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Diablo 2 on Linux (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello all,

I am curious if there is a viable option to play Diablo 2 on Linux. I have a RetroPie setup for my kid and was wondering if I could show him diablo 2.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Diablo, if I remember correctly, always worked as shit through wine. Mostly resolution problems.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I finished D2 and Diablo with mods, installed via Lutris and they played perfectly. The future is now old man.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Same, was playing PD2 for a month through Lutris before PoE league dropped.

Only issues I had were PD2 launcher related and changing a setting fixed that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

This i played D2 and D2R on debian no issues on Linux. On Amd64 arch. The pie seems a little underpowered to emulate I386

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I had no problems at all when I played it a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

fullscreen?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think so, but at this point I'm not 100% sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am asking because all problems I remember were resolution-fullscreen-related. Playing 800x600 in window was possible for some time... But it was some time since I checked the situation the last time. It might be better now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I just tried naively installing Diablo II from scratch inside Bottles and sadly I couldn't get it to work at all this time, at least not without further tinkering but I couldn't spare more time at this moment. I presume installing it like this and then adding it to Steam to use Proton could work. I know it worked for Warcraft III a few months ago. And then Proton usually handles fullscreen completely seamlessly.