Diablo II Shareware Read Me

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CONTENTS

From The Developers
Shareware License Agreement
System Requirements
Installation
Getting Started
Basic Game Controls
Configurable Game Controls
Gameplay Hints, Tips and Other Information
Contact Information
Performance Tips
 General Troubleshooting

Uninstalling


FROM THE DEVELOPERS

IMPORTANT NOTICE
First of all, thank you very much for trying out this shareware version of Diablo II. We worked very hard to create a game that you will want to spend many, many hours playing, and we hope that this demo serves as a good introduction to the whole game. The full retail version of Diablo II includes 5 different character classes each with 30 different skills, 4 huge Acts with a total of 22 quests, and complete Internet multiplayer support through Blizzard's free Battle.net service.

If you enjoy playing this shareware demo, you won't believe the challenges that await you in the full version. Diablo II is a VERY different play experience depending upon which character you choose to play. Diablo II takes on an entirely different feel when you are in a multiplayer game. The differences in how you have to think and react make for a very exciting and very new play experience.

We hope you enjoy playing Diablo II as much as we do.

- Blizzard Entertainment
SHAREWARE TEST LICENSE AGREEMENT

YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM. BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNUSED SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE OR CONTACT BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AT (949) 955-1382 FOR A FULL REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE.


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END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT


1. Limited Use License. Blizzard Entertainment ("Blizzard") hereby grants, and by installing the Shareware you thereby accept, a limited, non-exclusive license and right to (i) install and use one (1) copy of the Shareware for your use on either a home, business or portable computer; and (ii) install or distribute additional copies of the Shareware on an unlimited number of computers. All of the terms and conditions of this License Agreement shall also apply to all additional copies of the Shareware installed or distributed by you.

2. Ownership. All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Shareware and any and all copies thereof (including but not limited to any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, concepts, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, moral rights, any related documentation, and "applets" incorporated into the Shareware) are owned by Blizzard Entertainment or its licensors. The Shareware is protected by the copyright laws of the United States, international copyright treaties and conventions and other laws. All rights are reserved. The Shareware contains certain licensed materials and Blizzard's licensors may protect their rights in the event of any violation of this Agreement.

3. Responsibilities of End User.

4. Program Transfer. You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this License Agreement, provided the recipient agrees to the terms of this License Agreement and you agree to remove the Shareware from your home, business or portable computer.

5. Termination. This License Agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate the License Agreement at any time by destroying the Shareware. Blizzard may, at its discretion, terminate this License Agreement in the event that you fail to comply with the terms and conditions contained herein. In such event, you must immediately destroy the Shareware.

6. Export Controls. The Shareware may not be re-exported, downloaded or otherwise exported into (or to a national or resident of) any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods, or to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. By installing the Shareware, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are representing and warranting that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

7. Limited Warranty. Blizzard expressly disclaims any warranty for the Shareware and Manual(s). The Shareware and Manual(s) are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the Shareware and Manual(s) remains with the User, however Blizzard warrants up to and including ninety (90) days from the date of your purchase of the Shareware that the media containing the Shareware shall be free from defects in material and workmanship. In the event that the media proves to be defective during that time period, and upon presentation to Blizzard of proof of purchase of the defective Shareware, Blizzard will at its option 1) correct any defect, 2) provide you with a product of equal or lesser value, or 3) refund your money. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you.

8. Limitation of Liability. NEITHER BLIZZARD, HAVAS INTERACTIVE, INC., ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE SHAREWARE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES. BLIZZARD FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE OF THE SOFTWARE. SPECIFICALLY, BLIZZARD MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT THE PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SHAREWARE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY DATES PRIOR TO, DURING OR AFTER THE YEAR 2000, OR THAT THE SHAREWARE WILL BE CAPABLE OF CORRECTLY PROCESSING, PROVIDING, AND/OR RECEIVING DATE INFORMATION WITHIN AND BETWEEN CENTURIES, INCLUDING THE PROPER EXCHANGE OF DATE INFORMATION BETWEEN PRODUCTS OR APPLICATIONS. ANY WARRANTY AGAINST INFRINGEMENT THAT MAY BE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2-312(3) OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND/OR IN ANY OTHER COMPARABLE STATE STATUTE IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply.

