FULL GUIDE FOR HYPER-V VIRTUAL MACHINE OPTIMIZATION

Step 1 - Optimize Hyper-V VM

Start by allocating 100% of the allocated processors to the VM in hyper-v manager

Step 2 - Host Processor minimum state

In the power options of the Hyper-V host power plan, set the minimum processor state to 100% (or whatever you deem sufficient)

Step 3 - VM Processor minimum state

In the power plan options of each virtual machine, set the minimum processor state to 100%

Step 4 - Reduce loading time

Using this : https://github.com/levinium/D2RExtractor extract the install files from your D2R installation on host (making sure they are the right version) for faster load times - does not work with mods

Step 5 - Instance arguments

For the extract to work, add these game arguments to each bot : -txt -direct If using tinymod, your arguments should be like : -mod tiny -ns -txt -direct

Step 6 - MAC address

Generate a mac address here : https://dnschecker.org/mac-address-generator.php (or whatever you want to use) In Hyper-V manager, when the virtual machine is off, in the "Advanced Features" option of "Network adapter" settings, set the MAC address to "static" and check "enable MAC address spoofing". Set the MAC address to the value you generated.

Step 7 - Remove windows bloatware

Use this tool : https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil to remove a lot of unwanted bloatware from Windows 10/11