The Moving Caravan

New merc bow – 2x Jewel of Envy + Flawless Emerald

https://i.postimg.cc/kGknPGtm/2022-11-28-twitchthroe.jpg Finally got it from gambling at level 28. I didn't count the attempts... probably took 50 or more. Basically all of my A2 and A3 gold. And some older finds: https://i.postimg.cc/d1Nsn4sD/2022-10-23-rixotskeen.png Also from gambling. Got lucky...

Is it safe to use ATMA on this patch? @galaxyhaxz

Yeah mercenary stats are quite low pre-1.10. For a bowazon, the merc is there mainly for the aura and to offtank with Valk/Decoy, so i'd make him more tanky (maybe Blackhorn, Gladiator's Bane, and if youre on a higher player setting - Hone Sundan with some LL).

TBH i doubt anyones playing D2 for the challenge, decades after the release. The bug fixes in 1.09f are huge, though some of the other changes are... questionable :lol: . I enjoy doing P8 hardcore untwinked runs, so for me it's the best version around atm. On topic: My best (or most memorable) 1.09b...

on Windows:
Task Manager —► Performance —► Resource Monitor
Huge spike on CPU0

Tornadoes go brrr

Manny here's a fix for the 1.09f CPU issue that worked for me. The fix is only for single-player to my understanding, and only ingame (will soon try to fix main-menu also): ( warning: im not a programmer! ) 1) Download/Open OllyDbg v1.10 2) File —► Open —► Files of type: Dynamic-link library —► D2C...

The main problem with this patch is the high CPU usage, which is apparently caused by an infinite loop in D2Client.dll.
@Manny: I'm not able to send PMs yet (new account). Definitely interested, but I'm completely new to the patch and only got a druid and barb to level ~30 so far.

I'm getting UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: ACCESS_VIOLATION (c0000005) Here's what I did: 1) fresh install 2) copy-paste all the files from Cactus\1. Files\ 3) run FIX_MPQS_RUN_AS_ADMIN.bat as admin 4) run Cactus, add entry 1.09b, run the game, exit 5) run LOD_109bFinal.exe, close the game 6) copy all the fil...