9. Equitable Remedies. You hereby agree that Blizzard would be irreparably damaged if the terms of this License Agreement were not specifically enforced, and therefore you agree that Blizzard shall be entitled, without bond, other security, or proof of damages, to appropriate equitable remedies with respect to breaches of this License Agreement, in addition to such other remedies as Blizzard may otherwise have available to it under applicable laws. In the event that any litigation is brought by either party in connection with this License Agreement, the prevailing party in such litigation shall be entitled to recover from the other party all the costs, attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred by such prevailing party in the litigation.

10. Limitations on License. Nothing in this License Agreement shall preclude you from making or authorizing the making of another copy or adaptation of the Shareware provided, however, that (1) such new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in your utilization of the Shareware in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement and for NO OTHER PURPOSE; or (2) such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes ONLY and all archival copies are destroyed in the event of your Transfer of the Shareware, the Termination of this License Agreement or other circumstances under which your continued use of the Shareware ceases to be rightful.

11. Miscellaneous. This License Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and executed in the State of California and any dispute arising hereunder shall be resolved in accordance with the law of California. You agree that any claim asserted in any legal proceeding by one of the parties against the other shall be commenced and maintained in any state or federal court located in the State of California, County of Los Angeles, having subject matter jurisdiction with respect to the dispute between the parties. This License Agreement may be amended, altered or modified only by an instrument in writing, specifying such amendment, alteration or modification, executed by both parties. In the event that any provision of this License Agreement shall be held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining portions of this License Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This License Agreement constitutes and contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or written agreements.

I hereby acknowledge that I have read and understand the foregoing License Agreement and agree that the action of installing the Shareware is an acknowledgment of my agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of the License Agreement contained herein. I also acknowledge and agree that this License Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between Blizzard and I and that the License Agreement supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement, either oral or written, and any other communications between Blizzard and myself.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

CPU: A Power Macintosh with a G3 processor is required.

Memory: 64 MB of physical RAM is required for Diablo II Shareware.

Diablo II Shareware requires that virtual memory always be on. We highly recommend at least 128MB of RAM total.

Hard Drive Space: The installation and play requires 200 MB free space on your hard drive.

Video: Diablo II Shareware requires a monitor capable of displaying 800 x 600 pixels at a color depth of at least 256 colors.

3D accelerators compatible with Glide, Rave, and OpenGL are supported. Diablo II Shareware requires 8MB of texture RAM.

Operating System: Diablo II Shareware has a minimum requirement of MacOS 8.1.
We strongly suggest MacOS 9.0 or a more recent version.

INSTALLATION

How to Install

Simply download the demo onto your hard drive to install.

OpenGL - Optional
Diablo II Shareware requires that OpenGL be active on your Macintosh in order to run with hardware acceleration on some video cards.

NOTE: You can update to the most recent version of OpenGL at Apple's web site.

DrawSprocket - Required
Diablo II Shareware requires that DrawSprocket be installed and active on your Macintosh in order to run.

DrawSprocket 1.7.3 must be in the Extensions folder or your System folder.

NOTE: DrawSprocket is a part of Apple's Game Sprockets software. You can update to the most recent version at Apple's web site.

InputSprocket - Required
Diablo II Shareware uses InputSprocket to recognize multiple button mice.

InputSprocket 1.7.3 must be installed in the Extensions folder of your System folder. As of press time InputSprocket 1.7.3 is the most current version.

NOTE: InputSprocket is a part of Apple's Game Sprockets software. You can update to the most recent version at Apple's web site.

GETTING STARTED

Running The Game

Double click DIABLO II SHAREWARE to begin playing the game. You must read and agree to the license agreement before the game will proceed.

Playing The Game

In the Main Menu screen, click the "Single Player" button.

Selecting Or Creating A Character

To create a new character, click on the montage of faces labeled "New Character", then click "OK". Next the "Select Hero Class" screen appears. Move the cursor over the Barbarian. Enter the "Character Name" and click "OK".

To select an existing character, double-click on it or highlight it and click 'OK'. When you have 5 or more characters, arrow buttons appear. Press them to scroll through your character list.

To delete a character, highlight it and click "Delete". Respond to the "Are you sure..." dialog box with "YES".

