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v0.6.0: Windows, and the Pi, Linux and Windows playing together

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@rodrireddev rodrireddev released this 24 Oct 22:23
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v0.6.0
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The port now runs on Windows, and Pis, Linux PCs and Windows PCs can play together over the local network. On top of v0.5.1.

Windows

  • Download diablo2-port-windows.zip and extract it into a folder of its own. You need your own Diablo II: Resurrected installed.
  • Double-click Import Diablo II (English).bat (or the Spanish one): it copies only the files the port uses from your Diablo II: Resurrected into that folder.
  • Double-click d2port.exe. Windows may warn that it is an unrecognized app (it is not signed): More info → Run anyway.
  • It plays with a gamepad (the first one used is player 1) or with keyboard and mouse. F11 or Alt+Enter switch between window and full screen, and the window can be resized.
  • The first time a PC creates a network game, Windows asks whether d2port.exe may use the network: allow it on private networks.

The Pi, Linux and Windows in the same game

  • Any mix of Pis, Linux PCs and Windows PCs can share a local network game (up to 8 players): they all compute the same numbers, bit by bit.
  • Tested with the real Pi hosting a Linux PC and a Windows PC over Wi-Fi (6 players), and with the five acts and the Echo of Hatred giving exactly the same game on the three systems.
  • All machines need this same version (v0.6.0). A machine with another version, or one that arrives when the game is full or already started, is now told why instead of just losing the connection.
  • On PCs, the dungeon layouts (caves, Jail, Catacombs, sewers, tombs...) now come out the same as on the Pi for the same game.

Texts

  • Every text fits its box in every menu and in the 13 languages (the English attributes page overflowed).

Install / update

  • Pi: download diablo2-port.zip and replace the port, as before. Your saved games are kept.
  • Two more interface files are used now (the quest log and waypoint tabs): run the importer again to get them. Without them the game still works.

This is a fan-made project, not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.

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