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Installed this mission and now my game will not start at all, I get a blue screen page with all this in it... TDM 2.12/64 #10651 (1435:10651) win-x86_64 Feb 24 2024 17:13:42 3311 MHz Intel CPU with SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & SSSE3 & SSE41 & AVX Winsock Initialized Found interface: {7E4AFCE4-2858-4AA4-9EC9-B91694C33FCD} Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection #2 - 0.0.0.0 NULL netmask - skipped Found interface: {2340C0DC-39A7-4482-8282-B77A8FDCFC8A} Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20) - 192.168.1.168/255.255.255.0 Found interface: {DEAB3071-3FD2-4C63-B353-E5E60D5C3C17} Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #5 - 0.0.0.0 NULL netmask - skipped Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface Found Intel CPU, features: SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 AVX TDM using AVX for SIMD processing. Found 0 new missions and 0 packages. ------ Initializing File System ------ Current search path: [M] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10/fms/vr_vol1 [M] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\fms\vr_vol1\vr_vol1.pk4 (167 files - 0xda24df0e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10/ [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_wood01.pk4 (382 files - 0x54c704d0) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_window01.pk4 (399 files - 0x50a48869) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_stone_sculpted01.pk4 (466 files - 0x90cfd856) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_stone_natural01.pk4 (141 files - 0x4d0836ff) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_stone_flat01.pk4 (302 files - 0x671a22d2) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_stone_cobblestones01.pk4 (271 files - 0xc46ab14f) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_stone_brick01.pk4 (527 files - 0x8ac69a5e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_sfx01.pk4 (69 files - 0x6589664a) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_roof01.pk4 (69 files - 0x24547b7) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_plaster01.pk4 (142 files - 0x9747529e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_paint_paper01.pk4 (67 files - 0xa4a95a09) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_other01.pk4 (127 files - 0x36932451) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 (292 files - 0x8baa85ff) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_metal01.pk4 (509 files - 0x441d098f) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_glass01.pk4 (51 files - 0x3f3721e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_fabric01.pk4 (43 files - 0x649daf73) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_door01.pk4 (177 files - 0xb0130166) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_decals01.pk4 (474 files - 0xe2ff12c6) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_carpet01.pk4 (131 files - 0xb4446f55) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_textures_base01.pk4 (436 files - 0xbe13aef2) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_standalone.pk4 (4 files - 0xb3f36d20) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals_decls01.pk4 (341 files - 0x7ceaaf6d) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals07.pk4 (1111 files - 0x67d07bcc) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals06.pk4 (696 files - 0x44c85e78) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals05.pk4 (119 files - 0x6cf23214) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals04.pk4 (2869 files - 0xd7ec1256) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals03.pk4 (743 files - 0xb3f2e0f1) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals02.pk4 (1299 files - 0x5092940e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_vocals01.pk4 (82 files - 0xf4d326b2) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_sfx02.pk4 (605 files - 0x31673482) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_sfx01.pk4 (987 files - 0x1be1f1f2) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_ambient_decls01.pk4 (8 files - 0x9404877c) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_ambient03.pk4 (24 files - 0xd28ca9ec) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_ambient02.pk4 (163 files - 0x84efad22) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_sound_ambient01.pk4 (220 files - 0xee228c81) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_prefabs01.pk4 (1018 files - 0xaf4d4650) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_player01.pk4 (127 files - 0xd983fc45) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_models_decls01.pk4 (101 files - 0x7acb73c6) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_models02.pk4 (2262 files - 0x357310a0) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_models01.pk4 (3357 files - 0xea32fa8c) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_gui_credits01.pk4 (49 files - 0xbff51863) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_gui01.pk4 (760 files - 0xbb24734e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_fonts01.pk4 (696 files - 0x7c5027bf) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_env01.pk4 (176 files - 0x8bd4045b) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_defs01.pk4 (194 files - 0xde333662) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_base01.pk4 (208 files - 0xaf435101) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_steambots01.pk4 (52 files - 0xc6279c12) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_monsters_spiders01.pk4 (80 files - 0xc50c13ac) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4 (55 files - 0x25e463ad) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_townsfolk01.pk4 (104 files - 0xa6f7c573) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_pagans01.pk4 (10 files - 0x566fb35a) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_nobles01.pk4 (51 files - 0x5ca54cab) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_mages01.pk4 (8 files - 0x5e7a666b) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_heads01.pk4 (100 files - 0x45ec787e) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_guards01.pk4 (379 files - 0xbc2cde8d) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_females01.pk4 (172 files - 0xc7de4598) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_builders01.pk4 (91 files - 0x6dea9b57) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_beasts02.pk4 (229 files - 0x886c9a98) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_humanoid_beasts01.pk4 (23 files - 0xba9da54c) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_base01.pk4 (9 files - 0x1de319e8) [C] C:\All Games\TDM 2.10\tdm_ai_animals01.pk4 (82 files - 0x91388f45) File System Initialized. -------------------------------------- Couldn't open journal files ----- Initializing Decls ----- ------------------------------ I18N: SetLanguage: 'english'. I18N: Found no character remapping for english. I18N: 1334 strings read from strings/english.lang I18N: 'strings/fm/english.lang' not found. execing default.cfg Gamepad modifier button assigned to 6 execing Darkmod.cfg execing DarkmodKeybinds.cfg execing DarkmodPadbinds.cfg Gamepad modifier button assigned to 6 Couldn't exec mission.cfg - file does not exist. Couldn't exec autoexec.cfg - file does not exist. I18N: SetLanguage: 'english'. I18N: Found no character remapping for english. I18N: 1334 strings read from strings/english.lang I18N: 'strings/fm/english.lang' not found. ----- Initializing OpenAL ----- Setup OpenAL device and context OpenAL: found device 'OpenAL Soft on TOSHIBA-TV (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)' [ACTIVE] OpenAL: found device 'OpenAL Soft on Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' OpenAL: found device 'OpenAL Soft on Realtek Digital Output(Optical) (Realtek High Definition Audio)' OpenAL: found device 'OpenAL Soft on Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)' OpenAL: device 'OpenAL Soft on TOSHIBA-TV (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)' opened successfully OpenAL: HRTF is available OpenAL vendor: OpenAL Community OpenAL renderer: OpenAL Soft OpenAL version: 1.1 ALSOFT 1.21.1 OpenAL: found EFX extension OpenAL: HRTF is disabled (reason: 0 = ALC_HRTF_DISABLED_SOFT) OpenAL: found 256 hardware voices ----- Initializing OpenGL ----- Initializing OpenGL subsystem ...getting default gamma ramp: success ...registered window class ...registered fake window class ...calling CDS: ok ...created window @ 0,0 (1600x900) Initializing OpenGL driver ...getting DC: succeeded ...PIXELFORMAT 12 selected ...creating GL context: core-fc ...making context current: succeeded ...initializing QGL ------- Input Initialization ------- Initializing DirectInput... mouse: DirectInput initialized. keyboard: DirectInput initialized. ------------------------------------ OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 560.94 core Checking required OpenGL features... v - using GL_VERSION_3_3 v - using GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc v - using WGL_VERSION_1_0 v - using WGL_ARB_pixel_format Checking optional OpenGL extensions... v - using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000 v - using GL_ARB_stencil_texturing v - using GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test v - using GL_ARB_buffer_storage v - using GL_ARB_texture_storage v - using GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect v - using GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding X - GL_ARB_compatibility not found v - using GL_KHR_debug v - using WGL_EXT_swap_control Max active texture units in fragment shader: 32 Max combined texture units: 192 Max anti-aliasing samples: 32 Max geometry output vertices: 1024 Max geometry output components: 1024 Max vertex attribs: 16 ---------- R_ReloadGLSLPrograms_f ----------- Linking GLSL program cubeMap ... Linking GLSL program bumpyEnvironment ... Linking GLSL program environment ... Linking GLSL program fog ... Linking GLSL program oldStage ... Linking GLSL program blend ... Linking GLSL program soft_particle ... Linking GLSL program gaussian_blur ... Linking GLSL program testImageCube ... --------------------------------- Font fonts/english/stone in size 12 not found, using size 24 instead. --------- Initializing Game ---------- The Dark Mod 2.12/64, win-x86_64, code revision 10651 Build date: Feb 24 2024 Initializing event system ...890 event definitions Initializing class hierarchy ...173 classes, 897120 bytes for event callbacks Initializing scripts --------- Game Map Shutdown ---------- --------- Game Map Shutdown done ----- ERROR:Error: file script/virtual_rooms.script, line 42: Unknown value "getPersistentFloat" -------------------------------------- Error during initialization. Error: file script/virtual_rooms.script, line 42: Unknown value "getPersistentFloat" Shutting down OpenGL subsystem ...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL success ...deleting GL context: success ...releasing DC: success ...destroying window ...resetting display ...restoring hardware gamma: success ...shutting down QGL Which to me is all rather meaningless.