When creating characters, it is important to note that the "Character Name" must be between 2 and 15 characters. Characters Names may only have upper and lower case letters (A-Z). In addition, names may have one dash ( - ) or one underscore ( _ ) as long it is not the first or last character of the name. Also, there are no spaces and no numbers allowed in Diablo II Shareware Character Names.

BASIC GAME CONTROLS

Esc – Toggles the Esc menu on/off and exits other menus.

Mouse Button – Performs "smart" actions depending on the situation:
(Right) Mouse Button (Also Command+Click) - Use the skill currently assigned to the Right Mouse Button on a selected target, drink a selected potion, or activate a scroll or tome.

Arrow Keys – Scrolls the Automap.


CONFIGURABLE GAME CONTROLS

A (or C) – Toggles Character Attributes screen on/off.
B (or I) – Toggles Backpack / Inventory screen on/off.
Q – Toggles the Quest log on/off.
H – Brings up the Help overlay.

T – Toggles Skill Tree screen on/off.
S – Toggles mouse button Skill menu overlay on/off.
F1 through F8 – Readies (or sets) the associated Left or Right Mouse Button Skill.
Mouse wheel up – Scrolls up through all hot-keyed (F1-F8) skills in the Right Mouse Button slot.
Mouse wheel down – Scrolls down through all hot-keyed (F1-F8) skills in the Right Mouse Button slot.
~ -- Toggles a belt larger than 1x4 open/closed.
1, 2, 3, and 4 – Uses the item in that belt slot.

Enter – Opens/closes In-Game Chat overlay.
Ctrl – Hold down to run.
R – Toggles auto-run mode on /off.
Shift – Hold down while clicking the left or right mouse button to use that skill while standing in place.
Option – Highlights all items dropped on the ground.
Z – Toggle all party member portraits on/off.

Tab – Toggles the Automap on/off.
F9 – Centers the Automap on the player.
F10 – Toggles Automap fading among none/center/all.
F11 – Toggles party member display on/off in Automap.
F12 – Toggles player/NPC name display on/off in the Automap.

Numeric Keypad – Voice communication (turn NumLock on for the following)
0 – Player character says, "Help!"
1 – Player character says, "Follow me."
2 – Player character says, "For you."
3 – Player character says, "Thanks."
4 – Player character says, "Sorry!"
5 – Player character says, "Bye."
6 – Player character says, "Die."

Print Screen – Saves the screen to your Diablo II Shareware directory as "screenshotX.jpg".
Spacebar – Cancels all the above screens and overlays to return to gameplay.
N – Clears all text messages from the screen.


GAMEPLAY HINTS, TIPS, AND OTHER INFORMATION

General Help
Press the 'H' key to view the Help overlay.

Using the Esc Menu
Press the 'Esc' key to bring up the menu. Press 'Esc' again to return to the game. Click on a menu entry to cycle through the settings. Click on a slider to move the skull to that setting. If an option is dimmed, it cannot be adjusted in the current graphics/sound mode or another option setting has disabled it.

The Esc Menu has the following structure:
Using the Mini-Panel
Press the mini-panel toggle button (located in the center of the control panel at the bottom of the screen) to raise and lower the mini-panel at the bottom center of the screen. Click on the mini-panel buttons (in order from left – Character, Inventory, Skill Tree, Automap, Message Log, Quest Log, and Exit Menu) to bring up the appropriate screen or overlay.

Using Ctrl – Running
Press and hold 'Ctrl' to run. Running outside towns uses Stamina. Be careful not to let your Stamina run out if you are being chased. If your Stamina reaches zero, your character begins walking instead and cannot run. If that happens, you must release 'Ctrl' and stand still for a few seconds to begin recovering Stamina. After your Stamina has started increasing, you may walk and continue to recover Stamina. This recovery continues until it reaches your character's maximum.

NOTE: You may also run by tapping the 'R' key to toggle auto-run mode on. Tap it again to go back to walking mode.

Using Option – Highlighting Items on the Ground
Press and hold 'Option' to highlight any items (weapons, armor, potions, scrolls, gold, etc.) that you can pick up from the ground. The name of the item class appears above the item in the following color code:

White = Normal Item
Grey = Socketed Item
Blue = Magic Item
Green = Set Item
Yellow = Rare item
Gold = Unique item

Click on the name (or the item, itself) to pick it up.

