FIX Low FPS Issues

Just wanted to share with the community a small tool that fixes low fps problems.


PLEASE DO NO CONFUSE THIS FPS ISSUE WITH SERVER LAG. Pleople claiming server is lagging when it isn;t, its probably FPS drops. You can check this by typing "/fps" ingame.

--So, I have this FPS Issue, how do I deal with it?

-Using a Glide Wrapper

What is a Glide Wrapper?
GLIDE is a graphiccard-interface that has been evolved by the company "3DFX", to give application-programmers the chance, to access their graphiccard-chipsets (socalled voodoo-chipsets) with high efficiency.

The game "Diablo 2" (so "Lord of Destruction" , too) is known for the fact, that it runs far better with GLIDE than with Direct3D. The actual problem is, that meanwhile the company "3DFX" has been taken over by "NVIDIA" and so there's no manufacturer any more who produces graphiccards that support GLIDE naturally.
At this point a GLIDE-wrapper gives support:
It makes the GLIDE-interface available, by receiving the GLIDE-commands and translating them to another interface. So it is possible to use GLIDE-enhenced programs even on graphic-cards, which normally do not support this interface.
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Official download directory: http://www.svenswrapper.de/english/whatis.html
Glide3-to-OpenGL-Wrapper

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--What can this tool do for me?

-Fix the FPS issues by allowing you to run DiabloII folder Vidtest and choose GLIDE
-Allow you to choose more windowed sizes.
-Allow you to choose "Trapped mouse" so your cursor cannot leave game window.
-Many options & fixes for problems you may come up with.
-Very easy and straight forward- Have a look through "renderer" and "settings" tabs.

English and Deutch languages supported

 

Just disable vertycal synch and use wmc or d2 restrict for mouse capturer should do just fine imo. Wrapper should actually decrease your fps even tough it might make it look smother because of the blended shadows.