Author Topic: Let's Play: DIABLOS II (Read 4628 times)

Howard Alan Treesong · « **on:** June 12, 2008, 01:26:40 AM »

I am reinstalling Diablos II right now. Other EB people who wish to join me are more than welcome. Despite the hundreds of hours I've put into this game, only a fraction of that was multi. Join in!

RULES:
1) We're playing with locally stored characters, not Realm (Battle.net) characters.
2) This doesn't mean you can be a character hacking assmunch.
3) We're playing on Open Battle.net

Game Name: evilbore
Password: himumu

Diablos II: Play it again for the first time! (Or in Himumu's case, for the first time.)

Open Battle.net Configuration

Diablo II uses year 2000 Internets, so it can be tricky to get working. Follow these steps:

1) Add Diablo II.exe to your Firewall Exceptions
2) Add Battle.net ports to your Firewall Exceptions (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21219)
3) Configure your router to forward ports 4000 and 6112-6119 to your computer IP. (Both TCP and UDP.)

Characters
Herod - Barbarian, Synthesizer Patel

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:28:40 AM »

I thought we were playing TQ! WTF!

I lost my Diablos II case.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:30:05 AM »

You can still play TQ, MAF is not joining me in D2

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:30:39 AM »

But it won't be as sexy now.

Crushed · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:37:40 AM »

Vista is a total cockfag, and refuses to install D2.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:41:47 AM »

Why would you not want to play on b.net? That's crazy

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:45:57 AM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on June 12, 2008, 01:41:47 AM

Why would you not want to play on b.net? That's crazy

We'll play on b.net, but as "Open Battle.net" using our single player characters, rather than pure Battle.net characters.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:07:20 AM »

oh dios mio!!

Crushed · « **Reply #8 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:01:21 PM »

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #9 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:29:54 PM »

I'll just not participate and give you a summary of what would have happened if I had:

OMG check out the screens of my sorc!
act1 finished, yay
act2..falling asleeep will finish tomorrow
act3...fuck this, shit game

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:35:43 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on June 12, 2008, 01:29:54 PM

I'll just not participate and give you a summary of what would have happened if I had:

OMG check out the screens of my sorc!
act1 finished, yay
act2..falling asleeep will finish tomorrow
act3...fuck this, shit game

Nailed it.

Baldur's Gate 2 > Diablos 2

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #11 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:39:16 PM »

Quote from: Crushed on June 12, 2008, 01:01:21 PM

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Copy the contents of the CD to a folder on your desktop and run from there. If you get a CRC fail again while copying data, then your disk is teh fubar. Just borrow one from someone (you know all your friends have this game too), or, uh, 'acquire' another copy of the disk for installation (probably 10 mins tops on your favorite p2p client). The game will still play fine off a disk that fails CRC checks on .mpq files.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #12 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:46:03 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on June 12, 2008, 01:35:43 PM

Quote from: Fragamemnon on June 12, 2008, 01:29:54 PM
I'll just not participate and give you a summary of what would have happened if I had:

OMG check out the screens of my sorc!
act1 finished, yay
act2..falling asleeep will finish tomorrow
act3...fuck this, shit game

Nailed it.

Baldur's Gate 2 > Diablos 2

They're not even the same genre!

Act 3

Crushed · « **Reply #13 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:49:12 PM »

Quote from: disgruntled_jojo on June 12, 2008, 01:39:16 PM

Copy the contents of the CD to a folder on your desktop and run from there. If you get a CRC fail again while copying data, then your disk is teh fubar. Just borrow one from someone (you know all your friends have this game too), or, uh, 'acquire' another copy of the disk for installation (probably 10 mins tops on your favorite p2p client). The game will still play fine off a disk that fails CRC checks on .mpq files.

Disk is fuxed, already tried that.

"Acquiring" a "copy" right now for installation purposes.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #14 on:** June 12, 2008, 01:52:04 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on June 12, 2008, 01:46:03 PM

Act 3

Act 3 is just impossible for me to finish. I think I've done it like ONCE out of the last four or five times I attempted to play through D2. It's just that bad. Act 2, with its endless expanse of tiled desert and bug caves, is only marginally better.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #15 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:02:46 PM »

I think I finished Act 3, but then I dropped my loot for some reason, and then saved and exited without picking it back up. I had built my character around that wand. FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK

I never played the game again.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:06:23 PM »

Act 4 is short and punchy, tho, and Act 5 is the bee's knees

I'm gonna take my Barbarian at least through Normal, folks are welcome to join

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:10:12 PM »

I have a CD-R of D2, I will try to install it

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:24:44 PM »

Synthesizer Patel, are you using Lord of Destruction or just vanilla Diablo II?

