Twice damned: Diablo 2 Resurrected and Median XL
Added 2021-02-20 11:47:26 +0000 UTCIn an earlier life, I was Brother Laz of Median XL fame. I handed that over to the community in 2013, who developed it further over time.
Well, Diablo 2 Resurrected has been announced and it has mod support.
Will Median XL be ported?
I've been getting in touch with Marco (the guy who's currently in charge of Median XL) to see what can be done in terms of porting it.
Most likely the code changes will need to go, but many of them are redundant with improvements in D2R in the first place.
As for the rest of the mod, it depends on whether Marco and friends are interested in porting it, and most of all, whether the old assets like isometric maps and assets sourced from Icewind Dale and Diablo 1 can be ported cleanly.
What will you do?
- If the current Marco-developed version of Median XL can be ported, I will help him port it.
- If the current Marco-developed version of Median XL cannot or will not be ported, I will attempt to port the classic from 2013.
- If that also cannot be ported, but the tools are sufficient to make something new and cool instead, I will do that.
- If the game bombs, if mods are strictly for single player, or if Blizzard plays favourites, then not.
