DiabLaunch

A Diablo 2 full screen launcher.

Using Microsoft Windows 10 Diablo 2 crashes with the following error message:

UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: ACCESS_VIOLATION (C0000005)

It is possible to launch Diablo 2 in windowed mode with the following command:

> Diablo II.exe -nofixaspect -w

DiabLaunch executes Diablo 2 in windowed mode, removes the window border and sets the window to full screen mode on your primary screen.

Note

Please note that this tool is neither developed by, nor endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment or its parent company Activision.

Diablo 2 and its content is (c) 2000 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Diablo and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Installation

DiabLaunch requires the .NET Core Runtime 3.1
DiabLaunch supports xcopy deployment so there is no need for a dedicated installation
The Diablo 2 installation path is detected automatically using the Windows Registry (if this does not work on your system just copy the application into your Diablo 2 directory)

Option 0: Binaries

Binary packages are available here: https://gitlab.com/tobiaskoch/DiabLaunch/releases

Option 1: Source

Requirements

The following sdk must be available in order to build DiabLaunch from source:

.NET Core SDK 3.1 (Windows)

Source code

Get the source code using the following command:

> git clone https://gitlab.com/tobiaskoch/DiabLaunch.git

Build

> ./build.ps1 --configuration Release

The application will be located in the directory ./output if the build succeeds. A zip package will be created in the root directory of the repository.

Contributing

see CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributors

see AUTHORS.txt

Donating

Thanks for your interest in this project. You can show your appreciation and support further development by donating.

t081as/DiabLaunch