I'm only level 3 right now, so I'll wait a while before joining the EB game.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #19 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:32:32 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 12, 2008, 02:24:44 PM

Synthesizer Patel, are you using Lord of Destruction or just vanilla Diablo II?

I'm only level 3 right now, so I'll wait a while before joining the EB game.

LoD because I'm not an r-tard. and like I said, I'm L4, so join away

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:34:36 PM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on June 12, 2008, 01:41:47 AM

Why would you not want to play on b.net? That's crazy

I remember playing Warcraft II on Heat.net. Good times (not really).

Eric P · « **Reply #21 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:44:12 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on June 12, 2008, 02:34:36 PM

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on June 12, 2008, 01:41:47 AM
Why would you not want to play on b.net? That's crazy

I remember playing Warcraft II on Heat.net. Good times (not really).

i loved WC2 heat.net edition because it ran on my pc where as the previous iterations did not

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #22 on:** June 12, 2008, 02:51:58 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on June 12, 2008, 02:06:23 PM

Act 4 is short and punchy, tho, and Act 5 is the bee's knees

This I can agree on 110%, both act 4 and 5 are high quality stuff.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** June 12, 2008, 03:24:11 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on June 12, 2008, 02:32:32 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 12, 2008, 02:24:44 PM
Synthesizer Patel, are you using Lord of Destruction or just vanilla Diablo II?

I'm only level 3 right now, so I'll wait a while before joining the EB game.

LoD because I'm not an r-tard. and like I said, I'm L4, so join away

I'll swing by once LoD finishes installing.

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** June 12, 2008, 03:25:13 PM »

is LoD its own install? i saw it on sale at GameStop... but it just said it was LoD, and didnt come with the original.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #25 on:** June 12, 2008, 03:26:58 PM »

you need both base D2 and LOD to play

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #26 on:** June 12, 2008, 03:43:19 PM »

I'm in USWest, but every time I try to join the game it says "Invalid Name". $:-\$

GilloD · « **Reply #27 on:** June 12, 2008, 03:54:02 PM »

Oh man. I've been re-playing this with friends but they're so busy. Can we playw ith Expansion Content? None of my friends have it and I'm ALL SET. I'm ready, yo, let's play!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #28 on:** June 12, 2008, 03:55:20 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 12, 2008, 03:43:19 PM

I'm in USWest, but every time I try to join the game it says "Invalid Name". $:-\$

that's cause I'm at WORK and not PLAYING right now

if the game's not up, just start it with the name/pass in the topic

again, we are using SINGLE PLAYER characters with OTHER MULTIPLAY

these are NOT BATTLE.NET CHARACTERS

any suggestions for a Barb build? I'm thinking I should go dual-wield and heavy into whirlwind? Plus a few points in Warcries to help the party.

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** June 12, 2008, 04:09:19 PM »

So how does this work? Is it like MMO? Will you all be playing at the same time (assuming other people are on)?

Crushed · « **Reply #30 on:** June 12, 2008, 04:10:33 PM »

burned discs

Let's hope my LoD disc isn't fucked as well.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #31 on:** June 12, 2008, 04:10:44 PM »

it's like PSO or something - small, instanced games that you play with other people

no overworld or anything

I suggest that people always make a multiplayer game with the name/pass in the OP while they're playing so that other people can join

we can join together pretty easily

Crushed · « **Reply #32 on:** June 12, 2008, 04:21:34 PM »

my LoD case is gone, i have no cd key :'(

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #33 on:** June 12, 2008, 05:38:26 PM »

I'm not willing to play a non-expansion character, sorry - LOD adds that much

Yeah, the D2 movies are still the best thing Blizzard cinematics has ever done, tonally

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34 on:** June 12, 2008, 05:53:34 PM »

I spent the past couple of hours cruising through various fields and dungeons, taking out chumps and getting the phat loots. So far I've only really found one item that's really all that good, it's a sash that's ZOMG AWESOME and worth a hefty sum of cash, not that I'd part with it anytime soon. I'm at level 10 and getting close to level 11, just save Deckard Cain.

