Cd Key Diablo 2 Lod
Hello,as you can tell by the title,I just can't find the CD-Key.I bought D2 + LoD (digital versions) on Battle.net like a year ago, and I recently had to format my PC and resintall everything.Now I wanna install Diablo 2.when I go in my game management (on Battle.net) the game is there,I click on it but there's no CD-Key displayed!For Lord Of Destruction the Key is there tho.anyone knows if I'm doing something wrong? Some help would be really appreciated!Thanks a lotNOTE: I did some research about this issue,and found out that if you go to the 'Transaction History Order History' and click on your game,you should see the cd-key there.But my Diablo 2 isn't even there.O.o. I have spare keys. I think like 8 sets (d2 classic and LoD) if ya need let me know.EDIT: I should of mentioned that you would need to download D2 from a place like KICKASSTORRENTS and only download the required ISO's to install D2 DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING ELSE AS IT MIGHT CONTAIN KEYLOGGER. And use the keys to install the game. You will be able to play online. (sorry if you had troubles but of course the keys are already registered)torrent program will be needed along with daemon tools lite (they are free) to mount the ISO.
You can find them at filehippo.com.
How do I find my own CD key?I just got my own computer and installed Diablo II. Went to install LoD and stumbled on a problem - I don't have the case or key for it anymore. It is installed on my brother's computer, so I downloaded a program that claims to help you ferret out your CD key (not a generator, but something that actually tells you what your real key is).
The only problem is it doesn't work in v1.11.Does anyone have a program that can tell you your own CD key that works in v1.11, or another method of figuring it out? I really want the game on my computer! Erm, I moved. You know, from one house to a new one. Many boxes, truckloads of possessions, many things tossed in garbage bags unceremoniously and left on the side of the road by relatives. Surely you know how it goes.and I'm well aware of the CD key theft risk.
However, at this point I'm looking at either buying it again or paying to get my CD shipped to Blizzard, so it's either a) buy again or b) risk getting my CD key ripped off, which will cause me to have to buy it again anyway. Would you rather cut your losses and repurchase a game or take a chance on salvaging it, with the lost gamble being you'll just have to buy it again anyway? Even by knowing the files (d2char.mpq and d2sfx.mpq), you cannot read them without a special type of program anyway.estrellas, even though the risk is yours to take, we cannot help you on this. In order for you to be able to do this, you're going to need to download some third party programs. The reason we cannot give you more information about this is because the same knowledge could most likely be used by other malicious individuals to steal people's CD-Keys.I remember a similar discussion about this being brought up in the past, and if I remember correctly this was the stance that was taken. How one earth would that be done?
Apart from requiring to actually sitting down at your computer, they simply would need to just copy a file anyway, just as someone described would be an alternative in this very thread (or in case the person does not have the CD-case lots, simply look at it and write down the key instead, much easier. Besides, I would say that almost every person ever using a computer knows how to use a file archive/compression program, they have been arround for ages you know. How one earth would that be done?
Apart from requiring to actually sitting down at your computer, they simply would need to just copy a file anyway, just as someone described would be an alternative in this very thread (or in case the person does not have the CD-case lots, simply look at it and write down the key instead, much easier. Besides, I would say that almost every person ever using a computer knows how to use a file archive/compression program, they have been arround for ages you know. 'Simply need to copy a file' isn't really an issue. I mean, d2char.mpq alone is 260 MB, so should a person have access to his friends computer briefly, they wouldn't be able to make any use of that file. Running a quick CD-Checker though, could be a different story.If the situation is as placid as you would indicate, then I would ask the question 'why hide the CD-Key to begin with'? Why did Blizzard decide to encrypt the CD-Key inside the data files at all, if there's little to no risk?What we're talking about here is a method to do something to the game that Blizzard did not wish us to do. What next, links to Hero Editors?
No one is EDITING anything, someone asked how to look at a file were some information he has is stored, how you move from there to editing is beyoned me. On the other hand, a program like ATMA that appearantly is OK, does not only read files (and we are not talking about the file archieves, we are talking about compressed save files and not only extract data out of it, it also writes, modifies and add data to such save files, despite Blizzard appearantly 'hiding' it (according to your definition of hiding).
So appearantly there is allreayd such a 'next' although it is of something VERY different form here. We are not talking about editing software here but file copying and or file viewing. Nothing else needed really. My point was that it wasn't as standard as compression formats like zip or rar. MPQ compression is considerably less known than the two above mentioned ones. I mean, even a simple google check results in only 42k results for 'mpq extension' and 35 million results for 'zip extension'.
