The Diablo Clone cometh (maybe)

[LochnarITB]

Kindly enlighten me please, burning in mules is such a chore. Thank you.

There is another way that seems to work too. I sometimes have trouble getting the run to "catch" so I usually use this. Put something to cast on the right mouse button. If the character/mule has no spells, I use an identify scroll. Click and hold the right button. If you are running in a window, move the pointer outside the window. If not, you can tape down the button. The character will keep trying to cast. For the id scroll, if the pointer is not over something to id, it will just keep casting over and over. If it is a spell, the spell will cast (something that will cast in town) until the mana runs out. They will then complain about mana until it recharges enough to cast again. I just burned in a barb mule last night with the id scroll. I started it going and then left to run some errands. A couple hours later, I picked up my machine and there he was, still trying to id that spot on the ground. Oh yeah, one more thing. At least when running windowed, if the screen saver activates, the casting will stop and the connection will eventually be lost (30 minutes?). I get around this by using the power settings instead of the screen saver. I turn the screen saver off (pick none) and use the power saver settings to turn off the monitor after a set time. It works for me. YMMV.