over-install?

Greetings,

i installed a German d2 version - I would now prefer the English one and for that reason downloaded d2 and lod from Blizzard's servers - question: do I have to de-install the German version first and make a new-install thereby losing my characters - or is there a way around this?

(the reason for me not merely modifying the description-language, which matters to me, is that the way to go about it as described in various forums seems prohibited by Blizzard, and as I don't want to risk BANISHMENT - handling the English version seems to be the only way.)

Thank you,

pd|||Am I correct in assuming you are playing Single Player rather than on the realms? I ask because, if you are playing on the realms all your characters are stored serverside, and I don't see how they would be affected by your new language install.

Edit: If you are playing Single Player, you can just save your characters somewhere other than your save file. I would create a new folder, labelled DiiBackup or something like that, and copy and paste the d2.s files from my save folder into the new one. Then I could completely uninstall and reinstall the game, and copy and paste the characters from the DiiBackup folder into my new save folder, immediately deleting the DiiBackup versions to avoid dupes.

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(the reason for me not merely modifying the description-language, which matters to me, is that the way to go about it as described in various forums seems prohibited by Blizzard, and as I don't want to risk BANISHMENT - handling the English version seems to be the only way.)




I never heard of that. You are probably talking about replacing some game file with a hacked version (which could lead to problems indeed), but that's not necessary. All you have to do is making a directory with a file that has a "0" character in it.