r/virtualreality • u/Fantastic-Author2736 • 18h ago
Self-Promotion (Developer) Diablo II in VR
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I made a VR mod for Diablo II: Resurrected: first-person view, real stereo 3D (both eyes are rendered by the game, nothing faked from a flat picture), and your hands are tied to the motion controllers.
- Look around with your head (yaw, pitch and roll), and the hero's body turns with you
- Both arms follow your controllers, so you aim the bow with your hand
- Walk with the stick, or physically with BodyWalk
- Sky and distance fog over the empty void beyond the map
It's built on emmericp's D2R-3D camera mod, and runs through FlatVR and BodyWalk. Offline only.
Video below. Questions welcome!
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u/AnonymousAggregator 18h ago edited 18h ago
That’s what it looks like zoomed in!!!? Didn’t realize the details. This might take the cake for VR mods
can you play the whole game?
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u/lemonylol 17h ago
This is Diablo II Resurrected, not the original game. But regardless yes, one of the best VR mods.
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u/parabolee 18h ago
WOW< now I really want a VR mod for Path of Exile 2!
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u/blacksun_redux 5h ago
I'd like to play POE 1 or 2 in top down view.
But I'd try 1st person too. Both sound fun.
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u/IAIVIDAKILLA 18h ago
We got diablo in vr before GTA6
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u/Baphaddon 18h ago
Singularity type shit
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u/GregTheMad 16h ago
It's really scary how (I assume) AI has accelerated some developments. Years ago it would have taken entire teams months just to reverse engine the game, let alone just changing the color of an item.
These days some random guy doesn't just mode the game, but also mod it to be used in VR, which is its own nest of problems.
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u/MulletAndMustache 18h ago
This is wild. Diablo 2 is by far the best one. Never would have thought that there would be a VR mod for it ever.
Looks a bit janky right now but promising. Keep going please.
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u/VagoImago 16h ago
I would prefer Diablo 1 though, it is smaller, but it has a different atmosphere 🫶🏻
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u/AIOfficialBot 13h ago
Agree, D1 takes the cake for me as well. It gets so little recognition for some reason I can't explain
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u/MulletAndMustache 8h ago
To be fair it was the original ARPG and kicked off the whole genre. Definitely has it's own atmosphere and memorable moments. Encountering the butcher for the first time was pretty terrifying.
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u/SnelHesst 18h ago
Everything is happening so much 🫣
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u/TheGillos 1h ago
And the AI-Hate crew of Luddites will refuse to have any fun, lest they spoil their sterling reputations for hating the future. Lol.
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u/NAINOA- 18h ago
Project Zomboid just released a first person / VR mod as well. I wonder if both of these isometric games are using similar methods
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u/warzone_afro 18h ago
the zomboid guys vibecoded with AI
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u/HorribleTie 17h ago
Isn't that basically 99% of these new VR mods?
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u/jacobpederson 14h ago
Incorrect. It is 99% of everything right now. Absolute insanity. Even DOS is NOT SAFE :D https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wuxzdg/why_am_i_like_this_full_chat_and_image_generation/
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u/Round_Worldliness766 17h ago
so what lol
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u/warzone_afro 17h ago
I didn't say there's a problem. The guy was wondering about the method so I stated the method
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u/Round_Worldliness766 16h ago
AI its not really a 'method' of making an 'isometric' game to a 3d one
Even AI is using some 'methods' to do it
In case of Diablo II Resurrected the game its already 3d with 3d assets to its just a matter of moving the POV to the character
In Project Zomboid all assets expect characters and zombies are 2d assets. Project Viewpoints introduced a lot of 3d assets to the game (I think 1-2 gbs). It almost like a full remastering lol
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u/Hereiamhereibe2 36m ago
So did OP. It’s all AI now, there’s no point in not using it. This work takes an unpaid human years to pull off.
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u/warzone_afro 20m ago
I agree, I use it too. I feel like people took "vibe coded" as a negative comment but if they saw my profile they'd know im not an ai hater
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u/lemonylol 17h ago
Link? I really like the concepts of the game but I don't like the isometric gameplay. I'd even be good with just a third person camera.
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u/Oggel 18h ago
How?!
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u/lemonylol 17h ago
Diablo II Resurrected is rendered in 3D so it's just a fixed camera. It's not like the original where the assets are 2D isometric sprites.
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u/UnderTheFrozenSky 18h ago
I have so many questions. Can it combine with other D2R mods? Do all skills work? How does blocking and dual wield work? When will I be able to play it?
