Hot to create a mod

[Kingsrookie]

what files do you need and can someone post a tut. I feel like making one and posting it on this site i have a few good ideas

[DemonKiLLa]

just to let you no that mods take a long time to make and to learn so if ur not commited than i advise you to stop now but if u are commited then a great site to start is http://phrozenkeep.it-point.com they hav great tuts etc. to begin off you will need a type of extracter called mpqview 1.11b which can be found in the dl section on that site. Also you should have version 1.10s on diablo its much ezer due to all the bugs of 1.11. you will also need a 1.10s patch.mpq which is one of the most popular file to edit your stuff that u desire. you will also need a type of excel it can be d2excel or just regualr excel. also youll need is a table editor whcih is named storm's something table editor found on the dl secion as well. to begin off i advise you to read Beginers To Mod Making which can also be found on the site. youll also need d2 mpqdatafile 1.10 final


to begin

start up mpqview and hit file open data file
click on ur mpq data file and open the txt named mpq|
after that is done go to file open file archive and click on ur 1.10s patch.mpq
a large list will appear after this is done ull c a filter icon at the bottem right hand corner where u can put in names of files such as .txt and .tbl
when you click on a .txt click save and select its location where its needed
right click that txt after and hit open with excel their youll find several collums where u edit what is need to be edited
when testing youll need several folders in the d2 directory the first folder is data inside this folder will be to folders local and global
in local put another folder named ENG which is your language (english)(put a didffernet name for a different language) Eng is where you put ur .tbl files
inside global put another folder called excel
in this folder is where you put all the .txt's you have edited
when lauching d2 make sure you go right click properties and put in after the ""'s in target make a space and enter -txt -direct this will indicate that they have to read the txt with the information when started up and there you go but... if it doesnt start up try reading installing the mod the safe way with a better description
ps plz be afmilar with the file beginers to mod making and i no this will be challenging but give it a try i just started a few weeks ago but look at me now and if you have ne more questions feel free to ask

[Lizard-2k]

Demon's right it does take a LONG time. Patience is a must. You also gotta remember that some ideas are easy done than others. Hex editing (the coded stuff) is time consuming and easy to muck up so my advice is to take it slow

Just a tip from me:
-Backup your data folder everytime you change something that could cause an error. That is most things. D2 is very tempromental and crashes easily.