DirectX not found, Diablo 2 LOD - D2VidTest returns 0

Jefklak · l33t Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Posts: 818 Location: Belgium

I am trying to get Diablo 2 LOD and patch 1.10 work under linux with the latest wine (emerged). I used winesetuptk to set everything up and the install worked flawlessly. But the video setup returns "no video modes found" blabla this could be because you don't have directx blabla.

When I start the game using wine game.exe I get this error:
Error 22: a critical error has occured while initialising DirectDraw.

I did the following steps:
1) emerge wine
2) emerge winesetuptk
3) run winesetuptk (generally dont change anything)
4) mount cds, install
5) get patch, install and crack
6) try to run the program

Do I need something or so to install DirectX??
Your help is appriciated I never worked with Wine before so please bare with me...
Thanks a lot!

The Mountain Man · l33t Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 643

This one has me stymied as well. It seems to work for some people but not for others, and I have yet to find that magic bullet solution. I would be in gaming bliss if I could get Diablo II to work under Wine!

Surely somebody has the solution to this problem.
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The Mountain Man · l33t Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 643

Bump. Anybody know how to fix this?
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Jefklak · l33t Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Posts: 818 Location: Belgium

I fixed it!
You have to play in windowed mode. Set managed to N and declare a "desktop" = "800x600" or your resolution. Enable DXGrap "Y" and you're set

The Mountain Man · l33t Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 643

Well, I also got it to work, in a manner of speaking. I installed it on my Windows partition then set up Wine to use my Windows directory instead of building its own "fake_windows", and now I'm playing Diablo II in Linux. It's not perfect--the sound crackles and there are some minor performance issues--but it's a start.

Edit: O.K., bad idea! It seems letting Wine have its way with my Windows partition borked Windows! Looks like I'll be reinstalling Windows this weekend.
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boris64 · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:28 pm Post subject:

hi,

i got d3d-mode working in d2 via winex_cvs.
i copied some d2-related stuff from the windows registry.

now even the D2VidTst.exe lists dd- & d3d-modes...

BUT BEWARE:
these are settings for my geforce card, i DON'T know, if this
works for another graphic card (try and find out!)

try adding/replacing this in your ~/.wine/system.reg

boris64 · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:31 pm Post subject:

Malek · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject:

Just FYI, I've heard that the direct3d mode -- while better -- runs slower, but I can't confirm it since I haven't played in a while.
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