Diablo lags?

[The_wand_mirror]

Diablo 2 LoD lags for me on some parts, while i can run WoW normally (Not when there are 80 ppl in ogrimmar but you get the point!) and he also takes almost everything from Warcraft 3 except the whole field of sight being stuffed with units etc.

Huh? I believe my PC is becoming a bit shittier every time i use it lol. What could be the problem.

 

[Gilles]

Diablo 2 LoD lags for me on some parts, while i can run WoW normally (Not when there are 80 ppl in ogrimmar but you get the point!) and he also takes almost everything from Warcraft 3 except the whole field of sight being stuffed with units etc.

Huh? I believe my PC is becoming a bit shittier every time i use it lol. What could be the problem.

How bad is it? Off chance that it's the engine, perhaps if there are tons of summons and enemies on the screen. Although I doubt it.

Were you online? It could be your internet connection, although if WoW runs fine that also doesn't makes sense.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

How bad is it? Off chance that it's the engine, perhaps if there are tons of summons and enemies on the screen. Although I doubt it.

Were you online? It could be your internet connection, although if WoW runs fine that also doesn't makes sense.

Well, when i enter the throne of destruction there isn't a moment its all lag-free, the fps is going down pretty fast there all of a sudden and i don't get it because my pc should easily handle these kind of graphics lol.

It indeed doesn't make any sense =/

And i didn't play online so it couldn't be the internet.

 

[Gilles]

So did it lag or not? Your frames just went down? Then it may be the engine just not handling the graphics as well, although I don't know much about that. Are frames influenced by the engine?

 

[TheDivineBoss]

To kinda get of the Diablo subject, but you can have this problem with other games too. Like for instance, I can play C&C3 easiely on high, but after the hours I play, I need to put it on Medium, and then even some things on Low. Same goes for Spore and the rest of my games.

 

[Dr Super Good]

This is an engine bug. Newer graphic cards, especially nvidia series lag hidously when playing D2 reaching low FPS, I have this for both a 7800 GTS and 8800GT, which at full power can run TES oblivion decently (the GT topels TES oblivion with rendering it at max settings with AA on).

This can be fixed thou, you have to change render mode from "Direct3D" to DirectDraw". This does lower graphic quality a bit but appon doing this, it should never lag no matter what and never go below 60 FPS if your PC is healthy.

Honestly this is a joke as a geforce 4 card maxes the game yet a 8800GT lags at max in Direct3D. I think it is due to the way the engine was optimized, it uses a method of scaling the graphics which is lag prone for displaying the graphics on modern cards, probably due to the addition of better render methods to the method after D2 was made which were costly. This is best seen when you compair direct3D mode on an old PC (which runs it fine) and a new PC (which lags) as the 2 do not look identical.

Anyway, the fix I listed of changing to DirectDraw render is a garunteed fix as long as your PC is healthy and I comfirmed it on 2PCs.

I do not know if this works on ATI cards thou as I do not have any modern ATI card which could be used to test this or even see if the problem occurs in the first place.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

This can be fixed thou, you have to change render mode from "Direct3D" to DirectDraw". This does lower graphic quality a bit but appon doing this, it should never lag no matter what and never go below 60 FPS if your PC is healthy.

And how do i do that? =/ Do you mean on the videocard, or the game?

 

[HappyTauren]

You can't help it, except for getting and older GPU (that is yet compatible with your motherboard).

 

[Dr Super Good]

Use the video test that installs with the game and controles those options? Honestly it is pretty easy if you check your all programs folder under start. Even thou it recomends Direct3D, use DirectDraw and your lag will be gone if your pc is healthy and has a decent proc that is from 2002+.

HappyTauren, yes you help it by doing what I said.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Hey thanks it worked. There's no lag anymore when i put it on DirectDraw!

 

[Avex]

Yeah d2 actually has been lagging for me and my friends, we were fighting Meph and when we almost killed him (we were all level 35-40's) we all fatal'd. It sucked.

 

[HappyTauren]

I solo'd mephisto at level 20.

 

[Avex]

What difficulty?

 

[HappyTauren]

EEEEZEEEE

Well, whatever was the easiest one.

 

[Avex]

Normal? We were doing him on Nightmare (Intermediate, Meph is a bitch on it when ur 25-30).

and I cant see that picture +_+

 

[Dr Super Good]

Meph the hardest of all the bosses, he roasts my max res Hdin with 2K HP and max block in under 5 hits with his lightning enhanced ness. Also his level 20 odd conviction aura does not help my max res as it unmaxes them. Atleast my blessed hammer kills all the infinate skeltons in 1 hit. Luckilly my brother helps take him down with his smitter (who still struggles from time to time) as it would be impossiable with my Hdin. This is not even counding the fact that he has close friends with him at the time.

Anyway, this sort of discussion belongs in a different thread or maybe my D2 social group?

 

[Avex]

MEPH is the hardest? LOL No good sir, Duriel is the pain in the ****hole.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Duriel sucks, I just sit there and he does no damage to me due to 75% block also his damage is crap and has no infinate spawning minions. Meph's conviction aura is rigged since his moves can easilly deal 2K odd damage at 50% res, and you will more likely have only 12% unless you really have a lot of +res SCs.

On top of that do not forget there is diablo and baal nearby him and if all 3 surround you, you can kiss your health good bye.

 

[Avex]

I always found Duriel to be the pain in the ass, Meph is easier unless you're low lvled.

 

[HappyTauren]

Duriel is much harder than mephisto if you are an assasin.

 

[Avex]

Oh god I hated doing meph as asassin, kept having to load and put traps and stuff everywhere, it was annoying.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I was refering to uber tristram, nothing in the game is harder than that.

 

[Avex]

Uber trist? With every boss everywhere?

 

[Dr Super Good]

You know, the one opened by using organ set. (3*3 keys)

You have to fight uber mephisto, uber baal and pandimonium diablo at once with each spawning infinate monsters. Meph spawns armies of skeltons. Baal spawns bloodlords and ghosts. Diablo spawns mega demons which are immune to all but physical and blessed hammer.

 

[GoSu.SpeeD]

You know, the one opened by using organ set. (3*3 keys)

You have to fight uber mephisto, uber baal and pandimonium diablo at once with each spawning infinate monsters. Meph spawns armies of skeltons. Baal spawns bloodlords and ghosts. Diablo spawns mega demons which are immune to all but physical and blessed hammer.

haha d2 was sick back in the day, i was quite rich on there years ago, so i decided to try my best and make a "uber-trist-kicksin" which was actually effective and a lot more fun than a smiter i recently dabbled in D2 under the "Median XL" mod, it's fun if you haven't played it before, new monsters, new skill trees, proper dungeons etc. but can get pretty boring after you've got max level all classes (max level is 125 i think). But if you haven't tried it and are bored some day, give it a shot ^^

 

[howl2000]

All the mods for D2 were worth playing. All of them added something new. Most reworked all the classes to something different and added new areas etc. MODS Rock.

But before that Uber trist was awesome. It was the end all beat all test of your character. Only problem with D2 was bug abuse and everyone did it.

Oh yeah and the good thing is to fix your problem instead of having to buy a $1000 video card you can buy a 5$ one lol.