Diablo 2 no-CD patch is out

[Ximnipot69]

I just reinstalled Diablo 2 and when I connected to Battle.netI found out that a no-CD patch had just came out. Text taken from Blizzards support page:

Patch 1.12 Downloadable Installer Support
- If all required Diablo 2 '.MPQ' files are installed on the hard drive, the game will no longer require the CD to play.
For users that originally performed a 'Full Installation' and wish to run without the CD, all '.MPQ' files should be copied from the Diablo 2 CDs to the Diablo 2 directory. Most users will only need to copy D2Music.mpq from the Diablo 2 Play CD and/or D2xMusic.mpq from the Lord of Destruction CD. Mac users will need to copy these music files and rename them to 'Diablo II Music' and 'Diablo II Expansion Music' respectively.
Anyone who did not perform a 'Full Installation' will need to re-install from CD again to ultimately play without the CD. In this case, a 'Full Installation' is required, followed by file copy step noted above.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed an incompatibility between Rosetta and OpenGL mode on Intel Mac.


Go here to download it:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20758

[CyberPitz]

Might have to run through and get this all set up, because I have a feeling I'll be losing this CD soon :(

[Shockem]

So is it required to re-install even if you already had the full installation and then just downloaded the patch? It doesn't seem to work for me if so. Not sure, but this sounds like a really good idea because i always lose disks and such, thanks for the update.

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[Wlck742]

Yeah, it doesn't make much sense we need a disk so we can run the game without a disk. :p

[Ximnipot69]

1: I had to re-install my copy of Diablo 2 since it said something about no being able to do something with D2gfx.dll. It probably has something to do with me using the plugY plug-in.

2: If you have done a full install you only need to copy the music file into your Diablo 2 directory. I did it yesterday and everything works fine now. :)