[Dev] Diablo 2 Fallen mod for Sacred 2

[Flix 5,234]

Is these mod also in german?

 

No, sorry it's not translated to German yet. I would need a volunteer to translate the mod. There are MANY changes to the text so it would require a lot of time and effort. Also, the mod is not complete yet, only in Beta status, so the text is not finalized. When the mod is mostly complete I will send out a call for translators.

[Flix 5,234]

I've decided to add another feature to D2F: reducing the fog of war on the screen (as described in this topic).

 

I removed as much fog as possible before the game starts to look weird. Keep in mind there is no proper sky in this game, what you see as the sky is actually the fog, so removing it entirely means there's just a black void beyond what the game renders.

 

You'll get the most benefit if you tend to position the camera looking over your character's shoulder, but there's also a benefit if you're zoomed out extremely far looking down on your character.

 

Here some samples of how this change appears:

 

 

 

[tulshulty 24]

Very cool look forward to seeing how this all develo

[gogoblender 3,578]

I've decided to add another feature to D2F: reducing the fog of war on the screen (as described in this topic).

 

I removed as much fog as possible before the game starts to look weird. Keep in mind there is no proper sky in this game, what you see as the sky is actually the fog, so removing it entirely means there's just a black void beyond what the game renders.

 

You'll get the most benefit if you tend to position the camera looking over your character's shoulder, but there's also a benefit if you're zoomed out extremely far looking down on your character.

 

Here some samples of how this change appears:

 

 

 

Always wondered about that sky... is there any reason why they didn't just give it a blue color? I remember running the game the first time on my computer upon release, and feeling so claustrophobic there being no sky.

 

 

gogo

[Flix 5,234]

Always wondered about that sky... is there any reason why they didn't just give it a blue color? I remember running the game the first time on my computer upon release, and feeling so claustrophobic there being no sky.

 

gogo

 

Well, it changes color throughout the day. Yellow/orange at dawn/dusk, kind of blue-grey during the day and then black at night. So I guess it had to be a neutral color. The main reason though is that the fog disguises the fact that the game only renders things a certain distance away. Without the fog at all (and just the sky), the entire world would seemingly pop into existence out of nowhere. The fog hides that fact. That's why I could only remove a little bit of it. Still, it should open things up for players a good bit.

 

I guess they figured most people would be playing Sacred 2 with a top-down camera view. There was no sky in Sacred 1, since the camera was never at angle that would let you see it. Despite being a 3D game, Sacred 2's default camera was actually pretty similar.

[tulshulty 24]

Wow it's going to be really cool so much work and thought into it.

Always wondered why there was never any sky in sacred 1 it makes sence now.

[FrankRentmeister 39]

Ask Cisa from Unbended Team

Is these mod also in german?

No, sorry it's not translated to German yet. I would need a volunteer to translate the mod. There are MANY changes to the text so it would require a lot of time and effort. , the mod is not complete yet, only in Beta status, so the text is not finalized. When the mod is mostly complete I will send out a call for translators.

Edited March 5, 2015 by FrankRentmeister

[Flix 5,234]

Ask Cisa from Unbended Team

 

Thank you Frank, I'll keep that in mind.

[Dragon Brother 620]

I love the effort you are going to in order to recreate Diablo 2 as best you can. It's alomst tempting me away from Diablo 3 back to sacred just to try this... Not sure if I still have the discs with the game anymore though...

[gogoblender 3,578]

Love the new charms, and especially the new potion bottles!

 

 

gogo

[TESKATLIPOKA 4]

This mod looks very promising. I was trying out a 200 level Barbarian and I found some Combat Art bugs.

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Level 53 Battle Orders(Buff):

War Song: It should add +114% increase in Damage (Example: Weapons Damage: 224[without buff] -> 392[Activated Buff: Damage bonus] -> 224[Activate Buff: No damage bonus])

 

Implacable: It should add +25.2% to Chance Opponents Cannot Evade Attacks (Example: Enemy wolf Level 202: Player Chance to hit: 23%[without buff] -> 92%[Activated Buff: Attack ratting bonus + Cannot Evade attacks bonus] -> 67%[Active Buff: only attack ratting bonus])

 

These 2 bonuses show up only during casting then they simply disappear even though the buff is still active.

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Level 53 Iron Skin(Buff):

This buff should add Block Chance: Projectives: +39%.

 

Tough: It should add +1752 points to Defense (Example: Defense value: 450[without buff] -> 2202[Activated Buff: Defense bonus] -> 450[Active Buff: No defense bonus])

 

These bonuses show up only during casting then It simply disappears even though the buff is still active.

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It would be great If someone could check It out.

Keep up the great work.

Edited March 9, 2015 by TESKATLIPOKA

[Flix 5,234]

I really appreciate the feedback and support. There's just so much to test, I'm not surprised some things slipped by me.

 

I'll look into it and see if I can fix it. Buff effects that fizzle out are usually due to a "duration" parameter that shouldn't be there.

[King Angel 69]

Welcome TESKATLIPOKA

[TESKATLIPOKA 4]

Thanks King Angel and nice to meet you all.

[gogoblender 3,578]

Thanks King Angel and nice to meet you all.

Indeed...welcome to DarkMatters TESKATLIPOKA !

 

 

gogo

[Flix 5,234]

...I was trying out a 200 level Barbarian and I found some Combat Art bugs...

