We both installed separate copies of Diablo from old battle chests that we had bought. For some reason, hers instantly patched the moment she did hers, but it won't give me the option to patch. She clicks "multi player" and it takes her to the different modes of multiplay right away. When I click "multi player", it takes me to the hero select screen (WTF?), THEN the multiplay screen, THEN when I try loading battle.net, it stalls for 30 seconds and gives me the following error message:
Unable to connect to the Battle.net. If you are using a modem to access your service provider and are not configured for Dialup Networking, you may have to initiate the the connection manually.
Everything I've seen online so far indicates that I need to use the 1.09 patch, so I downloaded it from the Diablo support center and tried running it, but it did absolutely fucking nothing. Literally! It opens a blank DOS shell and just sits there! Seriously, my wife's sitting there having a fun time and I'm sitting here trying to rip out what little hair I have left. Can someone throw me a bone?
Cheers,
SmashBoy (wonders why things never work for him straight out of the box)
My guess would be to reinstall the game and see what happens. Are you using the same CD for both installations, or each install using diffrent CD's? Are the CD's both different versions?
Ill be following this thread. I have 2 copies on two seperate computers, but I can never get them both into the same game. It allways says the latencey is too high.
Downloaded the patch, and it was not working, which drove me insane because I couldn't even delete it. Turns out, the download never completed and I had to download some third party program to remove the file (couldn't even delete it manually in safe mode!). I downloaded it another time without interruption, and the patch actually worked that time.
Now, the NEW problem is that we are both able to run Diablo successfully, but as Chaod_Sac said, we cannot join each others' games. We're both running on a broadband LAN connection, this doesn't make any freaking sense whatsoever! If anyone has any input as to why this is, we'd love to hear it because we cannot play Diablo II together (her LOD CD is missing, but we still have the jewel case + CD key *grrr*), so it'd be nice if we could at least play one of the games together. If not, we'll have to go back to EverQuest, and I rreeeaaallllllllllllllllyyy don't want to do that...
Cheers,
SmashBoy (full of questions, and sometimes candy corn)
Downloaded the patch, and it was not working, which drove me insane because I couldn't even delete it. Turns out, the download never completed and I had to download some third party program to remove the file (couldn't even delete it manually in safe mode!). I downloaded it another time without interruption, and the patch actually worked that time.
Now, the NEW problem is that we are both able to run Diablo successfully, but as Chaod_Sac said, we cannot join each others' games. We're both running on a broadband LAN connection, this doesn't make any freaking sense whatsoever! If anyone has any input as to why this is, we'd love to hear it because we cannot play Diablo II together (her LOD CD is missing, but we still have the jewel case + CD key *grrr*), so it'd be nice if we could at least play one of the games together. If not, we'll have to go back to EverQuest, and I rreeeaaallllllllllllllllyyy don't want to do that...
Cheers,
SmashBoy (full of questions, and sometimes candy corn)
This is a problem with old blizzard games, in which 2 or more computers that are using the same router / internet connection can connect to battle net, but cannot connect to eachothers games. This is permanent problem and cannot be resolved, afaik. Its because it doesnt allow UDP iirc, and the two computers on the router do not receive or send packets to one another. It's a bummer, i know, but you guys can play LAN if you want :D. Or usually battle net games with JUST eachother work for me and my brother - at least in starcraft.
If anyone has any input as to why this is, we'd love to hear it because we cannot play Diablo II together (her LOD CD is missing, but we still have the jewel case + CD key *grrr*), so it'd be nice if we could at least play one of the games together.
I might be wrong about this, but I think you'll be able to play Diablo II together, provided you have your CD key.
After registering on Blizzard's website (I registered from the store), you're given the option to input the CD keys of the games you own. This will enable you to have access to digital downloads of each game you own the license for; I believe Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is available for this purpose.
I haven't actually had to use the service myself yet, so, like I said, I may be wrong about this. However, it may be worth looking into, since it sounds like your experience with playing multi-player Diablo is pretty frustrating.
you should go out to the store and buy a curse restriction spell... the gods of the diablo universe have shown their love for your wife, but have cursed you somehow... maybe with the curse restriction spell you might be able to somehow break the curse long enough to log on... but yet hopefully you won't get kicked off once it is over...
either that or maybe look at your computer's networking options and make sure it is connected right and working... if you have two computers then check out the layout your wife's computer has and clone it...
also another thing check to see if your computer meets the requirements like your wife's computer and see what is wrong with yours... something might need to be upgraded or degraded...
if it is not your networking, and then your computer seems to fit the requirements, then it might be the game... which then means buy a new one...
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Everything I've seen online so far indicates that I need to use the 1.09 patch, so I downloaded it from the Diablo support center and tried running it, but it did absolutely fucking nothing. Literally! It opens a blank DOS shell and just sits there! Seriously, my wife's sitting there having a fun time and I'm sitting here trying to rip out what little hair I have left. Can someone throw me a bone?
Cheers,
SmashBoy (wonders why things never work for him straight out of the box)
Ill be following this thread. I have 2 copies on two seperate computers, but I can never get them both into the same game. It allways says the latencey is too high.
Now, the NEW problem is that we are both able to run Diablo successfully, but as Chaod_Sac said, we cannot join each others' games. We're both running on a broadband LAN connection, this doesn't make any freaking sense whatsoever! If anyone has any input as to why this is, we'd love to hear it because we cannot play Diablo II together (her LOD CD is missing, but we still have the jewel case + CD key *grrr*), so it'd be nice if we could at least play one of the games together. If not, we'll have to go back to EverQuest, and I rreeeaaallllllllllllllllyyy don't want to do that...
Cheers,
SmashBoy (full of questions, and sometimes candy corn)
This is a problem with old blizzard games, in which 2 or more computers that are using the same router / internet connection can connect to battle net, but cannot connect to eachothers games. This is permanent problem and cannot be resolved, afaik. Its because it doesnt allow UDP iirc, and the two computers on the router do not receive or send packets to one another. It's a bummer, i know, but you guys can play LAN if you want :D. Or usually battle net games with JUST eachother work for me and my brother - at least in starcraft.
good luck.
edit: it should work with diablo 2 though.. hmm.
I might be wrong about this, but I think you'll be able to play Diablo II together, provided you have your CD key.
After registering on Blizzard's website (I registered from the store), you're given the option to input the CD keys of the games you own. This will enable you to have access to digital downloads of each game you own the license for; I believe Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is available for this purpose.
I haven't actually had to use the service myself yet, so, like I said, I may be wrong about this. However, it may be worth looking into, since it sounds like your experience with playing multi-player Diablo is pretty frustrating.
either that or maybe look at your computer's networking options and make sure it is connected right and working... if you have two computers then check out the layout your wife's computer has and clone it...
also another thing check to see if your computer meets the requirements like your wife's computer and see what is wrong with yours... something might need to be upgraded or degraded...
if it is not your networking, and then your computer seems to fit the requirements, then it might be the game... which then means buy a new one...