D2 for Macs: a User's Guide

**purplelocust** · 27-08-2011, 02:43

I don't know about partitioning, and I haven't tried Boot Camp, but I've tried using the VirtualBox emulator and installing an old version of Windows (98 I think or 2k?) on a VirtualBox system and it's worked fine with D2 and ATMA. That way the Windows machine is just one window on your normal MacOS desktop and you don't have to reboot or anything. For 1.12+, not having to worry about the CD is a big plus for simplifying that.

**maxicek** · 27-08-2011, 06:21

I'm not planning on upgrading either. VirtualBox looks interesting for playing 1.07 though.
Of course Parallels Desktop / VMware Fusion would work too but they are more expensive solutions. Anyone tried either of those?

**purplelocust** · 27-08-2011, 14:39

VirtualBox is great. It's free and for me it just works, both for making an old Red Hat virtual machine and the Windows 2k virtual machine. It's odd but the game actual loads faster running on that emulated Win2k machine than natively under MacOS, so it's definitely better for quick runs like LK and Trav for me.

I wasn't able to get VirtualBox to work with 1.07 I think because of CD issues, but I am no expert so if you can get it to work, please let us know how!

**jamesixgun** · 04-07-2012, 13:26

Just a bump to let everyone know I've updated the guide with instructions for running D2 on Lion.

**jamesixgun** · 15-07-2012, 13:09

And another bump to say that I've found a bug...

If you use a wine bottler to run D2 in Lion, and attempt to transfer characters created in that D2 to a computer running d2 properly under snow leopard, your maps will not transfer.

Lest this not make sense, here's an example:

Two computers: 1) a current mbp running D2 under Lion via a Wine-Bottling program; 2) a mbp from 2009 running D2 under Snow Leopard via Rosetta.

Two toons: a) a frost ranger created on computer 1; b) an Amazon created on computer 2.

I keep my toons and stashes backed up to Dropbox, and synced via rsync.

When I go to open up a) on 2), the map is blank, and if I open b) on 1), the map is also lost.

I'm not sure if it's creating a new map, or just obscuring your progress through the map, but either way, something's not transferring...

If anyone has any ideas about, I'd love to hear them, as I'd really like to be able to play any character I like at the desk (with my desk-bound mbp running Lion) and on the sofa (with the old mbp).

I'll update if I come up with a solution.

Note: this may or may not have anything to do with the wine bottler... it appears that copying save files causes something to change in the .map and/or .d2x files: the creation dates change, and become out of sync with other files. I'm not positive that this causes the issue, and am trying to come up with ways to test the hypothesis.

**Hellsmith** · 09-10-2012, 16:48

I am having trouble with getting the RWM working on Lion using the PlayonMac guide you posted. I can't find that PoM shortcut folder, I've ran searches and everything only to find nothing. Is there hidden files on the macbookpro that I am not seeing?

**CorruptedMollusk** · 10-10-2012, 05:13

Originally Posted by Hellsmith

I am having trouble with getting the RWM working on Lion using the PlayonMac guide you posted. I can't find that PoM shortcut folder, I've ran searches and everything only to find nothing. Is there hidden files on the macbookpro that I am not seeing?

I assume you mean the path below:

Download RWM (link available on this thread), open the zip file, and drag the "Runewords" folder to your Diablo II Play On Mac folder. (On my machine this is in Users/myname/Library/PlayOnMac/wineprefix/DiabloII/drive_c/Program Files/Diablo II).

On my macbookpro the path is the same except where J6G has labelled Users, mine is under Places. Open Finder and on the left side should be Devices, Shared, Places, Search for. Under Places should be your username and just follow the path from there. I did a quick search and didn't find it that way either, so you'll have to manually go through it.

Hope that helps.

CM

**Scoobydoo** · 10-10-2012, 15:16

Originally Posted by Hellsmith

I am having trouble with getting the RWM working on Lion using the PlayonMac guide you posted. I can't find that PoM shortcut folder, I've ran searches and everything only to find nothing. Is there hidden files on the macbookpro that I am not seeing?

Oh btw, you will have to update your X11 to XQuartz 2.7.4 if you are running playonmac 4.1.8 on OSX Lion (10.8.2) and after. The information from this link should help if you're encountering a freeze after launching the shortcut.

After you have managed to dump the runeword folder into the Diablo II folder, be sure to configure your shortcut to include the following.

**jamesixgun** · 10-10-2012, 21:01

He couldn't find the PoM folder on his mac. The User Library is hidden by default in Lion. You can unhide it via the terminal. I won't post the command here, but a quick google will help you out.

I think I got Hellsmith all straightened out, but I haven't heard anything since our last exchange.

Thanks for the head's up on the X11 update Scooby!

**nulio** · 06-11-2012, 21:23

This isn't probably the best place to ask this but...

My old macbook needs a format. Since the combodrive doesn't work for years I already found a guide to install the OSX from an USB stick. (or I might just try to see if I find a cheap replacement... I also have to buy a battery, but from what I've read it's better to go for an apple one, since most cheap batteries have risks).

It has Leopard and I'm thinking of getting Snow leopard. I should get it cheap and it's enough for what I'll need. D2, watching movies, listen to music, surf the web, store documents, read pdfs. I wanted to ask if the software that works on snow leopard still gets updates (safari, itunes, etc etc).

Also did anyone test the PPC emulators? 1.07 on Mac would rock!

Thanks