IP game and type in your own IP... voila: you're schizophrenic and self-vaulting.
This method will NOT allow you to join a game with the character that's hosting, but any of your other characters will be able to join (ie: your level 70 paladin cannot host the game AND join the game from the other D2 game, capice?).
Switching between the two is a simple matter of minimizing and maximizing. Cool beans, neh?
Note for 1.10: The ability to "self-vault" is due to the d2gfx.dll file that comes with the zip file you downloaded. Everytime you "patch" to the 1.10 beta, this d2gfx.dll will be overwritten and you'll not be able to self-vault (everytime you "revert", however, 1.09 should retain the ability to self-vault). Simply plop the dll file from the zip back into the Diablo II directory if you have any difficulty, and you'll be fixed and ready to go.
*tips helm*
Run the game normally from your usual shortcut/start menu. Host an IP game and then Alt-Tab (or hit the Windows key) to return to your desktop while running. At this point, click on your "Secondary D2 game" shortcut and another D2 game will start. In this second D2 game click to join an IP game and type in your own IP... voila: you're schizophrenic and self-vaulting.
This method will NOT allow you to join a game with the character that's hosting, but any of your other characters will be able to join (ie: your level 70 paladin cannot host the game AND join the game from the other D2 game, capice?).
Switching between the two is a simple matter of minimizing and maximizing. Cool beans, neh?
Note for 1.10: The ability to "self-vault" is due to the d2gfx.dll file that comes with the zip file you downloaded. Everytime you "patch" to the 1.10 beta, this d2gfx.dll will be overwritten and you'll not be able to self-vault (everytime you "revert", however, 1.09 should retain the ability to self-vault). Simply plop the dll file from the zip back into the Diablo II directory if you have any difficulty, and you'll be fixed and ready to go.
*tips helm*
Garnered Wisdom --
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.