First post, by jfarms
Hi,
Getting diablo 2 going with glide and eax is literally the game that motivated me to get into retro hardware... and I cannot get it to work!
I had it installed and working in my main retro system- p3 1ghz, v5 5500, sblive 5.1, ide-micro sd storage, 512 mb ram system, via 693A/B chipset. But at the same point in Act 3 it would crash over and over because it of some sprite-related error. After tons of searches and trouble-shooting, the closest answer I could come up with was a few others mentioning an issue related to the via chipset. Reinstalling didn't help, couldn't identify any other problems with the system. I also downloaded new cd images instead of using my CD-ROM copy thinking maybe it was damage to the disk(s). When I used the isos, the game wouldn't even install- during the LoD expansion installation the install software does an integrity check of the mpq files it builds and would tell me that "bad data file detected during installation". It suggests reinstalling then contacting tech support (lol).
So I obviously built a new system! p2 450, v5 5500, sblive 5.1, ide-micro sd storage, 512 mb ram, 440BX chipset system this time. Now, I cannot get the game to install at all. If I use my cd's, I get the "bad data file detected during installation" error. If I use the downloaded images, I get the same exact error. So I've gone backwards haha.
I'm kind of at my wits end- I have no idea what the problem could be or what to try. On my to-do list is trying to install the game on the system without any video/sound drivers installed yet. I could also try installing a traditional spinning HDD and installing onto it.
Anyone recognize this issue? Have any ideas?
(I particularly want to play version 1.09d so that precludes something like buying it on gog and just copying/pasting the installation onto the retro system. Afaik I have no choice but to install via CD-ROM/image).
