You have to right click the icon, go to properties and check off everything under compatibility. That means 256 colors; 640x whatever resolution; disable visual themes; disable DPI scaling; Disable desktop compression; run in xp service pack 2 or 3; and run as administrator.
Then you have to make your background ALL BLACK... then it will work..
I did all that and it still won't work!! I just freshly installed both Diablo II and LoD.
HELP ME!!!
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I'm just kidding, I figured it out again. I will post my settings for reference.
I have the game in windowed mode which is -w at the end of the target line, then double clicked the title bar to get the window to expand to the upper and lower screen limits.
I had it running on 3D mode (the thing from the video test when installing) and switched it to 2D which allowed the game to run in the first place. Now it's just run in Administrator mode. I didn't realize how bad the graphics were, but I just don't care. Diablo II has a certain feel to it that I believe Diablo 3 will never have.
Ahh, the power of Google.
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Just as the Scorpion hunts...
Silently Lurking...
"Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted." ~ Ezio Auditore de Firenze
Besides, I'm not aware of problems with D2 under Win7, it just runs as it should for me and therefore probably for others, too. So maybe that's why no one responded.
I did all that and it still won't work!! I just freshly installed both Diablo II and LoD.
HELP ME!!!
How do I make the window bigger?
I'm just kidding, I figured it out again. I will post my settings for reference.
I have the game in windowed mode which is -w at the end of the target line, then double clicked the title bar to get the window to expand to the upper and lower screen limits.
I had it running on 3D mode (the thing from the video test when installing) and switched it to 2D which allowed the game to run in the first place. Now it's just run in Administrator mode. I didn't realize how bad the graphics were, but I just don't care. Diablo II has a certain feel to it that I believe Diablo 3 will never have.
Ahh, the power of Google.
I like to run D2 in windowed mode, the 800x600 fullscreen drives me crazy.
EDIT: I have such great vocabulary; I used "drives me crazy" twice...
Besides, I'm not aware of problems with D2 under Win7, it just runs as it should for me and therefore probably for others, too. So maybe that's why no one responded.
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