Devilution

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.