What is Diablo Access

Diablo Access is a DevilutionX-based mod focused on accessibility and quality-of-life improvements.

Upstream project: https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX

For a full list of changes, see our changelog.

Features

• Screen reader / TTS integration (Windows: NVDA/JAWS via Tolk; Linux: speech-dispatcher).
• Proximity audio cues (items, monsters, doors/chests, interactable targets).
• Spoken announcements for many UI elements and interactions.
• Tracker navigation that speaks the tracked target and directions to reach it.
• Low HP warning sound that starts at 50% HP and speeds up every 10% down to 0% (stops on death).

Keybinds (defaults)

Keybinds are configurable, but these are the defaults most players will use:

Navigation / tracking

• Ctrl+PageUp / Ctrl+PageDown - previous / next tracker category.
• PageUp / PageDown - select previous / next target in the current category (speaks name; duplicates get ordinal numbers).
• Home - tracker directions to the selected target (speaks target name + directions).
• Ctrl+Home - clear the selected tracker target.
• Shift+Home - auto-walk to the selected target (press again to cancel).
• H - speak nearest unexplored space.
• L - speak current dungeon + floor.
• Z - speak player health percentage (hold Shift for mana).
• X - speak experience remaining to next level.

Keyboard controls

• Arrow keys - walk one tile (north/south/east/west).
• A - primary action (attack / talk / lift items).
• D - secondary action (open chests / doors / pick up items).
• W - spell action (cast active spell).

Town NPCs

Town NPCs are available via the tracker category list.

How to Install

Note: You'll need access to the data from the original game. If you don't have an original CD, you can buy Diablo from GoG.com or Battle.net. Alternatively, you can use spawn.mpq from the shareware [2] version, in place of DIABDAT.MPQ, to play the shareware portion of the game.

Download the latest Diablo Access release and extract the contents to a location of your choosing or build from source.

• Copy DIABDAT.MPQ from the CD or Diablo installation (or extract it from the GoG installer) to the Diablo Access folder.
• To run the Diablo: Hellfire expansion, you will also need to copy hellfire.mpq, hfmonk.mpq, hfmusic.mpq, and hfvoice.mpq.

For more detailed instructions: Installation Instructions.

Contributing

We are always looking for more people to help with coding, documentation, testing the latest builds, spreading the word, or simply just hanging out on our Discord server.

Mods

We hope to provide a good starting point for mods. In addition to the full Devilution source code, we also provide modding tools. Check out the list of known mods based on DevilutionX.

Test Builds

If you want to help test the latest development version (make sure to back up your files, as these may contain bugs), you can fetch the test build artifact from one of the build servers:

Note: You must be logged into GitHub to download the attachments!

Building from Source

Want to compile the program by yourself? Great! Simply follow the build instructions.

Credits

• The original Devilution project: Devilution
• Everyone who worked on Devilution/DevilutionX
• Nikolay Popov for UI and graphics
• WiAParker for the Polish voice pack
• And thanks to all who support the project, report bugs, and help spread the word ❤️

Legal

DevilutionX is made publicly available and released under the Sustainable Use License (see LICENSE).

The source code in this repository is for non-commercial use only. If you use the source code, you may not charge others for access to it or any derivative work thereof.

Diablo® - Copyright © 1996 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Diablo and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

DevilutionX and any of its maintainers are in no way associated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment®.