[XerXerz]

For this problem, when I am trying to start the video game called Diablo II:LOD, the video game play. When starting the video game there is an error, saying there is compatibility problems. This started right after installing vista. After clicking the link this is what is shown:



How is this fixed?

System Specs:

CPU
Recommended: Pentium 4/Athlon or better
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Recommended: 3 GHz
You Have: 2.81 GHz Performance Rated at 5.06 GHz
PASS
System RAM
Recommended: 1.5 GB
You Have: 2.0 GB
PASS
Operating System
Recommended: Windows XP with latest service pack installed
You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Professional (Build 6000)
PASS
Video Card
Recommended: 256Mb DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800+ [GF 6600 not supported] / ATI Radeon 9500+)
You Have: RADEON X800 Series (ATI RADEON X800 XL (0x554D))
PASS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video RAM: Required - 256 MB , You have - 256.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0

[Couriant]

Just like old games to be run on XP, you will need to make Diablo II run in Windows XP compatibility mode.

[XerXerz]

After doing that, the single player works, but it is still unable to connect to battle net. Is there any way to fix this?

[Couriant]

I would take a guess and look at the firewall. For testing purposes just disable the firewall and any other ones you have up and try to connect.

[XerXerz]

After disabling the firewall, it still has unable to connect to battle net. After trying two different disks, and installing Diablo II on a different computer with XP, it still has this problem. Is there a way to fix this? Will Diablo II work on the router, or will have to connect direct?

[Couriant]

Originally Posted by XerXerz

After disabling the firewall, it still has unable to connect to battle net. After trying two different disks, and installing Diablo II on a different computer with XP, it still has this problem. Is there a way to fix this? Will Diablo II work on the router, or will have to connect direct?

If you are connected through a router you will need to do port forwarding.

[XerXerz]

What are the ports required for Diablo II?

[Couriant]

which router do you have?

[XerXerz]

The router is called Linksys WRT54GX4 Wireless-G Broadband Router with SRX400.

[Couriant]

This should do the trick:

How to forward ports for Diabo II on WRT54GX4 router

[XerXerz]

Thanks, it has worked.

[Couriant]

glad to be of service.

Just remember that if you install any software firewalls, like ZoneAlarm, you would have to allow the network traffic for the game in that program.

[Bloody Tears]

How do I access and set the game to Windows XP compatibility mode? Also can this be applied for playing mulitplayer on the first Diablo?

[Couriant]

Right click on the game exe file, or the entry that in All Programs > Games, and click properties. The compatibility tab is there.

I'm not too sure what you mean about Diablo but if youi need to load the game, chances are it should work if you set the compatibility mode.

[rickhall]

i just bought an emachine and i installed diablo 2 and it plays but it looks like the video is messed up, it plays for like one minute and then messes up, then i get an error report for video. what do i do to get it working? is there a driver to install? my model type is w3609. please reply. thanks