There's now an editable fan mission list on the wiki, for the sake of tracking missions made for The Dark Mod. Please read and follow the guidelines, and help keep the list up to date! Direct link, but also accessible from the wiki title page: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Fan_Missions_for_The_Dark_Mod Discussion of changes (format, policies, entries, etc.) can take place in this thread. --------------------------------------- There is also now a wiki page to track upcoming fan missions: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Upcoming_Fan_Missions Submissions, progress, and any discussion for missions under construction can take place here: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/11639-upcoming-fan-missions/

Back in the day, Tels managed a squad of volunteer translators for TDM. I am not Tels, and could never do that. Nowadays, language translation using AI, either traditional machine learning (ML) models or large language models (LLMs), is common and increasingly fluent. It is often used as an adjunct to speed the work of professional human translators. By itself, AI translation can be imperfect but usually sufficient. Can this "sufficient" approach be used for TDM, to expedite translations? Let's see. I gave some initial thought to a bulk-translation daemon that might range across FMs and fill in all missing translations, without necessarily involving mappers. In the future, possibly AI could tackle that whole enchilada. I was at first visualizing something more modest: a backbone in a standard programming language (I sketched out C++ and C# projects, but lots of other possibilities) that would make calls to an API (I looked at those of Google Translate and ChatGPT). However, I changed focus due to certain concerns... Different FMs, and subsets with each FM, would likely have far better translations if they were properly grouped, ordered, and translated separately, with an appropriate context (e.g., phrase engineering) added. The FM's mapper is best placed to provide this grouping and context. I'll detail what I mean in the next few posts. The mapper would not be expected to know any TDM-supported languages besides English. Instead, each translated phrase could be back-translated to English and examined. Is the "round-trip" meaning OK, even if the English words have changed? Problematic translations could have their context tweaked and rerun. Many AI systems, particularly for API access, require a billing commitment (e.g., credit card). For a professional translator, this is no problem, and subscriptions allow access to more (and putatively better) models and higher quotas. This seems less appealing for TDM. A few paid AI systems have a no-subscription, pay-as-you-go account tier. The cost per translate is typically pennies. But it does introduce quota- and expense-management, and may exclude API usage. Access via API requires an API key (or at the higher end more elaborate security regime), with attendant key-security headaches. Which AI model is thought "best" for translation? Doesn't matter too much, because we can't afford the best. Furthermore, there's endless churn among AI models, with antidotal reports that a given model fluctuates in quality over time, and successor models can be worse than their predecessors. So, with these concerns in mind, I looked for public web-based AI sites that require no billing and provide low-quota but adequate AI. The mapper would enter and retrieve data manually. I will focus on ChatGPT in this exploration, after a quick preliminary test confirmed some promise. Also, as this exploration proceeds, I hope to propose changes to TDM to make it more viable for "sufficient" quality machine translation. Problem areas are incomplete fonts, space-constraints, and layout issues for translated strings. My proposals will likely surface as separate forum threads. That's enough for now. I'll be trying for 1 or 2 substantive posts per week, as I tackle a particular FM.

