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I had an idea... but I don't have a plan. New Volumes of Virtual Rooms must be the result of a collaborative community effort. We have to figure out everything: rules, content, plot, presentation... and we have to figure it out together. I am not the director or supervisor of this project. I can act as a coordinator during the initial stages but consider me as simply another member. Anyone is free to volunteer for any role. VIRTUAL ROOMS VOL.2 (ALPHA) Whenever there is new content new alpha versions will be made available and the good news is that the first alpha is already here! Member @thebigh quickly figured it all out on his own and he already created the very first room for Vol.2: Thaumaturgy! Please note Vol.2 is not available in the in-game downloader. It will be uploaded to the official repository only when the project is complete. Manual install instructions: Download the alpha from here Create the folder "fms/vr_vol2" and place the pk4 there Launch the game and look for Virtual Rooms Vol.2 (alpha) Room names: DISCUSSION What do we want Virtual Rooms to be? I propose we start with a basic set of Questions & Answers and let it grow from there. Can you help improving these Q&A? What is a Virtual Room? [Provisional] A Virtual Room is the container of an idea or an experiment. Anything that doesn't fit in a more serious project can have its home in the form of a Virtual Room. A Virtual Room can be large or small, simple or elaborated, short or long. Are there any rules? [Provisional] Yes, we want to have a cohering experience and for that we need a consistent set of main objectives. To keep things simple yet interesting the current main rules are: While having AI is not required being seen by AI is an instant failure There must be at least one optional piece of loot in the map The player must reach an exit point to complete the room Each room (map) can have its own set of scripts, textures, materials, sounds... As long as the main rules are respected, you are free to do what you please. Can I have extra objectives in my room? [Provisional] Yes but think how you will let players know about them. Do I have to adhere to a particular aesthetics? [Provisional] No, you do what you want. You can opt for a blocky design or you can go with your own style. How do I submit a room? [Provisional] Upload it somewhere and announce it publicly. Somebody will eventually include it in the next Alpha. Can I revisit the room I submitted? [Provisional] Yes, of course. As many times as you want or need. It is your room after all. In what order are rooms arranged? [Provisional] "First come, first served". When we have a good number of rooms we can see if authors agree to different arrangements for a linear or cohesive experience, if such thing is even possible considering the different sources. Will I be credited for my room? [Provisional] Yes by default but you can opt out. Authors will be listed in the release page, in a readme, and we can probably add something in the briefing or debriefing. Is there a tutorial on "how to create a room"? Yes, one is in the works but it is not yet ready / available. Discuss!

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

a lot of good points. checking the hardware IDs is useful, thank you for reminding me for hardware ID. how could i have forgotten to take bluray player availability into account for the next 20-30 years? it will become scarce in the future ofc i mostly found verbatim brands here. Other than verbatim there is ASUS turbodrive i have been having a rocky road to find a quad layer bluray disc. Dual layer & single layer are ubiquituous. but DL and single layer are small in terms of data density. it's best to buy them in bulk i found some LG bluray burners put there but they were pre-owned. i didn't outrightly believe the condition just by looking at the photos sent by seller because it's still not convincing to me

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

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no was trying to save together for one i still have my 3070 and 2080 ti. dunno but depends on the financial situation, just got a small job keeping the lawn for one of my friends. does not pay much but atleast i have a small income besides my pension to save up for one. might take a about half a years time but depends on if prices keep at the point they are at now. 7 years i guess by that time ill be to old to give a damn anymore anyway hehe.

doh my PSU in the retro box just blew... guess a 400 watt was a bit to small for a 560 ti .

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/

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.

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"

yeah the proton runtimes are usually better atleast for some games a few of the more obscure older games must use wine because of some directx shenaningans vulkan cannot handle. been on off linux for decades myself my first try was with the now defunct corel linux. corel's linux distro was actually really nice and sported a more streamlined environment than what was usually the norm back then. After that i had a stint with mandrake linux for some years and was actually hired to setup a workstation environment for a small company who needed someone with knowledge of setting up samba. also had a few test runs with BSD with the now defunct PC-BSD (actually still exist but is now called ghost bsd). i kinda like BSD but it does suffer from comming late to the game because of a lawsuit by SCO who accused them of stealing code which was debunked but cost them precious time so they newer really got big in the desktop environment. instead they started focussing on the server market with some success. there have been a few attempts at catching up with linux but so far without much success. ghostbsd is quite nice though if you have compatible hardware (which means something a good deal older than what we have now). NomadBSD is another one but it is mostly used as a live environment (you can still install it but expect some hardware problems on newer systems). lutris has been rather weird at times. some distros had major stability problems with it over some patch levels. Actually the worst experience i had with it was on ZorinOS but i guess they got it sorted. it crashed constantly when i last used Zorin and the gui was completely bonkers i could barely see what i needed to input because the scaling was all over the place lol. Then i hit on Solus and everything worked right clean and was a joy to use, sadly a kernel update broke my install because it mucked up the gfx card drivers for nvidia cards. luckily it is now fixed and working rather well i must say .

