Diablo 3 Open Beta Weekend (April 21st - 24th)

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Diablo 3 Open Beta Weekend (April 21st - 24th)

kheob on 20/04/2012 - 16:36 us.battle.net (2481 clicks)

Not really a bargain, but since the BF3 beta was posted here I figured this could be as well.

Starts 5am AEST Saturday if my calculations are correct and ends 3am Tuesday.

We're pleased to announce the Diablo III open beta weekend, which offers open access to all players with a valid Battle.net account! Beginning this Friday everyone is invited to log in and help us put the game and servers through their paces in this three day stress test as we march toward the game's release on May 15. You can begin downloading the Diablo III client right now!

From Friday, April 20 at 12:01 p.m. PDT (noon), until Monday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. PDT you'll be able to log in, team up with friends, and play each of the five heroic classes to level 13 as you fight to save the world from the impending demonic invasion.

What steps do I need to take?

Log in or create a Battle.net account at http://www.battle.net/
Create your BattleTag™ (https://www.battle.net/account/management/battletag-create.h...), which is required to play Diablo III (What is BattleTag?)
Download the game client (https://us.battle.net/account/download/index.xml), install, and play between 12:01 p.m. PDT April 20 and 10:00 a.m. PDT April 23

NVIDIA users:
Be sure to enable ambient occlusion in the Nvidia control panel. It makes the game look a lot better: http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/interna...

To enable Ambient Occlusion in the beta, open the NVIDIA Control Panel, browse to ‘Manage 3D Settings,’ locate the Diablo III profile in the list, and select one of the Ambient Occlusion quality settings before clicking ‘Apply'.

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bemybubble on 20/04/2012 - 16:41 ¶

forums?
- +2 votes
  
  ozhunter on 20/04/2012 - 17:35 ¶
  
  The reason I didn't post it on the forums is that not as many people read them as oppose to the front page.
  
  I'm guessing that's why everyone posts "deals", so more people will see it, even if it is against the rules. It just gets moved to the forums anyway(such as competitions, rep announcements, etc.) so they don't care. That little extra exposure on the deals page get people to comment on their post. Though it may include comments such as this, it still gets members talking.
  
  That said, thanks for posting :D
  - +3 votes
    
    rjack58 on 20/04/2012 - 17:39 ¶
    
    this place has forums now?
    - +1 vote
      
      Postulative on 20/04/2012 - 18:48 ¶
      
      No, it has fora.
    - +2 votes
      
      Fincky on 20/04/2012 - 19:32 ¶
      
      I went to the forums once…
+9 votes

Letrico on 20/04/2012 - 16:41 ¶

for people like us that waited for so long. ABSOLUTELY A BARGAIN =P
- -12 votes
  
  grapedrink on 20/04/2012 - 22:58 ¶
  
  wait for the actual released game. Enjoy totalling ruining your D3 experience. plain dumb.
- -5 votes
  
  bookagook on 20/04/2012 - 23:11 ¶
  
  people like you need to get a life
  - GreatWhiteHunter on 21/04/2012 - 07:39 ¶
    
    Meaning?
    - machej on 21/04/2012 - 16:34 ¶
      
      He probably means that we'll get sick of it since he may be thinking we need to start the game again.
atlas on 20/04/2012 - 16:43 ¶

Will be good to see how the system handles it!
- Phesto on 20/04/2012 - 16:50 ¶
  
  Everyone I know, who have beyond fine computers have serioues framerate spikes and freezes.
  
