That's how I played Assassin's Creed with dx10 on my old XP computer before I get a new box with Vista, and it worked pretty well, it always depends on your system performances though. Maybe it'll be fixed while they're working on fixing something else(an OS issue rarely affects only 1application.) but else, we'd have to wait quite a while to be able to use Diablo1 with Windows7.Īnother point you can always try to install a VM, or simply an emulation prog, install Windows Vista, or XP, or any OS that you know Diablo1 is working, and install Diablo on this machine. There really isn't a lot of people playing Diablo1 anymore, and even more who are using Windows7, so it'll take a while before the feedback gets to Microsoft, and them to see if a fix is needed. The original Hellfire was a bit buggy but still fun. Many a night was spent on laggy old Kali, KJ and his monk and me and my barbarian. A lot of Diablo players back in the day turned up their noses at Hellfire, but my old pal, King Jim and I always enjoyed playing it and later renditions. What's bothering me is that a few issues aren't noticed until kinda late after the release. Some people say you can right click the icon and keep the properties window open while you play, which apparently undoes the color problems. The longevity of the Diablo based games is really amazing. To install Hellfire, right-click on your virtual drive and select mount, at first the pop-up window will not showing anything, then at the bottom-right corner click and scroll to All Files or (.), then select the file with a bin extension (HELLFIRE.bin). The same way is done to install and play Diablo and Hellfire (no patch) under a 64-bit Windows except you install it in C:Program Files (x86) folder. Run in self-contained (portable) mode if diablo. Also, this solution does not work for in-game movies. Note: The above registry work only with the mod Diablo Awakening, so it will not work with other Diablo versions. You need a confirmation for me to create a folder or rename a file in my C: ?), it worked well out of the box) The same way is done to install and play Diablo and Hellfire (no patch) under a 64-bit Windows except you install it in C:\Program Files (x86) folder. Download the file and double click on it and accept the entry. (Except extremly excessive 'security' asking for confirmations for everything (I mean, come on. If you have 64 bit Windows you cant patch Hellfire to version 1.01 which is. People never stopped complaining about vista, but I got it only when the SP1 was released, and there really wasn't that much issues with it. Hellfire is an addon for Diablo, you will need the original game to play. Alot of 'fixes' out there require a batch script that kills. Yep Ivaron, that's exactly why I'm waiting for the first Windows7 Service Pack. When launching the game Diablo under Windows 7, almost all users experience problems with color.
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