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Wine Online Installer version last published 1 month agoRequires Diablo II: Lord of Destruction to be already installed.This will install Path of Diablo on top of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. It requires the original game to be already installed but it will install in a new prefix and it will NOT touch original game files - PoD will live in its own folder but it will read game files (*.mpq, Game.exe, D2.LNG) from your Diablo II: LoD installation.
1. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction installation must be present and you will be asked to select the folder which contains the installed game files. Relative path symbolic links that point to original game files will be created inside a new wine prefix created for Path of Diablo.
2. Path of Diablo installer will require you to manually select path of the original game, just point it to "C:\Program Files\Diablo II" (it will look like an empty folder, that's ok).
3. When installation completes, installer will offer to start the launcher. Uncheck that, do not start yet, and just click "Finish" to complete the installation script.
When you first start the game from lutris, PoD launcher will download its game files. When it completes, select either -ddraw or -d2gl option and click "Launch" to start the game.
Installer is automating installation steps described here: https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Linux
Note: PoD ships with a custom glide3x.dll (upstream source: https://www.svenswrapper.de/english/whatis.html) and with a specific version of cnc-ddraw (upstream source: https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw). The modded game has been tailored to work with those. The modded game is NOT compatible with lutris direct3d or dgvoodo2 and attempting to remove ddraw.dll override and use system's ddraw.dll will result in game crashes.
## What is Path of Diablo?
This Diablo II community server has one main goal: Increase build diversity and replayability with as few changes to the original experience as possible. Ladders happen every four to five months and always includes a content & balance patch which helps keep the game fresh and exciting. This Diablo 2 project has been online for over 5 years and has garnered the largest online playerbase.
## New Build Possibilities
Underutilized skills have been modified and rebalanced so that more builds are viable.
Some skills simply had their damage changed to scale better in Hell difficulty, while others have been redone or replaced when a damage increase was not enough.
Every ladder, new changes are introduced to allow more potential builds to exist which gives returning players the ability to experience the game in a new way. This keeps the game fresh which is why players always come back each season.
## Giving Unused Items A New Life
In the original game, many unique items are sold to Charsi because they’re too weak and uninteresting. Every patch some of these uniques are reworked to make them interesting and build enabling.
Sometimes adding a single new stat line can suffice. Other times, entirely new stats are created just for that item.
## Exciting New Skills
New skills have been added to expand each character’s build options. These skills can significantly change the way a character is built; requiring different items and playstyles.
## Quality of Life Improvements
The new charm inventory allows players to pick up more items without sacrificing their character’s power. The stash has also been doubled in size so you can store more items than before. Furthermore, games become permanent after 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes; which means transfering gear to mule characters is painless.
## Online Features
Path of Diablo is an international server that allows all our players from around the world to trade, play and compete together but without high latency. This is achieved by keeping all players on one single realm and ladder, while also allowing them to create their games on one of our 28+ servers around the world.
- Genre: Action, Hack and slash, RPG
- Platform: Windows
- Website: pathofdiablo.com