Yes, you need the Diablo 1 cd to play Rebirth. By the way, if you own the Diablo cd, you can use a little utility (check Downloads section) that will copy the needed files to your hard drive. Instructions inside the downloadable utility.
If you don't have Diablo, you can try to look for it in stores (recently Diablo was published in Classic Games collection and budget edition, at very low price).
Or you can find it in other ways that I can't say here :)
Yes, in the Download section you'll find "ReX No-CD", a little utility that will copy the needed files to your Harddrive and adjust the registry key. A manual procedure is also described in the readme file.
Note: you need to own the Diablo cd.
Yes, you can. By clicking on "Battle.net" you will automatically connect to ReX Online Server (not the Blizzard one).
You don't need to edit or add any gateway.
·Do ReX connect to official Battle.net when playing online?
Absolutely no. ReX is no affiliated or supported by Blizzard Entertainment.
The dedicated server is developed only for Diablo Exp: The Rebirth and is hosted independently.
No, ReX is totally free and no-profit.
If you want, you can make a free donation, wich money will be exclusively used for the project and to improve services like website, forum, server and whatever will be needed to support ReX playing.
·Will I have problems playing classic Diablo after installing Rebirth Expansion?
No, ReX is projected to be totally indepentent from classic Diablo.
Also Battle.net gateways are handled separately, so there is no possibility to have problems and/or conflicts between classic Diablo and Rebirth Expansion.