  Game is amazing though, but the beta isn't long ( about 1hour to complete)
  - ldstr on 20/04/2012 - 16:58 ¶
    
    The comps of everyone I know (inc. mine) have handled the game fine o.0
    - machej on 21/04/2012 - 17:37 ¶
      
      Same as mine… What's your specs Phesto?
  - Levi on 20/04/2012 - 17:00 ¶
    
    The download or the playthrough?
    - CarbonTwelve on 20/04/2012 - 17:31 ¶
      
      The playthrough for the beta is very short.
  - Peepers on 20/04/2012 - 17:59 ¶
    
    Blizzard have stated some of the frame rate issues are due to it being beta code and also on test infrastructure. However, the last beta patch looks to be on the live server hardware now, so the frame rate issues could potentially have improved.
  - kheob on 21/04/2012 - 02:18 ¶
    
    Actually takes about 2 hours to complete and you can play around with other characters too. The final boss is a pretty fun fight.
    - +2 votes
      
      Redmo0n on 21/04/2012 - 14:19 ¶
      
      My first play-through took me about 4 hours, no previous diablo experience and I explored everything.
- Phesto on 20/04/2012 - 16:50 ¶
  
  double
Wish on 20/04/2012 - 16:53 ¶

Thanks OP
neosin on 20/04/2012 - 16:53 ¶

anyone know if there is co-op in the beta?
- +1 vote
  
  greydaniel on 20/04/2012 - 16:59 ¶
  
  From Friday, April 20 at 12:01 p.m. PDT (noon), until Monday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. PDT you'll be able to log in, team up with friends, and play each of the five heroic classes to level 13 as you fight to save the world from the impending demonic invasion.
raygreyant on 20/04/2012 - 16:55 ¶

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.
+9 votes

Modokun on 20/04/2012 - 16:58 ¶

thanks for posting. A 'friend' of mine, tried to scores points with me by offering me an 'exclusive' beta key for the weekend, all the while acting like it was no big deal considering he only had 1 key to share. With this I am able to expose the fraudster.
- videoman on 20/04/2012 - 17:09 ¶
  
  lol that bastard… did he try and get anything out of you for this beta key?
- Modokun on 20/04/2012 - 17:43 ¶
  
  no, just trying to act like a good mate. failed.
  - +1 vote
    
    Psychd on 20/04/2012 - 18:31 ¶
    
    can't be that good a friend if he didn't know you were an ozb ninja
+2 votes

Baa on 20/04/2012 - 17:00 ¶

Woo! thanks for the head up! This deserves a listing in my opinion!

A couple of more exclamation points for good luck!!!
- +6 votes
  
  kheob on 20/04/2012 - 17:02 ¶
  
  Ha, thanks, maybe I should take all this good karma to Crown tonight.
  - Suddo on 20/04/2012 - 17:25 Comment score below threshold (-14).
+2 votes

massari on 20/04/2012 - 17:01 ¶

haha perfect. I know what I will be doing this weekend :D
+5 votes

CarbonTwelve on 20/04/2012 - 17:22 ¶

Seems like a bargain to me. It's software that wasn't previously freely available, is now free for everyone, and is a limited time offer. Pretty sure that meets the criteria.
tonka on 20/04/2012 - 17:24 ¶

Free Diablo awesome bargain Hope the server is primed!
+2 votes

Raz84 on 20/04/2012 - 17:26 ¶

just an fyi, 12:01pm pdt = 5:01am AEST saturday 21st

edit ignore, just re-read title lol
- kheob on 20/04/2012 - 17:31 ¶
  
  Doh! Thanks for that. I just realised I'm using the wrong time since daylight savings is over.
  
  I just changed it - I actually had 4am instead of 5am.
+6 votes

Expon on 20/04/2012 - 17:29 ¶

Thanks, did not know about this. Lucky it was on the front page or I would not have known. However having this on the front page caused 3 earthquakes in south america and a 4% interest rate rise……
- kheob on 20/04/2012 - 17:34 ¶
  
  Brilliant :)
zigpy_siva on 20/04/2012 - 17:37 ¶

dose the normal D3 game client work for this one or we have to download a different client for BETA.
- +1 vote
  
  raygreyant on 20/04/2012 - 17:40 ¶
  
  Beta client is different. I just finished downloading mine. Two versions of D3 on my disk now without even being played for one minute..
Arcticfox on 20/04/2012 - 17:47 ¶

