Eastern Sun for Diablo II v1.12a -- Installer + Instructions

[Stabby_McTwist]

I take no credit for the 1.12a modded files, that credit goes to zinx. My goal is to combine the
details into one post that can be maintained/updated to provide the most accurate information.
You can find his original post here.

Install Instructions:

1. Install Diablo II + LoD from CD or use the digital download from Battle.net.
2. If you installed from CD, Patch to 1.12a.
3. Download and run the Eastern Sun Installer from the ES Database.
4. Download and run the Automatic ES 1.12a installer.

The installer includes the latest 1.12a mod files, PlugY 10.0, Multires mod and itemratios.txt, as well as modified and corrected .INI files. It will modify your Eastern Sun install to work with Diablo II v1.12 (not 1.10, 1.11 or 1.13) with minimal user-input. On Windows Vista/7 with UAC enabled you will need to accept an elevation prompt while installing PlugY v10.0, and all users will need to make a slight modification to the shortcut that is placed on the desktop.

Two things to note when using the Eastern Sun 1.12 mod (both Installer & Manual):

• Do NOT use the Eastern Sun launcher to play the game. The launcher is for the original 1.10 version of the mod only.
• If you run into problems with characters and/or online play, open up .\Diablo II\es300r\loader.ini and add a semicolon to savesize.dll:
  ;savesize.dll

• Will this work with newer versions of Eastern Sun like the Unofficial/Community updates?
  • Yes, it should. As long as the updates don't modify the DLLs (rare) it will be compatible.
• Will I still need the CD to play?
  • It depends. If you can play Diablo II without it, you will be able to play Eastern Sun without it.
• Will this work with the version of Diablo II downloaded from Blizzards Battle.net store?
  • Perfectly.
• Are Eastern Sun 1.10 saves compatible with the 1.12 mod?
  • Yes, you can bring your characters over without any problems.
• Can I play with people using Eastern Sun 1.10 if I'm on ES 1.12?
  • No, you cannot. You must use the same version of Diablo II, Eastern Sun and PlugY
• In multiplayer I get an error like "failed to Join game"
  • Try using the Stash Switcher to switch to a new stash for online play

Some questions and answers were taken from other peoples comments. As with the post itself, I do not mean to take credit for all the information, I just want to gather it into one place to make it easy to find read.

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Read below if you are manually installing the mod
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Please note that these DLLs currently only work with LOD 1.12a, nothing else.

Home page: http://zenthought.org/content/project/diablo2
Direct links:

• Loader - 2010-08-01
• MercMod - 2010-08-06 v2
  • [*]20100806-2: fixed a crash on entering new act for the first time, if the mpq is enabled
• Gem Fix - 2010-08-01
• SaveSize - 2010-08-05
  • [*]20100805: fixed? extra function patched
• GoldLim - 2010-08-01
• ES 3.00 - 2010-08-22
  • [*]20100804: Marrowwalk bug added[*]20100805: added Pandemonium level .txts so 1.12 doesn't crash[*]20100822: Adds missing quest reward changes
• DmgClamp - 2010-08-03 v2
  • [*](updated 20100803, #2)

1. Backup your Diablo II (and es300r) dir (Optional)
2. Erase (or back up) all .dlls in your es300r dir
3. Install PlugY 9.00 (or higher) to Diablo II folder and run PatchD2gfxDll.exe
4. Copy (NOT Cut/Move) the PlugY.dll, PlugY.ini and the PlugY folder to es300r directory
5. Copy es300.dll to your es300r directory
6. Copy the other dll mods (linked above) to the es300r directory
7. Add all of them (including es300.dll) to loader.ini (see loader docs)

   Code: Select all

   [loader]
   0=es300.dll
   1=mercmod.dll
   2=gemfix.dll
   3=savesize.dll
   4=goldlim.dll

8. In es300r\PlugY.ini, set DllToLoad=loader.dll
9. In es300r\PlugY.ini, set ActiveSavePathChange=1
10. In es300r\PlugY.ini, set SavePath=es300r\save\
11. In Diablo II directory Copy/Paste Shortcut the Game.exe file.
12. On the Game.exe SHORTCUT Right Click -> Properties and change:
    • Target: "C:\Games\Diablo II\game.exe"
    • Start in: "C:\Games\Diablo II"
    to
    • Target: "C:\Games\Diablo II\game.exe" -direct -txt
    • Start In: "C:\Games\Diablo II\es300r"
    (Keep the path the same, just add the -direct -txt and \es300r parts.)
13. Hope everything went right.