I'll probably be back online in an hour or so.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #35 on:** June 12, 2008, 06:22:59 PM »

I played it some not too long after it came and finally beat the last dungeon. It's been a long time since I played it, so I can't remember too much about how long I played although I do remember that I did some multiplayer.

trh · « **Reply #36 on:** June 12, 2008, 07:13:49 PM »

LADDER RESET the 17th (iirc), gonna start back up amassing the small fortune I got this season, had some pretty fucken kick ass shit

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #37 on:** June 12, 2008, 08:59:25 PM »

As someone who has never played a Diablo before, do I need to start with 1? Skip 1 and go straight to 2? Give me the rundown

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #38 on:** June 12, 2008, 09:04:36 PM »

Quote from: Kestastrophe on June 12, 2008, 08:59:25 PM

As someone who has never played a Diablo before, do I need to start with 1? Skip 1 and go straight to 2? Give me the rundown

skip 1 and go straight to 2

and for the love of all that is good and holy, install Lord of Destruction

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #39 on:** June 12, 2008, 10:34:42 PM »

I'm in; join if you like

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #40 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:02:32 PM »

I can't find your game. Also, I have a game under than name going for the past hour...

So what the heck is going on here?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #41 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:10:53 PM »

I dunno. I'm on Open Battle.net?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #42 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:13:00 PM »

Which gateway are you using? Apparently it does make a difference.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #43 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:18:41 PM »

I have it set to US West, but I'm going to Other Multiplayer -> Open Battle.net

as I said in the OP and many times since, I'm using a single player character online, not a "pure" Battle.net chara

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #44 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:19:30 PM »

That's exactly what I've been doing too. I even had a game going in Open Battle.net called "Evilbore"!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #45 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:23:12 PM »

okay, once I hit the next waypoint, let's figure this shit out

k, I just made a game called Evilbore on Open Battle.net. my settings are US West, though that shouldn't matter. can you see/join it?

when I create it, I can't modify the max players - it remains empty and greyed out. could that be part of it?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #46 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:38:17 PM »

Okay, the game is definitely there, but every time I try to join it will load for a few seconds and then give me an error message that says "Failed to Join Game". Maybe I could create a room and then you could try to join it?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #47 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:39:02 PM »

try it again right now if you could...

I changed it to evilbore/himumu (all lowercase, to reduce chance of error)

try typing the game name/password in directly into the slots at the top, not looking for it in the list

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:45:26 PM »

That's what I'm doing. It finds the game and then starts loading it, but as soon as it's almost finished loading the game kicks me out and I get and error message saying that it failed to load. I tried going into a random game and it worked just fine, so I don't know what's going on.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #49 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:46:36 PM »

okay, create a game name/pass and tell it to me and I'll look for it now

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #50 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:48:17 PM »

Alright, I'll have it up in a couple of seconds.

Edit: I'm in there now.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #51 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:53:34 PM »

damn, got the same error

entering, loading ... Failed to Join Game :/

should we start over with Realm characters? blehhh

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #52 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:54:07 PM »

Well that's just great. $:-\$

I'll start a game called "GreatRumbler" without a password, see if you can join it.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #53 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:55:01 PM »

google suggests this is a port forwarding thing and we need to fwd port 6112. let me research

EDIT: unpassword protected games on open battle.net != good idea

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #54 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:56:20 PM »

I know, I just wanted to see if it would work.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #55 on:** June 12, 2008, 11:59:21 PM »

Failed to Join Game

I'm:
1) adding Diablo II.exe as an exception to Windows Firewall
2) working on forwarding port 6112. you can get directions at www.portforward.com

Can you do the same?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #56 on:** June 13, 2008, 12:01:55 AM »

Okay, I've set Diablo II.exe as an exception on the firewall.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #57 on:** June 13, 2008, 12:03:58 AM »

try joining evilbore/himumu again...

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #58 on:** June 13, 2008, 12:08:26 AM »

Alright, I'll try to join your game again.

Edit: Are you in the game now? I'm putting in the name and password, but it's not recognizing that there's a game available with that name.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #59 on:** June 13, 2008, 12:13:22 AM »

I'm def in. arrrrgh stupid year 2000 network infrastructure

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Author Topic: Let's Play: DIABLOS II (Read 4628 times)