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Hello thieves,  the other day I realized my last Volta release was in 2017! Time really flies.  After years of fiddling with this project, I'm ready to announce the remaining missions in the Volt

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Added some temporary lights to FM that is just entering beta - I guess there is not much to show if all lights are off in your mission...   http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19886-fm-marsh-of-rahena-

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Got back to DR and added a few rooms to my WIP ...          

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Very nice shots, indeed. The contrast seems a bit high, but that may onle be on the screenshots. Looking forward to the release :)

 

Thanks! That is one of my bigger concerns actually. I cannot increase the brightness of the ambient light much further considering it will be too bright and hard to hide. This map has too many open areas looking into each other, that's a disaster concerning proper visportaling the map (I'm sure the original dev's didn't concern themselves with visportals haha). Adding more lights to brighten areas is also a challenge considering the big open areas cause light to bleed resulting in performance issues. I'm in the process of turning some static props into models in those particular sections, maybe then I can add a bit more light without the sacrifice of performance.

 

Nice shots, refl3ks! :)

 

Thank you!

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I think the lighting looks great but if you need to tweak things, please remember that the new "ai_see" spawnarg was added in 2.04

You can add little local ambient lights (or even normal lights) with "ai_see" "0" which can give a lift without lighting the player up like a Christmas Tree.

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I think the lighting looks great but if you need to tweak things, please remember that the new "ai_see" spawnarg was added in 2.04

You can add little local ambient lights (or even normal lights) with "ai_see" "0" which can give a lift without lighting the player up like a Christmas Tree.

 

Something I did not know, thanks!

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GUNS???? NO Definitely DO NOT want guns in TDM. Then it just turns into a shooter. It's unnecessary, and I see no gain in it at all.

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These IdTech4 volume shadows, I've been trying to use this for a guard with a torch. How is it done? I've done it accidently in places, but

when I try to reproduce it for this, it's hit and miss.

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Guns aren't great all over the place for the vanilla game, but there are times they'd be good for specific AI in specific FMs. So having them as something mappers can use is good IMO.

 

The other reason they'd be good is it makes it easier to use the engine as a platform for other genres and time periods. With guns somebody could make a western, noir, war, cyberpunk, or scifi map just with some new textures and static objects and modifying the models.

 

Even then I think they shouldn't change the gameplay to a shooter, but I don't think people in our community are interested in doing that anyway or they wouldn't be here.

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Guns aren't great all over the place for the vanilla game, but there are times they'd be good for specific AI in specific FMs. So having them as something mappers can use is good IMO.

 

The other reason they'd be good is it makes it easier to use the engine as a platform for other genres and time periods. With guns somebody could make a western, noir, war, cyberpunk, or scifi map just with some new textures and static objects and modifying the models.

 

Even then I think they shouldn't change the gameplay to a shooter, but I don't think people in our community are interested in doing that anyway or they wouldn't be here.

 

You're right Dem, I over reacted lol

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Dark Mod Missions: Briarwood Manor - available here or in game

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Well after a long bout of silence I've decided to come back for some more work on TDM. Over the last couple weeks I've been working along side Goldwell on the second installment of Lord Edgar...

 

 

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All new models that are specific to the FM. Besides the new audiograph player the rest of them all run off the same material for cleaner performance and will be seeing additional shadow mesh optimization where appropriate.

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Yeah, the panel looks awesome. Very detailed. Good work, mista.

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The item in the top right is an audiograph player, featured in my mission in several locations. The vinyl circular tube is a seperate model so you can set it to spin while the recording plays, the whole thing works quite well.

 

As for the panel of the box, that's actually the internals of an electrical box.. There is another model with flayed and damaged cords that is not in the above picture which can be great for some Thieves who may want to sabotage the electricity that's powering a nearby piece of machinery / mechanism :)

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Yeah part of the design behind the electrical box is that it houses an adjustable internal receiver. Still keeping to the design of charged air particles, the smaller gear is designed to be used with a wrench for tuning the reception plate (the one with all the fins and wire coming off it). Much as tuning lugs work for the design theory on the arc_transformer, this is just a different variant of the method. A lot of Dishonored and T:DS references during the construction of these as they were my main inspiration.

 

More to come in the future! B)

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Well done Epifire, you have a real strength for creating and texturing machines. That said, when you pull off something as madly detailed as this I'll be properly impressed ;)

 

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Well done Epifire, you have a real strength for creating and texturing machines. That said, when you pull off something as madly detailed as this I'll be properly impressed ;)

 

I hadn't forgotten :P I think that's my other project aside from the Castle Lab demo that I haven't tackled yet. Rest assured my off season is coming up soon and I'll be working full time towards game assets and beefing the living hell outta my portfolio.

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Meanwhile in Newfoundland, the lighthouse keeper's home.

 

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Co-FM: The Painter's Wife | Co-FM: Written in Stone | Co-FM: Seeking Lady Leicester
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A few more shots from Lord Edgar's Disappearance

 

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Shadows of Northdale Campaign
ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole

Stand Alone Missions
Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse | Snowed Inn | Noble Affairs

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itchy fingers ... wanna play

FM's: Builder Roads, Old Habits, Old Habits Rebuild

Mapping and Scripting: Apples and Peaches

Sculptris Models and Tutorials: Obsttortes Models

My wiki articles: Obstipedia

Texture Blending in DR: DR ASE Blend Exporter

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Very creative.

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- 2 July 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell from Edgar Allan Poe.

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They say no one has ever escaped from this City Watch precinct. This is unsurprising when one considers that those who commit misdemeanors find themselves facing advanced security systems. For those whose crimes are...of a more severe nature...there is simply no chance of getting out, unless it is to meet the hangman's noose or his guillotine.

 

 

 

 

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