Have they done away with Hard Core characters?

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Russell B. Waters wrote::
> I was unable to create a new HC character, it wasn't offered as an option.
> What gives?

IIRC you need to finish normal difficulty first. So if this is a new
account, you have to go through the game once in normal mode, then you
can make HC characters.

If you already did that, I don't know what's wrong.

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"Russell B. Waters" <russell.waters@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I was unable to create a new HC character, it wasn't offered as an option.
> What gives?

Are you playing SP/MP or on Battlenet? What version do you play? If you play
1.09, then you have to finish normal diificulty first, before you can start
HC. If you play 1.10, then you don't need a SC char. You can start directly.
Please note that you can have only eight characters per Battlent account.
Maybe that's your problem. Make a new account and continue

HTH

Rudi

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"Hansjoerg Malthaner" <hansjoerg.malthaner@nurfuerspam.de> wrote in message
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> Russell B. Waters wrote::
>> I was unable to create a new HC character, it wasn't offered as an
>> option.
>> What gives?
>
> IIRC you need to finish normal difficulty first. So if this is a new
> account, you have to go through the game once in normal mode, then you can
> make HC characters.
>
> If you already did that, I don't know what's wrong.
>

I have the 1.10 version, and I haven't completed normal mode yet, so I'll
bet that's the issue.
Thanks!
Rusty


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"Gundemarie Scholz" <spamyousilly@inbox.ru> wrote in message
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> Falko Rudolph wrote:
>> "Russell B. Waters" <russell.waters@gmail.com> schrieb im
>> Newsbeitrag news:ElCXd.48887$r55.14922@attbi_s52...
>> > I was unable to create a new HC character, it wasn't offered as
>> > an option. What gives?
>>
>> Are you playing SP/MP or on Battlenet? What version do you play? If
>> you play
>> 1.09, then you have to finish normal diificulty first, before you
>> can start HC. If you play 1.10, then you don't need a SC char. You
>> can start directly.
>
> That is incorrect. You need to play through normal with one character
> first, then any account accessed from that PC can create HC characters
> immediately (iirc that is described in the patch log too). You could
> also change a certain registry setting in order to circumvent the
> restriction.
>

Just out of curiosity, not that I'd ever do such a thing.....but....how
*does* one change the registry to disable that setting?


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(snip)

> >If you play 1.10, then you don't need a SC char. You
> > can start directly.
>
> That is incorrect.

Sorry then. I was pretty sure, but maybe the registry setting survived the
reinstall.

Rudi

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Russell B. Waters wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, not that I'd ever do such a
> thing.....but....how *does* one change the registry to disable that
> setting?


Start -> Run -> regedit -> OK
Then search for the key you want to edit (see http://snipurl.com/dcku
for details).

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"Hansjoerg Malthaner" <hansjoerg.malthaner@nurfuerspam.de> wrote in message
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> Russell B. Waters wrote::
>> I was unable to create a new HC character, it wasn't offered as an
>> option.
>> What gives?
>
> IIRC you need to finish normal difficulty first. So if this is a new
> account, you have to go through the game once in normal mode, then you can
> make HC characters.
>
> If you already did that, I don't know what's wrong.
>
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> c.u. Hajo

There is a hack you can download that overcomes this restriction.