05-12-2004, 08:21 PM
1. Find the directory with your Diablo II.exe file in it. You can do this
by looking in the properties for your Diablo II shortcut. For example, your
Diablo II.exe might be in "C:\Program Files\Diablo II". Through the
rest of these instructions we will call this folder "the diablo folder".
2. Make a folder inside your diablo folder named dropmod (the name doesn't
really matter if you consistently substitute another name).
3. Optional: If you have a good unzip program and know how to use it
you can skip several steps by unzipping the files now using your
zip program's "extract using paths" feature, this should extract the
dropmod files into dropmod/data/global/excel/*.txt. If you do this, continue
with step 8, otherwise skip this step and continue with step 4.
4. Open your new dropmod folder, and create a new folder named inside it named "data".
5. Open the new "data" folder and create another new folder inside it,
this time named "global".
6. Open the new "global" folder and create a new folder inside it
named "excel". At this point you will have created 4 new folders, each
inside the previous one, and the name of the last folder will be
\dropmod\data\global\excel underneath your diablo game folder.
7. Using your unzip program, extract all the mod files into the excel folder.
There should be three of them: monstats.txt, TreasureClassEx.txt and UniqueItems.txt.
8. Create a new shortcut by copying your existing diablo shortcut and renaming
the new shortcut to something like "Diablo II - LOD text mod".
9. Open the properties of the new shortcut (rightclick on it and select properties)
and find the "target" property on the shortcut tab.
You need to add " -direct -txt" to the end of it, so that if it was:
"C:\Program Files\Diablo II.exe"
it becomes
"C:\Program Files\Diablo II.exe" -direct -txt
Notice that you must add the -direct -txt outside the quoted part.
10. Run your shortcut, and start a game. You should see a bunch of .bin
files appear in the excel folder. If not, you messed up steps 3 to 7.
11. Go fight a monster. It should fall over easily and drop a pile of stuff.
I particularly recommend a paladin with a damage aura like Holy Freeze.
Monsters will be dieing before you even see them.
This is how you install Drop Mod (Gamma 2 Version for Diablo II & Lod 1.10)
by looking in the properties for your Diablo II shortcut. For example, your
Diablo II.exe might be in "C:\Program Files\Diablo II". Through the
rest of these instructions we will call this folder "the diablo folder".
2. Make a folder inside your diablo folder named dropmod (the name doesn't
really matter if you consistently substitute another name).
3. Optional: If you have a good unzip program and know how to use it
you can skip several steps by unzipping the files now using your
zip program's "extract using paths" feature, this should extract the
dropmod files into dropmod/data/global/excel/*.txt. If you do this, continue
with step 8, otherwise skip this step and continue with step 4.
4. Open your new dropmod folder, and create a new folder named inside it named "data".
5. Open the new "data" folder and create another new folder inside it,
this time named "global".
6. Open the new "global" folder and create a new folder inside it
named "excel". At this point you will have created 4 new folders, each
inside the previous one, and the name of the last folder will be
\dropmod\data\global\excel underneath your diablo game folder.
7. Using your unzip program, extract all the mod files into the excel folder.
There should be three of them: monstats.txt, TreasureClassEx.txt and UniqueItems.txt.
8. Create a new shortcut by copying your existing diablo shortcut and renaming
the new shortcut to something like "Diablo II - LOD text mod".
9. Open the properties of the new shortcut (rightclick on it and select properties)
and find the "target" property on the shortcut tab.
You need to add " -direct -txt" to the end of it, so that if it was:
"C:\Program Files\Diablo II.exe"
it becomes
"C:\Program Files\Diablo II.exe" -direct -txt
Notice that you must add the -direct -txt outside the quoted part.
10. Run your shortcut, and start a game. You should see a bunch of .bin
files appear in the excel folder. If not, you messed up steps 3 to 7.
11. Go fight a monster. It should fall over easily and drop a pile of stuff.
I particularly recommend a paladin with a damage aura like Holy Freeze.
Monsters will be dieing before you even see them.
This is how you install Drop Mod (Gamma 2 Version for Diablo II & Lod 1.10)