============================================================== Title: Hidden Hands: The Anomaly Filename : hhta.pk4 Author: Jack Farmer Date of release: 01.05.2021 (version: 1) - 08.05.2021 (version 2) 16.03.2022 (version 3) EFX: Yes Version 2 available via the DM mission downloader (see subsequent post below for changes) Mission does not run under 2.08 due to missing new core assets - please update to 2.09 ============================================================== Hidden Hands series: I - Initiation II - Vitalic Fever III - The Lost Citadel IV - The Anomaly ============================================================== Jack Farmer: mapping & drafts Amadeus: revision/editing of all texts for readables, narration and dialogues, design consultation ("The walls are ugly!"...and your were right! ) Joebarnin: consultation for a custom script enabling a crucial in-game event Dragofer: consultation for custom scripts and S/R events, extraction & prefab packaging of Sotha's robots, bug fixes Destined: consultation for custom scripts and...fixing JacK's wrong custom scripts! Very special thanks go out to Geep for updating the Wiki helping me to solve several GUI problems within -literally - seconds! Beta testers: Joebarnin (lead) ate0ate Zerg Rush wesp5 datiswous Voice actors (in order of appearance): Malasdair The Thief AndrosTheOxen Jonus New Horizon Desmond Pilfered items: - portal sky with trees originally developed and arranged by Dragofer for "Down By The Riverside" - fireflies originally developed by Bikerdude for "Alberic's Curse" - floating boat set up (this time used for a different..."object") originally developed by Bikerdude for one of his missions - robots originally developed by Sotha for "Ulysses: Genesis" - new electric door move sound based on one of Sotha's robot sounds - selected cave architecture originally developed by Johannes Burock taken from the abandoned WIP thread - waterdrops sound taken from freesound.org produced by nicstage - custom machine sound taken from freesound.org produced by deleted-user4401185 - forest at night taken from freesound.org produced by felix-blume - machine3 sound taken from freesound.org produced by lupalenzuela - tape-deck-startup taken from freesound.org produced by soundjoao - electric-zap-electricity taken from freesound.org produced by wakerone - static_stylophone_a taken from freesound.org produced by inspectorj - steady-machine-with-hum taken from freesound.org produced by craigsmith - radio_noise taken from freesound.org produced by inspectorj - chain-rustling taken from freesound.org produced by nathanmanaker - wind_turbin taken from freesound.org produced by dommygee - selected guitar_feedback taken from freesound.org originally produced by oymaldonado - stream-water-c taken from freesound.org produced by inspectorj - mic-feedback-fx-short-mid-2 taken from freesound.org produced by chimerical - megaphone-feedback taken from freesound.org produced by deleted-user-2104797 All other new fx sound created by Jack Farmer using a Korg M1 synth, kitchen equipment and his weird voice All new ambient tracks produced and mixed by Jack Farmer sometimes with additional ambient sound samples originally produced by gigagooga Briefing video by SirSmokeALot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My old friend Andreas urgently needs my help. He asked if I could meet him at the Lion's Head Inn, our favourite retreat in a quaint part of the city called Mirkway Quarter. He’s got a small apartment nearby where he makes a modest living off paintings he sells to pompous nobles and the odd merchant. Not long ago, his wife Lily was hired as a servant at the manor of the local alderman, one Lord Marlow. Now she hasn't been home for days. Andreas went to the manor looking for her, but the guards shoved him into the gutter and warned him not to return. Andreas is certain that something bad has happened, and I don’t think he’s wrong. Gallery Authors’ Notes It all started many years ago when Shadowhide laid the foundation for a sprawling and convoluted city and worked with MoroseTroll and Clearing to create a macabre storyline to befit this medieval metropolis. At some point, however, the beast grew too large to handle, so he handed the keys to the City to Bikerdude and Melan. Together, the two worked tirelessly, passing the map back and forth, each playing to their respective strengths. Notably, Melan reworked the story concept, toning down many of its darker, R-rated elements. Eventually Melan, too, moved on in 2017, but by then large swathes of the community had become involved in this map’s development. Mapping work was contributed by Baal, Grayman, Fidcal, Ubermann, Skacky, and Flanders, while Destined, nbohr1more, and Obsttorte wrote story texts. Several scripts were provided by Grayman, Baal and Obsttorte, such as an elevator with scissor gates, a TDM first. Even after all this input, the daunting task still remained to transform what had grown into the largest TDM map ever made into a playable mission. Bikerdude hammered away at this for some more years still, on and off between other projects, until in early 2020 when he deemed it ready for public viewing. It was then that Dragofer and Amadeus joined in. In the months that followed, the trio reworked, finished, and polished the mission in nearly every aspect, fully writing out and editing the story as well as adding countless scripted effects and (with help from Bienie) many new readables. The good working atmosphere and pooled creativity brought forth several new secrets, of which the largest likely hasn’t been done before in TDM (hint: check the libraries). In the very end, the name “Fractured Glass Company” was drawn up to refer to everybody who was involved in creating this very special mission. Without the hard work of all these people, most of all Bikerdude and Shadowhide, this mission would likely never have seen the light of day, let alone become what you see here before you. The mission is, as Bikerdude puts it, a homage to Thief 1 & 2, and it’s our hope that you catch these vibes as you explore and enjoy this mission. Update 1.2 (released 04/04/2021) Update 1.1 (released 11/11/2020) Credits - Mapping: Shadowhide, Bikerdude, Amadeus, Baal, Dragofer, Fidcal, Flanders, Melan, Skacky, UberMann - Original Story Concept: Clearing, MoroseTroll, Shadowhide - Story & Readables: Amadeus, Bienie, Bikerdude, Dragofer, Destined, Melan, nbohr1more, Obsttorte, Shadowhide - Editor: Amadeus - Scripting: Dragofer, Baal, Grayman, Obsttorte - Voice Acting: AndrosTheOxen (Andreas), Joe Noelker (Player) - Video Editing: Bikerdude (briefing), Goldwell (briefing intro) - Custom Models: Bikerdude, Dragofer, Dram, Epifire, Grayman, Obsttorte - Custom Textures: Airship Ballet, Dmv88, Hugo Lobo - Custom Sounds: GigaGooga, Sephy, Shadow Sneaker, alanmcki, andre_onate, Deathscyp, dl-sounds.com, Dmv88, dwoboyle, eugensid90, gzmo, lucasduff, mistersherlock, qubodup, randommynd, richerlandtv, sfx4animation, Speedenza - Betatesting: Amadeus, ate0ate, Biene, Bluerat, CambridgeSpy, Cardia, Dragofer, Garrett(Monolyth-42), JoeBarnin, Kingsal, Krilmar, ManzanitaCrow, MikeA, Noodles, S1lverwolf, s.urfer Download Note: this mission requires TDM 2.08, which is now available for download. Please be aware that old saved games will no longer work after you upgrade to 2.08's release build. Note: it’s highly recommended to run this mission using the 64-bit client (TheDarkModx64.exe), since there've been frequent reports the mission won't load on the 32-bit client (TheDarkMod.exe). Both are found in the same folder. The mission is available from the ingame downloader. In addition to that, here are some more mirrors, as well as the official screenshots for anybody uploading this mission to a FM database: Mission: Google Drive / OneDrive Mission (v1.1, slimmed down version for 32-bit clients): Google Drive / OneDrive Official Screenshots: Google Drive / OneDrive Hi-Res Map: Imgur Links Secret loot & areas walkthrough by @Lzocast

