Diablo II

Uses the Glide 3 library so it can't run at a higher resolution than 640x480. Unfortunately the character selection menu at the start of the game runs at 800x600.

Go to the Diablo II Options screen. If it doesn't show when you first start the game, hold down the option key while you open the application. Click on the Configure Video... button. On the Monitor Selection screen select 3Dfx/Glide. On the next screen (640 x 480 Video Test) tick the Expert Mode box. Select 640x480, 120Hz from the pop-up menu which appears. Click on the Test button to make sure it works. You can skip the next screen (800 x 600 Video Test) since the Glide 3 drivers don't work at this resolution.

To make sure the monitor never turns off when the game switches resolution to 800x600:

When you start Diablo II wait a couple of seconds. When the menu bar disappears and the screen goes black, just before the animated company logos play, press command-M to switch to windowed mode.

Make a character selection and start a game. After the Loading... screen appears you can use command-M to switch back to full screen.

After you have finished playing a game select Save and Exit Game to return to the character selection screen. Press command-M again before the selection screen appears. You can also quit without going back through the selection screen by pressing command-Q.

Recommended video options:

For a balance between performance and quality set Lighting Quality to Medium, Blended Shadows Off and Perspective On.

Gamma settings in a voodoo.var file have no effect, but gamma can be adjusted in the game. You will probably have to set the gamma high and contrast low to get the picture bright enough.

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