Diablo-how to?

[Heaven/TQA]

i am just playing WOW and Diablo2 and i was wondering how all the skill tree, item drop etc works...

 

i found several websites (esp. mod websites) dealing with that (for diablo2) and they are doing there best to explain.

 

did you ever thought of coding your own kind of diablo clone? if so...have you ever captures how the item drop etc works? if so... can you explain me or point me to a simple prototype on the web? i mean diablo2 is very complex right now but i would like to learn the basics behind that if all the nasty tables...

 

i do not know any 8bit game which use such a "random" system. but the game boy diablo-lookalikes must use some kind of similar system and game mechanic.

 

references:

 

http://www.planetdiablo.com/modding/guides/

http://phrozenkeep.it-point.com/forum/kb.php?mode=cat&cat=21