Transfering Equipment

[Hopp The Moople]

Transfering Equipment

Extremly stupid question so bare with me. :wave:

How do you transfer equipment between your own characters?

For example: how can I give my barb an item I have found on my necro?

Sorry if there is another thread I tried searching with various queries but I only ended up with threads about trading and such.

Thank you in advance for any answers

 

[Mursilis]

The answer depends on how you're playing the game.

Battle.net
1. Open passworded game with character A and keep open for 5+ minutes
2. Leave game and immediately reenter to ensure game is "permed"
3. Drop items in game and leave
4. Switch to character B and enter same game
5. Pick up items

Single Player
Utilize either ATMA or GoMule to transfer items when not actively using DII. Look in SP stickies for links to these programs.

 

[firebrandd]

Re: Transfering Equipment

I would say the easiest way to do it is to convince all of your friends to play so you always have someone on Bnet to stay in a game for you while you trade items.

Or you could buy 2 copies of the game and install them on different computers. That way you could hold your own game open on Bnet.

 

[Gorny]

Re: Transfering Equipment

or find a reputable member of the forums to help you out.

 

[Hopp The Moople]

Re: Transfering Equipment

Thank you guys very much! I'll try Mursilis' method first if not I will try to find someone reputable enough to hold a game open. I've played various mmo's and am very leery of scammers so I would like to do it independently if possible. Thank you for the offer gorny

ONE MORE QUESTION

How long does the game stay permed for when no one is in it?

 

[Crowd Control]

Re: Transfering Equipment

I think that would be around 4-5 minutes tops.

 

[Gorny]

Re: Transfering Equipment

Like CC said.

But also, if you have been in for a minute, it will stay for a minute. Not a good way to transfer. If you are in for 5 minutes than the game will stay for 5 minutes.

Games have been kown to stay up longer (say an hour, etc) if they have been active for a really long time.

One risk though, the painful message in red: DIABLO: This server will shutdown/restart in 5 minutes. You see that message grab what you can quick.

 

[Aien]

Re: Transfering Equipment

And just one more note -- if you switch characters in and out of games too quickly, or too often, you may get a temporary restriction from being able to access your account. Those last about 15-45 minutes and are common and nothing to worry about as far as being permanently banned or anything, but if you've left items on the ground and can't log back in, the repercussions of that are obvious.

If you're only doing a transfer or two, you shouldn't have any problems. If you're moving characters in and out of a game 20 or so times in fairly rapid succession, you'll be pushing it. There aren't any hard and fast rules on this, but each time I log out, I count to 5 before changing accounts or bringing another character in, and I don't access the same game more than 15 or so times, and I haven't had problems in awhile.

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