I need a break from everything so I'm going to attempt playing #Diablo I or II tonight on #ZorinOS!

Looks like I can't install Battle.net but there is an equivalent "#Lutris" - let's see if that works...

Edit: 2h later, I managed to launch Diablo II (main) and Torment once (a gog game), with some graphics bug and can't figure out how to start them again. The semi-solution that best worked so far was to download their windows installer and then run that in Steam as a "non-steam game" with the compatibility tool Proton.

Edit 2: after looking at this tutorial I understood that 1) every game installed this way in Steam is within its own little environment, some kind of sandboxing? that replicates the structure of Windows and 2) once I've installed the game as a non-steam game I need to update the path in the game properties to where the game launcher actually is.

problem is because of the sandboxing, I can't install Diablo II LOD extension because it needs to recognise the already -installed DII.. unsure how to fix that

otherwise it seems to be working except that I get scintillating bands in all the games I've installed this way.. yes it's probably a problem of NVIDIA drivers πŸ˜“

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oh great. apparently this is coded with genAI.. quoting @Natanox
https://chaos.social/@Natanox/116222559592865899
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I'm not sure DII will work (downloaded my install files from Battle net and trying to install them through Lutris but it seems really slow) so I'm also trying Torment (from Gog) in parallel! apparently they provide a Ubuntu-compatible version!

Managed to maybe install D II "main" but when I tried to install the DII extension it didn't seem to find DII main (it has to "build on it") and failed.
Hmmm..

Edit:
actually tried to run the DII "main" on its own (from Lutris) and got an error "this game has no executable set"...

trying another way for DiabloII: going the "battle.net" way, via installing Battle.net first via Lutris following this link
How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft

Want to get Battle.net on your Linux system like SteamOS and Steam Deck? Here's a guide giving you the options to play World of Warcraft and Starcraft.

GamingOnLinux
Hmm.. that installed something but once again clicking on the icon of the installed Battle.net in Lutris just doesn't do anything..
@elduvelle You might want to try adding it as a non-steam game in steam and running it with their proton wine environment.
@cfwelch I will try that! it worked for the other game I was trying to install (Torment)

@cfwelch

it worked!!
(just DII, I haven't tried to install the extension yet)
however I'm having the same graphical bug as with Torment, which I don't have with my other Steam games: horizontal blinking bands across the screen..

@cfwelch
actually.. I can't figure out how to start it again because I'm not sure where it installed and the thing I added in Steam is just the installer πŸ˜…

@cfwelch (let me know if you want to be untagged)

trying to reinstall DII via steam again. the problem is when it starts the installer the installer asks for an installation destination directory which shows folders organised as in Windows ("My computer, C etc.") and not the actual organisation. And I think whatever I do in that mode is temporary..

trying to install Battle.net in steam instead so I can use that to install DII and the extension.
it installs and launches but is not really working: the "Shop" tab works, but the "Home" or "Games" tab doesn't.. of course..
ashamed to say I'm now trying to install my Diablo II pair on my Windows 10 partition... I thought the things I got from Battle.net were installers but actually they're downloaders, annoying but at least it's downloading.. for now
Diablo II (basic) working!

Managed to install the extension too!
everything works!! except that I didn't see the intro sequence.. and that's the main reason why I'm playing this game.. hopefully I can get them to play somehow

I am not giving up on getting this to work on Linux. if anyone has tips specifically for getting Diablo II + Lord of Destruction to work on ZorinOS (Ubuntu) I'll try them!