Just to make sure, its the simple things we miss..
i d/ld from blizzard and had no issues whatsoever..
During the d/l process, did he ever pause and move teh folder for any reason, if he did, it would make 2 different folders with partial d2 files in each.
Next, after d/lin 1.12 or whatever, you changed to 1.10 first I assume from your text.
After doing this, you run the modsetup and it tells you that your missing required dll...what dll is it missing exactly, does it give a specific name?
There is a possibility that he had a corrupted d/l of Hu, as it has happened before, if anything, re copy/paste the 1.10 patch over the files, the extract hu into the folder, then try the modsetup again. I would assume he made a backup folder of d2, as i got tired of reinstalling every time i messed up.
Just makes life easier is all.
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