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Rogue and Tetris ported to . . . . . Diablo II?!?!
lord2800 writes "While Diablo II is nearing the end of it useable life-cycle, it would seem
that
Diablo II hacking is still alive and well. Diablo II hacking pioneer Syadasti
(Mike Gogulski), has recently ported and released both Rogue and Tetris for
Diablo II. Since Blizzard has not yet released their
upcoming patch, is it left up to the open source programmers to breathe some
life into modern games, with a little retro twist. A quote from the author:
Finally, an answer to the question "what the hell do I do while my bot is
running?" Play Tetris!
Grab yours today at from Otaku-Elite.
Requires bind.d2h and d2hackit. Self-documenting.
(tetris.d2h features an autopilot mode as well, so if you get as tired of
playing Tetris as you are of playing Diablo II, well just turn that puppy
on
and let the computer play for you)
Syadasti (Mike Gogulski) is also the Head of Research for the d2jsp
Development
Team which, among other things, has embedded a Javascript engine within
Diablo
II to facilitate the creation of AI "bots" which can play the game on their
own, "thus freeing the user from the tedium of playing with ... er ... for ...
himself," he says."
Get this guy to work with your applications, and suddenly your word processor turns into an adventure game, you surface plots fill with small creatures fighting and, well, your internet browser turns into a pacman clone.
I'd say that this shows that todays game engines are pretty flexible, to say the least. How about hacking Quake into a Pacman clone, imagine your own mirror image: big, yellow and round with a mouth covering 50% of your body. And wouldn't it be nicer to get hunted by yellow, pink and blue ghosts instead of really scary corpses and zombies...
In EverQuest, there's a built-in feature similar to this called the "gem game," which is what one plays while EQ itself becomes tedious. I would assume that this feature is used a great deal.
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It's for people with really short attention spans who don't like to swap CD's. "Well I'm bored with Diablo... hey how 'bout Tetris" and then, "Stupid Tetris, I'll just play some Diablo."
Now Doctor Mario! There's a game to port!
I planned on inserting something witty here but never got around to it.
Uh, can you hear *ban*, RUSH home, UO moderators are closing your account right now. Ever heard that they kind of dislike unattended macroing (and that they might also be rather active slashdot readers). ;) ?
Hacking the game hack in the game hack in the game!
Tired of Tetris in Diablo II? Play NetHack in Tetris in Diablo II!
Well, it would be an interesting thought, how far into a game can you hack before it becomes useless to do so?
Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different. -- Earl of Chesterfield
The sad thing about Progress Quest is that it can be almost as addictive as Diablo (or similar games based on leveling up). But at the same time, it's funny as hell! "Oh look, I just got a +25 vicious biting poleaxe of destruction!!"
What we need next is a Pong hack.
You can't beat Pong.
Agreed - using Diablo II as a 3d frontend for Nethack or Rogue would be nice, right down to the 3d textured pound signs for walls and a view of your character as a giant ray-shaded "@" symbol.
Pehaps another 3d fps would be more up to that level of customization.
. We've got computers, we're tapping phone lines, you know that ain't allowed - Talking Heads, "Life During Wartime"
What's the point of having a AI play your game for you.
:-)
To me sort of like having someone else make love to your girl friend for you, while you watch!
Then again some of you may enjoy that......
Wise men speak because they have something to say, Fools because they have to say something!!!!