[Guide] Median XL 2.0 with D2DX: New Glide wrapper

[usersebastiang]

I ran into this same issue and it seems to be related to windows denying access to certain things, It stopped me from even creating any more shorcuts in my d2 folder. I fixed it by using "Take Ownership".
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thank you so much, dont know but the permissions on my D2 folder were set up weirdly. I changed it up now and it works. I am connected with TSW and 60 fps.

[sonez]

I ran into this same issue and it seems to be related to windows denying access to certain things, It stopped me from even creating any more shorcuts in my d2 folder. I fixed it by using "Take Ownership".
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thank you so much, dont know but the permissions on my D2 folder were set up weirdly. I changed it up now and it works. I am connected with TSW and 60 fps.

Yea its weird and I have no idea what causes it but I'm glad you got it working, enjoy.

[schovan]

How do you configure it to run from Median XL Launcher?

[fixer_m]

The game runs in full screen mode every time. Is it possible to make it so that it would be in the window, as after Alt + Tab? I tried to write -w in the shortcut, but the window is getting too small, as if it ignoring the d2dx.cfg file.
Any ideas?

So setting scale=1.5 in cfg file doesn't work?
Check that your config file name is d2dx.cfg and you are using specially built version with floating-number scaling support from guide.

How do you configure it to run from Median XL Launcher?

Haven't tried this, but I assume this should work:

1. Choose 3dfx option in MXL Launcher
2. Create d2dx.cfg file in D2 folder with noresmod=true.

So MXL Launcher will run the game with 3dfx option and required noresmod flag will be set via config file.

[Based]

Just chiming in to say that the custom font i have installed works fine with this wrapper, so must not be universal.

[fixer_m]

Based,
What exact custom font do you use?

[Based]

One of BLCKBLuR's fonts from his thread. Maybe URW Grotesk Qide Medium? I forgot which one.

[Niyaki]

Hello. I have problem with this feature. I feel like 60FPS works and I see that game is smooth but I have problem with scaling. My taskbar says 1024x768 140% scale. I feel like my game doesn't look like it should or how other people's game look like. I put three commands: -3dfx -dxnoresmod and
-dxnocompatmodefix. I feel like game should looks better. Any help?

Screenshot from my game:
https://imgur.com/a/SFEYfwS

[Jasdero]

So setting scale=1.5 in cfg file doesn't work?
Check that your config file name is d2dx.cfg and you are using specially built version with floating-number scaling support from guide.

No no, the scale works. Just that when I start the game, it always opens in full screen. I do windowed mode (Alt + Enter) and play. Then I quit the game in the usual way. But the next time the game starts up in full screen again.

So I need to press Alt + Enter every time after starting the game.

[fixer_m]

No no, the scale works. Just that when I start the game, it always opens in full screen. I do windowed mode (Alt + Enter) and play. Then I quit the game in the usual way. But the next time the game starts up in full screen again.
So I need to press Alt + Enter every time after starting the game.

Weird. I've tried setting -w option and it works: it launches the game in windowed mode right away.

One of BLCKBLuR's fonts from his thread. Maybe URW Grotesk Qide Medium? I forgot which one.

Thanks! I've tried several fonts and they actually work, except for font by unknown (with D2kfixup.mpq).
I've updated the guide.