Diablo Backwards Compatibility Guide

[Slayer_X64]

Is that so?

I'm hoping the problem is just with me, because Windows 8 users being unable to play Diablo OR Hellfire is a bummer. Before updating to 8.1, Diablo ran but Hellfire wouldn't, now neither will. I don't have any other systems to test with to verify 8.1 is the cause though. Hoping someone here can figure that out.

It would crash on starting up. Does yours do the same?

Yeah, that's exactly what it does. Before I updated to 8.1, Hellfire did this exact same thing. I thought perhaps Hellfire was just calling some dll file or function that Windows 8 is touchy about or changed since Windows 7, but now that Diablo is behaving the same way, I don't know what to think.

Whew...sorry for the delayed response. Final exams were very hectic.

Anyways, the way I got Hellfire to run on Windows 8 (not 8.1) was to just keep trying to run it over and over and over (sometimes having to try 20 or so times to get the game to boot) and eventually it would just work. I don't know why precisely, but so long as it ran and was runnable, I was pretty happy.

Unfortunately I still have not had the opportunity to get ahold of a Windows 8.1 machine to do further testing in that matter. So you will be left hanging just a little bit longer sadly. But I do promise that as soon as I can, I will figure things out.

You can try this ddraw.dll patch, just place into the Diablo/Hellfire directory. Tell me how that goes for you.

http://khanduras.net/2014/04/repo-strang...sta-patch/

Thanks alot for notifying all of us about this qualakon!!! Who knows, maybe this will also help fix the windows 8/8.1 issues we've all been having? I can't wait to give it a try!