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I recently bought Diablo 1 via GoG and wanted to install it on my Dell Latitude for couch sessions. I installed it via Heroic and everything seemed fine, but after the Blizzard splash, the game stays black. Sometimes, when I tab out, some menu texts appear in the tab switcher thumbnail, but thats about it. I fumbled around with the graphics settings in the pre-game settings window (which is really tiny) and tries window mode, different resolutions etc. but nothing changed.

It feels a bit like a "not good enough graphics card" but... well, its Diablo 1...

Is there something I can do, or try, to make D1 playable?

edit: DevilutionX did it amd it was a breeze. Ty all.

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[–] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Does this also work with an original game? I've still got my install disc from the og version and don't care to buy it again if I don't need to.

[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yes, you only need a file called "diabat.mpq" which you can extract from the installer or copy from an existing installation.

hellfire requires some mpq-files as well, but those can be obtained in the same fashion.

[–] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ok figured it would but everything I read referenced they're gog version.

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://devilutionx.com/mpq

This page explains how to copy the files from your original CD.

I think gog is just the most common method and so it is always referenced. Not many people these days have physical media anymore.

Should work just fine.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Or have the physical media, but no optical drive