Hello there.. and d3d question

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Hello there,

not sure if anyone remembers me, I was semi-active poster on the old forums (using the same name - quantum) but it's been at least 4 years since I last played median. I think I stopped playing at version 1.A9 or something.
Anyway, yesterday I had a dream about D2 lol. No idea why but I actually did. So I fired up D2 today, thought I would "just try the new median" and instantly lost 4 hours and got to level 30.

It's amazing that so far it seems median ultimative is very similar to what I remember and yet adds tons of new stuff to keep one entertained for years.

Anyway I have 2 questions. First, I can't seem to get D2 working under D3D fullscreen mode. I tried lots of stuff, XP compatibility mode, lowering desktop res first before launching etc. to no avail. It's no biggie, it works under direct draw but I used to prefer D3D mode because all effects are nicer that way. Also uniques are easier to distinguish from rares if I remember correctly. The colors are just a bit better. Anyone knows some trick to run D3D?
Glide doesn't work either, by the way but I never liked that mode.
Btw tring to play windowed mode was interesting on a 4K monitor :D
I use win 7 pro. D2 version is 1.13d.

I forgot the second question, maybe I'll remember later.

Brother Laz and Marco, I hate you guys, I lost thousands of hours in my late adolescence because of this mod. I hope I won't lose my job because of median if I start playing again lol. :mrgreen:
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I'd recommend to get D2SE and use glide instead of d3d, you get the same colors with much better performance
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Also use 1.13c
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http://www.svenswrapper.de/english/ Use this. Install. Run D2VidTst.exe. Choose Glide.

And obviously, run both the Diablo launcher and D2VidTst in WXP SP2 compatibility mode.
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Ok I gave the glide wrapper another try and so far it works great. Thanks!