Diablo 2 Wide

Post by **maherie** » 03 Oct 2005, 22:11

Anyone got ideas on how to get this game widescreen? I'm keen to buy it and start playing it again but want to check widescreen first!

Anyone?

chemistry · Post by **chemistry** » 03 Oct 2005, 22:39

as far as i know only the diablo2 expansion back supports a resolution of 800*600....and the Diablo2 Original game only 640*480, as far as i can remember! The Resolution has sucked when the game came out - even more today on the big screens.....

so this game is really nothing to play on big screens.....only in a small window perhaps...

chemistry

FortranDragon · Post by **FortranDragon** » 03 Oct 2005, 23:02

Because of all of the prerendered artwork Blizzard initially chose 640x480 as a good balance between install size, system specs, and number of CDs the game came on. When they worked on the expansion I believe they stated that they had to redo the artwork to work correctly at 800x600.

Yes, it is a pain today, but their choices did make reasonable sense when they released the game.

chemistry · Post by **chemistry** » 03 Oct 2005, 23:07

no, i am not ur opinion......
When they released the game in 2000, the resolution of 640+480 was not state of the art! It was just old fashioned! I can remember that many people critisised the low resolution - and with the expansion Blizzard descided to rise it to 800*600 - wow.

Post by **skipclarke** » 04 Oct 2005, 05:57

What's really amazing is that you can still see this game prominently displayed in most video game stores and major retailers at around 30 to 40 dollars....still!

I was at Target yesterday and Diablo II was being offered for around 35 dollars. Now that's sustainable value :wink:

chemistry · Post by **chemistry** » 04 Oct 2005, 07:35

i never intended to say that this games is not a good game! It is a very good game - but the scren resolution was and is very bad. Thats the only con of this game.

chemistry

Mr.t · Post by **Mr.t** » 04 Oct 2005, 12:28

The game looks terrible in widescreen, but to fix it just play it in windowed mode with the -w option at the shrotcut

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 05 Oct 2005, 12:33

I was poking around trying to get this work when I first got a widescreen display. With just Diablo 2 installed, there are no res options anywhere. With Lord of Destruction installed, they introduced a registry switch - 0 for 640x480, and 1 or 800x600. No widescreen, and no higher res's. If you've got a 2405, aspect scale the game, and ramp anti-aliasing up to max...

Post by **maherie** » 05 Oct 2005, 15:04

I was poking around trying to get this work when I first got a widescreen display. With just Diablo 2 installed, there are no res options anywhere. With Lord of Destruction installed, they introduced a registry switch - 0 for 640x480, and 1 or 800x600. No widescreen, and no higher res's. If you've got a 2405, aspect scale the game, and ramp anti-aliasing up to max...

Hey how exactly do I ascpect scale and ramp up aa? I've done ini and patches for games and never come across how to change this, forgive me stupidity.

I love the game, it has a great story and the options are endless for characters! Need to make sure it looks sweet.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 05 Oct 2005, 15:16

I'm presuming you're using a Dell monitor. ;) :D

When you've got a non-native res displayed, you can use the OSD to set monitor scaling to 'fixed aspect'. An 800x600 output will be scaled up to fill 1600x1200, with a black bar down each side. You can also do this in the graphics card driver control panel if you've got an nVidia card. Increasing anti-aliasing should be a simple case of playing around in the same graphics card display control panel. :)

It's not the most elegant fix, unless you can set up program default settings for each game, because you'd have to change the AA settings back down again if you wanted to play a more recent game. I tend to play one single game to death, though, then move on an play another... ;)

Post by **maherie** » 05 Oct 2005, 20:16

I've got a 20FPW so I'll make sure to adjust it and sort it out.

cheers for the help guys.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 05 Oct 2005, 20:18

Talking about Diablo 2 has made me want to go play it again... :D

Post by **maherie** » 06 Oct 2005, 10:14

I know I go through cycles of wanting to play as well. IT's a great alround game that I keep getting sucked into.

I used to play online (56K ouch!) and then some dude kill my level 95 Hardcore Assasin due to lag, I quit a swore I'd never play it again.

I've played it thrice since.

FortranDragon · Post by **FortranDragon** » 06 Oct 2005, 19:41

no, i am not ur opinion......
When they released the game in 2000, the resolution of 640+480 was not state of the art! It was just old fashioned! I can remember that many people critisised the low resolution - and with the expansion Blizzard descided to rise it to 800*600 - wow.

It isn't my opinion, it is a paraphrase of a Blizzard statement.

Oh, by the way, just where did I claim Diablo II was state of the art when it was released? If you are going to argue with me at least argue with what I've actually said. ;-)

thefranklin · Post by **thefranklin** » 10 Oct 2005, 05:12

let's not argue, and could people post results when they get it tinkered nicely? I am going to have a 2005fpw by the end of the week and currently looking for the install discs...
thanks

Chastity · Post by **Chastity** » 05 May 2006, 19:25

I just wanted to chime in that on USEast, I came across some discussions about a hack that enables higher resolution modes for Diablo2, which for obvious reasons Blizzard is against since you get to see more screen area when enabled. PvP'ers are of course loving the fact that at 1600x1200, they are getting to see huge portions of the map, making teleporting operate even quicker. (Basically, in three clicks you're on the other side of the map)

I haven't come across this addon yet, but I thought you'd be interested in knowing that a workaround had been developed and is floating around. If you come across it, plz share. :)

Post by **maherie** » 08 May 2006, 08:33

I just wanted to chime in that on USEast, I came across some discussions about a hack that enables higher resolution modes for Diablo2, which for obvious reasons Blizzard is against since you get to see more screen area when enabled. PvP'ers are of course loving the fact that at 1600x1200, they are getting to see huge portions of the map, making teleporting operate even quicker. (Basically, in three clicks you're on the other side of the map)

I haven't come across this addon yet, but I thought you'd be interested in knowing that a workaround had been developed and is floating around. If you come across it, plz share. :)

Yeah it would be sweet.

I'm really into it at the moment, I've got three charaters going at the moment.

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