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Diablo for the Nintendo Switch
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Nintendo Switch Port of DevilutionX (Diablo)

Section titled “Nintendo Switch Port of DevilutionX (Diablo)”

How To Play:

Section titled “How To Play:”
  • Extract contents of diablo-nx.zip release into SDMC:\switch\diablo-nx
  • Copy DIABDAT.MPQ from original Diablo game disc or GOG version.
  • Launch diablo-nx.nro
  • Note: Hold R on any installed game and launch it. Do not use photo-album to launch. If you use photo-album, the homebrew only has very little memory available, and the touch keyboard doesn’t work. This is true for all homebrew, not just Diablo-NX.
  • Enjoy :)

Joycon Controls

Section titled “Joycon Controls”
  • Left Analog : Move Hero
  • Right Analog : Simulate Mouse
  • B : Attack nearby enemies, talk to towns people and merchants. Pickup & Drop items in inventory. OK in Menu
  • Y : Pickup gold, potions & equipment from ground, open chests and doors that are nearby. Use item when in inventory (read books etc.).
  • X : Cast Spell
  • A : Select Spell, Cancel in Menu
  • R : Inventory
  • L : Character
  • ZR : Drink Mana Potion
  • ZL : Drink Heal Potion
  • Left Analog Click : Quest Log
  • Right Analog Click : Left mouse click
  • Minus : Automap
  • Plus : Game Menu, Skip Intro

Touch Controls

Section titled “Touch Controls”
  • Single finger drag : move the mouse pointer (pointer jumps to finger)
  • Single short tap : left mouse click
  • Single short tap while holding a second finger down : right mouse click
  • Dual finger drag : drag’n’drop (left mouse button is held down)
  • Three finger drag : drag’n’drop (right mouse button is held down)

Notes

Section titled “Notes”

There are lots of bugs. Check issues on the code repo.

Compiling On Linux

Section titled “Compiling On Linux”

install devkitproA64, libzip, libpng, libjpeg, switch-freetype, switch-mesa, switch-glad, switch-glm, switch-sdl2, switch-sdl2_ttf, switch-sdl2_mixer, switch-libvorbis, switch-libmikmod

make

Compiling On Windows

Section titled “Compiling On Windows”
  • Install devkitpro
  • Open Start Button > DevKitPro > MSys2
  • Type in pacman -S switch-freetype switch-mesa switch-glad switch-glm switch-sdl2 switch-sdl2_ttf switch-sdl2_mixer switch-libvorbis switch-libmikmod
  • Type in make

Compiling On MacOS

Section titled “Compiling On MacOS”

  • Install devkitpro

  • Open Terminal and run the following commands:

  • dkp-pacman -S switch-dev to install more build tools

    • At a minimum, you will need to install devkitA64 and switch-tools

  • dkp-pacman -S switch-freetype switch-mesa switch-glad switch-glm switch-sdl2 switch-sdl2_ttf switch-sdl2_mixer switch-libvorbis switch-libmikmod

  • make

  • .nro lives in release. Test with an emulator (RyuJinx) or real hardware.

Credits

Section titled “Credits”
  • Reverse engineered by GalaXyHaXz in 2018
  • Switch Port by MVG in 2019
  • Control Improvements and bug fixes for Switch Port by rsn8887 in 2019
  • Controller code by Jacob Fliss
  • RetroArch team for the Switch mman.h file
  • sanctuary - extensively documenting Diablo’s game engine
  • BWAPI Team - providing library API to work with Storm
  • Ladislav Zezula - reversing PKWARE library, further documenting Storm
  • fearedbliss - being awe-inspiring
  • Climax Studios & Sony - secretly helping with their undercover QA :P
  • Blizzard North - wait, this was a typo!
  • Depression - reason to waste four months of my life doing this ;)

And a special thanks to all the support and people who work on Devilution to make it possible! <3

Legal

Section titled “Legal”

Devilution is released to the Public Domain. The documentation and function provided by Devilution may only be utilized with assets provided by ownership of Diablo.

Battle.net(R) - Copyright (C) 1996 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Battle.net and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Diablo(R) - Copyright (C) 1996 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Diablo and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Devilution and any of its’ maintainers are in no way associated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment(R).