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Thanks for all the digging KeighnMcDeath theres some good info there.
Just FYI, devilutionX also includes an optional monster health bar, with/without resist icons, an XP bar and a stash is being developed (I’m following the PR for it). So some of the features you like in Awakening are in DX, just with vanilla Diablo. That mod looks interesting tho, I may give it a spin.
This is by far the best way to play vanilla Diablo 1 in 2021. Key points:
Elegant widescreen resolution handling, no letterboxing if you don't want. Game scaled AR-correct
Optional QoL items like:
hold-alt to display items on ground
auto pickup gold when walking over
distinguish how auto map was revealed (by players or shrines)
Many new languages added support
Smooth play at 60+ fps
Frame interpolation for animations
Many vanilla bug fixes (flash actually does damage, unfindable uniques in SP are now findable, many more)
Many new systems supported (not just linux and mac, but handhelds and mobile as well)
Crossplatform native multiplayer via TCP or zerotier (no external program required for either), including listing of public games
Roguey or Darth Roxor any chance for a news post on this? I know we don't really do mod posts, but this is a source port that is not a clunky WIP beta, it is done and more polished than the vanilla game. Given Diablo's legacy, I feel like a short post with a link to the git repo is reasonable.
Thanks for all the digging KeighnMcDeath theres some good info there.
Just FYI, devilutionX also includes an optional monster health bar, with/without resist icons, an XP bar and a stash is being developed (I’m following the PR for it). So some of the features you like in Awakening are in DX, just with vanilla Diablo. That mod looks interesting tho, I may give it a spin.
Playing on hell, first monster kill was 10 levels :D
But the scavengers regen health! Everytime I hit him the bar goes right back up. Is that a bug or can I turn it off?
EDIT> OK thats the resistances I guess. Lightning does the J-O-B!
EDIT EDIT OK those fuckers really do recharge health...maybe due to hell difficulty then
I played the mod on Friday and it's fantastic. I can play this and think it's back to 1997 on those after school afternoons. Very recommended if you want to play D1
I've played Awakening but got annoyed by switching between blunt and slashing weapons constantly when you fight living or undead. Also fighting more than one enemy is not advised due to insane stuning which not happen that much against one mob.
And it doesn't helpt being spoiled by technical improvements of TH1 HD/Belzebub/Devilution, especially playing in the windowed mode.
Both are good, but me personally? Don't like so many classes in TH2 and drop limits (can't drop magic books if you're not magician).
Both let you play the game with higher difficulty, more content (quests and maps, mostly stuff cut before final release of the game, like Lilith island and evil demon blacksmith) and more tactical gameplay. Oh and warriors got ranged weapons that don't require (much?) dexterity. Most unique items have severe drawbacks so you need to balance/counteract them, depending on difficulty setting it might be more or less of an issue.
TH2 have technical advantage over TH1 - 60FPS, can play windowed and higher resolutions. There was a fan-made The Hell 1 HD, which implemented those technical improvements, but it was nuked by original creator (MordorXP) due to bugs that I've never experienced. Sadly TBS reports that all links to (backuped) mod contain viruses.
And I've mixed Lilith and island, they're separate things. Island is full of amazons with unique boss while Lilith is iMaiden of Anguish from the quest under that name.
Dunno how Island in the Sunless Sea is for the other classes, but I ran a monk on it and it was pure hell. You show your face up, you turn into a pin-cushion. I had to cheese like a cheesemaker to win.
Also I'm pretty sure the unique boss can literally shoot arrows at you from across the entire map. Which I think is meant to keep the player on his toes.
Diablo 1 HD (Belzebub or Tchernobog) > The Hell 1 >>>>>> The Hell 2
Diablo 1 HD is a huge improvement technically, and gameplay wise over the original game imo. The gameplay feels meatier, the graphics (as long as you don't zoom completely out) look better, the cut quests from the original game have been implemented VERY WELL, and I just love the fact that there are Set Items and recipes for crafting. The only problem people will have with the mod is that the balancing between classes is very skewed, and that the game will become very very grindy near the end of HELL difficulty. People who love to farm for items will love this game though. As will people who detest Hellfire, because (sadly) the expansion pack has not been integrated into this mod. Tchernobog is a recreation of the Belzebub mod and has multiplayer, some new features and improvements over the mod MINUS the cut quests, and NPC's dialogues. It's more suited to people who just want to farm items with their friends. It's basically Diablo 1 combined with the best things from Diablo 2.
The Hell feels outdated compared to Diablo 1 HD, though is still worth one or two playthroughs just because of the new music (!!!) alone. Other than that, it's a difficult, but fair mod, which comes with a lot of new items, new map layouts, monster tables, and also restores the cut quests, but in a more messier, respectively less refined way (see The Brazilian Slaughter). It includes the Hellfire expansion, and has MP as well via Tungle.
Be sure to check out " "Diablo The Hell Music expansion, Caves 01"
The Hell 2 is a weird one. It comes with many technical improvements over The Hell, offers A LOT of new classes, a perk system, traits, gameplay modes (Ironman for example), new item slots, and so on, but makes one big mistake, which makes it completely unplayable for me: Restricted item drops, respectively, you only find items in the game that are useful/usable for your class. Can't stand it, will not play it. Though otherwise, for someone who loves to have some extensive character customizaion that isn't just about items, this game might be for you.
I don't think i've modded the gog version. I always used original disks. I also don't know if TH1 was fixed to work with modern os. I think I went over some of the other later mods i enjoyed. Older mods from way back might work. I forget if there was a mod frontend for diablo 1 and the gog version. There were some rocking d2 ones.
Did you guys know that Diablo 1 had german voice sound files because of the PS1 version? Now you know. And they sound fucking fantastic. An absolute treat for every German D1 fan out there.
I am in the process of uploading most of the stuff!
Did you guys know that Diablo 1 had german voice sound files because of the PS1 version? Now you know. And they sound fucking fantastic. An absolute treat for every German D1 fan out there.
I am in the process of uploading most of the stuff!
Did you guys know that Diablo 1 had german voice sound files because of the PS1 version? Now you know. And they sound fucking fantastic. An absolute treat for every German D1 fan out there.
I am in the process of uploading most of the stuff!
