• Diablo II
• Patch 1.06b

• 2025/02/08: WIP

• Progress Pics

• Fedora Workstation
• Wine (old WoW64)

• Installed from the 3 Install/Cinematic/Play discs
• 1.06b is the last Classic patch before Lord of Destruction expansion ¹⁾
• Has Flamespike The Crawler

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' WINEARCH='win32' winecfg /v 'winxp'

• Extract discs to folders with 7z x
• D:\ → Install

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' WINEDLLOVERRIDES='winemenubuilder.exe=d' wine 'D:\Setup.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'Downloads/Diablo II Classic (1.06b)/D2Patch_106b.exe'

• http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/diablo2/patches/PC/D2Patch_106b.exe
• Other versions

md5sum ~/'Downloads/D2Patch_106b.exe' | grep 'b354004f32da834ab07ea8c42399d256' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' WINEDLLOVERRIDES='winemenubuilder.exe=d' wine ~/'Downloads/D2Patch_106b.exe'

unzip -o ~/'Downloads/Diablo II Classic (1.06b)/gl32ogl14e.zip' 'glide3x.dll' 'glide-init.exe' -d ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II'

• http://www.svenswrapper.de/gl32ogl14e.zip

md5sum ~/'Downloads/gl32ogl14e.zip' | grep '1c65a0150665f715ce0fc0a23885c6b8' && unzip -o ~/'Downloads/gl32ogl14e.zip' 'glide3x.dll' 'glide-init.exe' -d ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II'

• Also copy Play disc's D2MUSIC.MPQ to Diablo II folder

unzip -j -o ~/'Downloads/Diablo II Classic (1.06b)/d2nocd_pack.zip' 'Classic/1.06b/Game.exe' -d ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II'

gio open ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II'

ls -la ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/D2MUSIC.MPQ'

• https://d2mods.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61484

md5sum ~/'Downloads/d2nocd_pack.zip' | grep 'aadf35034f29afcdd9c20bb461e4efad' && unzip -j -B -o ~/'Downloads/d2nocd_pack.zip' 'Classic/1.06b/Game.exe' -d ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II'

• Remove disc mounts

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' winecfg

rm -R ~/'Downloads/Diablo II Classic (1.06b)' && sync

• Hauptmenu → Deutsch/English
• OpenGL-infos → Query OpenGL-infos

• settings → [x] captured mouse
• settings → no fps-limit
• settings → 60 Hz refreshrate ²⁾

• renderer → 108 MB texture-memory
• renderer → 4096×4096 buffer-texture-size
• renderer → [x] 32 bit rendering
• renderer → [x] bilinear filtering

• Test ³⁾
• Quit

cd ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/glide-init.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine REG DELETE 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GLIDE3toOpenGL' /f

• R → Run
• Sound Options → Music: Max
• Video Options → Contrast: Max ⁴⁾
• Configure Controls → Show Items: Mouse 5 (forward)
• Configure Controls → Screen Shot: Mouse 4 (back) ⁵⁾

cd ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe' -w

• TODO: Icon and notifiy-send icon

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Diablo II Classic' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Diablo II Classic/Diablo II Classic.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Diablo II Classic
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe' -3dfx"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=0913_Diablo II.0
StartupWMClass=game.exe
Actions=Kill;Window;Glide;Saves;Notes;

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wineserver --kill"
Exec='/bin/killall' -9 'Game.exe'
Name=Force-close Diablo II

[Desktop Action Window]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe' -w"
Name=Start Diablo II Windowed

[Desktop Action Glide]
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "cd ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/glide-init.exe'"
Name=Glide Wrapper Configuration

[Desktop Action Saves]
StartupNotify=false
Exec='/bin/bash' -c "tar -cvzf ~/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-Diablo-2-Classic-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' 'save' && notify-send 'Diablo II Classic Save Data Backed-up Successfully to Downloads'"
Name=Save Data Back-up

[Desktop Action Notes]
StartupNotify=false
Exec=gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games;linux;wine;diablo_2_classic_1.06b'
Name=Install Notes

# End

cd ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic' wine ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe' -3dfx

tar -cvzf ~/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-Diablo-2-Classic-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' 'save'

ls ~/'Downloads/'*'-Diablo-2-Classic-Saves.tar.gz' && rm -Rf ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/save' && mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/save' && tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/'*'-Diablo-2-Classic-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.wine/Diablo II Classic/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II' 'save'