I want to tell you something. I've got polish version of D2:ED and I had the same problems with never-ending loading screen (I wrote about it here a few weeks ago). Today the polish distributor released a patch, version 1.03 and... It works! It fixed the game. However, I've got another problem now, with playing, I mean I've got something about 5 fps and it's annoying, but it doesn't matter for now. I think you have to wait for an English patch version (I know that it isn't revealing). It's sad, but true... Be patient... and good luck.
