I’m happy to report I was just able to figure out how to do this and it seems to work very well! Here is what I did:
- In D2R, create a new character just so you can easily find the folder where it is stored.
- Next, go to C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\Diablo II Resurrected (or wherever this particular file is located). Hopefully your newly created character is stored there (it was for me). If you can’t find this folder I found searching whatever drive D2R is installed on for my character’s name eventually found the right folder.
- Go to the folder containing your old characters and drag-and-drop all files with your old character’s name into the Diablo II Resurrected folder. I believe mine were .ctl, .d2s, .key, .ma0 (and other numbered files), and a .map file.
- Load up D2R and presto! There is your old character.
Hope this helps!