Release Notes for DevilutionX

1.5.4 (2025-09-28)

Improvements

• All quests fully playable in multiplayer
• Floating damage numbers
• Auto-pickup of gold and oils
• Quest items drop according to difficulty
• Monsters now correctly wake and behave during combat
• Improved monster HP bars, invisibility mechanics, and unique monster lighting
• Improved interaction with shrines, teleport spells, and traps
• Improved inventory management and item usage: auto-equip, auto-refill belt, clearer durability, and gold/item stack management
• Option to recolored heroes using .trn files
• Improved spell casting feedback
• Multiple difficulty settings reflected in quests and character progress

Multiplayer Enhancements

• Validate player stats and items to prevent desync
• Inspect other players’ items using /inspect <name>
• Added PvP arenas accessible via /arena #
• Chat commands and improved chat log
• Hostile players marked in red in chat
• Fixes for lag-related item loss and sync issues
• Support for all quests and Hellfire content in cooperative multiplayer
• Cross-platform multiplayer support for LAN and online

Controls & Interface

• Full gamepad, keyboard, and touch support
• Improved menu navigation and inventory/stash handling for gamepads
• Expanded spell hotkeys (4 → 12) and quick cast options
• Optional display of item labels and zoom settings
• Improved keymapping and controller autodetection
• Support for extra mouse buttons and C-stick (3DS)
• Context-sensitive help and UI improvements

Graphics & Audio

• Widescreen and high-resolution support
• Enhanced lighting, animations, and map visuals
• Floating damage numbers and XP bars
• Hotkeys always visible on spell list
• Music continues in menus; better audio device selection
• Item graphics and quality indicators in stores
• Additional fonts for international languages, including CJK

Stability & Performance

• Engine improvements for smoother, more stable gameplay
• Reduced RAM usage and improved performance on low-end systems
• Fixed numerous crashes, including on save/load, hot-plugging devices
• Support for long file paths and portable installations
• Correct handling of Diablo/Hellfire save migration and conversions

Translations

• Full localization support: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Bulgarian, Czech, Turkish, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Swedish
• Improved rendering for complex scripts (CJK, Turkish)
• Language selection via --lang option

Bug Fixes

Original Diablo Bugs

• Fixed many rare stability issues
• Corrected monster AI, vision, and pathing errors
• Fixed spell, missile, and attack inconsistencies
• Corrected object, door, and collision issues
• Resolved inventory, belt, and UI glitches
• Town portal and teleportation fixes

Original Hellfire Bugs

• Fixed mana shield and spell damage issues
• Corrected quest and shrine behavior
• Resolved multiplayer quest syncing issues
• Fixed monster AI and collision issues

Cross-version Fixes

• Hundreds of small fixes for crashes, desyncs, and minor glitches
• Improved experience with modern hardware, resolutions, and operating systems

Other Features

• Discord Rich Presence
• Support for thousands of missiles and better map rendering
• Sound cues for auto-pickup and other actions
• Optional quality-of-life enhancements configurable in the settings menu