Hidden Hands: The Lost Citadel ============================================================== Title: Hidden Hands: The Lost Citadel Filename : hhtlc.pk4 Authors: Jack Farmer with Amadeus & Joebarnin Date of release: 18.09.2020 Latest version: 5 (released June 2021) EFX: Yes ============================================================== Hidden Hands series: I - Initiation II - Vitalic Fever III - The Lost Citadel ============================================================== Available via the Dark Mod Mission Downloader (Version 4) ============================================================== Jack Farmer: Mapping & drafts Amadeus: Editing and revising of all texts for readables, narration and dialogues, testing of gameplay and gameplay mechanics, all alpha testing & performance optimization joebarnin: Beta testing lead, debugging and debugging reports Beta testers: Krilmar Joebarnin Cambridge Spy manzanita-crow Shadow Voice actors: New Horizon: The educated Builder & Brother Gilbert (Briefing video) Goldchocobo: The naive Builder, guard (A union of its own) Jedi_Wannabe: Two guards (Of monsters and master guards) AndrosTheOxen: Jonus, guard (A union of its own) Boy Lag: Guard (Evolution of the peasants) Malasdair: Narrator (Briefing video & in game comments) Special thanks to: - Springheel, Sotha, and Fidcal for the tutorials - VanishedOne, HMart, Destined, Grayman, Joebarnin, Dragofer, demagogue, AluminumHaste, STRUNK, Geep and ERH+ for patiently answering my questions and solving in-game issues - All voice actors & beta testers for their great support - All others not mentioned here who answered my questions in the Newbie thread or via PM Pilfered items: - Setup for the main menu animation originally developed by Goldwell for "Snowed Inn" - Portal sky with trees originally developed and arranged by Dragofer for "Down By The Riverside" - Selected cliff sections originally developed and arranged by Dragofer for "A Perilous Refuge" - The scary, red-eyed Builder ghosts that have been originally developed by Bienie for "Longhorn Lodge" - Floating boat set-up originally developed by Bikerdude for one of his missions Contributors from the Inventor's Guild: - STRUNK created a prefab (S.T.A.R.S) used for various puzzles and mechanical items, he also helped with models - Dragofer supplied the experimental func_mover entity (modified by STRUNK to fit the mission purposes) - Joebarnin provided the script alteration for the mechanical locks - Grayman adjusted the switch/door mechanics for all sliding doors and fixed several AI problems Additional ambient sounds by gigagooga All other new ambient tracks and sound effects produced and mixed by Jack Farmer Explosion sound taken from freesound.org produced by tommccann Drowning man sound taken from freesound.org produced by muses202 Engine room machine sound taken from freesound.org produced by Astounded Electric zap taken from freesound.org produced by Joel_Audio Briefing video by SirSmokeALot "Walk On Roses" (title screen reprise) RC Deickler - Drums & loops R. Recum - Keyboards gigagooga - Additional ambient outtakes This mission is dedicated to all past & present Dark Mod and Dark Radiant contributors - thank you for all of your hard work over the years. ============================================================= Listen to another crazy inventor and learn more about his sick brain! Marvel at the latest inventions from the Inventors Guild! Sneak through long forgotten ruins and face (yes. I know, once again) the unspeakable evil! Show the undead that the living are not to be trifled with! Solve puzzles the complexity of which would even melt the brains of Nobel Prize winners!

https://windowsupdaterestored.com/ damn it works ! i just installed 246 updates to XP sp3 and in my language to . it redirects windows update to they're servers since microsoft took down they'rs. the 246 security updates are actually from POSready which are mostly for atm's or other public hardware which still used XP for many years after it was put to rest. defender still gets new definitions also hehe so its actually not to bad if you do have to go online with it.

Greetings everyone! I recently got into TDM and am already having a lot of fun playing through and ghosting missions. However, coming from Thief, I am mostly relying on the rules and my experience with that game, while there are clearly differences in how TDM works. Right now, there is talk in the ghosting discussion thread on TTLG to amend the ruleset and include clarifications pertaining to TDM. So I wanted to drop by and ask: is there an active TDM ghosting community already and have any rules for this playstyle been developed? I would also like to ask someone to take a look at the draft of this addendum to see whether everything looks correct: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148487&page=16&p=2473352&viewfull=1#post2473352 Thanks!

Currently if you are implementing EFX in your map, you need to maintain an .efx file: https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Setting_Reverb_Data_of_Rooms_(EAX) If you are using presets only, all this is is simply a 1:1 mapping of location entities to an EFX preset. Doing this in a file is kind of tedious and error-prone, as you have to check each location entity in your map, and then check the file to make sure you got the location entity name correct, or didn't leave one out, etc. Would it be a worthwhile feature request to be able to just set the EFX preset with a spawnarg on the location entity itself? Something like: "efx_preset" "WOODEN_SMALLROOM" Also, the location entity has other zone-related information, like ambient sound, ambient light, etc. It would just make sense to have the EFX here as well. This would only make sense for the presets, since you just need the preset name. If you wanted to do anything more complicated, the file could still be used. If both are used for the preset, one could take precedence over the other (the spawnarg pehaps). I don't think anything would need to change in DR either, as it's just a new spawnarg on the entity.

