[INFO] Installation

[theonlymoose]

1) Look at the properties for your Diablo 2 shortcut (preferrably not the original - make a new one and call it Pagan Heart). Does the target like look like this?

"D:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -direct

It should for Pagan Heart to run right. If it has -txt after the -direct - then you may have to reinstall the mod to get it too run.

2) Does the startup line look like this?

"D:\Program Files\Diablo II\paganheart"

Again, it should.

3) When it comes to the rundll32 error, try downloading d2mod again and reinstalling it. There are so many things that can cause that problem, it's frustrating. That's why I play D2 (mods) only in Win2000 now.

[Phrozen Heart]

Im having problem to start this mod. I have installed D2mod & PlugY 5.5 as it said in the readme file but when i start Diablo 2 i get 2 error messages, the first sais:

Assertion Failure
Location : D2Common\DATATBLS\Datatbls.cpp, line #2227
Expression : pbData

and the second sais:

UNHANDELD EXCEPTION:
ACCESS_VIOLATION (c0000005).

Im running windows 98 (using my old as my usual computer is broken) and also gets a error messeng when i installed D2mod (something with Rundll32).
I know that this probably is a stupid questen but it would be great if i could get the mod to work.

It definately sounds like D2Mod can't operate properly so you may be wise to go over to the D2Mod/PlugY forum and ask about the error during installation. It may be that '98 doesn't support the D2Mod system but that's purely guess work

I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm trying to pass the buck but if you were getting errors before even trying PH, it's best to try and eliminate those first.

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[theonlymoose]

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[Ulmo]

SVR released un update for D2Mod under Win98.

But despite of the install/uninstall error message, D2Mod works well under Win98. Don't worry

[Phrozen Heart]

So perhaps this version being used was the pre-update one?

[Zelbano]

Thanks for the help "theonlymoose". Did as you said and it works like a charm now. Now that i think back i did all things wrong. I unpacked Paganheart to diablo2 directory directly (not \diablo2\paganheart) and i was still using the original shortcut that the installation program made for me. But when i added -direct and changed the startup line its working just fine.

[Phrozen Heart]

Whatever the previous issue, I'm glad you've got it sorted now

Merging this with the main installation thread.

[theonlymoose]

Thanks for the help "theonlymoose". Did as you said and it works like a charm now. Now that i think back i did all things wrong. I unpacked Paganheart to diablo2 directory directly (not \diablo2\paganheart) and i was still using the original shortcut that the installation program made for me. But when i added -direct and changed the startup line its working just fine.

You're welcome

[Tretas]

I am getting an error whenever i try to start diablo after, doing something else, like surfing the web.

When i restart the pc diablo runs okay.

I have followed exactly the install instructions.

Anyway the error messages from those log files in the D2 directory are the following:

this one is when the game crashes the first time

21:15:47.484
21:15:47.484 -------- FILE: D2Common\DATATBLS\DataTbls.cpp LINE: 2227 --------

Assertion Failure
Location : D2Common\DATATBLS\DataTbls.cpp, line #2227
Expression : pbData
21:15:49.343 Stack bytes:
21:15:49.343 0012EB68: 38EE1200 644B5501 ADA8D277 FEFFFFFF 8î..dKU.­¨Òwþÿÿÿ


this one is when i try to start the game whitouth restarting the pc

23:52:19.656 Plugin: QDrop 0.12b loaded
23:52:19.656 rewards: r01 r02 r03 r04 r05 r06 r07 r08 r09 r10 r11 r12 r13 r14 r15 r16 r17 r18 r19 r20 r21 r22 r15 r16 r17 r18 r19 r20 r21 r22 r23 r24 r25 gpv gpr gpb gpy gpg gpw skz gzv glr glb gly glg glw skl gsv gsr gsb gsy gsg gsw sku
23:52:19.718 Opening Direct3D window at 640x480...
23:52:20.203 ***** DirectDraw error: CreateSurface failed! - DDERR_CURRENTLYNOTAVAIL (0x88760028)
23:52:20.203 Closing Direct3D window....
23:52:20.203 ... Direct3D window closed.

Any help would be apreciated.Sorry for the english.

[Phrozen Heart]

Does your vanilla D2 work with/without rebooting after you've done something else?

[Tretas]

A fresh install of everything (game included) solved the problem:)

Sorry for taking your time

Great mod so far

[Phrozen Heart]

No problem, just glad it's working for you now

See you in the feedback thread

[Talol Padaes]

I've tried to tun PH a couple of times now(as a Palladin) and everytime i go into the area outside rogue camp, I get the following error:

Diablo II Error

Halt
Location : D2Client\ENGINE\Gfx.cpp, line #1243
Expression : [GFX.cpp] Mode (0) is not used by object (0)


Anyone help me out with this please?

}EDIT-1{
Tried playing as Sorc... had puter bing at me like an error had occured, but no error box, and D2 was listed as 'Not Responding' in task manager...

Any thoughts?
}/EDIT-1{

}EDIT-2{

Playing as Sorc got same error message as above...

}/EDIT-2{

[Phrozen Heart]

Sounds like you have D2Mod installed incorrectly. Try re-installing it again and make sure the mod title screen says you have D2Mod 1.02 and PlugY 5.06 running. Also, be sure you used only the -direct switch and not the -txt one.

[Talol Padaes]

thanks... i ripped the entire install, and redid everything starting w/ D2MOD, and it works great...

[Phrozen Heart]

Good to hear it Merging this with the main install thread now

[Lu-Tze]

I extracted the dlls into that map and installed D2Mod, but when I start a game it's plain old vanilla LoD, although the title screen does indicate that plugY and D2mod are active.

[Phrozen Heart]

Map? Errr...

If you could detail what you did including the details of your folder structure and shortcut fields I might be able to point you in the right direction

[Lu-Tze]

all the dlls are in the v110final-paganheart-v095b map, that gets created.

edit: the shortcut is called D2mod

[Phrozen Heart]

Map = Folder? Where's Ulthrion to translate when I need him

I mean the details of your mod shortcut such as the target and starts in fields. I also need to know things like where you unzipped the mod to such as G:/Games/Diablo 2/Mods/Pagan Heart/, that kind of thing.

[Lu-Tze]

I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking straight, normally I wouldn't have made such a stupid mistake. I unzipped the dlls to the MyMod which is in the Diablo II folder, along with a shortcut, which I renamed as D2Mod.

[Phrozen Heart]

So did you fix it or are you just saying you understand what I was asking for? Sorry for the confusion but apparently I'm having issues today...

[Lu-Tze]

My first comment was about the map folder thing.

[Phrozen Heart]

Okay so you downloaded the zip file(s), where did you unzip them to and what did you do to change the shortcut (not the name, the actual properties)?

[Lu-Tze]

I unzipped the files to the MyMod folder in the DiabloII main folder and what do I have to change to the properties of the shortcut?