Using Shift – Standing and Attacking
When you want to attack with the left or right mouse button skill without moving to the target of the attack, hold the 'Shift' key down.

Information on Monsters
When you move your cursor over a monster, you see the monster's name or class. Behind the name in red appears the monster's hit-point bar graph, showing how much of the monster's life remains. The name of the monster is color-coded. White text indicates a standard monster type, blue a champion, and gold a unique monster or boss.

Stackable Items
Some items can have a quantity greater than one. Examples include: tomes of identify and town portal, keys, and all items that can be thrown or shot by a bow -- arrows, bolts, throwing knives, javelins, exploding potions, etc. Using a stackable item decrements its quantity by one. When the quantity of a projectile reaches zero, the item is gone. Empty tomes can be refilled with scrolls.

You may consolidate stackable items of the same type (like quivers of arrows) by picking up one stack and dropping it onto another stack. The quantities in both stacks are added together to form one stack, unless the resultant stack's quantity would exceed the maximum. In that case there are still two stacks. One of them holds the maximum; the other holds the remainder.

NOTE: You cannot split a stack into two stacks.

Scrolls
There are only two types of scrolls in Diablo II Shareware – Scrolls of Town Portal and Scrolls of Identify. Several scrolls of the same type may be held within a single tome. In Act I Akara sells scrolls and tomes from her Miscellaneous inventory tab.

Right-click on the Town Portal scroll (or tome) to open up a portal near the player. Left-click on the Portal to return to the town located in that Act. The portal remains active until you re-enter it within the Act's town and return to the place from which you cast it.

Right-click on the Identify scroll (or tome) to change the cursor into a tilted question mark. Move the point of the cursor over an unidentified item in your inventory and Left-click to identify it.

Using the Belt
Pressing one of the 4 belt hot keys uses the item in the corresponding belt hot-slot – 1, 2, 3, or 4. Only scrolls or potions of health, mana, stamina, thawing, and antidote can be placed in the belt. Pressing the belt hot key either drinks the potion or casts the spell contained on a scroll.

Wearing a sash, or larger belt, expands the basic 4-slot belt by adding 1 or more extra rows of 4 slots. You can access the extra rows by moving the cursor over the 4-slot belt in the control panel. When an item in a belt hot-slot is used, any items held in the storage slots above the (now empty) hot-slot drop down one slot to refill it. For maximum convenience you should arrange items of the same type vertically. You can also use the '~' key to toggle larger belts fully open and closed.

Skills
All 5 Character Classes start with the same 2 basic skills – Attack and Throw.

In the shareware, only the Barbarian and his skills in the top row (level 1) are available. In the complete game each character class may develop 30 unique skills. These 30 skills are divided into 3 skill tabs. The skills in each tab are arranged into a Skill Tree -- much like a Technology Tree in a real-time strategy game.

There are two general classes of skills – Passive and Active. Active skills require you to explicitly cast or use them. Passive skills are not cast, but have implicit or automatic effects. Masteries (a type of Passive skill) are in effect whenever the item or skill to which the Mastery applies is used. The Paladin's Auras (another type of Passive skill) are in effect whenever readied as the right mouse skill button. Aura skill button icons are golden.

All Active skills except Attack and Throw use Mana. Most Passive skills do not use Mana. The Mana cost and other information about a skill is shown when you move the cursor over the skill icon. When a Skill icon is red, the Skill cannot be used. This is due to either a lack of Mana, or because an item that the skill requires is not equipped.

NOTE: Equipping a throwing weapon readies the Throw Skill in the left mouse skill button. When you've thrown the last one of a stack of throwing weapons, the skill (along with the weapon) you had been using before is restored to the left mouse skill button, (unless the weapon was a bow or crossbow).

Assigning and Using Skill Hot keys
You may assign 8 hot keys to automatically ready skills for the left or right mouse buttons. Bring up the Skill buttons (left-click on the left-hand or right-hand skill icon), then move the cursor over each skill and press one of the 8 hot keys – 'F1' through 'F8' – to assign the hot key to that skill. When finished, press 'S' or the Spacebar.

NOTE: Some skills cannot be assigned to the left mouse button. Any skill can be assigned to the right mouse button.

