Sting's Maphack Guide

[Darkstorm]

BIG EDIT: SINCE THE RECENT BANNINGS WITH THIS VERSION IVE ADDED THE "LITE" VERSION

Step 1
Download Sting's maphack at bottom of post

Step 2
Extract the program to where ever you desire. (i put it into my Program Files directory.) For easy access to it right click on the d2hackmap.exe and then click create shortcut. (d2hackmap is located: "\d2hackmap_v2.24\bin" The d2hackmap.exe icon looks like bart simpson with a magnifying glass) You can then move the shortcut to your desktop and/or your start menu.

Step 3
Run Sting's Maphack by clicking on the d2hackmap.exe or on your shortcuts. Next click options. Then under Reveal Act select the option auto reveal act without IScan. Next click Apply then Okay. (See below.)

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Step 4
Minimize Sting's Maphack and play Diablo II. If you have followed these steps you never need to click on reveal act. just run Sting's Maphack and then run Diablo II.

The Plugin
Only click on the install plugin if you are going to play on Single Player or Open Battle.net. When you click on install plugin you will get an error msg saying this is detectable. If you are going to use it on Single Player or open bnet then just ignore it and click on yes/okay (dont remember if it is yes or okay.) To turn off the plugin mode just click on unload plugin. For those of you that use the plugin the button to reveal players equipment is zero. (NOT the numpad zero, it's the zero above the alphabet.)
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Now if you choose to continue to click on reveal act (you dont need to anymore because when you selected auto reveal and therefor it will reveal act whenever you join/create and change acts for you. That way you never need to minimize Diablo II.) you will can an error msg. A major error msg you will get is if you are using D2loader. It will detect that you are using another hack and warn you. Just click yes and ignore the message. (For the D2loader error msg see below.)

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But remember if you follow these easy steps you will never have to click on reveal act. Now if you get another error msg besides the one that says you are using another hack just ignore it. it will still reveal the act. If it asks you to continue then select yes.

If you get another error msg and it doesnt reveal that act, post me a picture of it and/or type it word for word. I will then help you the best i can. Just post you problems here instead of making all the new threads.

And again if you have followed these steps you will never have to click on reveal act. The reason i keep saying this is because ppl seem to not understandd that when they select auto reveal they dont need to click on reveal act. Trust me i have had many many many pm's/emails/msn msg's on this.

And if you still have questions feel free to post them here and not make new threads. However, before you post here be sure that when the error msg that pops yup can be ignored. When the error msg pops up make still see if it actually does reveal act. If the error msg asks for you to continue then continue. Also just folow these steps so that you dont have to or need to click on reveal act. And since you dont need to click on reveal act anymore you should get any error msgs.

Making and Hosting a Picture:
To make a picture you must first goto the image you want to make a picture out of. (like if you want to make a picture of the error message on Sting's Maphack.) Once you have the image you want to save on screen press Print Screen on your keyboard. (to the right of F12) Then open paint and make a new document. Next goto Edit>Paste. This will paste the picture of your image into paint. Then press the rectangle select button from the paint toolbar. (See below for a picture of the select button.) Next click and hold at the top left corner of the section of the picture that way what to save. (like i just selected the MH and left out my desktop.) then drag down to the buttom right corner of the section you want to save. Then release your mouse and go to Edit>Paste. Then goto File>New and click no to save your old pic. Then once the new document is up goto Edit>Paste. And thus you have a picture of a select portion of an image from your desktop. Next goto File>Save As and name the document anything you wantand save it as a jpeg. Next goto [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] or [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. (photobucket is easier for ppl to use.) and register there. Once you have registured goto your album and on the upload images spot click browse. Next select the picture you just saved and click open. Then press host it/upload. next scroll down and you should see your image. Then to make i easier highlight the link that says directlink and right click and press copy. Then when you want to show the image here at the forums just type [img]LinkOfThePictureHere[/img]. And thus you have hosted and image.

[supedup_rides]

Good guide, although the mods will close threads about hacks. Including this.

[ownink]

yea....your showing the guide to stings 2.24...which got my key banned for 2 months because of my stupidity but still, thanks for showing how to use it but i'll stick with Stings 2.10 Lite

[bishnit]

i dont understand....

[maiyan25]

I've been banned of Bnet using Sting 2.24 version just to mention
(1 week i was using it)

[Dragon_fei]

ahahha.. hrmz people geting baned for the new version... well ill be the next tester to see if i'll get banned =).. at the moment its working fine accept when you change acts its crashes saying "we got a big error here" dont matter jsut restart diablo again.. but the error is creeping me out though..
it never happened with the old version on 1.10.. ohh well we'll see how it goes..
one thing i realize though.. is diablo lod getting coz it seems so empty now compare to when i last play in v1.10.. is it getting to old? or has the warden program ban 3/4 of the players using maphack ahahah.

[gotenks]

Originally Posted by maiyan25

I've been banned of Bnet using Sting 2.24 version just to mention
(1 week i was using it)

Same here...

1 week and got banned :(

[Darkstorm]

i have added the lite version of the maphack its same settings but i think each time you go into a game you need to click reveal act. I'm not sure about this because i don't have to do that but experiment with it

[Dragon_fei]

with the new version so far no ban yet.. ahaha wish me luck.. just keeping you updated...
to prove it doesnt get you banned

[Darkstorm]

anyone else tried it? its really useful even though i barely play anymore