The same can be said for 'mpq format' and 'zip format'.Likewise, there's alot of people out there who have no idea what an MPQ file is. I've seen more questions about this through various forums than any other compression type file. Alot of people don't even know where to get the programs that are used to extract these. Hell, Phrozen Keep even have their own little directory set aside for these types of programs, which would seem a waste assuming this knowledge was on par with other compression formats, such as zip or rar.
At one point, there was even a tutorial on how to pack and unpack the MPQ files (not sure if it's still around). Why would you need to do that?
Diablo 2 Lod Cd Key 26 Digit
You can for example just move that specific file as well, instead of copying over a severla hundrad megabyte file (perhaps less, I have no idea of the fiule size of the full mpq files), these files are less than 100 bytes. Alternatively, you can just use whatever file viewer and editor you want and read and write the same content. No problem, no need for any special programs at all.See, instead of copying 260 mb (each file?) the original poster would need to just copy some 200-300 bytes. You don't need any special 'cd-checker', I am talking about a normal program that views and handle the file archieve in question. So you're talking about just moving the.wav and the.cof files? They'll still need to be extracted from the MPQ file, and then re-inserted back into the new one. Sure, it's not an overly difficult task, but it would still involve an MPQ viewer, which I do class as a special program.
Likewise, you cannot compare someone like me or you as performing this scenario, as it wouldn't be.As for viewing, you won't be able to view the.cof file with a program like notepad. How would the user properly view these files to take note of the CD-Keys?
Yet another type of program? It is not that much hiding, Blizzard put almost all data and files inside various mpq files. I mean, are you claiming they 'hide' their sound files too? It is a convenient place to put data into.No one is EDITING anything, someone asked how to look at a file were some information he has is stored, how you move from there to editing is beyoned me. On the other hand, a program like ATMA that appearantly is OK, does not only read files (and we are not talking about the file archieves, we are talking about compressed save files and not only extract data out of it, it also writes, modifies and add data to such save files, despite Blizzard appearantly 'hiding' it (according to your definition of hiding).
So appearantly there is allreayd such a 'next' although it is of something VERY different form here. We are not talking about editing software here but file copying and or file viewing.
Nothing else needed really. The sound data isn't much of a security risk here.
Even if someone wanted to, they could extract the sound data with only an MPQ viewer. The CD-Keys are a different thing though, so they are not simply written in plain sight in their selected files. Even then, they're actually hidden in two files that are not even named 'CD-Key' (unlike the sound files, that are not overtly hidden at all).If you don't think that's 'hiding', then I'm not really sure what your definition of 'hiding' is.As for ATMA, I see it as a necessary evil (for want of better word, as I don't see it as evil per se). For single player users, there was an inability to transfer items from one character to another. ATMA is a means around that. It's providing a certain functionality.On that subject, I'll also bring up the old topic of what someone does on their computer is of no concern to me. Now, where this differentiates from the whole CD-Key issue is that CD-Keys are actually used for validation purposes on the battle.net servers.
Infact, the CD-Key's have little use in single player or off-the-realms multiplayer (as was aptly pointed out by someone in the past).Edit: Edited out the file names that have the CD-Keys.Edit2: While I remember, to my knowledge the MPQ format has only been used by Blizzard Entertainment. If this is the case, then this is definately cannot be classed as a standard mainstream compression type equivilent to zip or rar. For all intents and purposes, Blizzard probably didn't really expect people to be extracting and importing their own MPQ-based files.Likewise, as I've stated above, compared to the internet population there would probably be a minority that are familiar with MPQ file formats. To make matters even worse, the amount of people that are actually aware of the 2 files that contain the CD-Keys would definately be considerably less then even that.Finally, if the CD-Key matter is trivial, then why do Blizzard require you to send in the CD-case or manual for a replacement CD-Key, in the event that you lose it? Why not provide instructions on how to view it in the data files? You can't say it's a matter of money, because the $10 that they require is part of the shipping expenses and the time it'll take the employee to process your request. Not exactly a get rich quick scheme.
I believe you are confusing knowledge about the formats and knowledge about what it is. I would say that very few people who uses or 'know about' zip or any other such file archieves has a clue about how they actually work. The Phrozen Keep section you mention, I believe, discuss the actual format and technical specifications, that is completely out of scope here and totally irellevant and unnecesary for anyone expect someone who wants to write such file archive software themslelves. By the way, the mopaq actually uses zip compression internally for many files. Seems someone has got a long length to not only delete the file names from the whole forums but actually the full posts with them, although not the threads. That information and posts have existed in these forums for years until quite recently by the way.I think we are drifting away from the whole topic and are more involved in a discussion, and interesting at that, about fileformats, file archives, how to save, store and retrieve information and such on computers.
