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Problems with Diablo 1 via GoG (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by xtapa@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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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?

edit: DevilutionX did it amd it was a breeze. Ty all.

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[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

is the game configured to use wine or proton? which version?

if I'm not mistaken, the game uses ddraw instead of d3d, so dxvk probably doesn't help here.

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2082 - it seems like this is a fairly long standing issue. Though, apparently if you can blindly navigate through the menus, the game should work otherwise? Hardly ideal, though.

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2082#c181 - the later comments on the thread seem to have some solutions to get the game working "more properly"

edit: though, as the other comments have pointed out, devilutionx is probably the way to go. TIL about it as well.

[-] xtapa@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

It's configured to use latest GE-Proton.

Guess I'll use devilutionx :D

[-] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 4 points 11 months ago

devilutionx is the best way to play it, but if thats for some reason not an option have a look at dxgl or cnc-ddraw both are replacements for the old ddraw that play better with wine. Used it to play command&conquer before the remaster

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