08-04-2004, 03:53 AM
Simpler solution for D2: I copied the uncopied MPQs from the CD after installing D2, and again after installing LoD. Spinup and missing music problems solved. No special software needed.
D1: I copied the main MPQ to the root of my gaming partition, edited the registry to let Diablo know where the MPQ was, and run Diablosaver with the NoCD option enabled every time I want to play Diablo w/o requiring a CD.
Now if only I could find a way to trick D2 into letting me view the hi-res versions of the videos on my aged system. My gripe is that the speed-detection code is not completely accurate. I can, for instance, view the hi-res videos without a problem using RADTools' players, so there's no good reason for the game to keep giving me the lo-res versions to watch. (I usually skip them because they are so pixelated and ugly.)
D1: I copied the main MPQ to the root of my gaming partition, edited the registry to let Diablo know where the MPQ was, and run Diablosaver with the NoCD option enabled every time I want to play Diablo w/o requiring a CD.
Now if only I could find a way to trick D2 into letting me view the hi-res versions of the videos on my aged system. My gripe is that the speed-detection code is not completely accurate. I can, for instance, view the hi-res videos without a problem using RADTools' players, so there's no good reason for the game to keep giving me the lo-res versions to watch. (I usually skip them because they are so pixelated and ugly.)