Edit: moved up to an 'Announcement' sticky - Perfect Cell

[updawg]

Thanks for pointing me to this thread, I have everything installed and am about to play. I put a semi colon in front of savesize.dll but would you mind explaining on what else I need to do to make sure TCP/IP works? I plan on playing a character only with one friend and never single player, so what settings can I change to make sure this works? Thank you!

Also does the installer contain all the mods as well? The merc, gold, and damage etc... Thanks

[Stabby_McTwist]

Thanks for pointing me to this thread, I have everything installed and am about to play. I put a semi colon in front of savesize.dll but would you mind explaining on what else I need to do to make sure TCP/IP works? I plan on playing a character only with one friend and never single player, so what settings can I change to make sure this works? Thank you!

Try to keep your stash small. If it gets big you can either rename it or use a stash switcher to make a new stash before playing online.
Wait a few minutes after playing to exit.
Change acts a few times after you're done.
Have the host leave the game last.

Also does the installer contain all the mods as well? The merc, gold, and damage etc... Thanks

Yes. My installer has everything you need to play Eastern Sun 1.12a mod.

[pekoe]

Is there a way to make the game widescreen like the 110 patch full screen start icon does?

[sixofour]

So, maybe a dumb question. Maybe. But how do you actually play ES after you installed everything? All the shortcuts on the desktop are just vanilla LoD. I've also tries running the launcher and game.exe in the d2 folder, to no avail.

I installed D2 and LoD from the downloaded installers from bnet. Installed the latest eastern sun. Then used the automatic es installer. ...

[Lucifer666]

There should be a ES Launcher Shortcut on your Desktop if you installed everything properly...anyway try entering the ES Folder inside the D2 Folder and running the Launcher exe from there...

[sixofour]

Running the es launcher itself does nothing.

It seems that -direct and -text don't actually do anything anyone. I am on patch 1.12.

When I said all of the shortcuts on the desktop are vanilla, I mean all of the ES shortcuts load vanilla d2.

[Lucifer666]

Two things to note when using the Eastern Sun 1.12 mod (both Installer & Manual):
Do NOT use the Eastern Sun launcher to play the game. The launcher is for the original 1.10 version of the mod only.
If you run into problems with characters and/or online play, open up .\Diablo II\es300r\loader.ini and add a semicolon to savesize.dll:

This is written in the first post...sorry for my suggestion,it seems I was wrong...

Also it is not -text it's -txt maybe you should check again if you did everything according to Stabby's post...Also try to run ES with the Game.Exe in ES Folder...don't know what else to say,if that does not work you will have to wait for Stabby to respond to your comment...

[sixofour]

Its -txt, it was a typo.

Plugy seems to work fine. But not ES. :/

I've tried all of the executables.

Edit: I fixed it, I had to change the "start in" folder in my es shortcut.

Edit2: I am using d2multi res, and it seems to be working, however, the additional stats pages in the character sheet are now gone. Is there any way to get those back?

Edit3: Hmmm, I don't have those stats pages playing without d2multires either. Something is definitely up. I have skill point unassignment, but not status unassignment also.

[goodhuntin]

Hi,i followed this guide and it works.
However game keep crashing,with message says:
UNHANDLED EXCEPTION:
INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO
My d2lod version is 1.12a and es r6d,plugy 10,anyone knows how to fix this?
Edit:i forgot itemratio.txt,now it works fine.

[coco1986]

ok so maybe it's just me but I followed the guide to a T and yet the game keeps launching LOD and not ES. any ideas how to fix that?

