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Anyone noticing any issues with Diablo 2 LOD and Leopard 10.5.3?
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Not sure if this is a 10.5.3 issue or not.
I only have the pc version of diablo ii, so I downloaded the mac version from my blizzard account and installed fine. I'm now trying to install LOD from a cd, using the OS X installer. It asks for both my diablo ii and LOD cd keys, but says my Diablo II cd key is invalid. This is hard to believe, as I just installed Diablo II with it fine.
I only have the pc version of diablo ii, so I downloaded the mac version from my blizzard account and installed fine. I'm now trying to install LOD from a cd, using the OS X installer. It asks for both my diablo ii and LOD cd keys, but says my Diablo II cd key is invalid. This is hard to believe, as I just installed Diablo II with it fine.
Hmm. Maybe try downloading the LOD version from Blizzard as well?
After you download the Mac version from Blizzard, you are given a new CD-key. Make sure you use this instead of the one on your CD. (Go to your account where the games you downloaded are listed, and click to 'View game key'.)
Hey guys
I just installed Diablo 2 on my Macbook. I'm running leopard 10.5.4 but every time I try to launch it for the first time the damn thing crashes. I cannot get it to boot up, not even once. What is going on? Im so frustrated
Thank you so much
Josh
I just installed Diablo 2 on my Macbook. I'm running leopard 10.5.4 but every time I try to launch it for the first time the damn thing crashes. I cannot get it to boot up, not even once. What is going on? Im so frustrated
Thank you so much
Josh
Pretty sure the cd-key Blizzard has is the same as the one on my cd (that's how it got to my account online, right?). Regardless, I did download LOD and the cd-key worked fine this time.
Fallout
I would just like to add that some people seem to be having a very similar problem with the original Fallout. It works just fine on my machine, having reverted to 10.5.2. I assume that the (lack of) 256 colors mode is causing the same problem for them.
I would just like to add that some people seem to be having a very similar problem with the original Fallout. It works just fine on my machine, having reverted to 10.5.2. I assume that the (lack of) 256 colors mode is causing the same problem for them.
Your original CD key is still valid, but for some reason when going through this process, Blizzard issues a new 24 character cd key also, which must be viewed from the account screen. so for the version of Diablo 2 that you downloaded, you would have needed to use the new cd key, and the original LOD cd key to get through it, but since you got it up and running by downloading, good for you. might have saved an extra step though.
Josh, if you haven't seen it already, scroll back a page or 2 and I have a link posted that can help correct, or there's a manual fix listed in the first couple pages as well. Either one has been confirmed to work. Basically, you need to be able to run 256 colors, and the newer updates don't support that, so you have to revert your video drivers back to an earlier version.
I have a disk image of the LOD disc, I mount it using toast and it works on 10.5.4, (iMac and Macbook). only issue I have is that it will not play full screen ; so I play it minimized.
Yes this may work but I as many others don't really want to mess around with drivers but rather want to see a fix from Apple, anyone has heard anything concrete about when or if this will be fixed by Apple? I'd love to be able to play my classic games on my newly bought macbook (including Fallout).
Cheers!
So? I don't pay good money for a macbookjust to find out I am required to surf the web for workarounds when wanting to run (albeit older) games on it?
It's great that there are smart willing people offering these work arounds however for the bucks spent I don't think you should have to resort to user provided workarounds...
Removing 256 color support from the drivers? Is that it? I wonder why you would even want to do that...?
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nVidia and ATi did this with PC drivers at some point (although the PC nVidia/ATi drivers are not mandatory or installed with OS updates unlike Apple updates - which is why this is widespread). They don't do it on purpose... It's just a minor issue that slipped through the QA process. If you were Apple and you received new drivers from nVidia or intel for their hardware, you'd expect that the drivers would take full advantage of the hardware - not cripple it. It's not up to Apple to fully test nVidia or intels hardware/drivers.
It took time for the modes to come back for PC computers, however users just installed the older drivers while waiting for the fix. Apple users just don't have that luxary to be able to pick and choose what drivers they want installed - this would be Apple's fault.
