Added 22 seconds to LRT and RTA because timer was paused during Ancients.

Removed 7 seconds from final time, because the timer stops when picking up the Torch.

Yes, the advantage would be the same as in battle.net. Same menu speed as in bnet.

Weird Baal behavior. Baal teleported without the animation:

Uncertain if D2Dx related.

The amount of science in this run is impressive!

Hey, I added classic category. I copied it over from Diablo II: Resurrected. I didn't add P1, PX, P8 sub-categories so it's all PX for now. If someone is interested in running P1, P8 classic then can leave the speedun here and I'll add the categories if needed.

For other runners confused about where to download: https://github.com/bolrog/d2dx/releases (download the latest release)

1. Copy the included "glide3x.dll" into your Diablo II folder
2. Add -3dfx to your target line
3. Rename "d2dx-defaults.cfg" to "d2dx.cfg" and move it inside the Diablo II folder if you want to overwrite the settings

Here's a run I did with D2DX: Settings I used are the same as in the original post. I noticed that D2DX includes the font fix for number 5 to make it stand out more from 6. Other than that didn't notice any big differences. The game itself just works and all my mouse bugs are resolved. However it wants to crash if you "save and exit" and get the lag that sometimes happens. If you try to click during the save and exit lag then it 100% crashes. Same with the lag that happens during TCP/IP entrance.

Thanks for the feedback :) I'll do some level runs with d2dx and test it out more. I'd like it if we agree on which settings are required. I would recommend this:

nofpsfix=true
noresmod=true
nowide=true
nomotionprediction=true

I think these settings are required, but the rest can be customized as the runner likes. Maybe there's some debate to be had about nofpsfix. It fixes the 25 fps interface lock (same as battle.net). I wouldn't be against allowing it myself.

Would like to speedrun this game again. Been looking at ways to get the game running properly. I have bugs running this game on a 4k monitor. There's a new glide available that seems to solve the bugs: https://github.com/bolrog/d2dx

Obviously settings that give an advantage over the base game like wide screen and fps fix should't be allowed. I did a test with these settings:

[window]
scale=2			# range 1-3, an integer scale factor for the window
position=[-1,-1]	# if [-1,-1] the window will be centered, otherwise placed at the explicit position given here
frameless=true         # if true, the window frame (caption bar etc) will be removed

[game]
size=[-1,-1]		# if [-1,-1] d2dx will decide a suitable game size, otherwise will use the size given here
filtering=2             # if 0, will use high quality filtering (sharp, more pixelated)
                        #    1, will use bilinear filtering (blurry)
                        #    2, will use catmull-rom filtering (higher quality than bilinear)

[optouts]
noclipcursor=false	 # if true, will not lock the mouse cursor to the game window
nofpsfix=true		 # if true, will not apply the basic fps fix (precludes high fps support)
noresmod=true		 # if true, will not apply the built-in D2HD resolution mod (precludes widescreen support)
nowide=true		 # if true, will not choose a widescreen resolution (if noresmod is true, this does nothing)
nologo=true		 # if true, will not display the D2DX logo on the title screen
novsync=false		 # if true, will not use vertical sync
noaa=false		 # if true, will not apply anti-aliasing to jagged edges
nocompatmodefix=false	 # if true, will not block the use of "Windows XP compatibility mode"
notitlechange=true	 # if true, will not change the window title text
nomotionprediction=true # if true, will not run the game graphics at high fps

The game ran perfectly on my setup. Would love to run the game again.

Great addition, I setup the category: https://www.speedrun.com/d2r?h=NG-torch-amazon&x=rkl09m6k-6njk4k5l.qj7wyneq-7891723n.21gk5nxl

Let me know if there are mistakes in the rules or changes needed.

We switched to LRT in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and to fix this issue we wrote a script that copied RTA to LRT. There really should be a better solution to this. There are still thousands of runs where this issue isn't fixed, because we only did it to runs in the leaderboard.

Really good idea for a category. Refreshing to watch.

Makes sense. Are you allowed to only take one SoJ during the run?

I setup a draft for the category: https://www.speedrun.com/d2r?h=diablo-clone-amazon&x=xd1xxg7k-onv9gdw8.12vooxvq

Cool, fair point about being able to use the soj or not. I would vote for allowing it.

Sounds good, I can set it up if you post a run here and establish the rules.

The rule is "Don't include resets in the beginning of the highlight". You can submit the video again and use the YouTube "start at" feature. When I verify runs I usually just do that part myself and edit the runs. Mekalb wanted you to do it, not a big deal. Resubmit and it's ready.

Looks like it was rejected because your highlight had 10 mins of wrong run in the beginning.

I like the Vice City one https://www.speedrun.com/gtavc and https://www.speedrun.com/d2r