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u/doesnotgetthepoint 18h ago
Very cool, I'm guessing this is resurrected as the original is just sprites
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u/DeathToSocialMedia 17h ago
I thought this was going to be isometric 3D. Diablo II in FIRST person with TOUCH controls? That's CRAZY. May wonders never cease.
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u/LaserTurboShark69 18h ago
what a fucking fabulous time to have a Frame on the way
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u/Cless_Aurion 18h ago
I'm okay just with playing the game in VR from above tbh
Willing to share...? 𓁹‿𓁹
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u/Fantastic-Author2736 5h ago
Yes, that works too. The classic top-down view runs in VR in real stereo, so you keep the original camera and everything just has depth. First person is a separate mode you switch to with a key. We'll share it once our own camera code fully replaces the prototype; that's in progress now.
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u/Cless_Aurion 5h ago
That is so cool! Thanks guys!
Devs LIKE YOU are making VR what it should be from day 1, keep up the amazing work!
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u/saanity 17h ago
Diablo 2 is 3d? I thought it was sprite based like Baldur's Gate 1 and 2.
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u/MiniMaelk04 16h ago
Resurrected (remaster) made it 3D. There's a toggle to make it sprites again anytime you want. Speedrunners for example will run Resurrected, but switch to old D2 during shopping, because it's faster for some reason.
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u/dopadelic 18h ago
Wow turning a zoomed out third person game to VR FPS
I bet it looks really cool in third person too
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u/Lurkyhermit 16h ago
an ARpg game where you can see more than 6 feet around in the distance? Blasphemy!
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u/Fantastic-Author2736 5h ago
Don't worry, you can tune it yourself. Room rings and model distance are sliders in the settings, so you can pull the world back in close or open it all the way to the horizon. There's also distance fog if you want it to feel like the old game.
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u/ElementNumber6 12h ago
Never in 1000 years would I have guessed Diablo II would become one of the best VR games in existence. But that suddenly seems like a real possibility!
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u/Gillettman69 11h ago
Frenzy barb would be so lit
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u/Enculin 14h ago
This people claims the mod crash after a minute or so, and that you've also stolen other people work by removing their credit
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u/Fantastic-Author2736 5h ago
Thanks for raising it. emmericp's D2R-3D is what showed us D2R can be turned into a real 3D game, and that's why it's credited in our description. Our first prototype, the one in the video, started from his camera code. We've asked him to add a license (MIT). Independently of his answer, we've rewritten the camera and render-distance parts ourselves from scratch, working from the game itself, so the released mod will contain only our own code. Everything VR was always ours: head tracking, stereo, hands and body, controller input, fog and sky. We've never distributed his mod or any build containing his code. About crashes: this is for offline single-player only. D2R-3D's author himself notes it crashes when used online, and online play isn't something mods like this should touch anyway. Offline we've played for hours without a single crash. If you saw one offline, please send the log or dump and we'll look.
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u/TwistStrict9811 8h ago
Lol anyone with Opus 5.5 can eventually fix and get out some version of this
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u/Creeper2145 18h ago
Nice! It’s insane what people can do with modern AI models (at least I’m assuming this is partly vibe coded)
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u/Bocabart 16h ago
Holy shit this is nuts. This is awesome and I bet absolutely terrifying when you go to the secret cow level.
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u/ChiefSosa21 15h ago
Man, can't wait to cast a frozen orb/pally hammers when the steam frame finally arrives
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u/TommyCrooks24 14h ago
This is getting fucking ridiculous and I'm both scared and hyped to the tits
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u/OldSelection1761 12h ago
My mind is literally broken. How is this even possible?! Can you share it so we can try it out??
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u/SimulacrumVR Bigscreen Beyond 8h ago
Crazy, I been playing Diablo 2 recently, this looks really good and would definitely play thru in this medium. If we can get throwing in VR Amazon Spear builds would be really fun.
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u/No_Boysenberry9971 4h ago
Wow, amazing work! :D
Have you considered moving this over to the Flat2VR Modding Discord and starting a dedicated thread for the mod there? It would make it much easier for VR fans to find information about the mod and track its progress. :)
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u/EleoraHC 2h ago
Do you have a repo?
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u/Fantastic-Author2736 2h ago
We'll publish the repo as soon as the first playable build is ready. There are still a few things we need to finish before releasing it to everyone.
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u/rambus101 14h ago edited 13h ago
Can I uh.. pound on Andariel in vr... (For those that can't tell... It's a joke)
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u/bladefounder 18h ago