I would like to speedrun with my friends (2,3 and 4 players) like I do on diablo2. Can an admin add this category. (The only thing I'm not sure is how can you verify if every member is hardcore)

Yes, I will. Do you think it should be a HC runs ? So death of anyone means whole run is failed ? In Multiplayer there is a Resurrect spell that you may use.

Upd.: Category added. Rules TBD.

good catch. Maybe in the hc mode the resurect spell is forbitten. Also there no save load in multiplayer. maybe if 1 player die, the others can continue or do you prefer all member must survive?

but yeah it would be nice to have a hc mode in multiplayer

We played much multiplayer in "The Hell" mod, and we followed a rule that every party member should survive. For example, if you play Duo and one player dies, you should continue Solo then? It's not actually multiplayer then. And with Resurrect spell it will be too easy.

In Diablo 1 speedrun rules it's allowed to die in the last fight with Diablo, and I'm fine with it, but on the other dungeon levels I think everyone should stay alive.

Sure, we can divide for Softcore (with Resurrect) and Hardcore (as I mentioned above).

Okay, you’re right — playing after your teammate is dead is basically solo play. In hardcore mode, nobody dies except in the final fight with Diablo.

@Alukret My friend and I tried to play multiplayer through Battle.net, but we ran into so many issues that it was impossible to create an bnet account, start a game, or even connect.

Could you add to the challenge description that the DevilutionX mod is allowed? It’s the easiest way for us to connect and play multiplayer without issues.

Thanks!

@MetalGyro, you don't need Battle.net to play D1 multiplayer. Install Radmin, create network, add your friend to the network, and you can play "Local Area Network (IPX)" (first option). Also the same thing can be made with Hamachi, but Radmin is much simpler.

DevilutionX has an adjusted balance, fixed bugs, and it's much harder than original game.