[coco1986]

ok so i got the ES to work. few questions. How do I get my LOD and ES R5 characters to show up/work. does the R6 version of ES not have the bigger inventory? (not the stash...the inventory like the R5 ES had) and does the R6 version not allow being able to fully equip your Mercs (hirelings)??

[Kalomina]

ok so i got the ES to work. few questions. How do I get my LOD and ES R5 characters to show up/work. does the R6 version of ES not have the bigger inventory? (not the stash...the inventory like the R5 ES had) and does the R6 version not allow being able to fully equip your Mercs (hirelings)??

I seem to be having the same problems in reguards of not being able to equip my Mercs

[coco1986]

Glad i'm not the only one. have you had any problems with your inventory not being as big as it should be? like i said previous when i played it had the small inventory like the regular LOD game which totally sucks.

[saren42]

I'm having a bit of a problem here. I can't get Multires to actually work. I see the files in the folder, I see the loader.txt is loading them apparently, but I have no options to change the resolution beyond 800x600. I get the feeling I'm just missing something, but I just cannot figure it out.

[EDIT] Just for the record, Multires works fine for the vanilla game of LoD, just not in ES.

[Stabby_McTwist]

Glad i'm not the only one. have you had any problems with your inventory not being as big as it should be? like i said previous when i played it had the small inventory like the regular LOD game which totally sucks.

The inventory issue is related to PlugY.
You can try uninstalling/reinstalling it to see if that works, but I think there may be another underlying issue, like where you are installing it to, or how you are launching it.

I seem to be having the same problems in reguards of not being able to equip my Mercs

Being able to fully equip your Merc is actually a bug, but one that sort of became accepted.
When zinx created the 1.12 mod, I don't think he was aware and updated the mercmod .DLL the proper way.

I'm having a bit of a problem here. I can't get Multires to actually work. I see the files in the folder, I see the loader.txt is loading them apparently, but I have no options to change the resolution beyond 800x600. I get the feeling I'm just missing something, but I just cannot figure it out.

[EDIT] Just for the record, Multires works fine for the vanilla game of LoD, just not in ES.

I can't say for sure, but it might be a problem with you having multires on vanilla. It's been a REAL long time since I played D2.
Also, make sure you don't have any of the lines commented out in your INI file.

[Boredguy]

Can I please get a few answers?

I have followed the instructions on here, as well as I can. I am using the digital copies of the game from Blizzard's website. Windows 7

I think I have it installed correctly, but I also feel like I am missing parts of Eastern Sun. I have the increased stash size, with multiple pages. I have the respec buttons for stat/skill points.

I don't have fully equipable hirelings, a cube from start, cow level waypoint, or any starting gear besides the original.

If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.

[Firesnake]

I installed it and everything seems to be working fine. But I don't have any other choices than 640x480 and 800x600.

//edit: oh and my old savegames give me "bad inventory data"

[thepsycho2]

(My bad, this is what I get when I wake up.. Disregard.)

[sixofour]

Ignore this post. Oops.

[Elad]

After a very long time, have decided to try Easter Sun again.
Followed the instructions and all seemed to go well.
Have an error message "Unable to enter game-Genetic bad file"
Cant make any changes to plug y.ini. Get access denied.

[DustLy14]

got it working. game crashes once in a while. just get a black screen and dont see the error message but i can deal with it. i just wish we had a way to all play together regularly

[Elad]

I have ES working sort of. Same round Globe No preferences work. Need to close game total then reactivate, if I reactivate from character page it crashes the computer. Need to shutdown and restart the computer. Cant make any changes to plug-y.ini.
Elad

[DKing]

Since my last computer's HDD finally gave out (and lost my lvl 100 toons -_- ), ES will only work on Windows 8.1 using this installer. It works flawlessly except I cannot edit the PlugY configurations to stop regenerating a new map and allow multipage stat screens.

Has anyone else found a way to correct this?

[Lurix]

I used Windows 8.1 for a very short period of time (just to see the advantages.disadvantages), but from what I remember it was not coming with any simple text editor, like Notepad. Make sure you have this, or else go download any text editor from the market, and try to open the Plugy.ini file.