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.

This is an experimental GUI app for managing and packing Dark Mod missions. It's a successor to FM Packer but with a GUI, that I've been working on for some time. It's now at a stage where I feel somewhat comfortable sharing. Having a GUI unlocks potential for more in depth management of fms, which I intend to explore in the future. You can download the binaries here: https://github.com/Skaruts/tdm_packer_2/releases Currently: it can pack your selected mission into the pk4 at a click of a button it provides an editor for a .pkignore file where you specify which files to exclude from the pk4 it gives you a handy tree view of both the included and excluded files (Shift+LMB to fully expand/contract branches) it can launch TDM or DarkRadiant for the selected mission, or run a second installation of TDM to test your pk4 in isolation (see the menu Settings->Paths) it automatically writes your map sequence into the appropriate file all maps, except the ones in the map sequence, are auto excluded from the pk4 Important: This is still an experimental alpha version, so backup your missions before using it. Note: For now I provided binaries for Windows and Linux. I don't have a Linux system to test the binaries yet, though, so they may or may not work properly. As a last resort, one can still run this app from the source code by running the Godot Engine itself from the terminal with the "--path path/to/project" argument. (Godot itself is just a simple executable and requires no installation.)

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!

@BikerdudeWith some tuning I don't see why not: I attached a prefab with the func_water entity you add to your map and you need to add the "bkd_liquid.liquid" file into a directory named "liquids" in your project. You can then open bkd_liquid.liquid in a text editor to change things like the size, texture tiling and wave parameters to suit what you are looking for. Though you can't seem to reload an runtime, so you will have to reload the game to see any changes. bkd_water.pfbx bkd_liquid.liquid

My map crashed couple of times, so I think it might make the game unstable somehow.

I think it would be smart to go ahead and start a "Newbie thread" that covers all newbie questions in one place, as with the TDS Forum. It doesn't have to be this one, just for future reference. Aaanyway, I was going through the A-Z Tutorial, and right about the time you make the pool of water, I fixed some leaks, thought I got them all. Now it won't Dmap again, but when I hit Pointfile, it says "Could not open pointfile: E:/games/ ... /TutorialMap.lin" I don't know why since it's been working up to now. So if I have a leak I can't find it, but it's troubling just that Pointfile suddenly, inexplicably doesn't open! There isn't any ".lin" file either; not sure what happened to it. Any ideas? Edit: I started a map from scratch and Pointfile didn't show up again. So whatever it is, it isn't something I messed up in that first map, but a general problem I'm having with DR. Edit2: But it does Dmap and Map just fine, so that's ok.

A set of some 200 missions is a lot to sift through to find what one likes. I never used your site but if it provided functionality to search missions for parameters like approximate playtime, series v standalone, and tags like undead, spiders, mansion, city, etc, then it sounds plenty useful. Can the functionality be incorporated into the main web page? Perhaps even integrated to fetch underlying data from the wiki (so that trusted editors can keep the parameters up to date)?

============== -= 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:

for those still dabling in retro hardware heres some interresting sites https://windowsupdaterestored.com/ windows updates for win 9x to xp https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/ links to various sites with old software and information on setting up older systems hardware.

I meant all missions in one map file and in the briefing you select the starter position inside the map. every area (challenge) is an enclosed area inside the map file.

With parallax occlusion mapping you can have even more convincing effect using one material, without the need for a second mesh / face with "heathaze" material. One issue is that a moving normalmap that has some kind of repeating cloth pattern doesn't look quite right. If normalmap is set to only have the high frequency cloth pattern, and only displacement map (folds) is moving: You could fake the shadows by using ambient occlusion map, which could essentially be the same to similar to the displacement map. But the effect will not be as convincing as proper animated normalmap with folds.