Oh god… there goes all the chores around the house I was going to do this weekend :-(
+6 votes

x853 on 20/04/2012 - 17:55 ¶

For those that are trying to get this post removed, could you please stop. I was unaware of this and to me having FREE access to a game that (be it a BETA) I have waited for for years, is most defiantly a bargain.
Thank you for the post, cheers
- +3 votes
  
  kheob on 20/04/2012 - 17:56 ¶
  
  Thank you. It seems that most people are happy with this, and the only bad thing about it is that it takes up an inch of space on the front page, so I don't know what all the fuss is about.
- +1 vote
  
  taurion61 on 20/04/2012 - 18:03 ¶
  
  +1
  
  Thanks OP
ltwo on 20/04/2012 - 17:56 ¶

I'm trying to download the client but it always seems to get stuck at 10%.
Pry on 20/04/2012 - 17:59 ¶

The client is downloading ridiculously slow for me, and it's maxing my upload speed. I hate peer to peer downloading of games :S Downloading at 60-120kb/s… uploading at 100kb/s.
- +1 vote
  
  kheob on 20/04/2012 - 18:00 ¶
  
  Try disabling P2P in the options if you can.
  - Pry on 20/04/2012 - 18:02 ¶
    
    Yeah I tried that, it basically stops it downloading and uploading all together.
  - machej on 20/04/2012 - 18:07 ¶
    
    You need the P2P my download is downloading a 1.2MBPS with P2P, simply great for international speeds.
    - Suddo on 20/04/2012 - 18:24 ¶
      
      Depends what works for you. If your speeds are slow, usually it's P2P throttling it.
    - machej on 20/04/2012 - 18:49 ¶
      
      I want to update this, in the end P2P is a waste. Look at this: http://snpr.cm/k2euxT.jpg
      
      I ended up uploading more then downloading via P2P and more from the direct link. I disabled it and my downloads went to 1.5mbps. :D
- zigpy_siva on 20/04/2012 - 18:01 ¶
  
  what is the client size?
  - Pry on 20/04/2012 - 18:03 ¶
    
    Has to download 3.72GB according to the downloader.
    
    *Edit - sorry that's how much remaining… would be closer to 3.83Gb
- Raz84 on 20/04/2012 - 18:50 ¶
  
  i didn't think this was a p2p dl. i had a steady 4-5mbs
  
  but i dl'd it thru their own install thing
j4ck on 20/04/2012 - 18:05 ¶

Woo hoo! Can't wait!
MrZ on 20/04/2012 - 18:08 ¶

Awww, how sad. All of you beta key people no longer feel speshul. :~(
- Ahmaz on 20/04/2012 - 18:48 ¶
  
  We'll feel speshul again once BWE is over and watch you temporary Beta testers cry =P
oddyseeh on 20/04/2012 - 18:26 ¶

thanks op
videoman on 20/04/2012 - 18:53 ¶

Mines downloading fairly slow (150kb/s). How fast is everyone elses download going?
- machej on 20/04/2012 - 18:56 ¶
  
  1.3 mbps, make sure you turn P2P off and test it as mine went much faster.
  - +1 vote
    
    Phesto on 20/04/2012 - 19:13 ¶
    
    THIS, turn OFF p2p. It's completely counter intuitive but it is the only way I will reach maximum speeds and not sit on 150kb
    - Dlite on 20/04/2012 - 19:41 ¶
      
      Thanks for the tip worked for me.
- madmouse58 on 20/04/2012 - 19:11 ¶
  
  im going between 0.8 and 1.2mbps
  
  telstra isp
danteshope on 20/04/2012 - 18:57 ¶

Looking forward to this! Thanks for the heads up.
Psychd on 20/04/2012 - 19:10 ¶

so you all just get error 12 when trying to log in ?
Says my battlenet account not setup for it, but am using orig account from vanilla wow with all blizz games attached to it.
Just wanna check now as don't think as many will b up at 5am :)
- machej on 20/04/2012 - 19:30 ¶
  