Interaction with NPCs
Click on an NPC. If a text menu pops up, you can interact. Select 'Talk' to hear the NPC introduction, gossip, or quest information. Select 'Trade' to buy, sell, or repair items. (See below.) In Act I, for example, Gheed allows you to 'Gamble' by offering an inventory of unidentified magic items – premium-priced, however. Kashya lets you 'Hire' a mercenary after completing a certain quest for her. (See below.)

Trading with NPCs
Click on one of the NPCs (Akara, Gheed, or Charsi in Act I). Select 'Trade' from the pop-up menu. Your Inventory appears on the right side of the screen, while the NPC's Inventory appears on the left. Across the top of the NPC inventory are 4 inventory tabs – Armor, Weapons, Magical, and Misc. If there are no items in that tab, the tab label will not appear until someone sells the NPC an item of that type. NOTE: When an equipped item's durability is low, a color-coded player icon appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Items displayed in yellow have low durability. Items in red have 0 durability and cannot be used (have no effect) until repaired. Bring up your Inventory and sweep your cursor over your equipment to inspect its durability.

NOTE: To buy or sell multiple items click on the corresponding Trading Mode buttons near the bottom of the NPC inventory. This sets the cursor into buy or sell mode. Left click on each item in turn for the mode you selected. To change modes click on one of the 3 Trading Mode buttons. Click on the "Close" button to exit.

Hiring and Controlling Mercenaries
In Act I Kashya hires out mercenary Rogues once you have completed a certain quest for her.

Click on Kashya to bring up her menu. If "HIRE" appears on her menu, click on it. Select a mercenary to hire. Press "OK". A Rogue appears near you with her icon in the upper left corner. Above the icon is the Rogue's Health bar. The Rogue follows you and automatically shoots arrows at any monsters or hostile players nearby. You cannot harm your mercenaries and they cannot harm you or your party members.

Mercenaries cost gold to hire. Mercenaries are very loyal and fight to the death. They follow you through portals and waypoints.

Gold
The Gold button appears on the Backpack (Inventory) screen. The amount of gold you can carry is determined by your character's level – 10,000 gold per level.

Your Stash
In a central location in each town (near the bonfire in the Rogue camp in Act I) is a large chest. This is your private Stash. Click on it to open it. You may exchange items between your Character Inventory and your Stash. Merchants will deduct gold from your Stash for purchases that exceed the amount of gold you are carrying. Click on the exit button or press 'Esc' or Spacebar to exit.

NOTE: Don't leave items lying on the ground any longer than necessary. Regular items disappear in about 15 minutes. Magic, Rare, Set, and Unique items disappear after lying on the ground for about 1 hour.

Gems and Socketed Items
Items whose names appear in grey text have one or more sockets. The sockets are visible when highlighting the item in your inventory. You can place various types and grades of gems into the sockets to enhance a socketed item's abilities. There are five grades of gems – chipped, flawed, standard, flawless, and perfect. Gems cannot be removed from a socket once placed into it. Touching a gem shrine upgrades one gem (randomly chosen from the character's inventory) to the next higher grade.

Magic, Rare, Set, and Unique Items
The names of Magic, Rare, Set, and Unique Items appear in blue, yellow, green, and gold text, respectively. Leveling Up and Allocating Stats and Skill Points
When a character levels up by earning enough experience points (from killing monsters), the "New Stats" and "New Skill" buttons appear at the bottom left and right corners of the screen. When in a safe situation, click on the buttons to bring up the Character Attributes and the Skill Tree to allocate the points.

Each time you level up, you may distribute 5 attribute points among your 4 attributes – strength which effects damage, dexterity which effects the ability to hit and avoid attacks, vitality which effects life, and energy which effects Mana. Click on the "+" button next to an attribute to increment that attribute.

Each time you level up, you may add 1 point to an available skill. The skills available to you must satisfy both a player level requirement and any skill prerequisites higher up on the tree. Click on all 3 tabs and sweep your cursor over the available skills (appearing in bright white) to review their descriptions and detailed effects before making your selection.

Waypoints
In Act I the Rogue encampment contains one Waypoint. When you encounter other Waypoints, click on them to activate them. Once a Waypoint has been activated, you may travel instantly from it to any other Waypoints you've activated.

