How do I modify vanilla drops to the famous 0% nodrop?

Meanski from Slash here.

This change can be made by modifying the patch_d2.mpq on the D2GS side of things, a lot of changes made within these files sometimes do need to have client side patching (your players will also need the same patch file) but luckily with droprate changes - these can be done all server side without any client side patching. 

You'll need two programs - MPQ Editor and table editor, also with the MPQ editor you'll need the 1.13C (assuming that is the version you are running) listfile - this means the MPQ editor can understand each file in the patch MPQ.  All of this can be downloaded from Phrozen Keep.

Ladik's MPQ Editor: www.zezula.net/en/mpq/download.html (can't confirm this link 100%, on my Mac atm)
Table editor: d2mods.info/filecenter/dload.php … le_id=1054
List/data file: d2mods.info/filecenter/dload.php … le_id=1540

Steps:

1) Download all programs, take a backup of your patch file
2) Open up Ladik's MPQ editor, select your patch file and list file.  This will give you a list of all the files available inside the patch
3) Once file is opened, navigate to: data/global/excel
4) Look for files: tressureclass and tressureclassex
5) Open these in the table editor
6) Look for the column named 'NoDrop'
7) Change all numbers in this column to 0
8) Copy the whole data folder to your LOCAL Diablo II (not on the server, somewhere you can boot D2)
9) Find the shortcut you use to boot D2 from (mine is Diablo II.exe), right-click on the exe and go to properties
10) Amend the file path to have -direct -txt (this will bypass the patch MPQ and use the files inside the data folder)
11) Enter a game. If no errors - we're good to go!
12) Package up the MPQ again using the MPQ editor
13) Test the patch file again, if no errors or anything then you can place it on your server!

Anyways, that is the basics.  I'm sure you can find me on Slash's subreddit or Discord channel if you have further questions. GL!

Do you know which tables to change the vanilla XP rate to a bit higher?
Also, do you know how to increase party size from 8 to 10+ ?
Like annihilus.net/content.php does, they increased to 64 but on my server I'm planning to have 12.
Last question, do you know how to add 1.08 rare items to 1.13?

d2region has their on 1.09d server. I just wonder if I download their and add to 1.13 would be a lot easier.

I love to join your discord server for future help needs too. If ya can post an invitation here and thanks.

I followed the guide and tried to modify the MPQ from single player first and nodrop 0% was working fine but after I replaced the server side MPQ from the Single player it wasn't working. Any idea why this could be happening?

Yes i did. Does the OS matter? I recently moved to Linux and is not working but on Windows was working fine

I only have the treasureclassex.txt in this directory. Do I need to edit both treasureclass and treasureclassex ? Where do I find the treasureclass.txt ? I'm using D2 LOD v1.13c if that makes any difference.

Joe

Added: 02.02.2019 02:36

Not working for me, either...

I opened the D2_patch.mpq and extracted the treasureclassex.txt. Tested it with the -direct -txt method and it worked great - no drop=0 in game. Edited, replaced, compacted, and closed the D2_patch.mpq. Reopened it to make sure the txt file was edited correctly and then put the new Patch_D2.mpq in my D2 directory and tested it in a single player game. Nothing. Drops are vanilla. I don't get it.

Yeah, I dunno...
It doesn't add up. my Patch_D2.mpq is modded. It shows my edit when I reopen the archive. Some reason it just won't translate to game. It's like the game is reading the input from some source other than the treasureclassex.txt inside the mpq...

Hey, Feofilaktt. Glad you're here. Yes, I'm opening the MPQ and then extracting the treasureclassex.txt. Then I edit the txt using AFJ Sheet Edit and then importing the edited treasureclassex.txt back into the MPQ which replaces it. I can see that my edits are there when I recheck the file. Then I compact the MPQ and close it. If I reopen the MPQ, I can see that it includes my edited txt file. But when I put it in my Diablo II folder, it's not giving me NoDrop=0...

Added: 02.02.2019 08:31

Guys, I'm sorry... I figured it out. I wasn't creating the "new" bin file before recompiling the MPQ.

I needed to put the edited txt file into the data\global\excel folder inside my Diablo II directory, add the -direct -txt parameters to my desktop shortcut, and then go into a game to procure a "new" treasureclassex.bin file which can then be found inside the Diablo II\data\global\excel location. This new bin file must replace the original bin file inside the Patch_D2.MPQ along with the edited txt file before recompiling the MPQ and placing it into the Diablo II folder.

Joe