Ok, so I've had a crack at the runes.txt solution but got stuck: I downloaded the runes.txt and put it the Diablo II/Global/Excel/Data folder. I then used the terminal to enter open -a 'diablo ii' --args -direct -txt. This seems to work, because when I add '-w' at the very end of it, Diablo opens in a window.
HOWEVER, i tried to create an Edge and it doesn't work.- I noticed that when i opened a saved character, I get like 100 files in my Diablo 2 folder that are called 'DATA/EXCEL/arena.bin', DATA/EXCEL/armor.bin' etc. Even if I move all those files to the Diablo II/Data/Excel folder, it still doesn't work. Disclaimer: I use Windows so I can't test this for you. From what I've seen, the Mac/Unix RWM works exactly like the Windows one (which is somewhat obsolete due to the prevalence of PlugY). Since the game's file structure is identical, all you have to do is add the text files to the MPQ archives OR into the global/excel/. Folder and then have them read first via command line arguments. I'm not sure if there are MPQ editors for Mac, but the command line option should work regardless of the game's version?
It's not really a complicated mod, after all, since you'd just have to set a flag for each deactivated runeword in the corresponding runewords.txt (I think). Yeah those are the same files I'm using. It doesn't say anything about adding to a command line. It just says to drop it in the game folder and it should work. Which it isn't.
Anyway, after more researching through other forums I believe people have concluded that RWM doesn't work for macs on 1.14. Apparently the mod uses Carbon, which newer macs don't use anymore. So basically this sucks.
Low Level Runewords D2
I might just stop playing until it gets sorted. I'm not sure why they ever excluded ladder runewords from single player anyway. What the hell is the fun in a game where you can't get some of the best items?
D2 Runewords 1.13 Ladder
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