Diablo 2 Classic On The Go

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

My laptop was purchased for me by my wife and it isn’t made for gaming, or so she thought.

Knappogue wrote: 5 months ago

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

My laptop was purchased for me by my wife and it isn’t made for gaming, or so she thought.

How loudly did her eyes roll once she learned you figured out how to play D2 on the "non-gaming" laptop she bought you?

SuperIllu wrote: 5 months ago

Wasn't there a way to copy some additional game files so you wouldn't need CDs/mounted isos?

Snakecharmed wrote: 5 months ago

Archive.org is such a valuable resource for so many research and archival projects. I'm glad they're providing access to ISOs of ancient software. There's nothing questionable legally with that because the license to use the software is what you pay for in the form of CD keys, not the physical media or files.

Your screenshot of the old game looks so much better than the legacy graphics in D2R. In comparison, the legacy graphics are oversaturated and smeared like a watercolor because they said to hell with upscaling. This is why I've never been able to play D2R with the legacy graphics beyond trying it out in the act towns. It looks like a blurry mess and the motion is awful.

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

I had already found a place online, the Internet Archive, where I could download an ISO for each of the discs, and yes it’s perfectly legal. I acquired the ISOs, mounted them, and with my install keys successfully installed them to my USB SSD drives.

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

A few years back my wife and I made plans for travel across the U.S. as soon as our children are old enough to leave unattended. A perk of my employment is I’m off for most of the summer (June through Aug), and my wife’s employment allows her to bank sick days and holidays. So here I am without my gaming rig. My laptop was purchased for me by my wife and it isn’t made for gaming, or so she thought. It’s an i5 Iris XE laptop, no optical drive, and with only 250 GB SSD drive, and a 17.3” IPS screen.

Before we hit the road I purchased two 1 TB USB 3.0 SSD drives, and I copied the install keys into a word file and emailed it to myself as an attachment. I had already found a place online, the Internet Archive, where I could download an ISO for each of the discs, and yes it’s perfectly legal. I acquired the ISOs, mounted them, and with my install keys successfully installed them to my USB SSD drives. So here I am in the middle of nowhere in an RV playing Diable 2 LOD v1.14d. Works great even on an under powered laptop.


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Links to the Internet Archive in case anyone is interested. It’s a legal and trusted site.

https://archive.org/details/diablo-ii-3-disc-set

https://archive.org/download/diablo-2-lod-1.14d

FULCRUM75 wrote: 5 months ago

Two

Sol might work well...
Gives you really reliably high damage level.
Just a pity it wasn't a ED% overall instead of just undead.

SayWhat wrote: 5 months ago

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

A few years back my wife and I made plans for travel across the U.S. as soon as our children are old enough to leave unattended. A perk of my employment is I’m off for most of the summer (June through Aug), and my wife’s employment allows her to bank sick days and holidays. So here I am without my gaming rig. My laptop was purchased for me by my wife and it isn’t made for gaming, or so she thought. It’s an i5 Iris XE laptop, no optical drive, and with only 250 GB SSD drive, and a 17.3” IPS screen.

Before we hit the road I purchased two 1 TB USB 3.0 SSD drives, and I copied the install keys into a word file and emailed it to myself as an attachment. I had already found a place online, the Internet Archive, where I could download an ISO for each of the discs, and yes it’s perfectly legal. I acquired the ISOs, mounted them, and with my install keys successfully installed them to my USB SSD drives. So here I am in the middle of nowhere in an RV playing Diable 2 LOD v1.14d. Works great even on an under powered laptop.


2025-06-20 20_40_34-Diablo II.jpg

open.jpg



Links to the Internet Archive in case anyone is interested. It’s a legal and trusted site.

https://archive.org/details/diablo-ii-3-disc-set

https://archive.org/download/diablo-2-lod-1.14d

This is great.

I travel for work, and in my case it's all about having a "PC" that works with hotel TVs. I have been using an Alienware Alpha for years like this....and it even barely handles remaster. I am currently typing this on that PC in a garage in the place I am renting near my current jobsite. I am soon due for a new desktop PC, and my older one will become the travel PC. No sense in taking the expensive stuff on the road with me. You never know when the hotel staff will get grabby.

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

FULCRUM75 wrote: 5 months ago

Two

Sol might work well...
Gives you really reliably high damage level.
Just a pity it wasn't a ED% overall instead of just undead.

I'm still in normal and the highest rune drop so fare is

Amn.

FULCRUM75 wrote: 5 months ago

mhlg wrote: 5 months ago

FULCRUM75 wrote: 5 months ago

Two

Sol might work well...
Gives you really reliably high damage level.
Just a pity it wasn't a ED% overall instead of just undead.

I'm still in normal and the highest rune drop so fare is

Amn.

2 Perfect Rubies or more likely

Topaz then probably. Two

Ort runes if you have them.
Lightning damage like that gets you far in Normal and Nightmare, only the low minimum damage is a bad thing, which is why rubies(or

Ral's) is a viable option.

FULCRUM75 wrote: 5 months ago

Two

Sol might work well...
Gives you really reliably high damage level.
Just a pity it wasn't a ED% overall instead of just undead.

For ranged physical attack damage, if minimum damage = maximum damage then min = max; if min > max, then min becomes max and max becomes min. So 1-2 physical damage with +5 Minimum Damage and +100% Damage will display 12-13, but 4-12 (12-4) is actually applied.

SayWhat wrote: 5 months ago

I travel for work, and in my case it's all about having a "PC" that works with hotel TVs. I have been using an Alienware Alpha for years like this....and it even barely handles remaster. I am currently typing this on that PC in a garage in the place I am renting near my current jobsite. I am soon due for a new desktop PC, and my older one will become the travel PC. No sense in taking the expensive stuff on the road with me. You never know when the hotel staff will get grabby.

ShadowHeart wrote: 5 months ago

The actual damage should be the inverse - i.e., 19-29. Via Amazon Basin's article on Minimum Damage, I found a link to the Amazon Basin forums with the following info:

For ranged physical attack damage, if minimum damage = maximum damage then min = max; if min > max, then min becomes max and max becomes min. So 1-2 physical damage with +5 Minimum Damage and +100% Damage will display 12-13, but 4-12 (12-4) is actually applied.

https://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/i ... nt-1505332

Trang Oul wrote: 5 months ago

SayWhat wrote: 5 months ago

I travel for work, and in my case it's all about having a "PC" that works with hotel TVs. I have been using an Alienware Alpha for years like this....and it even barely handles remaster. I am currently typing this on that PC in a garage in the place I am renting near my current jobsite. I am soon due for a new desktop PC, and my older one will become the travel PC. No sense in taking the expensive stuff on the road with me. You never know when the hotel staff will get grabby.

If you want a portable device for D2 (other than a laptop), why not Nintendo Switch? You'd be independent from external screens and even temporarily from power sources.

ShadowHeart wrote: 5 months ago

The actual damage should be the inverse - i.e., 19-29. Via Amazon Basin's article on Minimum Damage, I found a link to the Amazon Basin forums with the following info:

For ranged physical attack damage, if minimum damage = maximum damage then min = max; if min > max, then min becomes max and max becomes min. So 1-2 physical damage with +5 Minimum Damage and +100% Damage will display 12-13, but 4-12 (12-4) is actually applied.

https://www.theamazonbasin.com/forums/i ... nt-1505332

There is a similar bug, with damage bonuses from a jewel.
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