From 48b2bd2fc98a57e4a4086409515b23c161911c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Robinson <ericjrobinson@live.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:27:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove Difficulty Gate

---
 Source/DiabloUI/multi/selgame.cpp | 25 +------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/DiabloUI/multi/selgame.cpp b/Source/DiabloUI/multi/selgame.cpp
index eb19c202a..c91357f3b 100644
--- a/Source/DiabloUI/multi/selgame.cpp
+++ b/Source/DiabloUI/multi/selgame.cpp
@@ -402,31 +402,8 @@ void selgame_Diff_Focus(size_t value)
 	CopyUtf8(selgame_Description, WordWrapString(selgame_Description, DESCRIPTION_WIDTH), sizeof(selgame_Description));
 }
 
-bool IsDifficultyAllowed(int value)
-{
-	if (value == 0 || (value == 1 && heroLevel >= 20) || (value == 2 && heroLevel >= 30)) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	selgame_Free();
-
-	if (value == 1)
-		UiSelOkDialog(title, _("Your character must reach level 20 before you can enter a multiplayer game of Nightmare difficulty.").data(), false);
-	if (value == 2)
-		UiSelOkDialog(title, _("Your character must reach level 30 before you can enter a multiplayer game of Hell difficulty.").data(), false);
-
-	selgame_Init();
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 void selgame_Diff_Select(size_t value)
 {
-	if (selhero_isMultiPlayer && !IsDifficultyAllowed(vecSelGameDlgItems[value]->m_value)) {
-		selgame_GameSelection_Select(selgame_selectedGame);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	nDifficulty = (_difficulty)vecSelGameDlgItems[value]->m_value;
 
 	if (!selhero_isMultiPlayer) {
@@ -589,7 +566,7 @@ void selgame_Password_Init(size_t /*value*/)
 static bool IsGameCompatibleWithErrorMessage(const GameData &data)
 {
 	if (IsGameCompatible(data))
-		return IsDifficultyAllowed(data.nDifficulty);
+		return true;
 
 	selgame_Free();