Appearantly we disagree on some issues and perhaps we can at least agree on that we disagreePerhaps it would also be good to cure the problem you mention about people actually having no clue about what a mpq file actually is? It seems our definition of 'standard' differs, because that is indeed my definition of standard:wink3:. A program or method that is not well known cannot be classed as a 'standard'.In this context, standard would be defined: 'Widely recognized or employed as a model of authority or excellence', or perhaps 'Normal, familiar, or usual', 'Commonly used or supplied'.I do not believe the MPQ file format meets these criteria. As indicated in my edits above (you might not have seen), to my knowledge the MPQ file format is used only by Blizzard Entertainment. This would hardly make it a standard in it's field, whereas the zip/rar formats are used more often, especially in the workforce.Those 42k hits were mostly (if not all?) about Blizzard's games, which only contends to Blizzard's success, but doesn't necessary indicate that the MPQ format is a standard, or popular/well known file format.
Searching these forums for mpq and zip turns out the following number of hits (through google since the site's search function doesn't allow 3 letter searchs):mpq 89 hitszip 47 hitsSo clearly on these forums mpq seems more common, which of course is understandable.So because most doesn't know were to get them, they are 'not common' and since they are 'not common' they should be avoided. I see a circle logic here.I believe you are confusing knowledge about the formats and knowledge about what it is. I would say that very few people who uses or 'know about' zip or any other such file archieves has a clue about how they actually work. The Phrozen Keep section you mention, I believe, discuss the actual format and technical specifications, that is completely out of scope here and totally irellevant and unnecesary for anyone expect someone who wants to write such file archive software themslelves. By the way, the mopaq actually uses zip compression internally for many files.And you can find tons of tutorials and guides on how to use zip, arj and rar archieves too. I do feel we are drifting off topic though. I'll address all these responses as one, because they all comment on one point I was trying to make, which was that the MPQ file format is not a standard.I didn't say they should be avoided.
This file format isn't a standard, and the reason why alot of people don't know about them, or have experience with them, is because it appears that it's a format that only Blizzard uses.What I didn't want to happen though, was people to be able to locate the CD-Keys in their MPQ files. My reasons for this have been mentioned below. Like I said above, I do not have an issue with regards to simply copying the file from one computer to another, since the size of the MPQ would make it only feasible if the person was at the computer for a long period of time (and as such, more than likely have the owners permission).
Extracting the necessary file would take slightly longer to execute, though shorter in timeframe to complete. Still, I think it's dangerously close to giving a viewer the information they need to be able to extract any CD-Key they wished.Also, in order for the person to copy the MPQ/files with the keys in, they would still need to complete an install. The MPQ/files with the keys would simply overwrite the existing files that should already be in your directory. This would mean that they would need to have entered in a CD-Key during the installation, and to my knowledge it needs to be a valid one (though it's been ages since I installed the program). If it does indeed need to be a valid one, then simply copying the file from one computer to another will not help in this case. Think of it this way.
Is it better to write passwords (to anything) down on the computer, or to keep them off the computer in a notepad or something (which too should be kept safe)? To compound the scenario, what if you do store the passwords on your computer, in the exact same place that everyone else stores their passwords?
This is not a safe habit, though at least with text documents you could name them anything you want and store them anywhere on your computer.That said, I'd rather not think of the possibilities. I mean, posting on the internet how to access the safe in your house, but justify that it's fine because the likelihood of someone actually coming into your house to attempt that operation is incrediably slim. I prefer to think that they should never have had the knowledge to begin with.Likewise, I'll just re-iterate what I said in my edit above:If the CD-Key matter is trivial, then why do Blizzard require you to send in the CD-case or manual for a replacement CD-Key, in the event that you lose it? Why not provide instructions on how to view it in the data files?
You can't say it's a matter of money, because the $10 that they require is part of the shipping expenses and the time it'll take the employee to process your request. Not exactly a get rich quick scheme. A CD-Key that Blizzard doesn't want you to find. This is the main point I'm trying to address. If Blizzard wanted you to find it, then they would have named two little files in their MPQ's called 'Diablo 2 CD-Key' and 'Diablo 2:LOD Cd-Key', but they didn't.
