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Article #1464

Re: Diablo Patch, Ceaters never win and GREAT JOB BLIZZARD!

#1464
From: cro... Silverlock
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 00:00
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On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:54:52 -0800, Simon Juncal <s^jun...@erols.com>
wrote:

>this is taken from 
>
>http://www.users.lith.com/~kevin/diablo/
>
>For now this is the only Backup program that will work
>and most cheating seems to be eliminated
>
>Features of the Diablo patch by Blizzard:
>----------------------------------------
>(These are in addition to the bug fixes mentioned in the update.txt file
>   that was placed in your Diablo directory)
>
>1) If ANY two characters in the same game have the same item, and they
>   both are dropped, one of them will be destroyed. Yes, this means even
>   if two players legitimately buy the same item from the blacksmith, if
>   both players drop the item, one of them will be destroyed.
>
>(Exellent cloned items exist but should be cut down by this, Money
>may even have trade value again (at least to a larger degree than before
>and what cloned "GODLY and KINGS and ZODIAC items do still exist will
>end up only being traded for items of value and not things like 15 MAG
>eillixers etc.)
>
>2) All memory editing cheats/programs do not work anymore. This includes
>   Enigma's trainer (ouch... somone is gonna get alot of mail in the
>   morning) :-)  This also includes just about every cheat I have seen.
>   (Yes, townkill is no more... at least for the time being)
>   NOTE: Blizzard seems to have encrypted memory... what this means is
>   that character editors or programs that edit a large portion of
>memory
>   will not work, and you probably won't see a working version of them
>   for quite a while, if ever at all...
>
>(I'm sure someone will come up with a new hack but for now the towns 
>are safe again and 400.000 hit points should be a thing of the past)
>
>
>3) More to be added
>
>I just want to say, that the patch's advantages by far outnumber the
>disadvantages... I want to personally congratulate Blizzard on a job
>well done!!! :)
>
>(that was the writer of the page and I agree totally)
>-- 
>(Remove the ^ from my address when replying)  
> ____________________________________________ 
> )  Simon                                    )
>(  Midzilla Music & sound                   (
> )  Mailto:sju...@erols.com                 )
>(  http://users.aol.com/sjuncal/theax.html  (
> )___________________________________________)


Well i swore I'd never do it but..... ME TOO!!!!
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Subject: Re: Diablo Patch, Ceaters never win and GREAT JOB BLIZZARD!
Date: 1997/02/22
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