disconnection from 1 act to another

[kmashers]

hi. only a minor rant, but this has been going on for a couple years now. when i quest from 1 act to the next, i tend to get disconnected. when i rejoin i am always in the next act. i can live with that:)
just wondering if there is something i can do to avoid this? is happens approx 75% of the time.thx.

[initialxplosion]

this error is usually connected to any hacks that you have on your computer...especially c3po hacks. One thing is to take out he hacks completely from your computer

[superdave]

yes i believe this happens when using loader programs

[Orphan]

By disconnection, do you mean error? Another possible reason might be your cinematics crashing out. A cause of this is probably a bad video driver. The easiest solution would be to uninstall and re-install the game on the multiplayer option (instead of full installation). This'll ask you to insert the cinematics CD when you jump between acts, and you can just click cancel.

[Diabolico x64]

If you mean you get an error, it's probably because you have the -ns command line parameter in your D2 shortcut. It disables sound, but can crash the game sometimes when passing (via just completed end-act quest) to the next act. I've had that happen for a long time whenever I used that parameter in my shortcut.

[kmashers]

i dont use hacks. never have. takes the fun out of the game.
i dont get an "error". the door begins to open, then i am disconnected.
as for the command line/parameter, i dont know what that means, im not that computer literate:(
as for the cinematics, i certainly can give it a try. there is nothing worse than sitting there waiting on the "rejoin" screen to pop back up.

[Nos2]

Same kind of thing happens to me too. However, the game only crashes out when I complete an act for the first time with a new char. For example, if I kill Andy for quest credit, the game freezes for a while then shuts off. Once I bring that character back into a game, I can then kill Andy with that char as much as I want without the game crashing again.

[/quote=Orphan]By disconnection, do you mean error? Another possible reason might be your cinematics crashing out. A cause of this is probably a bad video driver. The easiest solution would be to uninstall and re-install the game on the multiplayer option (instead of full installation). This'll ask you to insert the cinematics CD when you jump between acts, and you can just click cancel.[/quote]

This sounds like what is happening to me, but I am already using partial installation, so the game asks me to insert the cd for the cinimatic. When I click on cancel, D2 just shuts down. I run multiple copies of Diablo on 2 different pcs to help mule and self rush. This only happens on 1 of my pcs. The other one is fine. This also leads me to believe it's a driver problem with my pc.

I just try to use my "good" pc for any characters that will get quest credit and need to go to the next act. I can see how frustrating it would be if you only had a single pc and it happend everytime you switched acts. I can't offer you any help for this situation, but rest assured you are not alone. It happens to me too. If anyone does know how to fix this problem, I would be extremely greatful.

-nos