Diablo 1

[Cerb]

This thread got me to thinking about the original diablo, so I installed it last night, and it looks terrible. My system is windows 7 - 64 bit, ati 4850.

The videos like their in 5 or 6 colors, the characters have different colored pixels around them. When I set the game to windows 95 or 98 compatibility mode, the game can not find the cd.

I just tried that, too. My main box works fine (been installed for months). This one, though, does exactly what you say. Googling, it seems quite common. Different video springs to mind, but it's dead simple to find the issue with any major video maker (Intel, nVidia, AMD). :\ Looks like VMWare and a copy of an older Windows OS could be a fix (maybe 'XP Mode' would work, too?).

 

[RPD]

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/25654-diablo-weird-colour-fix.html - Color Fix

Also anyone plan on playing Diablo or The Hell on line? I've read that they made The Hell so F'ing hard its basically impossible to finish solo.

 

[RPD]

Well if anyone wants to play "The Hell" with me or any other Diablo modification, download either Hamchi or I personally use Tunngle - http://www.tunngle.net/

 

[Cerb]

Little update: I threw Win2k on a Virtualbox VM, since I have Virtualbox installed everywhere, not VMWare. No DirectDraw acceleration (I couldn't find an XP to use, which should fix that).

Pentium Dual-core ~2.5 (no HW virt support): stuttered, somewhat playable, but not enjoyable.

Core 2 Duo 3.2 (same VM): smooth play. Some missed frames here and there, but completely playable. OTOH, Diablo plays on this Win7-64 install just fine (it probably won't if I reinstall, so the VM could remain handy).

If I get bored one day, I might try XP mode, too.

 

[exar333]

For those interested, there is another modification to the game besides Hellfire, simply called The Hell. It takes the difficulty and the game play to a much more hard core style.

Interesting. I thought Diablo was somewhat challenging as it was, although I did solo most everything (not a lot of MP for me).

 

[RPD]

Interesting. I thought Diablo was somewhat challenging as it was, although I did solo most everything (not a lot of MP for me).

Well I'm not trying to sound elitist, but if you thought vanilla Diablo was hard, "The Hell" might not be your cup of tea. The difficulty is upped TONS, however they've added TONS of features.

More unique items then in Diablo 2 there are now 5 classes (Assassin, Scout, Paladin, Gladiator, Mage), shared unlimited stash for all characters, spells are hot keyed to many more keys, more mob models, different attribute types on items, a few new spells. It's almost like a new game with a Diablo skin, that keeps the "dark" feel of Diablo.

To give you perspective I have a level 24 scout and I am still in the caves on the "normal" difficulty setting.

 

[exar333]

Well I'm not trying to sound elitist, but if you thought vanilla Diablo was hard, "The Hell" might not be your cup of tea. The difficulty is upped TONS, however they've added TONS of features.

More unique items then in Diablo 2 there are now 5 classes (Assassin, Scout, Paladin, Gladiator, Mage), shared unlimited stash for all characters, spells are hot keyed to many more keys, more mob models, different attribute types on items, a few new spells. It's almost like a new game with a Diablo skin, that keeps the "dark" feel of Diablo.

To give you perspective I have a level 24 scout and I am still in the caves on the "normal" difficulty setting.

 

[RPD]

Haha, I know it's possible to beat Diablo at level 25, however being a scout all my damage is reliant on my bow. I've found a ton of new items however haven't had a good weapon upgrade since like floor 6. I probably could go to the hell levels, it would just be painfully, painfully slow.

I really like how the stash is shared amongst all your characters (single and multi player characters being separate) so all that stuff you find on your melee character that is for a mage you just store it, load up your mage and bam, easy twink.