For the people eager to play with the latest state of development, two things are provided: regular dev builds source code SVN repository Development builds are created once per a few weeks from the current trunk. They can be obtained via tdm_installer. Just run the installer, check "Get Custom Version" on the first page, then select proper version in "dev" folder on the second page. Name of any dev version looks like devXXXXX-YYYY, where XXXXX and YYYY are SVN revision numbers from which the build was created. The topmost version in the list is usually the most recent one. Note: unless otherwise specified, savegames are incompatible between any two versions of TDM! Programmers can obtain source code from SVN repository. Trunk can be checked out from here: https://svn.thedarkmod.com/publicsvn/darkmod_src/trunk/ SVN root is: https://svn.thedarkmod.com/publicsvn/darkmod_src Build instructions are provided inside repository. Note that while you can build executable from the SVN repository, TDM installation of compatible version is required to run it. Official TDM releases are compatible with source code archives provided on the website, and also with corresponding release tags in SVN. A dev build is compatible with SVN trunk of revision YYYY, where YYYY is the second number in its version (as described above). If you only want to experiment with the latest trunk, using the latest dev build gives you the maximum chance of success. P.S. Needless to say, all of this comes with no support. Although we would be glad if you catch and report bugs before the next beta phase starts

For the FM's text not yet translated, I gave ChatGPT a complex job (in a fresh session, not logged in). The prompt begins... You are an expert translator between English and other European languages, including Russian. You wish to translate a video game, set aboard a small historic merchant sailing ship, from English into these target languages: 1. German 2. French 3. Polish 4. Italian 5. Spanish (as spoken in Spain) 6. Portuguese (as spoken in Portugal) 7. Russian 8. Czech 9. Hungarian 10. Dutch 11. Slovak 12. Danish 13. Swedish 14. Romanian 15. Turkish 16. Catalan. As input, there are 3 lists of English text strings to translate. The 3 lists are respectively in these sections below: A. Objectives B. Thought Messages C. Mission Briefing Each section will start with "Translation Notes:" with additional indented guidance points for that section, then the list itself. Each line of a list begins with a tab, then a word beginning with #str_ within double quotes, then another tab, then a phrase within double quotes. When you translate a line, in the output keep the tabs and the #str_ word unchanged, and only change the phrase to the other target language in UTF-8, keeping it in double quotes. Do not generate Unicode combining characters. Make the translated phrase reasonably short while preserving the formal meaning. Avoid modern slang. Old-fashioned wording is fine. Generate output lists grouped by target language, then within that by section. Also, as separate lines, add comments about any directive that was unclear, or any part of a translation where confidence is low. For consistency with other pre-existing text, it is important to use certain preferred translations, contained in a Glossary below. The Glossary takes the form of a series of 2-column tab-separated tables, one table for each term. In each row, the first column has the language, and the second the corresponding term within quotes. English terms should be matched against the English source text, to drive the translations into other languages. The glossary shows the nominative or noun/subject case, without gender, and when generating translation will be need appropriate declination adjustment to each target language as specific context dictates. Throughout, when translating both "captain" by itself, and "Captain" as a title (e.g., for Riggs), always replace the English term with the translated term from the Glossary. For people names "Riggs" and "Emily", don't translate, except for Russian, transliterate into Cyrillic alphabet. Then the Glossary Tables (detailed in the preceding forum post) appear. After that, the prompt continues with the 3 sections. I'm showing just a sample of A and B here, avoiding spoilers. "Translation Notes" are my guesses, e.g., about needed context for potentially ambiguous phrases... A. Objectives ============= Translation Notes: Objectives are goals the player strives for at various times during game play. "(Opt.)" means "(Optional)"; the translation may use an abbreviation if there is a well-known one. "Capt." means "Captain"; the translation may use an abbreviation if there is a well-known one. "For "sea trunk", use the Glossary. ... "#str_fm_map_obj01_no_hurt_or_loot_crew" "Rile neither the captain nor crew. No assaults by me or gratuitous thieving... not that there's much to steal." "#str_fm_map_obj02_stow_provisions_in_bow_clear_stairs" "Finish stowing the new provisions forward in the bow. Clear them away from the hatch stairs and doorway." ... "#str_fm_map_obj06_opt_get_sword_from_sea_chest" "(Opt.) Retrieve my sword that I put in the sea trunk. I'll likely need it against those who attacked us." ... B. Thought Messages =================== Translation Notes: "keys" are keys to locks on doors or trunks. "My bow's too slippery to handle" is talking about bow and arrows, not ship's bow. "slippery" is due to water. ... ... "#str_fm_map_thought_msg2_keys_missing" "My keys are missing! Must have fallen from my pocket in the attack." ... "#str_fm_map_thought_msg4_bow_unusable" "My bow's too slippery to handle... useless for now! Maybe tomorrow." ... C. Mission Briefing =================== Translation Notes: a "tradeship" is a small merchant vessel with tradegoods. "my sea trunk" is really a ship's sea trunk assigned to the player. Use the Glossary for "sea trunk". "bow galley" refers the galley, which in this ship is located in the ship's bow. Use the Glossary for "galley". "I'm still sore from hauling the goods." Here, "sore" means physically sore, not angry. "sail a half bell" refers to ship's time measured in bells. "His face looked a bit clouded." is a poetic way of saying "He looked worried." "galley hold" is a general storage area within the galley (and not a pantry specifically for food/kitchen items). "ship waist" is the center of the ship, neither bow nor stern. "clearing the mess" refers to clearing dishes after a meal in the ship's mess. Use the Glossary for "mess". "#str_fm_mission_briefing_xd_pg1_body" "Life is sweet! It's been 3 days since Emily ran away with me, leaving behind her bastard husband. He's miles away now, as our tradeship Esmeralda plies herself down the coast.\n\nWe were in luck that Captain Riggs was short of hands. Seems like he's short of funds, too. We had to bribe him with some jewelry to let us crew, particularly a woman.\n\nHe insisted I stow my sword in my sea trunk. Not much trust either way. I've managed to hide some other stuff from him, now up in the crow's nest. But I need to keep on the good side of him and his raggedy crew.\n\nAnyway, Emily's set up a cozy bunk for us in the bow galley.\n" "#str_fm_mission_briefing_xd_pg2_body" "I saw the captain do a lot of haggling and bartering this afternoon, at a village port. I'm still sore from hauling the goods. Since then, we only managed to sail a half bell, before the wind turned unfavorable. Riggs has us anchored in a place he called Shark Jaw Cove. His face looked a bit clouded.\n\nI'll finish moving the new provisions into the galley hold, whilst the two mates stow and secure the tacky tradegoods in the ship's waist. Emily's clearing the mess, then feeding table scraps to the livestock on deck.\n"

Steam Deck minus the screen: Valve announces new Steam Machine, Controller hardware Basically a Ryzen 5 7545U with an RX 7600M.