They intentionally went out of their way to hide it into two files whos names have absolutely no bearing on the keys themselves.The CD-Key's associated with a program are (unfortunatly) the crux of the games security. Personally, I don't think we should shed as much light on this as humanly possible, since it would only weaken the concept. I agree that we disagree:thumbsup:I have little qualms about educating people in the use of MPQ's, as long as it doesn't run the risk of potentially interfering with Blizzard's security measures. I feel that CD-Key information does, however, so I'd prefer to avoid that.And you're right. This sort of discussion is probably going too far off-topic. It's certainly getting far longer than what I has initially expected.Edit: and unfortunatly I won't be able to continue this tonight, since I've got to hop up early tomorrow morning. And the 'single user' criteria means that for example that Microsofts Word format is not 'standard' since they are the only one using it (I believe others have simply reversed engineered it, just as some have done with the mpq format, I might be wrong, if so, lets pick another format of the thousands out there that have one 'user' only.Still I would say that among people playing and using Blizzard games, the mpq files are VERY well known.
The fact that it might not be well known by anyone else on the planet, I would say is quite irellevant. Have you ever considered any copyright complications to such copying? Just a thought.Anyway, your worry is basically that there might be an issue of someone you don't want to have at your computer, unattended, could look for information on your computer? ANd if such a situation would araise, you would not like to give out any information to anyone if there is a possibility that someone that gain unpermitted access to a computer could use it to locate some information. Is that correct? So we should stop telling people that they can use Notepad to open up documents, since, after all, they might, if they gain access to someone elses computer use that information to open up text docuements and find information easy that they would not otherwise eb able to? But we are talking about the very person who owns the computer, who has entered it for his game, who has a copy of the game installed (and thus verified to have netered a valid cd-key to start with) and you say that you can't tell how to do that because you feel there is some remotedly possibility that someone, who would to start with gain unauthorized access to the computer could then slightly easier read a file with a cd-key in it?
Lets disregard the fact that such a person would probably know quite a lot more to start with and have proper tools for it in some other ways since it is hardly some top secret information, despite your opinion that it is 'non standard'. Also, in order for the person to copy the MPQ/files with the keys in, they would still need to complete an install. The MPQ/files with the keys would simply overwrite the existing files that should already be in your directory. This would mean that they would need to have entered in a CD-Key during the installation, and to my knowledge it needs to be a valid one (though it's been ages since I installed the program). If it does indeed need to be a valid one, then simply copying the file from one computer to another will not help in this case. What you propose is actually to have a person install someone ELSES game and cd-key and then copy your own files on top of that installation.
You don't seem to care at the least that this might in fact, for example, be to help sugest how to commit copyright infringement? And you obviously doesn't seemed concerned about how this 'excuse' might case someone to simply get hold of someone else cd.key as well?I simply don't buy your arguments.Yes, but some 'special' programs are less harmful than others. Editpad, for example, is harmless. Various IP Sniffers though, are more harmful.
The question is where we draw the line on this one.As I've already stated, various aspects on the MPQ files do not concern me, such as sound files, etc, as they are not directly related to the. Integrity of the program (for want of better words).
I'm talking with regards to battle.net's security policy, and the integrity of the CD-Keys. There are many ways to lose a CD-key, if you don't have the game installed, you can't get it that way. The fact that they have a replacement system requiring you to send them something from the game is so that you can't just mail them a million times for a new key each time, you can only do so once since you need to send in part of your game in effect. This is for many situations of which most are very different, you have lost the CD-key.
IN theis case you have not, it is still there you just don't want anyone to llook at it. They replace it if you truly lost it. The fact that they don't tell everyone to check if they have their game and then send a program to look at it doesn't mean it is not possible or a bad thing to do so.
As I mentined, they put ALL files in mpq archieves, to have checksums and not put it in plain text is elementary, you never store passwords in plain text either. On the other hand, you typically don't prevent someone from knowing their OWN password which is what you think is the right thing to do.By the way, if they didn't want you to be able to get the CD-key back out of the file archieve and the files they are stored it, it would have been trivial for them to, for example encrypt them and not levae a decryption key with the user. Hashing would not be an alternative though since they need to unaltered key to send to bnet for further authentication there, but it would have been trivial to for example encrypt them without the possibility of the user to get them back. They have not, hence you can't say they have 'hidden' them. I am not commenting on the guidelines, I am commenting on your arguments for it.
You are making completely false arguments about it making it sound as it is some very special, hiden stuff that requires some very special programs specifically targeted for it and that it is almost forbidden. It would endanger Blizzard's whole security meassure for battl.net and so on. This is all bogus and is the VERY reason why you can calim that people don't know much about, for exmample what an mpq file is. WHy not simply tell how it actually is.
Sure, you can view your CD-key but this site doesn't want to tell you how. End of story. No need to make up all sort of scare stories or tell people wrong things (not accusing you of this in the case). It turns even worse since you actually DO tell people to copy arround files instead, telling, it is there but it is alittle 'hush-hush', I will tell you almost all but not everything.
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THAT is what I am commenting about.