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Thanks to Shaun's generous donation of the Gemstone 1.5 files, I am now 
working on doing a direct port of that version of Gemstone to D2 1.11b - 
since the 1.10 version of Gemstone didn't get out of beta, I decided not 
to use that as a base.

While Gemstone II for 1.10 added its uniques and runewords on the end of 
the 1.10 files, thus screwing up the Gemstone 1.5 unique items for 1.09 
chars, I'm taking a different approach: the Gemstone items will be 
inserted into the files at their old positions, thus allowing direct 
loading of old Gemstone characters into the new version without item 
corruption.

This will mean vanilla LoD single-player characters who possess any of 
the 1.10+ uniques and runewords will not load properly in the new 
version of Gemstone - before doing so, you may want to discard or mule 
any of the newer stuff! Basically, it's backwards-compatible with 
Gemstone 1.5 characters and LoD 1.08 and 1.09 characters, but NOT with 
LoD 1.10 or 1.11 chars.

Phew!

OK, OK, I'm doing this really so I can play the old SweetSpearGirl 
without messing around with two D2 installs. ;) But I thought some of 
you old Gemstone aficionados might appreciate it!

Plus once the port is complete, I intend to continue updating it by 
adding new items and features on a regular basis - so feel free to jump 
in with your ideas for new uniques, sets and runewords ;)

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