Good day all,
I just moved to 1.6c (with D2SE) from 1.21 (standalone installation). Since D2SE is responsible for loading PlugY and Game.exe, Mousepad's Maphack no longer finds the instance of D2.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I do not use Maphack for revealing any portion of the map, infravision, displaying monsters on the map, maximum light radius, etc. I enjoy the surprises and exploration of D2 without these features. Plus, for what it's worth, I play single player only, so I'm not affecting anyone else' game experience.
That said, there are many features Maphack provided that I would very much like to get back somehow.
Fast item moving:You could right-click to move the item currently in hand to the opposite screen (e.g. between inventory and cube, inventory and stash, inventory and vendor to auto-sell). This is a HUGE help for cubing gems/runes, re-arranging stash, etc. With quick left-click/right-click action, I could cube-up dozens of gems in minutes without having to "drag and drop" each individual gem from one side of the screen to the other. Less time dragging/dropping = more time actually playing the game.
Improved data display:Maphack allows you to see -
- base stats (e.g. without +stats from gear/charms)
- socketed item stats (add a rare gem to a rare item - good luck knowing where some of the mods came from )
- pet equipment
- monster resists
- custom colors for item drop text (e.g., rejuvenation pots in purple text, gold piles above X-value in gold text, charms in purple text so they stand out from blue magic items, etc)
- number of item sockets in item drop text (helps separate from Ethereal items, e.g. you'd see "Quilted armor (2)")
- Breakpoints in FPS (current HU char screen shows % stats like FHR, FBR, but that still means you have to ALT+TAB, break immersion, and go look up the breakpoint tables online. Maphack showed the literal FPS so you immediately knew if the increase pushed you to the next BP.)
With that all said - is there a reliable way of getting Maphack to work with D2SE, and/or adding some/all of the above features to the core HU mod?
Cheers, thank you, and happy holidays!
-BaTz