On a lighter note (and because my holiday started today, oh yeah!), let's have a new thread for music, that you just enjoy and probably is not so well known...or somehow obscure but does not sound as strange as the songs we report in @STiFU's progessive music thread. Here is one of my new favourites, a similar recording of this track by other artists has been used in an US show broadcasted last year ( @Amadeus: What is the name of the show? )

I actually want GPU manufacturers to pay attention to gamers again, not just AI. Over time, I get the impression that gaming is no longer a priority or has become the lowest priority("at the bottom of the GPU food chain") Regarding affordability, there also seem to be other factors such as the cost of PCB fabrication, wafer and die size, VRM, DRAM costs, etc. (I also expect more competition in the field of EUV in the future. but what's next, could it be e-beam litography? ). Perhaps this one is unrelated and more about the dram memory crisis: look at the delay in the release of the RTX 50 Super because the focus of GDDR7 is directed towards AI, servers and data centres. Regarding TPU, Well, I am by no means experts in this area, so my view of TPUs or other AI accelerator cards may be a bit warped. I've always thought that AI usage doesn't have to be limited to GPUs, and that it might be better if there were ASIC options for users who want to use them. I still associate this with the case that bitcoin can be mined with ASICs(and more profitable). There are some scenarios where TPUs can be faster than GPUs and vice versa. This is what still confuses me. I'm not entirely sure about enterprise use cases, but perhaps TPUs still make more sense for enterprise environments compared to individual users? i don't bother looking at the TPU price's tag for individual use. I am convinced that this TPU will gradually have an impact on GPU manufacturers, starting with enterprises first. I have no comment regarding latest Google Ironwood. TPU seems to have many limitations in terms of its software stack support, which is not yet mature, or its toolchain. Compatibility for some AI models is also limited, not to mention that it is proprietary. TPU seems to be used more for Google's in-house needs and the hardware is not sold separately. GPGPU is indeed more mature and ready for this purpose in terms of support and readiness. even gpu has tensor cores but I rarely hear it being used compared to CUDA. I clearly remember the hype around TensorFlow by Google in 2017-2019 and their TPU units. I'm still puzzled why Google isn't promoting this further instead gatekeeping it..? Apart from TPU that can be installed on PCI-E, there are AI accelerators in M.2 form factor, but they can only handle a few million parameters (30 or 40 if I'm not mistaken) for 8-bit models and of course with lower TOPS than high-end GPUs. Not to mention other accelerators created by TenTorrent, Sambanova, Groq, Cerebras, etc. It seems there are many alternative options available, I hope that with so much competition, it will also impact the GPU pricing

They would rather sell the same silicon for $10,000+ than $1,000+. I don't blame them. You will not get the priority treatment you want. But they need a fallback if the bubble pops. I will say that I'm surprised we haven't seen more persistent use of budget node products. It's not like demand for allocation on older nodes completely evaporates when the new ones come online, but what sense does it make for AMD to stop making Navi 33 (RX 7600 XT through RX 7400), for example? Just keep making that for years, under the same names to avoid the Rebrandeon curse. X-ray or some kind of particle acceleration should be next, after EUV iterative upgrades. A company called Substrate recently announced it would take on ASML, but it's being called a scam. I did see the chatter about RTX 50 Super delays/cancellation because of rising GDDR7 costs. I guess the memory market is more of a disaster than I anticipated. You hit on a lot of TPU points. But AFAIK the top accelerators Nvidia and AMD make are purely AI-focused, not dual-use, with no display outputs. They do make workstation class GPUs that are dual-use but generally focused on AI or whatever applications can exploit high VRAM (e.g. 48 GB). Consumer gaming GPUs are dual-use because AI accelerators and format support have been added to them, and now AI acceleration is actually used in gaming, mainly for upscaling. While all these companies are competing for each other, there's only a finite amount of wafers to go around. The best you can hope for is that someone improves TOPS/Watt in such a revolutionary way, that a surge in performance outpaces demand for that performance. But then Jevons paradox comes to mind. It's plausible that some new approach using optical/analogue computing or something could leave the competition in the dust. If it's still using the same nodes/wafers, it might not matter. It also doesn't solve memory demand problems unless they revolutionize memory usage with some weird new processing-in-memory, lower precision, or something. I recommend the black pill of lowering resolution and settings, or playing older games. PS4 and earlier era games are obviously easy to run compared to the latest games, although some new games will scale well. iGPUs from a decade ago will play a lot (embrace the TDM 720p30 experience!). The world's most popular multiplayer games generally run well on old hardware, to ensure a large player base. Gaming on a budget is virtuous. You need to save up money for food and munitions. https://www.youtube.com/@BudgetBuildsOfficial/videos 7650 GRE is a lot slower than a 9060 XT 16 GB. Of course, if it's a pricing decision, you would know more about what makes sense. I don't follow these markets. There was a 7500X3D leak recently. Budget X3D is cool, although probably unnecessary if the CPU is not a bottleneck. We are likely to see large increases in L3 cache (X3D and standard) during the Zen 6 and Zen 7 generations, both of which should be on AM5. So that's exciting. We'll be able to find out which games really benefit from over 96 MiB (Dwarf Fortress is a safe bet).

