Changes

From version 1.09 onward, the player setting can be changed arbitrarily in Single Player mode, open battle.net and non battle.net Mulitplayer Multiplayer mode. In order to do so, one has to enter a certain command while in game. This is done by hitting "Enter", typing the players X command, and confirming by hitting "Enter" again (yes, it's the normal shoutbox usage). The command differs slightly for the different versions of Diablo II.

In genereal general the Players X command simulates an amout of players in the game equal X, although less players are actually in game. X cannot be lower than the actual number of players in game. For example, if you're playing with 2 friends a multiplayer game via TCP/IP, you can only choose a number equal or greater than 3. All other commands will be ignored.