Good News to everyone! This is what we have been waiting for fans and players alike of the Diablo game franchise. Diablo 3 Private Server is now here to give us the opportunity to play and experience the fun and excitement Diablo 3 has to offer to us.
I am very happy bringing this good news about the newly created Diablo 3 Private Server by europebattle(dot)net so that you can enjoy this game as much as I did. I do encourage everyone to spread the good news especially to the Diablo 3 Players who have been waiting to experience the game by themselves.
Let me take you to the step by step process in setting up the game and creating your account in Diablo 3 Private Server by europebattle(dot)net are listed below. Issues and problems are also addressed, so do not miss any part and follow the instructions carefully.
Installing and Setting up the Game Client
1. Let us start by Downloading the Diablo III Client here. Autoupdate to latest official patch is enabled, just let it be and have no worries because you will be able to downgrade it with a patch we will be providing.
2. After the installing and autoupdating it, you will need to download our 911-Downgrade-Patch.zip to downgrade your client here. Extract the content of the patch you have downloaded inside the Diablo III Client folder and replace all files necessary. For guided instructions, a detailed instruction is provided on .txt files placed in the archive. After the process your client version will downgrade the latest official patch to our server version 1.02.9991 (9991).
3. Go to the installation directory, right-click on Diablo III.exe and create a shortcut.
4. Right-click the shortcut you have created and navigate to Properties. Click the Shortcut tab and edit the Target by adding this after the quotation mark (as shown in the figure below)
Add a space first (SPACE) then type
-launch
5. Run the Automatic Installer by downloading the .bat installer here and run it afterwards. This will automatically update the hosts in the system directory.
You can check if the auto-installer has successfully updated your host file with these two connect lines inside.
46.4.28.149 eu.actual.battle.net
46.4.28.149 us.actual.battle.net
46.4.28.149 us.actual.battle.net
To Manualy Change the hosts: Go to this directory C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ and open hosts file with notepad and paste and the last line the two connect lines mentioned above.
Alternately you can Open Run, type %WinDir%\System32\Drivers\Etc and hit ENTER to open and hosts file
6 Download PonyPatcher here. Extract it, but do not run it yet.
7. You can now launch the game from the shortcut you have created. After the game window appears, minimize the game by pressing ALT+TAB or ALT + ESC, and run PonyPatcher. A confirmation message will show indicating that the game has been sucessfully patched. You can now go back to the game window and enjoy.
You will have to run the pather everytime you launch the game.
Registering for an Account
1. If you dont have an account yet. Register here, type a valid email address and your desired password. Registering is very easy and straightforward
2. After registering, start playing and enjoy Diablo 3.
Fixing Known Issues and Problems
1. Trouble with account registration. Some individuals are having difficulty in registering an account. The team is currently resolving this issue. With this regard, the team is providing TEN (10) PRECREATED ACCOUNTS everyday for free. These accounts will serve as giveaways for the meantime, while the team is resolving the issue. It will be on first come first serve basis. So, for those who are having a problem on account registration, it is your chance to have one..
2. Frequent Disconnection is another issue which the team is currently looking into. It greatly affects the gaming experience of any player plagued with such problem. This is due to some technical difficulties experienced by our server and it may also be brought about by latency issues with the player's ISP. For the meantime you can download this fix, minimizing the frequency of disconnection, if not totally eliminating it. Download this file and extract its content in your Diablo 3 game directory.
Running Diablo 3 Private Server for the first time
