YOUMUSTOWNACOPYOFTHEGAMETOPLAY.PleaseSeeINSTALLinstructionsbelow.
Youmaypurchasethisfromhttps://www.gog.com/game/diabloSeebelowforinstallinstruction.
Diablodevolved-magicbehindthe1996computergame
FirstlyThankyoutoBlizzardEntertainmentandcreatorsoftheDiabloFranchise.
IwouldalsoliketohaveaspecialthankstoDavidBrevik,ErichSchaefer,MaxSchaefer,andMattUelmen
AdditionalthankstoGalaxyHaxZ,andtheDiasurgicalReverseengineeringteamfortheirwork.
Note,Devilutionrequiresanoriginalcopyofdiabdat.mpq.NoneoftheDiablo1gameassetsareprovidedbythisproject.Togetalegitimatecopyofthegameassets,pleaserefertotheGoGreleaseofDiablo1.
HavingthesourcecodemakesDiablomucheasiertoupdateandmaintain.Foryearsmod-makershadtorelyontediouscodeeditingandmemoryinjection.Afewevenwentfurtherandreversedmostorallofthegame.Theproblemisthattheyrarelysharedtheirwork.Usuallybeingaone-personjob,theymoveonwiththeirlivesduetotheamountoftimerequiredorlackofinterest.Thisbringsusbacktosquareonehavingtodocountlesshoursofworkalloveragain.Devilutionaimstofixthisbyfinallymakingthesourcecodeopentothecommunity.
Inordertoensurethateverythingispreserved,Devilutionkeepseverythingasitwasoriginallydesigned.Thisgoesasfarasbugsandbadlywrittencodeintheoriginalgame.Withthatitservesasabasefordeveloperstoworkwithmakingitmucheasierthanbeforetoupdate,fix,andportthegametootherplatforms.
AsasidegoalDevilutiontriestodocumenttheunusedandcutcontentfromthefinalgame.DevelopmentofDiablowasrushedneartheend--manyideaswerescrappedandmultiplayerwasquicklyhackedin.Byexaminingthesource,wecanseevariousquirksofplanneddevelopment.
Controls:
Controlsareverydifficult,butitisdefinitelypossibletocompletegame.
TheDpadisusedformoving.
Attackisusedfortalkingandattacking.
Youcanstillselectotherobjectsandattackthem,justbeawarethatifmonstersarenear
bytheywilltakepriority.
doorswillopenifyouclickattacknearthem,butsometimesyouhavetohighlightthemandselectattack.
castspellbuttonisforcastingspell,
somespellslikefirewallarebasedonfingerlocationsobesuretoselectasquarefirstbeforecasting.
Touchdaemontousehealthandrejuvenationpotion
touchAngeltofillMana.
clickonspelliconanddragtoselectspell.
Toreadabook,placeafingeronthescreenanddoubleclickwithanotherfinger.
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INSTALL:
1.BuythegameonGOG
2.InstallthegameonWindows
3.OpenthefiledirectorywherethegamewasinstalledonyourWindowsmachine
4.FindthefilenamedDIABDAT.MPQ
5.SideloadittoyourAndroiddeviceviaUSBorClouddrive
6.PlacetheDIABDAT.MPQfileinyoursdcarddirectory
7.RenamethefilefromDIABDAT.MPQtodiabdat.mpq
8.Launchthisappfromyourappdrawer.
9.Enjoy
10.YouDON'TneedROOT
Therewillbebugs.
Nosoulsweresoldinthecreationofthisproduct.