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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo 2 / January 2008Does the expansion use the disc more?
I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends to do this every so often, sometimes when I beat a boss character (Nikthalak, sp?) and sometimes during dialogue, which causes a skip in the dialogue. > I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends > to do this every so often, sometimes when I beat a boss character > (Nikthalak, sp?) and sometimes during dialogue, which causes a skip in > the dialogue. I got tired of game pauses, so I downloaded Alcohol 52%. It makes an image of the disc on your hard drive. No more pauses or skips. Flank Groinpull <shrike@t-online.de> wrote in news:6b098a10-0fd7-467d-9a7f- cc629091d96d@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com: >> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my >> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I got tired of game pauses, so I downloaded Alcohol 52%. It makes an > image of the disc on your hard drive. No more pauses or skips. I use d2Loader. Just copy the .mpq's to the diablo folder then run the loader. Same premise as Alcohol i guess. Bottom line is, your dics stays in its jewel case, keeping it in tiptop shape for reinstalls :) > I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends > to do this every so often, sometimes when I beat a boss character > (Nikthalak, sp?) and sometimes during dialogue, which causes a skip in > the dialogue. >I got tired of game pauses, so I downloaded Alcohol 52%. It makes an >image of the disc on your hard drive. No more pauses or skips. Another way to stop this is just copy the mpq files to your diablo directory. > I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends > to do this every so often, sometimes when I beat a boss character > (Nikthalak, sp?) and sometimes during dialogue, which causes a skip in > the dialogue. You could also copy the *.mpq files from your D2X-CD to your Diablo2 directory on your HD. Then you won't have any CD access, besides copy-protection at prog-startup. > I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends > to do this every so often, sometimes when I beat a boss character > (Nikthalak, sp?) and sometimes during dialogue, which causes a skip in > the dialogue. When you install the expansion you have the option to do a FULL install. The FULL install copies the movies and music to your hard drive minimizing CD access. The FULL install option is on the flash screen when you put the expansion CD in the CD drive. If it's not then you've already done it. >> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my >> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > when you put the expansion CD in the CD drive. If it's not then you've > already done it. Yeah, I did that from the start. Like I had said, this wasn't an issue at all until I started Act V, then it seemed to be reading from the disc a lot more often. > >> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > >> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > at all until I started Act V, then it seemed to be reading from the disc > a lot more often. Just out of curiosity, did you do the FULL install off of the LOD disc? It sounds to me like you didn't. It's easy to check, just put the LOD disc back in and see if it asks you if you want the full install. wizofwas >>>> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my >>>> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > wizofwas Yes I did. > >>>> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > >>>> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Nope, full install still isn't a full install afaik. it will leave 2 extra MPQs to be read from the disc. just pop in the CD and copy/paste all the MPQs into the diablo 2 folder on your hard drive, voila all smooth > Nope, full install still isn't a full install afaik. it will leave 2 > extra MPQs to be read from the disc. just pop in the CD and copy/paste > all the MPQs into the diablo 2 folder on your hard drive, voila all > smooth Ah, good to know. I definitely chose the option for a "Full Install", but apparently that's not good enough, like you say. :) > > >>>> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > > >>>> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Correct. >>>>>>> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my >>>>>>> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Correct. I experimented a little with this. For some reason even when using filemon I could not see what file was accessed on the CD. Perhaps since it was on an external device. IDK. During gameplay I ejected the CD and the in game music (menu) stopped playing but the game kept going without a problem. Kinda nice. There is one MPQ file that is on the CD and not on the disk and it's the (IIRC) d2xmusic.mpq file. I copied this one to the hard drive and this seems to have limited the CD access. I guess you could try playing with the CD out once the game has started but I think the game might hose up eventually like when completing an act and the movies play. Not sure. Guess I'll try that later. > >>>> I've noticed since I started Act V that my disc is spinning up in my > >>>> drive quite often. It never did this in the original game. Now it tends [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Show quoted text - As "Apoptygma" and I said before, a full install is ANYTHING BUT A FULL INSTALL! So grab BOTH D2 and LOD CDs and copy ALL MPQ-files to your HD. |
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