 

Ok I looked into everything you mentioned and luckily I was able to fix it all.

 

Battle Orders

"War Song" modification now works. Changed so that it only increases weapon damage (it was the only solution).

"Implacable" modification now works and doesn't deactivate after casting.

This CA and its "Fortify" modification now give hitpoint regeneration instead of max hitpoints. This change was based on previous feedback where the CA was causing party members to be unable to heal.

 

Natural Resistance

"Fortitude" mod now increases the Barbarian's max hitpoints instead of giving hp regen. I swapped in this modifier since it's not a party buff.

 

Iron Skin

Base Defense Value and Block Chance: Projectiles modifiers now work and don't deactivate shortly after casting.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Flix

[TESKATLIPOKA 4]

Swapping It was a good Idea. Thanks a lot.

[Flix 5,234]

Release coming in ~1 week or less. Right now I'm trying to get a good draft of the Druid class quest finished for the release. Quest writing takes longer than I expected, so the other characters will have to wait until future releases.

[gogoblender 3,578]

Loving the druid. The bear and wolf caps are outstanding!

 

gogo

[angrytigerp 10]

Relatively new to modding Sacred 2 (community patch was about the only thing I ever bothered with before), and only recently got back into it after getting an ARPG bug up my bum a few days ago (for contrast, I haven't played Sacred 2 otherwise in about 3 years.) Will releases of this mod be backward-compatible, or will I have to start new characters each time? I suppose it isn't that big a deal, as I anticipate playing through at least once with each class, but having not previously been one to sit here eagerly awaiting each release, I don't know what it's like whenever you make a new release.

And as a side note, I shared this with the Sacred 2 Steam forums, got a few positive responses. I didn't even know it was possible to mod Sacred 2, let alone to this extent. As I said to the guys there, you don't even have to be a Diablo 2 fan -- the fact that you completely revamped the CA trees makes it like playing with a completely different set of characters.

 

Keep up the good work, man, and I look forward to seeing what else comes our way.

[Flix 5,234]

Relatively new to modding Sacred 2 (community patch was about the only thing I ever bothered with before), and only recently got back into it after getting an ARPG bug up my bum a few days ago (for contrast, I haven't played Sacred 2 otherwise in about 3 years.) Will releases of this mod be backward-compatible, or will I have to start new characters each time? I suppose it isn't that big a deal, as I anticipate playing through at least once with each class, but having not previously been one to sit here eagerly awaiting each release, I don't know what it's like whenever you make a new release.

 

And as a side note, I shared this with the Sacred 2 Steam forums, got a few positive responses. I didn't even know it was possible to mod Sacred 2, let alone to this extent. As I said to the guys there, you don't even have to be a Diablo 2 fan -- the fact that you completely revamped the CA trees makes it like playing with a completely different set of characters.

 

Keep up the good work, man, and I look forward to seeing what else comes our way.

 

Thanks man. I appreciate the interest and praise, and especially for spreading the word. If I had a Steam account, I would be publishing my mods there too. As it is, I only have a GOG account, so I maintain a mod list there (and on SacredWiki). If you want to copy over that list or a link onto the Steam forums I'm sure players would appreciate it. I put Enhanced Spells on ModDB but it got rejected with no explanation, so I gave up on using that site for publicity.

 

Regarding backwards compatibility, I don't foresee any problems. The only possible thing may involve quests, IF I change any to a sufficient extent. Basically, let's say you're in the middle of a chain quest, and I rearrange it, adding or removing quest phases, it may break the chain (for that character only, and only on that difficulty level).

 

That MAY be an issue in the future, but for the upcoming release, there's no such quest editing going on. So if you have the current release, you should be able to plow on ahead if you get the next release in about a week. I'm the type of modder to always post if there will be any issues when updating to a new version.

[angrytigerp 10]

Thanks man. I appreciate the interest and praise, and especially for spreading the word. If I had a Steam account, I would be publishing my mods there too. As it is, I only have a GOG account, so I maintain a mod list there (and on SacredWiki). If you want to copy over that list or a link onto the Steam forums I'm sure players would appreciate it. I put Enhanced Spells on ModDB but it got rejected with no explanation, so I gave up on using that site for publicity.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/617330406653743088/

 

Okay, I'm done trying to hotlink it.

Edited March 14, 2015 by Dragon Brother

[Flix 5,234]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/617330406653743088/

 

Okay, I'm done trying to hotlink it.

 

Thanks a lot, that looks really great. I think some forum functions aren't available on here until you hit a certain post count (5 or 10 or something).

[Dragon Brother 620]

 

Thanks man. I appreciate the interest and praise, and especially for spreading the word. If I had a Steam account, I would be publishing my mods there too. As it is, I only have a GOG account, so I maintain a mod list there (and on SacredWiki). If you want to copy over that list or a link onto the Steam forums I'm sure players would appreciate it. I put Enhanced Spells on ModDB but it got rejected with no explanation, so I gave up on using that site for publicity.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/225640/discussions/0/617330406653743088/

 

Okay, I'm done trying to hotlink it.

Fixed for you Kyle

Awesome work on the new gear and portaits pelts Flix and SilverFox! It's these tiny details which really bring the mod to life.

[King Angel 69]

will be great to make for male character ( tyrael & imperius armor ). it's just an ideea