There are currently nearly 200 missions to the game. That's a lot. So I made a list of the ones you shouldn't miss. If you're a beginner, do not start with the best missions. Play a few others first to learn how the game and controls work, and how you can use some items to interact with objects on the map. You will appreciate them more that way. Tastes vary. My subjective assessment is based on how enthusiastic and interested I was during the mission. Generally, I appreciate the unusual circumstances. If I felt lost too many times or needed hints to solve the plot, those were clear disadvantages. I don't like the needle in the haystack type elements. (Secrets are fine.) The list isn't a quality line. I don't want to add precise ratings, that's not the point. I have a message for those whose missions didn't end up here: Don't worry. Others may judge differently. In any case, some missions may be added here with some editing. A few didn't make it here only because of the obscure wording in the descriptions of objectives. Give me tips if you think something is missing from the list. 200 missions are a lot, I might have skipped some gems. BEST MISSIONS -A House of Locked Secrets: Very funny, diverse and memorable, sometimes nonsensical. The best mission. 4 hrs -Seeking Lady Leicester: It's probably the second best mission, but I won't argue with anyone who ranks it first. Knowing how to rotate items is essential to play this mission (middle mouse button). 6 hrs -Volta 2, Cauldron of the Gods 2.5 hrs -Volta 3: Gemcutter 3 hrs -Penny Dreadful 1: The grail of regrets 1.5-2 hrs -Penny Dreadful 2: All the way up 3 hrs -The Painter's Wife: A monumental mission. The size doesn't mean this is the best one. -Hazard Pay 2 hrs -Now and Then 5.5 hrs -Black Mage 3 hrs -Requiem: The mission is excellent and imaginative. But it's painfully difficult to move without being noticed at certain points. 4 hrs -Crucible of Omens: Behind closed doors: Excellent mission, the only problem is that it's difficult to navigate between the different parts, and it's hard to find your way back to places. Having a route back to the first part, which could be opened from the later part of the map, would have helped the flow. 5 hrs RECOMMENDED MISSIONS -Iris I hesitated a lot whether to put this in the list of best missions. But the first part of the mission offers so many options, it's rather a caricature of the genre. And the environment isn't very good either. Less would have been more. The second part of the mission is much better. I appreciate the innovative element. 7 hrs -Chronicles of Skulduggery 0: To Catch a Thief -Chronicles of Skulduggery 2: A Precarious Position 2.5 hrs -Chronicles of Skulduggery 3: Sacricide: Good, traditional mission but the story is too black and white. -No Honor Among Thieves: The end isn't satisfying, but otherwise this is a good mission chain. 5.5 hrs -Shadows of Northdale act 2. 3 hrs -The Last Night on Crookshank Lane 4 hrs -Penny Dreadful 3 -Mother Rose Funny. It's not for beginners! 40 min -A Score to Settle -Sir Talbot's Collateral -Talbot 2: Return to the City 1.5 hrs -Talbot 3: Fiasco at Fauchard street 1.5 hrs -Thomas Porter 1, Knighton Manor: Good jokes. -Thomas Porter 2, The Beleaguered Fence -Thomas Porter 3, Glenham Tower -King of Diamonds -Accountant 2: The code is good. -Golden Skull: 30 min -Vengeance for a Thief 1-3 -The Factory Heist -A Good Neighbor -Snowed Inn -Langhorne Lodge -Heart of Saint Mattis 3-4 hrs -Perilous Refuge 2.5 hrs -The Hare in the Snare: Part 1 -Rightful Property -Alberic's Curse 1.5 hrs -A Night in Altham: A strange mission. 9 hrs -By the Cookbook 1 hour -Wizard's Treasure 1 hour -A Night to Remember 1.5 hrs -Lord Edgars Bathhouse 1.5 hrs -Last Offering: How much you enjoy it depends largely on what equipment you choose at the beginning. 1 hour -The Rift: Quite cool, but the music isn't on the ambient channel so it's not possible to make it quiet. 1 hour -Briarwood Cathedral 1.5 hrs -The Threepenny Revue: 45 min -Mission of Mercy 1 hour

afaik you can also use texture strips as well?! (the image frames connected one after the other in a single horizontal texture) textures/particles/burst_strip_small { qer_editorimage textures/particles/hkball_strip.tga noSelfShadow translucent noShadows twosided deform sprite sort 5 { blend add map textures/particles/burst_strip_small.tga scale 1 / 32 , 1 scroll table32[ time * 1.4 ] , 0 } } the important part is the scale and scroll bits, 32 in scale, is the number of frames of your texture strip, what the 1 after the comma means I already forgot. And in scroll, time controls how fast your animation plays (scrolls to next frame) and there's also the possibility to use roq videos as textures, doesn't work for materials used for lights, so you can't take a spot light and simulate a video projector, but that is easily faked imo. video/tvshow { qer_editorimage textures/editor/video.tga { videoMap loop video/tvshow.roq } }

hmm another small problem creept up from behind when doing SDL3 builds. SDL3 removed the old hardware gamma ramps from the library so dhewm uses a shader based version. unfortunatly for my hybrid GLSL/ARB interaction renderer it only works in ARB mode because it is hacked into the interaction shader stage instead of the material shader stage and sadly i do not have an implementation of this hack in GLSL . I have a rough idea how to do it but i lack some skills in regards to working with hardware shader code. i do however have an old codepiece which i used in quake as a replacement for the old gamma ramp code but it needs a little work. what it does is actually really simple, it uses the same code as overbrights but scales the output with the gamma value. also overbrights tended to use a texture this code foregoes that completely as it is unneeded and instead outputs to a fullscreen quad. it works somewhat good in quake but there are two values in dhewm brightness+gamma so i might have to get creative.