I completed the quests (even recreated the char with the last q checked off, and then killed baal manually) I have t zones enabled in game, but the zones don't spawn in single player with the hero edited character. Any ideas?
That is odd... but i see this is a common problem . Can you try:
"Hello, it’s an old post but I ran into this issue with a character made on D2runewizard Hero editor.
I tried several things and this worked for me : Reload your character into the site and uncheck “ladder” (in “General” section just above “Quests”). Save it and click/unclick terror zones in D2R options before creating a new game."
There seem to be many post in blizz forums for terror zone not spawning and varius solutions.
Thanks for the suggestion Nikos, the ladder option in single player indeed doesn't make much sense, so I might better disable it by default...