Hidden Hands: Blood & Metal Available via TDM Mission Downloader ============================================================== Title: Hidden Hands: Blood & Metal Filename : hhbam.pk4 Author: Jack Farmer Date of release: 01.09.2024 (Version 1) - 14.09.2024 (Version 2) - 28.09.2024 (Version 3) - 28.11.2024 (Version 4) - 25.07.2025 (Version 5) EFX: Yes Subtitles: Yes ============================================================== Hidden Hands series: I - Initiation II - Vitalic Fever III - The Lost Citadel IV - The Anomaly V - Blood & Metal ============================================================== Jack Farmer: mapping & drafts, briefing videos Amadeus: revision/editing of all texts for readables, narration and dialogues Joebarnin: custom scripts & prefabs and trouble shooting Datiswous: subtitles for all conversations, broadcasts, recordings and thief comments Dragofer: consultation for scripts, models and trouble shooting =============================================================== Beta testers: Cambridge Spy Mat99 Bergante Joebarnin wesp5 grodenglaive TheUnbeholden Acolytesix CrisiusXIII Release testers: Mat99 AluminumHaste =============================================================== Voice actors: AndrosTheOxen (all missions) Bikerdude (mission 1 and 2) Boylag (mission 1) Goldchocobo (mission 2, 3 and 5) Malasdair (all missions) Mary-Anne Stanke (mission 4) Narrator (mission 1 and 4) Purgator (mission 1 and 3) scodysk (mission 4) the double dutch king (mission 3 and 5) Xander Grant (mission 4) Yandros (mission 2 and 4) ================================================================ Pilfered items: - roulette wheel and alien model with thanks to Goldwell (taken from "AC II: New in Town") - pagan woman character and a select building facade with thanks to Fidcal (taken from "Heart of Lone Salvation") - skybox in mission 4 taken from Sotha's "TP: The Transaction" - mission 3 ("Down we go.") previously known as "The Cloister" - taken from the abandoned "Crucible of Omens" campaign, mainly created by the Dudes (JDude and BikerDude) and some other legacy missions makers ================================================================ New assets: - radio model and skin by Epifire, prefab produced by Bikerdude - several technical drawings provided by wellingtoncrab - keypad designed & coded by MirceaKitsune - flying bats designed & coded by STRUNK ================================================================ New sound fx / music: - factory and machine noises by inspectorj - machine sounds by lupalenzuela - rocks_falling_in_cave by unidentified contributor from freesound.org - vinyl_record_pop by joedeshon - ambient_battle_noise by pfranzen - distorted-wolf-howl by hail_pinson - roaring_sea by allthingssound - slideshow_projector by andreaskg - whistling-in-cave by retroguy23 - scary-ghost-wolf-howling by brainclaim - "Rivercare" by Adrian Wilaert - "Leave Her Johnny" by Roger McGuinn used under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ All other new ambient tracks & sound fx created by Jack Farmer, occ. with gigagooga sound samples ================================================================ Special thanks go to: @joebarnin, who completely altruistically analyzed many game bugs, provided several clever scripts and even played through the initially very buggy game twice. It was an ordeal not even described in the first Builders book! Jeff, thank you very much! @datiswous, who, despite the enormous scope of the game, did not let himself be deterred from creating suitable subtitles for all dialog, comments, briefings and recordings. A truly monumental task! @Mat99 & @Bergante, who tried out things I would never have thought of and showed me once again that I absolutely have to take part in the next brain function enhancement surgery! ...and finally our friend, the incredible @AluminumHaste, who dared to do another detailed run-through at the end of the beta testing, which allowed for several more improvements and polishings. ================================================================ Thank you everyone at Fractured Glass for consultation and help in general! ================================================================

Oh man I've just started continuing this mission after a leave of absence. I got distracted by shiny AAA titles for some reason and have now gone back to classic TDM, something I was intended to do anyway. Unfortunately this distractionary phase seems to have lasted for... a while, since the last played date for the mission was apparently February 2023. It also appears I'm out of date as there are a ton of new missions I've been ignoring. It's almost embarrassing, but now I'm ready for it and I'm reminded just how epic in scale this mission actually is.

I have problem with unintentionally translucent models in gui: [img]https://imgur.com/a/ctxvu6P[/img] windowDef Desktop { rect 0, 0, 640, 480 backcolor 0 ,0 ,0 ,0 visible 1 nocursor 1 renderDef rosary_cord1 { rect 0, 0, 640, 480 visible 1 model "models/erh_rosary_cord_bow_b.ase" needsRender 1 modelRotate "gui::Offset_vert"/4, "gui::Offset_horz"-22.5, 0, 1 modelOrigin 0, 0, 0, 1 viewOffset ("gui::cord_horz1"*250)+50, "gui::cord_vert1"*250, 80, 1 lightOrigin -200, ("gui::light_Offset_vert"*100), "gui::light_Offset_horz"*100, 1 lightColor 0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1 } renderDef dice1 { rect 0, 0, 640, 480 visible 1 model "models/erh_rosary_dice.ase" needsRender 1 modelRotate "gui::Offset_vert"*2, "gui::Offset_horz"+45, 0, 1 //+135 modelOrigin 0, 0, 0, 1 viewOffset ("gui::dice_horz1_n"*250)+50, "gui::dice_vert1_n"*250, 80, 1 lightOrigin -200, "gui::light_Offset_vert"*100, "gui::light_Offset_horz"*100, 1 lightColor 0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 1 //purple } } (-there are 8 models of cord and 8 of bead.) This is a rosary, reacting to the player's viewing angles. But you can see the model's back. Sometimes it goes away at some angles of the player's rotations. In some arrangements of renderDef bracelets, a few models work fine, the rest don't.

well that would probably make a lot of people happy , question is what parts of FSR4 are actually compatible with previous gen ?. I know framegen would be since it works on FSR 3 cards but will the tensor cores of previous gen cards support the new format hmm ???.

I've developed a Glossary for terms that I want to have consistent throughout a given language's translation: "Captain", "First Mate/Officer", "Second Mate/Officer", "Galley", "Mess", and "Sea Trunk". And corrected the previously-done piecemeal translations by hand. In some cases, extra translation was needed to go from the noun/subject case of the Glossary to get gender and other declinations correct, like the "accusative" case in Slavic languages. I then passed 4 of the Glossary terms (in text form from a private spreadsheet, and skipping the 1st and 2nd mates) as part of a new prompt to ChatGPT, to attempt to do all the remaining FM translation work in one big gulp. Four Glossary Tables:

I should start by saying the suggestion was inspired by this exact feature being successfully implemented in the FPS Red Eclipse (Cube / Tesseract engine) for a long time with very good looking results. I'm a developer or at least mapper for RE as well, if you need more information I'll ask its admin Quin for more technical data on how the system works. I can also find or create a video showing how the wind mechanism functions if anyone can use that. TheDarkMod currently lacks any real system for simulating wind: If you want to make a FM that takes place in a stormy environment that looks good, you're out of luck. All we have is a handful of animated props animated to appear as if swaying in the wind, namely a tree and banner that move slightly: You can't adjust the intensity nor the direction of the wind effect, at best you can maybe tweak the animation speed to match the wind strength you'd like to depict. There is a much better way using vertex shader deforms defined in the global shader. The first step is defining wind direction, this can be done as a property of the location info and / or using an entity for radial wind direction. When touched by a wind value above zero, models (static or animated) will play a sine wave animation on vertices, its direction and distance and frequency defined by the wind entity spawnargs and the entity's distance from its epicenter. Obviously models must specify which vertices should be wavy, the most common way is using vertex colors though an intensity texture also works if that's preferred, in any case models must include per-vertice information to specify which points should sway in the wind and by how much. Particles also need to be blown away by the wind but that should be very simple, further effects like affecting the direction of noise transmission are optional and can be done later at best. Existing assets will need to be modified to make use of this. This includes every tree and grass so branches and leaves are affected by wind the further they are from the trunk and the base of the tree, obviously this should also be done for all banners and even the clothes on AI so you can see the the sleeves of characters flutter in the wind. All particles should be affected including flames and smoke so torches blow to the side. Note that old maps would not be affected even after the assets are modified since they'd need to specify wind information for the effect to activate.

Contributions downloads are at http://fidcal.com/DarkMod/index.htm Note that there is no dedicated beautiful sortable webpage list. I don't have time and also this means less delays. Just browse the folders and click on readmes and images and grab any zips. If anyone submits anything I can just upload it in a few minutes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to offer coding, modelling, or any other kind of help got to the I want to help forum for discussion. If you have any extensive assets you wish to discuss also you can go to the I want to help forum. If you simply want to share an FM, prefab(s), textures, whatever then post details in this thread (there are other websites for FMs too.) Generally these need to be zipped up with a description.txt plain text file and optionally an image, and uploaded somewhere I can get them such as a fileshare website like rapidshare. Any problem with that and if you have ftp I can arrange a direct upload to a private temporary folder on my website. All submissions to this thread should be accompanied by a short description summary to go on the download page and optionally a picture(s). Such submissions will be placed on my website download page (wip) at fidcal.com. Anything suspect for any reason I reserve the right to delete. I accept no liability for downtime or even no-continuance of the download section or even the entire website for any reason. Downloaders: I accept no liability if you download anything you'd rather not: download at your own risk. Oh yes, and I am not responsible for global warming, economic depression, you name it; I'm not responsible. From there, any mappers can download what they want. The Dark Mod Team may or may not assess some items for inclusion in future Dark Mod updates. FMs may be assessed for inclusion on the Dark Mod website. Anyone feel free to mirror the download folder. Any suggestions post in this thread too.

[EDIT] This matter has been resolved, and no fault of the website. I wanted to add a different look to my Venice map by buying a street of models to use. I found this and bought it. It's a lie. What you get is a set of OUR (Dark Mod Arcturus Rocks and assorted .ASE models from the Grass Demo; packaged up with random textures and images. This has given me a complete head fuck as now I can't trust this bastard with my credit card details so I have to cancel my card and notifiy everyone I do business with in direct debits of the new card which I won't get for 10 days.

Upon opening a map I have been working on, I am missing some of the ase models like shelves, stairs, door handles etc. They load within the game fine but all I see in DR is question marks on a small box. What is the fix?

============== -= IRIS =- ============== WELLINGTONCRAB TDM v 2.11 REQ Ver. 1.3 *For Maureen* -=- "Carry the light of the Builder, Brother. Unto its end." -Valediction of the Devoted "What year is this? Am I dreaming?" -Plea of the Thief Dear Iris, I am old and broken. When we were young it felt like the words came easily. Now I find the ink has long dried on the pen and I'm as wanting for words as coin in my purse. I can tell we are nearing the end of the tale; time enough for one more job before the curtain call... ============== -Installation- Requires minimum version of TDM 2.11 **Dev build dev17056-10800 (2.13) fixes several visual effects which have been broken in the mission since the release of 2.11. For that reason playing with that version or later is currently recommended** -Iris does not support mods or the Unofficial Patch- Download and place the following .pk4 into you FMs directory: Iris Download ============== *Thank you for playing. Iris is a large mission which can either take as quickly or as long as you are compelled to play. I hope someone out there enjoys it and this initial release is not completely busted - I tried the best I could!* *Iris both is and isn't what it seems. If commenting please use spoiler tags where appropriate. If you are not certain if it would be appropriate a good assumption would be to use a spoiler tag* *Support TDM by rating missions on Thief Guild: https://www.thiefguild.com/* ============== WITH LASTING GRATITUDE: OBSTORTTE - Whose gameplay scripts from his thread laid the foundation which made the mission seem like something I could even pull off at all. Also fantastic tutorial videos! DRAGOFER - Who built upon that foundation and made it shine even brighter! And whom also provided immeasurable quantities of help and encouragement the past couple years on the TDM discord. ORBWEAVER & GIGAGOOGA - For generously offering their ambient music up for use. EPIFIRE - Who lent me his fine trash and trash receptacle models. AMADEUS - Who was the first person who wasn't me to play the damn thing and provided his excellent editorial services to improving the readers experience playing TESTERS AND TROUBLESHOOTERS: AMADEUS * DATISWOUS * SPOOKS * ALUMINUMHASTE * JAXA * JACKFARMER * WESP5 * ATE0ATE * MADTAFFER * STGATILOV * DRAGOFER * KINGSAL * KLATREMUS - What can I possibly say? Playing this thing over and over again could not have been easy. Deepest thanks and all apologies. -=THANKS TO ALL ON THE TDM DISCORD AND FORUM=- ==SEE README.TXT FOR ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTIONS & INFORMATION== HONORABLE MENTION: GOLDWELL - If I hadn't by chance stumbled into Northdale back in 2018/2019 I would probably still be trying to get this thing to work in TDS, which means it probably would not exist - though more details on that in readme. ============== Boring Technical Information: *Iris is a performance intensive mission and I recommend a GTX 1060 or equivalent. I find the performance similar to other demanding TDM missions on my machine, but mileage may vary and my apologies if this prevents anyone from enjoying the mission.* *Iris heavily modifies the behavior of AI in the game, how they relate/respond to each other and the player. So they may act even stranger than they do typically in TDM. Feedback on this is useful - as it can potentially be improved and expanded upon in future patches.* -=- This is my first release and it has been a long time coming! If I forgot anything please let me know! God Speed. 2.10 Features Used: