[rickhall]

could the processor be the prob? i just read and its a celeron d..... that isnt it is it?

[Couriant]

Direct3D is used with a video card. That would be correct because of the video card you have.

I'm just stumped as to why DII is causing this issue. There is another thread with the same issue, but with Windows XP. That too has an onboard card.

[Couriant]

No the CPU would not cause this.

[rickhall]

i just talked to an emachine tech and they told me to call blizzard and see if they are "compatible" with diablo 2! this is getting me so frustrated. grrrrrrr. i spent all this money and cant play any of my games! what if i installed windows xp, can i roll back at all?
i dont have the disc anymore dangit! i am going to call blizzard and see what they say

[Couriant]

In thoery you can format your machine to install Windows XP.

I thought intel (the manufacturer of the video card) had a compatibility list of games for their video cards, but i didn't see it at the time when I was looking there.

[rickhall]

i looked through the vista compatablility and it listed d2 as compatable. i dont even know where to search for the list for compatability for video card. and btw if i dont make sense, i havent slept so, lol, i am seriously needing to play.....hmmmmmm

[rickhall]

okay well thank you for your help but i fixed it..... i can play diablo 2 and if i were to tell you how i did it or what i did you would laugh at me.

[Couriant]

Actually, the more i know, the more quicker i can help others if you want you can pm me instead (click on my name and select send a pm)

[dfrank]

i have the same exact problem also on an emachine and i was wondering if u could help me solve it.

[rickhall]

remember when u installed and it did a system check and said 3dx graphics, and u chose it,? well u chose WRONG...lol, jk. go back to the sys check and pick 2dx instead. this woks for me although it does mess up a little bit, but it doesnt hurt too much. if i sit for a long time it just goes all neo green on me. well give that a try

[kiteless]

I can get Diablo II to run on my Dell Inspiron 640m laptop, but the odd thing is that it takes like four minutes for the game to start. And in the top left corner of the screen it displays random white characters on a black background. Any ideas as to why it loads so weird?

[Couriant]

Since you are on Windows Vista, try running the game in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode to see if it helps with the speed.

[kiteless]

I am already. I couldn't get it to work without switching it to XP mode.

[Rolo_17]

D2 is installed on my computer. My computer specs far exceed what i need to run the game. When i open up the game everything is fine until i go onto battle.net, it becomes very laggy.
I tried changing the compatibility and that didnt work. Any other ideas?

[MOND0]

Note to all, Change in properties of Diablo 2 for it to run in 256 color setting