Fixed Exploits
2011-06-09:
- It is no longer possible to bypass the 10-second hostility timer by
activating a waypoint at the same time as declaring hostility.
- Uber Diablo is no longer killed when Shenk the Overseer or Blood Raven die nearby.
- Necromancers with Trang-Oul's Set equipped could sometimes become invincible to attack. This has been corrected.
- Blessed Hammer no longer remains active while in town, preventing players from subsequently declaring hostility and having the hammers hit other players for damage.
- Set items retained their multi-piece bonuses after the player died, even though they were removed. This has been corrected.
- Items with skill-charging effects will no longer give synergy bonuses to skills when equipped on a character without those skills.
- Pasting from the Clipboard no longer allows the creation of characters with more than one dash or underscore in their name.
- Uber Diablo is no longer killed when Shenk the Overseer or Blood Raven die nearby.
- Necromancers with Trang-Oul's Set equipped could sometimes become invincible to attack. This has been corrected.
- Blessed Hammer no longer remains active while in town, preventing players from subsequently declaring hostility and having the hammers hit other players for damage.
- Set items retained their multi-piece bonuses after the player died, even though they were removed. This has been corrected.
- Items with skill-charging effects will no longer give synergy bonuses to skills when equipped on a character without those skills.
- Pasting from the Clipboard no longer allows the creation of characters with more than one dash or underscore in their name.
Improvements
2010-05-03:
- Will auto-close some NPC menus when necessary.
- The automap can be toggled when a waypoint is active.
- Game log file names follow the format D2YearMonthDay.txt.
- The automap can be toggled when a waypoint is active.
- Game log file names follow the format D2YearMonthDay.txt.
Major bugs
2009-01-04:
- Fixed a bug that prevented you from getting credit for killing a
quest boss, if you died before it did -- perhaps, by killing it
with a poisoned weapon.
- Fixed a bug that could crash the game during the countdown after completing the final quest in Act IV, if the player used Waypoints to return to the earlier Acts.
- Fixed a hang bug that could occur if picking up gold while fleeing from a Gargantuan Beast (Act I).
- Fixed a crash bug that very rarely occurred when a Sorceress cast the Meteor spell.
- Fixed the black screen crash that could occur if one pressed 'Alt-tab' during a cinematic.
- A Multiplayer Install running DirectDraw will no longer crash when one cancels the Cinematic selection menu.
- Fixed a bug that prevented two quest rewards from scaling up properly for Nightmare and Hell difficulty.
- Sand Leaper corpses no longer prevent players from moving through a tight pass in the Act II desert.
- Wounded Act II spiders no longer greatly reduce the frame rate.
- Lower-titled characters may now join Open games created by higher-titled characters (those who have completed the game in Normal, Nightmare, or Hell difficulty).
- Fixed a bug that prevented some complete Item Sets from having their full bonus.
- Fixed a bug in Open Battle.net games that allowed a second player to create another game with the same name as an already existing game. No one could join the second one.
- Fixed a bug in TCP/IP games when a Town Portal was smothered in piles of gold, it could cause a player entering from the other end of the Portal to be disconnected from the Host.
- Fixed a bug that prevented interacting with the Stash, NPCs, or Waypoints if the player clicked on the Stash, then pressed 'H' before arriving at the Stash, and finally pressed 'H' again after arriving at the Stash.
- Fixed a bug that could crash the game during the countdown after completing the final quest in Act IV, if the player used Waypoints to return to the earlier Acts.
- Fixed a hang bug that could occur if picking up gold while fleeing from a Gargantuan Beast (Act I).
- Fixed a crash bug that very rarely occurred when a Sorceress cast the Meteor spell.
- Fixed the black screen crash that could occur if one pressed 'Alt-tab' during a cinematic.
- A Multiplayer Install running DirectDraw will no longer crash when one cancels the Cinematic selection menu.
- Fixed a bug that prevented two quest rewards from scaling up properly for Nightmare and Hell difficulty.
- Sand Leaper corpses no longer prevent players from moving through a tight pass in the Act II desert.
- Wounded Act II spiders no longer greatly reduce the frame rate.
- Lower-titled characters may now join Open games created by higher-titled characters (those who have completed the game in Normal, Nightmare, or Hell difficulty).
- Fixed a bug that prevented some complete Item Sets from having their full bonus.
- Fixed a bug in Open Battle.net games that allowed a second player to create another game with the same name as an already existing game. No one could join the second one.
- Fixed a bug in TCP/IP games when a Town Portal was smothered in piles of gold, it could cause a player entering from the other end of the Portal to be disconnected from the Host.
- Fixed a bug that prevented interacting with the Stash, NPCs, or Waypoints if the player clicked on the Stash, then pressed 'H' before arriving at the Stash, and finally pressed 'H' again after arriving at the Stash.
Balance Changes
2008-02-01:
- Players that have not completed the last quest in Act III can no longer
use the Portal to Act IV until they have properly completed that quest.
- Corpse Explosion (Necromancer) Reduced the extra radius gained per level of the skill from 1 to 1/2.
- Revive (Necromancer) Removed the hit point boost for extra levels gained in this skill.
- Conversion (Paladin) Lowered the formula calculating the chance to convert for extra levels gained in this skill.
- Whirlwind (Barbarian) Decreased the number of attack attempts made when using this skill.
- Pierce (Amazon) Magical arrow effects such as Immolation will apply to every target hit.
- Corpse Explosion (Necromancer) Reduced the extra radius gained per level of the skill from 1 to 1/2.
- Revive (Necromancer) Removed the hit point boost for extra levels gained in this skill.
- Conversion (Paladin) Lowered the formula calculating the chance to convert for extra levels gained in this skill.
- Whirlwind (Barbarian) Decreased the number of attack attempts made when using this skill.
- Pierce (Amazon) Magical arrow effects such as Immolation will apply to every target hit.
Minor Bugs
2008-00-00:
- Running the game with -install no longer causes the game to be installed
as a Windows Service. -install is now ignored.
- Sometimes the seals in Diablo's lair would not activate. This has been corrected.
- Character expiration messages have been updated to reflect the expiration policy implemented in patch 1.10.
- Unidentified items sometimes caused other set items to display green for items the player does not have. This has been corrected.
- The German mouseover text for the Ist rune has been corrected.
- Account recovery is now allowed for existing accounts whose name is only one or two characters.
- When leaving a game on Battle.net, you will now be brought back to the channel in which you were previously.
- Transmuting an ethereal item now retains the ethereal stats bonuses.
- In Japanese Lord of Destruction, items that add to all Assassin skills incorrectly stated in their mouseover text that they added to all Druid skills. This has been corrected.
- Battle.net messages for non-English versions have been corrected.
- Sometimes the seals in Diablo's lair would not activate. This has been corrected.
- Character expiration messages have been updated to reflect the expiration policy implemented in patch 1.10.
- Unidentified items sometimes caused other set items to display green for items the player does not have. This has been corrected.
- The German mouseover text for the Ist rune has been corrected.
- Account recovery is now allowed for existing accounts whose name is only one or two characters.
- When leaving a game on Battle.net, you will now be brought back to the channel in which you were previously.
- Transmuting an ethereal item now retains the ethereal stats bonuses.
- In Japanese Lord of Destruction, items that add to all Assassin skills incorrectly stated in their mouseover text that they added to all Druid skills. This has been corrected.
- Battle.net messages for non-English versions have been corrected.