SeriousToni

I always wished for a Thief 2 fan mission campaign which takes place after the original one. With a resurrected Karras by blood magic. A more creepy story featuring a combination of undead steampunk enemies. Since this did never happen, I would be also happy with a few more thief 2 mechanist-like units in TDM, so please take this inspirational picture. I always loved the interesting gameplay mechanics that were introduced with Karras' units. I know that new NPCs are always unlikely to happen, since it's modeling, rigging, animating, sound,... I know, I know - but never say never. Hopefully there's another Karras enthusiast out there seeing this and starting to work on humanoid robots for The Dark Mod

Please don't take this negative - maybe I'm just too dumb and blind - I don't see any difference anywhere except the bath tub. This makes me wonder if this even noticeable while playing the game. What exactly were you aiming for? Beware I'm not an expert

I think airship wrote that the Bank FM was enterily re-made and should be counted as a new release. My FM was partly remade, but mainly overhauled. This is why it's possible that it doesn't count as a new release.

Well, it's not entirely new, but there's the reworked version of Sneak & Destroy, if you're really desperate!

Didn't know of that one either. Thanks for sharing!! Edit - darn I need the expansions which I don't have

This is exactly how the current footsteps work. Player footsteps are also a bit loud, however with this the player is able to notice on what sort of ground he / she is walking. Plus the player footsteps use other sounds than the ai footsteps. This way the player is able to distinguish between player and ai footsteps easily. I personally would welcome if this would also apply for door sounds.

Can anyone explain or link to the thread why abscense alert has been removed and replaced to absence alert increase? Doesn't this affect older FMs? Sorry if this is a stupid question

I guess this is the way Google Drive works - anyhow I can't find another option than "share with anyone who has the URL". If you know a good free filehoster who doesn't delete my files after 1 year then I'll happily add a mirror there

Haha yeah I felt like I was the only person who got a little annoyed by all the same door sounds. And in some fan missions there were new door models, but still the same sounds. Overall I think sound is one of the most important factors of this game but also is the most neglected feature when people create their fan missions. It's nice to see you're working on more silent door sounds. However don't let a small drawback stop yourself. I personally could live with a double exposed drawer sound if all the other doors are more silent when opened /closed by the player. I'm not sure if lowering the volume is sufficient or if playing custom sounds for the player would feel better though. I would need to test your mod but there's not so much time atm. Gonna give it a shot in the next few days to see how it changes the game. Keep on trying - it's an interesting topic!

Nooo.. But we need more decorations for the most important room in every tdm mission: the kitchen! I swear that in every map plan I see there's a kitchen, I try to break in on that side of the house first

No not at all. I am glad you found them useful. I was bored by all the same sounding doors so I tried to add new ones that fit the looks of the models. Have fun with them! Can't wait to see what you did with them

As far as I watched it's basically just a make ready for new consoles. If you're playing on pc already there's minor improvement only

Thank you for your kind words snatcher, I really appreciate that you felt joy playing this mission. If you want to re-read the intro text, you can find it here @snatcher

The mission got listed now also here on Thiefguild. While I received some ratings on my original map from 2012, I lack new reviews on the mission update there. If someone who recently played the update of this FM has a little spare time and is feeling generous then I would be very happy to see your star rating over there or even a short review. No pressure though - you're always free to leave your rating or review here in this thread - or none of this at all. Just informing you guys of the possibilities as I really like the Thiefguild website personally since it is a little easier to read reviews and mission infos there (and also the Admin is really kind). Anyways - thanks for playing my mission, I hope you had some fun (re-)visiting the inn!

@datiswous Can you please try this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8qyRA15i6FhX2ZHellLQ3I1Q0k/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-2pK7OQG2t9DAHHa7KGVMDQ

This calls for a new Bank Heißt Mission!

Hm I just wanted to be sure if we're talking about actual performance or performance in general. Because I think if the volumetric lights are placed sparsely it should be fine. I personally prefer a better looking volumetric light than a crappy looking one. (that's why I deleted volumetric lights from my mission)

It should be available on my Google drive? Also in the inofficial TDM Addons mod on moddb. I'll have to check why Google isn't working. That's why we need that stuff in the wiki. However there's the 20mb max file size Edit: @datiswous The link is working for me. What error do you get?

Is it okay to place them sparse, like one in a room (camp fire) or near a light leak (whole in the wall)? My understanding is that they never were intended to be placed multiple times in the same location. How's performance that way - or how did you test them?

@Omni-Flayer 9000 Loves You True that. It's hard to find these things. I will try to make a few Screenshots or images for the pack. It includes custom made models and textures from my Fan Mission Sneak & Destroy.

Ah well.. It's really a bummer how it currently works. If you click on a link on the assets wiki page it leads you to page 1 of someone's forum thread with est. 12 pages following including comments and questions of other people... So if someone is searching for something specific, good luck going through all the pages with potentially finding nothing you searched for in the end. And if someone just wants to add "new stuff" to his / her list of available things for mapping - well, go through all the pages and hope that there are some working download links beneath all these images. Either way this is so much wasted potential. However I'm not gonna ask if somebody wants to sit down and build a repository for custom user addons. I'll just try to create a new wiki page with a download link to my custom package and a summary what that package includes (so hopefully the other content creators will follow this way too). I hope this is a better solution than the current one. It would really be a shame IMHO if all the cool stuff that the people created gets lost in random forum posts.

Originally the mug was created by @LordSoth https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/13257-tdm-beginners-contest/&do=findComment&comment=287897

Yes one could probably do that with a print on demand service. If you manage to get a high resolution of the logo you can print yourself a nice shirt for advertising TDM. Good idea

Well, it's very easy to learn. If I can do it - so can you!

Here the first snow has fallen over night. And I now wish to play a snow themed mission!