  Did you get one of those in game id's?
  - Psychd on 20/04/2012 - 19:48 ¶
    
    I setup battletag when it came online last year if that's what you mean
    - videoman on 20/04/2012 - 20:49 ¶
      
      Have you tried making a new battletag? - https://www.battle.net/account/management/battletag-create.h...
- Annon123 on 20/04/2012 - 21:20 ¶
  
  Same here I got the error 12. Maybe because its not 5am yet.
Jaxx on 20/04/2012 - 19:42 ¶

so when we get our collector's edition do we uninstall this version?
- CarbonTwelve on 20/04/2012 - 21:43 ¶
  
  Depends whether they provide a patch from beta to live. From memory, SC2 didn't, so I wouldn't be surprised if D3 doesn't either. FWIW, SWTOR did have one, so it's not like it never happens.
- Mooman on 23/04/2012 - 12:36 ¶
  
  You need to uninstall it and install the new one. Collectors edition (At this point in time) do not have a pre-download option. Theres a blue post about it on the D3 Forums)
  
  If you know a friend who trusts you that has a pre-downloaded copy, have them log in for you just before the release date for the majority of the files.
Forgot69 on 20/04/2012 - 20:26 ¶

Pre-order for $79.95 AUD!
SOLD, along with my sanity and OzBargain soul! #overmydeabbody
Thanks for the post OP. Would have missed this otherwise!
- -1 vote
  
  MrZ on 20/04/2012 - 22:32 ¶
  
  I don't believe someone on this site would pay full RRP for a game… and then put it in bold as if to brag about it?
  - +1 vote
    
    Forgot69 on 20/04/2012 - 23:17 ¶
    
    #idiotsthatusehashtagstoshowsarcasm
    - btdunstaN on 21/04/2012 - 14:01 ¶
      
      cynical much?
theguyrules on 20/04/2012 - 21:11 ¶

Downloaded fast enough. Pretty keen.
Cataclysm on 20/04/2012 - 21:54 ¶

4Gb man, hope i finish b4 it starts. can't wait for it
b00gie on 20/04/2012 - 22:01 ¶

4MB/SEC downloading client, noice :D
- sushiyasha on 20/04/2012 - 22:26 ¶
  
  I'm more interested in what internet provider you are using now :)? Cause my TPG unlimited ADSL 2+ can only give me 1.2mb/s
  Can you please enlighten me on this ? thanks
  - kheob on 20/04/2012 - 22:30 ¶
    
    He's probably on cable because ADSL2+ maxes out at ~2.4MB/s I believe.
    - machej on 20/04/2012 - 22:53 ¶
      
      Definitely cable. :D
    - +1 vote
      
      CarbonTwelve on 20/04/2012 - 23:42 ¶
      
      Could also be fibre…
  - brad1601 on 20/04/2012 - 22:56 ¶
    
    Yes, your actual download speed on ADSL is generally the same no matter what ISP your on (although you may get a better ping with a higher quality provider) as the speed is determined by the length of the cable run from your local exchange to your house, which is the same distance no matter who your provider is.
    
    4mb/s is most likely a 'cable' connection or maybe even fibre.
    - sushiyasha on 21/04/2012 - 01:07 ¶
      
      Thanks guys for clearing that up for me, i wanna change to cable or fiber now :))
  - johnno07 on 21/04/2012 - 06:08 ¶
    
    I'm getting 3.25-4MB/s on Bigpond Cable. Can you imagine the data flying through the Blizzard servers already? The fact that I'm even able to download the beta at this speed is seriously impressive.
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edmund on 20/04/2012 - 23:25 ¶

8mbp/s almost done.
Hippy on 20/04/2012 - 23:33 ¶

Also following the download the game is coming up with an error when looging into the client, I assume this will be fixed at 5am ;)
mar79 on 20/04/2012 - 23:39 ¶

Mac beta client also available….+1 Blizzard :)
tinx on 21/04/2012 - 01:57 ¶

I get this error : d3-0-9359-win-final.mpq appears to be corrupt

Any idea how to fix it ? I did delete the file but I get same error mssg after re run the installer.