#HOW TO INSTALL DIABLO 2 WITHOUT CD KEY PATCH#

I just thought i'd mention a few things here. It's simply because you run it from outside of Diablo 2 directory. Problem 4: You may get an error while connecting BNET saying that your exe is unrecognized.

Leave anything else unchanged (I assume you already set the 'Drives' properly).

We do that to be able to press Alt/Shift and mouse buttons at the same time while playing.

Graphics -> Unselect 'Allow the window manager to control the windows'.

Windows Version -> Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

Run 'winecfg' and create a new application profile.

Unzip the D2Loader to the Diablo 2 directory.

(It may say that patching is unsuccessful. Don't worry, just hit the cancel to complete the upgrade process.

#HOW TO INSTALL DIABLO 2 WITHOUT CD KEY PATCH#

Problem 3: Patch should work flawlessly but if you're using a pirate copy, after upgrade, it will ask for the expansion cd no matter what you put in.

Apply the latest patches according to your install.

Copy all the missing *.mpq files from cds to your Diablo 2 directory.

(Optional) Now that the setup is over you put the expansion disc (LoD) and install it just like before.

Weather you type 'wine eject' in the console or you just run 'INSTALL.EXE' by double clicking it and choosing 'wine' as the appropriate application. If you run 'INSTALL.EXE' form a bash command when the setup asks for you to change the disc, you won't be able to eject it because bash is making the cdrom busy. Problem 2: Here you may have an other little problem. A quick fix is to selecet 'Emulate a virtual desktop' from winecfg. Problem 1: A very common problem here is that the progress window blocks the CD swap dialog so you think that it doesn't install anything. (It's a good idea to choose FULL INSTALL)

Put the INSTALL cd and run the 'INSTALL.EXE'.

D2Loader for 1.11b ( Website here) EDIT: It looks like Blizzard started to ban D2Loader users.Diablo 2 and/or LoD (I used a pirate copy, but hey I have my original cd keys).UPDATE: With newer Wine versions running Diablo 2 + LoD on linux is much more simpler, here is how I do it.

How to install diablo 2 without cd key