Diablo II: 1.14a
There is a major problem with 1.14a. Some of their MPQ files use a new format. This is making rolling back not possible because older game.exe files cannot understand these MPQ files. So, if you downloaded 1.14a directly from battle net:
- You won't be able to use D2SE.
- You won't be able to use PlugY.
- You won't be able to use MultiRes
- You won't be able to play any mod besides Median and a few others
- You won't be able to join The Sin War realms
However, if you have 1.14a as a result of updating an earlier version (installing from CDs, for example), not all hope is lost. You can follow instructions
here on downgrading.
- But macro, I just downloaded 1.14a from Battle.net, what do? We are working on a solution for this - but it is not something that can be fixed by median itself. This problem is in the MPQ format so the only solution to go to previous versions is to get Diablo from somewhere else. Whether we'll be able to create some sort of script to convert these MPQ files is still unknown. We can only hope. And big respect to blizzard for releasing a virtually empty patch and giving a big part of their D2 community the middle finger. If at least they had done something worth mentioning, such as resolution improvements and what not. 6 years and we get a "shiny new mac installer" that doesn't even work. Either way, we have dealt with them before and we will continue to do so.
If you wish to play on The Sin War, or use third party tools such as D2SE or PlugY, you need to get the game from a different source that is not blizzard's installer. More information in
this topic.