Shrines and Wells
There are shrines and wells outside the camp. Each has a descriptive name that appears when you move the cursor over the shrine. To activate one of these mystic places, Left-click on it to trigger the effect. Shrine effects wear off after a period of time. Only one shrine at a time can affect a player – the one most recently touched. Wells and most shrines can be used more than once – after a period of time they recharge.

Using the Automap
Press 'Tab' to toggle the Automap on or off. When the Automap is displayed, use the arrow keys to scroll it around. To re-center the Automap, just toggle it off and on again. The automap is color-coded as follows: In Act I follow the path out of the Rogue camp into the wilderness. You may want to "scour" the landscape so that you don't miss anything important. Along with rivers, paths, walls, fences, houses, cliffs, and the like, major landmarks appear – caves, shrines, wells, waypoints, and quest areas.

Quests
Note: Only the first two quests of 22 total, are available in the Shareware.

The Quest Log button pops up in the lower left corner of the screen when the state of a quest changes. Click on it to bring up the Quest Log and review your quests.

The Quest Log button always appears when beginning or completing a quest. Some quests are given by NPCs – others by happening upon an important part of the quest.

The creator of a game determines which quests appear in a game. When a player character creates a game, only those quests that have not been completed by that character can be active in that game.

If a character has completed a quest that includes a boss monster and/or special area and then starts a new game, the boss and/or location of the quest is generally placed in the game. However, the quest is not activated and the reward is not given a second time.

Character Saving/Loading and Corpses
Your character is saved when you choose "Save and Exit Game" from the 'Esc' Menu.

The state of the Automap and the world layout is saved, but monsters repopulate the world.

If you die and leave a game without retrieving your corpse, at the beginning of your next game with that character your corpse is placed within the Rogue Camp.

The character save data includes Character Attributes, Inventory, Skills, Skill Hot keys, Control Configuration, Waypoints Activated, the character's Corpse (if there is one), the list of completed Quests, and the contents of the character's Stash.

What Happens When Your Character Dies
Your character loses a percentage of the total gold both carried and stored in the Stash. The percentage is equal to your character level -- but not to exceed 20%. After deducting the death penalty from the gold your character is carrying, the rest falls to the ground in a pile. None is deducted from the Stash. Also, gold is never deducted below the minimum of 500 times your character level.

If your character currently has no corpse, one is created and your equipped items stay on your corpse. If your character already has a corpse, equipped items simply fall to the ground along with gold. Unequipped items always remain in your inventory.

Press the 'Esc' key to be reincarnated in the Rogue Camp. Your reborn character holds the unequipped portion of the recently deceased's inventory. This is a good time to consider visiting your Stash to make a withdrawal of some spare equipment.

When you find your corpse, click on it to loot it of all equipped items.

If you exit a game without looting your corpse, it will be placed in town in the next game you create or join.

CONTACT INFORMATION

General Information
http://www.blizzard.com
http://www.battle.net


Sales Information
Blizzard Entertainment Sales
Order online http://www.blizzard.com/market.shtml
or call (800) 953-SNOW
If calling outside the US: (949) 955-0283


Mailing Address
Blizzard Entertainment
P.O. Box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623

Technical Support
The Blizzard Entertainment technical support department will attempt to help you resolve any problems that you may experience with the Diablo II Shareware.

Web-based technical support can be found on the support section of our web site at http://www.blizzard.com/support

Prior to contacting our technical support representatives, we ask that you have the following information available. Phone: (949) 955-1382
Fax: (949) 737-SNOW
Email: support@blizzard.com
Hours: 9am-6pm Pacific Time

Our support representatives will not answer questions pertaining to game playing hints, product release dates, and other non-technical issues.

STARTUP OPTIONS AND PERFORMANCE TIPS
The Diablo II Shareware Startup Options dialog screen provides two options which can affect performance: Video Test and Share Processor Time.

Video Test and Performance
This option allows you to select hardware acceleration modes, or to run in software mode. To use hardware acceleration your video card must have at least 8 MB of RAM installed on it. Enabling hardware acceleration will generally improve performance.

Some hardware acceleration modes allow you to choose a target color depth. Reducing the color depth to it's lowest setting will improve game performance.

