Planned Features List

[Mike]

Creed: Staying fanatically true to the game's core mechanics, lore and aesthetics

Currently planned in-development features include, but are not limited to:

• Engine extensions [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Kingpin, Szumigajowy and Ogodei
• Interfaces rebuilt for 1366x768 (and 1024x768), which scales beautifully to 1920x1080 [in progress]
  ↳ Interface art remade for HD by Mike Millaire
  ↳ Temporary high resolution solution coded by dav92 currently in place
  ↳ New advanced graphics driver being worked on by Necrolis
• A comprehensive character statistics panel [mostly done]
  ↳ Statistics panel extension coded by HarvestWombs
  ↳ Interface layout by Mike Millaire
• Expanded personal inventory storage capacity [mostly done]
  ↳ Temporary high resolution solution coded by dav92 currently in place
• Expanded personal stash storage capacity (16x15 vs vanilla 6x8) [done]
  ↳ Temporary high resolution solution coded by dav92 currently in place
• Expanded Horadric Cube storage capacity (8x8 vs vanilla 3x4) [done]
  ↳ Temporary high resolution solution coded by dav92 currently in place
• PlugY multi-page stash and shared stash compatibility [compatible]
  ↳ PlugY stash is a temporary solution (PlugY is unstable and prone to errors)
  ↳ New stash solution being worked on by Szumigajowy
• Sven's Glide wrapper compatibility [compatible]
  ↳ Sven's wrapper is a temporary solution (was designed with 800x600 in mind)
  ↳ New advanced graphics driver being worked on by Necrolis
• ALchemy 3D sound compatibility [compatible]
• 200+ new skill additions (note that all original Diablo II Lord of Destruction skills and builds are intact) [in progress]
  ↳ Skills being worked on by Mike Millaire
  ↳ Skill icons by Lorc, Delapouite, Carl Olsen, Skoll, Zeromancer, cla$$ics and Mike Millaire
• Ability to reset attributes and skills [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Szumigajowy
• Ability to enhance items [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Szumigajowy
• Unique graphics for each Unique and Set item [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
  ↳ Item graphics contributed by Nephretes, Radament, Barby, AlphA and Mike Millaire
• New Unique items [not started]
• New item Sets [not started]
• Addition of new items to existing Sets (where it makes sense) [not started]
• Throwing potions made viable [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
• More explanatory labels for mercenary companions [mostly done]
  ↳ Mercenary label extension coded by Myhrginoc
• An AI overhaul of mercenary companions [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire and Ogodei
• Fully equippable mercenary companions [in progress]
  ↳ Temporary solution coded by dav92 currently in place
• New mercenary companion types/classes [in progress]
  ↳ Design being worked on by Mike Millaire
  ↳ Code being worked on by Szumigajowy and Kingpin
• An option to hire multiple additional mercenary troops ('cannon fodder' different from equippable mercenary companions) [in progress]
  ↳ Design being worked on by Mike Millaire
  ↳ Code being worked on by Szumigajowy and Kingpin
• An in-depth overhaul of the Lord of Terror encounter [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
• An in-depth overhaul of the Summoner/Jazreth encounter [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
• Other boss encounter overhauls [not started]
• Addition of new boss encounters [not started]
• Revision of troublesome areas (the Arcane Sanctuary and Maggot Lair in particular) [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
• Addition of new optional areas to explore [not started]
• Additional NPCs to interact with in existing areas [not started]
• Addition of NPC allies to hostile areas [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
• New quest system [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Kingpin and Szumigajowy
• NPC system extensions [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Kingpin and Szumigajowy
• Addition of new content/storylines for Nightmare and Hell difficulties [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Mike Millaire
• Active 'charm zone' in main inventory [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Szumigajowy
• Automatic gold pickup [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Szumigajowy
• Hotkey shortcuts for inventory management [in progress]
  ↳ Being worked on by Szumigajowy

Please note that feature completeness and availability may vary greatly between releases.
Features may be added and/or removed from this list at any time as development progresses.

Features frequently requested by our community (under consideration, may or may not be added to the above list):

• Bypassing 25 FPS limit
• NPC gambling inventory refresh button

If you have any specific feature requests, please post them in this topic.

[Mike]

Update: The following community-requested features are now confirmed to be in development:

• Active 'charm zone' in main inventory
• Automatic gold pickup
• Hotkey shortcuts for inventory management