07-23-2008, 08:12 AM
Alright. Trying to make a simple mod, Diablo Hellfire v1.01. Nothing HUGE in the way of coding should be needed, compared to the D2 mod I want to do.
I'm just trying to change some item type names (rings and amulets are giving me hell) and images, as well as add variations of monsters -- Devilkin Brute and so forth... Also, add in some old, removed monsters and add back in some old spells (possibly with calculations edited for the retarded blood boil setup).
More specifics: I'm trying to follow in the footsteps of Hellfire: Fixed and edit those goddamned rings/amulets to have different names and identifiers. I've been failing, so far.
I want to add in the lost ice stalker skeleton type (hidden AI just to gve it its own semi-personal flare), make the satyr lord have three more types -- to appropriately populate crypt 2-3, crypt 3-4 and crypt 4-4 -- and likewise with the DK Brute (also want to relocate that thing and its variations to late cats-caves, but that seems simple enough) and lastly to make boss monsters of these.
Also, I have the Diablo beta/PR-Demo from which to extract .cel files of the "wyrms" and etc from the "original" game, but I can't find working utilities to open up the MPQ OR to convert the .cel files to .cl2 files. To be more clear -- the utilities may work, but the sites they were once on most certainly do not.
Given that I have the PR-demo/beta, could I get the incinerator to work (I have gathered that something was cut that breaks it)? I see the incinerator as similar to the Inferna from The Suffering -- super-fast, with a Blaze-like effect (shoots inferno spell out its rear during movement?) and ability to create sudden, deadly kabooms. Can this be done?
I'd like to put the "sentinel" back in the game with a palette change to light blue and replacement of its Firebolt with Lightning, would that be very difficult? Would extreme code be needed to make a six page spellbook to hold it and the other spells I think should be brought back?
How hard would it be to "fix" blood boil so it won't crash? Does anyone have any suggestions for the calculations to use, if it's not too hard?
I'd like to use blood ritual for something like a "blood star shield". The idea I have is 3+(slvl/2) blood stars circling the caster. They disappear when they hit walls or monsters, or when you enter/leave a dungeon level (and thus are just basically normal blood stars with a different movement pattern.) Possible? y/n/c
I'm sure at some point someone will point out Jarulf's Guide, which is worthless to me -- I can't view Word for Windows 6.0 documents, and PDFs lag my computer to hell and back. Give me .txt any day. If they care to convert it to a format that I can use (a WordPad-openable .doc format or .txt) I will gladly read the guide.
Last thing. I don't want this done for me, I want to do it myself. Advice is great, but please don't tell me word-for-word what to do, as that would defeat the point of a learning experience.
Anyway thanks bye ^^
I'm just trying to change some item type names (rings and amulets are giving me hell) and images, as well as add variations of monsters -- Devilkin Brute and so forth... Also, add in some old, removed monsters and add back in some old spells (possibly with calculations edited for the retarded blood boil setup).
More specifics: I'm trying to follow in the footsteps of Hellfire: Fixed and edit those goddamned rings/amulets to have different names and identifiers. I've been failing, so far.
I want to add in the lost ice stalker skeleton type (hidden AI just to gve it its own semi-personal flare), make the satyr lord have three more types -- to appropriately populate crypt 2-3, crypt 3-4 and crypt 4-4 -- and likewise with the DK Brute (also want to relocate that thing and its variations to late cats-caves, but that seems simple enough) and lastly to make boss monsters of these.
Also, I have the Diablo beta/PR-Demo from which to extract .cel files of the "wyrms" and etc from the "original" game, but I can't find working utilities to open up the MPQ OR to convert the .cel files to .cl2 files. To be more clear -- the utilities may work, but the sites they were once on most certainly do not.
Given that I have the PR-demo/beta, could I get the incinerator to work (I have gathered that something was cut that breaks it)? I see the incinerator as similar to the Inferna from The Suffering -- super-fast, with a Blaze-like effect (shoots inferno spell out its rear during movement?) and ability to create sudden, deadly kabooms. Can this be done?
I'd like to put the "sentinel" back in the game with a palette change to light blue and replacement of its Firebolt with Lightning, would that be very difficult? Would extreme code be needed to make a six page spellbook to hold it and the other spells I think should be brought back?
How hard would it be to "fix" blood boil so it won't crash? Does anyone have any suggestions for the calculations to use, if it's not too hard?
I'd like to use blood ritual for something like a "blood star shield". The idea I have is 3+(slvl/2) blood stars circling the caster. They disappear when they hit walls or monsters, or when you enter/leave a dungeon level (and thus are just basically normal blood stars with a different movement pattern.) Possible? y/n/c
I'm sure at some point someone will point out Jarulf's Guide, which is worthless to me -- I can't view Word for Windows 6.0 documents, and PDFs lag my computer to hell and back. Give me .txt any day. If they care to convert it to a format that I can use (a WordPad-openable .doc format or .txt) I will gladly read the guide.
Last thing. I don't want this done for me, I want to do it myself. Advice is great, but please don't tell me word-for-word what to do, as that would defeat the point of a learning experience.
Anyway thanks bye ^^