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?

  • MuttMutt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    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.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      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.