The nVidia card will have the problem, the ATi card will not have it. IMO I'd take the ATi card. They've been with Apple a lot longer and nVidia tend to be going downhill support-wise (I mostly have nVidia cards and have been switching to ATi's now). Don't suppose there's an 4870 available for Mac just yet?kahine said:
Don't think so - ordered one 3870 from OWC - originally had ordered two for Crossfire for bootcamp but since I've decided to give up WAR beta (really disappointed but thats another story) I dont need the boot camp partition anymore - I use Fusion for business things when needed for Windows
So with possibly playing some WoW , CiV IV , Spore and old D2 and Starcraft I can stick with just OS X as WAR was the last upcoming Windows game (Aion maybe but thats another year before US release) I was going to play
So the 3870 will get rid of D2 issues I take it then ? Being this is my first Mac Pro is there any point in leaving in the current 8800 - my main apps will be things like Esprit and Poser along with some gaming and Fusion and the 3870 seems to run WoW fine also
I guess I have just seen some folks post they have different brands of video cards in their Mac Pro's and wondered if there was any reason to not just use the 3870 over the 8800 (dual 24 inch monitors )
Thanks for advice guys - loving the Mac Pro so far - doubt I'll ever see another PC only in my office (already have Imac and Macbook Pro)
Not sure where else to look as I haven't found an answer yet. I'm on 10.5.4, installed Diablo II: LoD with the 1.12a patch. Intel iMac. The game starts up fine, and I can run a single player game as well as a multiplayer game I create and am in by myself fine, but as soon as I join a game with multiple people on bnet, my game crashes. It just freezes in fullscreen mode, and in windowed mode I get an error message and it closes out.
Any help would be appreciated.
Any help would be appreciated.
I've tried the 256 colors fix. The drivers installed fine and Diablo II crashed the same way it did before.
The game boots up fine, runs in single player fine, and if I make my own game runs fine, but crashes if I get into a battlenet game with someone else.
The game boots up fine, runs in single player fine, and if I make my own game runs fine, but crashes if I get into a battlenet game with someone else.
Maybe rbarris can relay the following to the appropriate people.
Blizzard should not have Diablo II or Diablo II: LOD available for digital purchase for Macs on the Blizzard Store if it is not playable under the current circumstances. In effect, the company is selling broken products and that is not acceptable. User-provided fixes/hacks do not qualify in my book as consolation for this.
Obviously many people are experiencing this so it would be logical to provide a concrete time line for a solution.
Digital downloads of Diablo II and the expansion cost a total of $40 on the Blizzard Store. Without a statement including a date for a fix, this is $40 that Blizzard is currently stealing from customers who use new Macs.
Blizzard should not have Diablo II or Diablo II: LOD available for digital purchase for Macs on the Blizzard Store if it is not playable under the current circumstances. In effect, the company is selling broken products and that is not acceptable. User-provided fixes/hacks do not qualify in my book as consolation for this.
Obviously many people are experiencing this so it would be logical to provide a concrete time line for a solution.
Digital downloads of Diablo II and the expansion cost a total of $40 on the Blizzard Store. Without a statement including a date for a fix, this is $40 that Blizzard is currently stealing from customers who use new Macs.
Blizzard is currently bending over backwards for something that is not their fault.
http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=support&t=552692&tmp=1#post552692
Maybe they dislike the timeframe given by Apple and co.?
It's good to know they're working on a fix as of just 6 days ago!
D2 just takes up too much resources running in parallels, and LoD is kinda broken gfx wise (menus render so badly as to be unusable) as well
. Anybody tried it with vmware fusion? It would be just fine running on an imac or mac pro, but on a mac laptop you can't just let your cpu run at 70+ for hours on end.
D2 just takes up too much resources running in parallels, and LoD is kinda broken gfx wise (menus render so badly as to be unusable) as well
. Anybody tried it with vmware fusion? It would be just fine running on an imac or mac pro, but on a mac laptop you can't just let your cpu run at 70+ for hours on end.