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dectgap
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posted 20 February 2002 06:36     Click Here to See the Profile for dectgap   Click Here to Email dectgap        Reply w/Quote   
Is a patch downloaded from Blizzard changing anything else but the files in patch_d2.mpq?
I guess not, but I don't know for sure.

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FeistyGirl
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posted 20 February 2002 06:44     Click Here to See the Profile for FeistyGirl   Click Here to Email FeistyGirl        Reply w/Quote   
Really depends on the patch but yes some of them do change other stuff...

patch 1.09c changed one of the .dll's for example...

other patches probably have modified stuff other than the patch mpq as well

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dectgap
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posted 20 February 2002 07:19     Click Here to See the Profile for dectgap   Click Here to Email dectgap        Reply w/Quote   
Ok. Thanks.

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BMW
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posted 20 February 2002 07:41     Click Here to See the Profile for BMW   Click Here to Email BMW        Reply w/Quote   Visit BMW's Homepage!
Well, u just have to read the patch readme to see what bliz fixed in their patches.

When bliz change certain game balance issues, usually the files in Patch_D2.mpq are changed. When bugs are fixed, sometimes the Patch_D2.mpq file is involved; sometimes the D2 .dlls are changed as well.

However, with every patch bliz almost always changes the game.exe file. Remember the unable to identify application version problem when logging into bnet after patching to v1.09d? Its cos bliz put the patch together too hastily and forgot to modify the game.exe to "reflect the changes" they made so bnet bounces u off with the unable to identify application version error when u try to log in. Only a re-install would fix that prob.

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