Share Processor Time
This option will run Diablo II Shareware at a lower priority level so that the other applications such as internet connection software have processor time available for essential tasks. Only disable this option if you are sure your internet service provider does not require a stay alive ping from their connection software. Disabling this option will improve game performance.

Music and Performance
Disabling music in Diablo II Shareware reduces the amount of work your processor has to do. This may improve performance on older or slower computers.

  1. To disable music in Diablo II Shareware, press the Esc key.
  2. Then, click on the Sound Options item in the menu that appears.
  3. Next, click on the Music Volume slider and drag it all the way to the left.
  4. Press Esc again to return to the game.
Video Options and Performance
Various graphics options may be adjusted to improve performance.
  1. To adjust the video options, press the Esc key.
  2. Next, click on the Video Options item in the menu that appears.
Lighting Quality
This option adjusts the smoothness of the lighting. There are three quality settings: LOW, MEDIUM, and HIGH. Setting this option to LOW increases performance.

Blended Shadows
This option blends the shadows on the screen. Turning this option OFF increases performance.

Perspective Mode (not available in Software)
This option dynamically scales parts of the world to simulate the visual effect of perspective view. Turning this option OFF makes the game look less 3-Dimensional and increases performance.


GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING

I cannot select Rave, but I have a PCI Rage 128 graphics card.
Rave graphics acceleration was disabled on PCI Rage 128 graphics cards due to a bug that would cause graphical corruption.

Diablo II Shareware sometimes crashes when I switch to a window, or switch back from a window to full screen.
This is due to a bug in DrawSprocket 1.7.4.
You should also check to see if Apple has released a version of DrawSprocket later than 1.7.4. If so, update to that version.

Diablo II Shareware slows down a lot if I toggle screen modes while playing.
This usually happens when you have pop-up windows active in the Finder.
The Finder will attempt to interrupt the game when a monitor resolution switch occurs and pop-up windows are open. This can slow Diablo II Shareware's performance to a crawl. We suggest you close all pop-up windows prior to playing.


My mouse button(s) are not working in the game.
Diablo II Shareware does not support multi-button USB mice in Mac OS 8.1 to 8.5.1. If you are running OS 8.5.1 or lower and would like to use multi-button USB mice, we recommend upgrading to OS 8.6 or higher.

If you are running DII in a window, InputSprocket will automatically disable itself until you switch to full screen mode (Command+M).

If you are running in full screen mode and your mouse buttons still do not work, try disabling the button programming software which came with your mouse and then restarting.

If you use a single button mouse do not enable the multi-button mouse option.

Some mice are not compatible with the GameSprockets software and must be configured Manually.
Use the procedure below to manually configure the mouse each time you play.

Start the game.
Disable the game's multi button mouse option.
Use the Command M key combination to run in a window.
Open your mouse's button configuration software.
Set the right button to a Command key + a mouse click.
Close the mouse software.
Select Diablo II in the Finder.
Use the Command M key combination to run in full screen mode again.

My USB mouse or keyboard freezes up during the game.
There may not be a 100% solution to this problem depending on what model of Macintosh you are using.
The following steps can be taken to minimize the occurrence of the problem.

Delete the GameSprockets software from your extensions folder. Then reinstall GameSprockets by either using the Software Update control panel (MacOS 9.0 or better), or by downloading the GameSprockets software from Apple's web site and installing it manually.

Update USB device driver software for devices you have installed. Check with the manufacturers of the devices for driver updates.

Disconnect USB devices you will not be using prior to playing Diablo II. Then reconnect them after you are finished playing.

When I try to create a TCP/IP game, it says that I do not have an IP, but I am connected to a network.
This is most likely due to a TCP/IP configuration that will not assign an IP address until your computer attempts to make an internet connection. The easiest solution is to simply open up a web browser to initiate an internet connection which then assigns your computer its IP address.

When I run in Glide I get graphical corruption.
Though we cannot support beta drivers, we recommend using Beta 12 (or higher) drivers for your Voodoo card.

UNINSTALLING

Uninstalling the Diablo II Shareware
To uninstall Diablo II Shareware follow these steps:

Delete the Diablo II Shareware folder and the Diablo II Preferences file in the Preferences folder. Empty Trash and you're done!