Way to un-die HC character?

[Cody900]

I've figured out how to revive your char, but it's sorta difficult to explain what bytes to change, as it's different for each class and name.

Essentially you're only listed as dead because your health is at 0, so you just need to change the health field and you can continue.

[Cottccid]

Please post a description of how to fix this. If I die due to stupidity, I am all for letting my dead rest. If I die because I get a system popup message, and it takes 90 seconds to load torchlight from minimized, that is bullshit.

[Cody900]

Well, I only know how to do it for Destroyer.

For a 4 char name, the 2 bytes for max health is at 0x000000DB, the 4 bytes preceding it (at 0x000000D7) is your current health, I think. It's 96432C01 for a basic level 1 alive Destroyer (2C01 being the max health). If you're dead, those 4 bytes will all be 00, change them to all some random values, and you should be able to continue. You can change either of 4 bytes, and it should work, you don't have to change all of them. Sometimes you'll only continue at 0 health, 1 hit will kill you again, sometimes you can start with max health. I don't know what the exact values are needed to start with what health, someone else can figure that out, but setting them all to 65 works.

The location for Destroyer will be 2 bytes forward/backwards for every character longer/shorter your name is. I have no idea about Vanquisher or Alchemist.

[Cottccid]

Muchas Gracias Cody. Crushimodo 2 lives again! (If anyone else wants to give it a shot, my current health was at the EA slot, but I had a longer name).

[Cody900]

The easiest way to do it would be make a brand new character with the same name, class, difficulty, and then look for 96432C01 (with a Destroyer) and you'll find the right place.

[gruvster]

just lost a character that i lvled for 6 hours because i zoned into a fresh "lost dungeon map zone" only to be in the middle of 2 bosses and countless minons before i could react. no lag what so ever. the mobs where just placed ontop of the entrance. this is total and utter BS. i feel cheated. ive played diablo2 exp on haardcore ever since release for the skill involved but where is the skill when u cant react when zoning in.

please could you go over more detail how to edit the file (which file is it anyway). be gentle. was an alchemist but i understand its slightly different coding. cheers if you can save my char so i dont delete this game since i refuse to play softcore/save.

[RMJ]

hardcore is hardcore.

But there is no reason you have to die, instead go back like we did in Diablo 2, farm the low level mobs, i personally try to stay atleast 5 levels above the mobs im fighting, genereally i like 7-8 here in Torchlight, some of those nasty magic dudes on very hard can still take a big chunk of hp.

Also a good way to get gear and gold. Hardcore is about playing it safe but i must admit with the unlimited dungeon, hardcore might not be the best idea, because sooner or later you gonna run into more than you can handle

[entranced]

"Why play HC" some ask. Well lets not forget that in D2, it gave you better drops or access to certain gear that only appeared in HC-games.

That's actually incorrect. If it was a joke that went over my head, my bad.

[sharpdeck]

the point of Hardcore is to get your heart beating and your adrenaline pumping knowing that if you die you gotta start all over

Diablo2 Hardcore pvp/duels has to be the most intense gaming I've ever experienced, knowing that you could easily die in a fraction of a second and lose hours and hours of work, or pwn somebody and win all their gear

[beetfield]

Hardcore is hardcore, dead is dead. I don't believe in the various excuses, and I don't understand what this thread is trying to accomplish. Just make another character, if you're capable then you'll defeat the game eventually.

[Nogan]

Diablo 2 hardcore had just as much bullshit. In game content is never a big deal, and you should be able to mod around whatever you don't like anyway. Hopefully someone will be able to mod something that automatically pauses your game if you minimize. I'm not sure if that's possible, but it would help a lot.

[jamesL]

try this

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4763&start=0

[alexfire74]

That reminds of my L91 HC Trapassin of old good D2 1.10 days. I wanted a break from endless baalruns and tried a cowrun. And my poor assy died in someone's 'safe' portal, which turned out to be surrounded by a large pack of very angry cows. :-) It was like... WTF?

Ah, the fun of HC. :-))

[Blahbar]

"Why play HC" some ask. Well lets not forget that in D2, it gave you better drops or access to certain gear that only appeared in HC-games.

You never got better drops if you played HC or not. You got better items the harder the setting you turned it to. Perma death is the only thing that separates soft from hard.

[Blahbar]

the point of Hardcore is to get your heart beating and your adrenaline pumping knowing that if you die you gotta start all over

Diablo2 Hardcore pvp/duels has to be the most intense gaming I've ever experienced, knowing that you could easily die in a fraction of a second and lose hours and hours of work, or pwn somebody and win all their gear

This, ive never had a gaming experience to compare to the level of excitement i felt dueling in HC games.

[Skumeth]

Could just play softcore and quit your toon if you die to non system related incidents, sounds dumb but so does wanting to revive a dead HC toon =/