Downloads: Shadowmaster v0.84beta

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Shadowmaster readme.txt
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SHADOWMASTER v0.84beta
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Notes on this release:

Shadowmaster was designed to open and edit Diablo II character files saved with
the expansion 'Lord of Destruction'. Although it inherits the core code from its
predecessor D2Ed and therefore could handle also older character versions I have
disabled this feature for now. I have done this to focus on the new character
and item format and to be sure to receive only problems related to these new
formats. It is likely that later versions of Shadowmaster can handle all
character and item formats.

Notes on items:

Diablo II patch 1.08 as well as the expansion introduced a completely new item
format. 'Lord of Destruction' and Diablo II v1.08 cannot handle old item formats
any longer. They are converted once you load your character with the new
version. This means that importing old items to new characters will possibly
crash the game. Actually all old items are deleted on start. The only way to
save your old items is to create a Newbie character with an old version of
Diablo II (or D2Ed) and to convert this character starting a game with the
expansion. Therefore, Shadowmaster does not support importing old items to
expansion characters.

Notes on item decoding:

The new item format is nearly deciphered but there are still some aspects which
are not well understood. The item decoding works for magic, unique and set items
for now, although some magical properties will be displayed as "???". I'm still
working on rare items.

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