[Succulent] 2024-12-01-0100 is now available! (Major Changes, Clean ups, and Streamlining)

[fearedbliss]

Hello all,

I'm happy to announce Succulent 2024-12-01-0100! This latest version of Succulent contains major changes, clean ups, and streamlining of all of the drop tables, itemization systems, etc. A lot of Succulent was reverted back to 1.09b since I like to stay close to the Vanilla patches, but with my own twists. This should feel a lot more "legit" and closer to the original spirit and feeling of 1.07/1.08 mixed with the polished foundation of 1.09b. This is of course my personal interpretation and expression of my experience time traveling between all of these versions of Diablo II, and playing Diablo 1, as stated in Succulent's core description. These improvements will continue to make Succulent a fun and enjoyable mod to play for decades to come, primarily for myself, but sharing it with others <3.

Below are the latest patch notes:

2024-12-01-0100​

• All unique items have been reverted to their 1.08 equivalent.
• Charged affixes are back in the game and reverted to their 1.09b defaults.
• Classic gambling has been removed. Gambling is back to its 1.09b defaults.
• Gambling prices are now back to their 1.09b defaults.
• Leeching behavior is back to its 1.09b defaults.
• The Deadly Craft recipes are now the same as in 1.08.
• The cube recipes are now back to the 1.09b defaults, but still kept the documented changes.
• The drop tables, treasure classes, and probabilities are now back to their 1.09b defaults, but still kept the documented changes.

Since this goes deep into the core of how Succulent is played and experienced, I would highly recommend starting a new stash and essentially doing your own "ladder reset". Below you will find the current feature set of this version of Succulent:

As always, you can download the mod by visiting the Succulent page.

- fearedbliss

PS: Below is the new overview description of features and recipes as shown on the Succulent front page:

Singling Inherited Features​

• You can now run multiple clients of Diablo II.
• You are now able to quickly join LAN games.
• Fixed CPU usage bug in Main Menu, Single Player, and LAN games.
• The Battle.net button has been disabled for safety reasons.
• The introduction cinematics are now automatically skipped.
• The FPS is now unlocked in Single Player. (Same as LAN games)
• The scrolling letters slowdown is now fixed for both DirectDraw and Glide.
• You no longer need the CD in order to play the game.
• You can now make Hardcore characters without beating Softcore.
• The game will now work with the MPQ files included in the new Blizzard Installer.

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Succulent Features​

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Audio / Visual​

• The Main Menu backgrounds are now using a customized version of the Original Classic Theme.
• The Main Menu now has a Darker Theme Song.
• The ambiguity between the number 5 and 6 has been fixed.
• The Experience Bar now has Visual Progress Indicators.

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Quality of Life​

• You can now open the Cow Level even if you kill the King.
• Nihlathak's Portal no longer closes when you get the Halls of Pain WP and have already killed him.
• The Telekinesis skill can now once again pick up any item.

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Gameplay​

• All unique items have been reverted to their 1.08 equivalent.
• Removed level requirements from all items in the game.
  • A level requirement will still be added if required by an affix.
• All affixes have an equal opportunity to be selected.
• Grand Charms can now spawn as Rare items.
• General drop rate qualities have been improved.
• Corrected loot tables for Griswold, Smith, The Countess, and The Cow King.
• The Countess no longer drops Runes.
• All Runewords have been removed.
  • Runes are still in the game as simple components for crafting and gear modification.
• An Improved Crafting System
  • Deadly Crafts from 1.08 have returned.
  • El - Ort are now used for the gear crafting recipes like in 1.08. (Excluding Deadly Crafts)
  • Any Weapon/Armor can be used in the Crafted Gear: Weapon/Armor recipe.
  • You can now upgrade all Runes up to Zod and downgrade all Runes down to El.

Recipes​

These recipes are in addition to or modifying the standard recipes in 1.09b:

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General​

Name	Components	Result
Upgrade Rune	3x Rune	Next Rune
Downgrade Rune	Rune + Thawing Potion	Previous Rune

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Crafted Gear​

The Hitpower, Blood, Caster, and Safety crafting recipes use the following Rune for the corresponding type:

Type	Rune
Helm	El
Boots	Eld
Gloves	Tir
Belt	Nef
Shield	Eth
Body	Ith
Amulet	Tal
Ring	Ral
Weapon	Ort

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Deadly Crafts​

The Deadly Crafts have the following additional properties:

• Crushing Blow (2-10)%
• Deadly Strike (2-10)%
• Enhanced Defense (5-15)%

Name	Components
Deadly Helm	Magic (Cap / War Hat / Shako) + Jewel + Lem Rune + Perfect Skull
Deadly Boots	Magic (Boots / Demonhide Boots / Wyrmhide Boots) + Jewel + Pul Rune + Perfect Skull
Deadly Gloves	Magic (Heavy Gloves / Sharkskin Gloves / Vampirebone Gloves) + Jewel + Um Rune + Perfect Skull
Deadly Belt	Magic (Sash / Demonhide Sash / Spiderweb Sash) + Jewel + Mal Rune + Perfect Skull

Screenshots​

Customized Original Classic Theme​

No Level Requirements (Unless Required By Affix)​

Crafted Armor/Weapons​

Deadly Crafts​

Rare Grand Charms​

 

[Manny]

Christmas came early! Thanks for this exciting new iteration of Succulent, @fearedbliss!

I particularly love to see that all unique items are back to their 1.08 stats.

Question on this:

• All affixes have an equal opportunity to be selected.

Does this mean all affixes can spawn on all items, as they were in this version of Succulent?

 

[fearedbliss]

@Manny So this was already in Succulent before, but no, what this means is that when the game is going to pick an attribute, consideration of affixes are essentially all equal. So one affix shouldn't have a higher chance to be selected than another affix. And even within affix groups, affixes within each group will also be equally considered. This makes essentially makes it closer to how I under 1.05b to be, which is that 1.05b had a smaller affix pool and every affix was selected from a common pool, so that's why you usually get better rares and rares with better affixes (compared to when we consider some affixes "crappier than others").

 

[Manny]

@Manny So this was already in Succulent before, but no, what this means is that when the game is going to pick an attribute, consideration of affixes are essentially all equal. So one affix shouldn't have a higher chance to be selected than another affix. And even within affix groups, affixes within each group will also be equally considered. This makes essentially makes it closer to how I under 1.05b to be, which is that 1.05b had a smaller affix pool and every affix was selected from a common pool, so that's why you usually get better rares and rares with better affixes (compared to when we consider some affixes "crappier than others").

Ok cool. This is kind of what I figured. That strikes a good balance from the "unlocked" way you had it in the old version of Succulent (which was wild), and is better than vanilla 1.09b IMO from what you described. I'm stoked to play this ~ thank you!