7.11.2008:
Diablo II on Mac OSX = FAIL (or, Apple disenchantment, part 3)
10:29 PMSo, ever since the announcement of Diablo 3, I've had a hankerin' to play some Diablo 2. I finally succumbed to it today and ran out to Best Buy to grab a copy of the Diablo Battle Chest (my original D2 copy for PC was given away some time last year... Well, I say "given away", when I actually mean "loaned to a guy I no longer associate with and can't bother to ask for it back, due to the bullshit it'd bring along with it").
I got home and started installing as quick as I possibly could. It took a bit, but finally, I was ready to get to hackin' and slashin' with my Assassin. But, this would not happen for me, for as soon as I clicked "Play" from the installer dialog, I got a huge program crash.
So I tried again. Program crash.
I Googled. I read a bit of forum crap saying it needs the latest version - the discs are at version 1.03, and it needs 1.12. So I download the patcher. I patch. I run.
Program crash.
Grr.
So, I Google "Diablo II Crash Leopard" and ended up with a link to this guy's blog, writing about the exact same disappointment for the exact same reasons. He linked to this forum, which explains the problem (and for those who end up having the same, don't read from where I just linked - let me save you a TON of time and link you to a very quick fix):
Apple, for whatever reason, took out support for 256 color mode in the 10.5.2 update for the display driver for the Nvidia chipset in the Macbook Pro.
This boggles my mind.
WHY DO THAT? There is no good reason to reduce functionality that doesn't in any way burden or tax the system just by sitting there ununsed. There is, however, a GREAT reason for not taking it out for no good reason - IT BREAKS SHIT. Shit like Diablo 2.
And here's the really brilliant part - Diablo 2 doesn't even NEED the 256 mode to run, it just needs to know it's there to launch. You can run D2 under OpenGL with no problems whatsoever... As long as you can get the stupid thing to load.
So, I tried the long version of the fix, and got some graphical glitching (and for some reason, Finder kept launching and crashing over and over - very strange... Made clicking a desktop icon impossible). Then I ran the simple installer some guy made (linked above) and boom - I'm playing D2.
So yeah... Yet another really stupid reason Apple gave me to get angry. Everything that's happened from Apple to get me angry has been just plain stupid and avoidable.
I won't switch back, mind you. I still love my macs. I'm just really annoyed.
Labels: apple, technology, utter failure
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Blizzard will address this interaction in an upcoming patch for Diablo II, which will enable it to run in 32-bit color instead of 8-bit/256-color mode. The game will look the same.
You asspipe. Just use a goddamn winblowz machine for that shit like the rest of us and shut up.
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Wait, you're seriously complaining about having to use a 3rd part fix to play a game thats, 8 friggan years old on a computer?
Seems a better question is if the game doesn't run in 256c mode, why the hell does it care if its there or not?
And I'm sure they had a good reason for taking it out, be it conflicting with something else, or just to decrease the file size that everyone complains about.
OMG! I just bought D2 2 weeks ago because of the D3 announcement too! Damn you Blizzard, why can't I quit you!
Hey, so all i have to do is install this package and the game will work. Why is it when I install this thing my whole graphic card gets fucked and i have to reinstall mac.
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