graphic issue since rotW

update:
I have indeed a very old GPU (Quadro M4000)

updating nvidia driver (from Jan 2026) did not solve it

Solution from Bisu and Sulchin worked!
I renamed the data folder to data_backup and started. Blizzard automatically updated (>30GB, most likely whole game) and then it worked

maybe combination of new game files and nvidia update was needed though

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I play LoD, not rotW,
but since the update, I have graphic issues in A1, weirdly only in A1

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does anybody have the same issue?
I already tried to change every video setting.
Anybody got an idea how to solve this?

Havent had t his one, this is weird. @D2Veteran you can edit your previous comment so no need to push a new comment if youve just posted already.

ROTW has been bug fiesta so to say. Luckily have avoided all the problems so far *knocking on wood*


Have you tried repairing files? or reinstalling the whole game again? this could just be some kind of corrupted file causing it.

EDIT:
What kind of a GPU etc. you have? hardware information could help. I got i7 with rtx 4080 and have no issues. Though using 2024 December GPU drivers :'D

D2Veteran wrote: 3 weeks ago

Semirotta wrote: 3 weeks ago

@D2Veteran you can edit your previous comment so no need to push a new comment if youve just posted already.

I attempted to edit my initial post but the site wasn't responding when i clicked on edit.

that can happen sometimes

I had similar issues. My fix was to completly delete D2 from my harddisc (uninstall and delete all remaining gamedata) and make a clean reinstall. I tried to repairing the files, but it doesn't work for me.
Now all is fine except I don't have an Ice-shattering animation when killing frozen mobs. But the game runs fine.
btw it is not tied to older hardware, I have a 5080TI and on my old machine with an 1070 there are no issues at all.

Edit:
I also tried various ingame videooptions, but nothing worked

update:
I have indeed a very old GPU (Quadro M4000)

updating nvidia driver (from Jan 2026) did not solve it

Solution from Bisu and Sulchin worked!
I renamed the data folder to data_backup and started. Blizzard automatically updated (>30GB, most likely whole game) and then it worked

thanks a lot!

Sometimes my game flashes a

Gold rectangle around the entire screen, since updated. It flashes quickly at random every once in a while. Idk what it is.