• Diablo II
• Patch 1.06b

• 2026/05/21: WIP

• Progress Pics

• openSUSE Tumbleweed (GNOME)
• 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

• d2_106_files

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' WINEARCH='win32' wine wineboot --init && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' winecfg /v 'nt40' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'winemenubuilder.exe' /t 'REG_SZ' /d '' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Drivers' /v 'Graphics' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'x11' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D' /v 'renderer' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'gdi' /f

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DirectSound' /v 'EAXEnabled' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'Y' /f

7z x -o$HOME/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Install' -y ~/'Downloads/Diablo II 1.06b/Install.iso'

ln -s -f ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Install' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/dosdevices/y:'

7z x -o$HOME/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Cinematics' -y ~/'Downloads/Diablo II 1.06b/Cinematics.iso'

ln -s -f ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Cinematics' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/dosdevices/x:'

7z x -o$HOME/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Play' -y ~/'Downloads/Diablo II 1.06b/Play.iso'

ln -s -f ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Play' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/dosdevices/w:'

• Full Install
• Default install directory ²⁾
• VidTest window pop-up after install may get hidden behind other windows
• No Video Modes Found is fine ³⁾

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine 'Y:\INSTALL.EXE'

cp -f ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Play/D2MUSIC.MPQ' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/d2music.mpq'

rm -Rf ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Install' ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Cinematics' ~/'.wine/Disc Images/D2-Play' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/dosdevices/y:' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/dosdevices/x:' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/dosdevices/w:'

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

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

wget -O ~/'Downloads/D2Patch_106b.exe' 'http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/diablo2/patches/PC/D2Patch_106b.exe' && sha384sum ~/'Downloads/D2Patch_106b.exe' | grep '84b465bffeab842828d3ab86769f8c20a6b3c616632748bc2219086aea5de9b8641a7a576a80b4ac1422a5e6e4c5b8ad' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine ~/'Downloads/D2Patch_106b.exe'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine ~/'Downloads/Diablo II 1.06b/Glide/nGlide210_setup.exe'

• https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
• https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide/d-1.html
• Last tested: nGlide210_setup.exe

wget -O ~/'Downloads/nGlide_setup.exe' 'https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide/d-1.html' && sha384sum ~/'Downloads/nGlide_setup.exe' | grep '8c47c982ec7316273325fff3616a238f926195be97c536602c8f90eca00f0db24f49eb36c4b11a161ff6e97a04c73dd4' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)' wine ~/'Downloads/nGlide_setup.exe'

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

mv --no-clobber --debug ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe~'

mv -fv ~/'Downloads/Diablo II 1.06b/1.06b/Game.exe' ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II/Game.exe'

• https://www.mediafire.com/?3x63oignbw4d25b

sha384sum ~/'Downloads/d2nocd_pack.zip' | grep '07040d493d193b2cb621c0ffe124c8b6fe761937c8f5390e0254bd2825d756c0b43403031300e0d04de85839ca91203a' && unzip -j -o ~/'Downloads/d2nocd_pack.zip' 'Classic/1.06b/Game.exe' -d ~/'.wine/Diablo II (1.06b)/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II'

rm -f ~/'Downloads/D2Patch_106b.exe' ~/'Downloads/nGlide_setup.exe'

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

• settings → [x] captured mouse
• settings → no fps-limit
• settings → 60 Hz refreshrate ⁴⁾

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

• Test ⁵⁾
• 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 ⁶⁾
• Configure Controls → Show Items: Mouse 5 (forward)
• Configure Controls → Screen Shot: Mouse 4 (back) ⁷⁾

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
• TODO: Save backup as script

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'