https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/discover/The Dark Mod Forums - All ActivityenI do have external drives but sadly they are all mechanical as i only use them for storage of some historic stuff i newer really needed a fast drive for that. Even so an external ssd would also be prone to wearing out. And my external drives are nas drives at 8 tb... an ssd at that size would be seriously expensive Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:46:11 +0000I don't think I've heard that ambient. Cool looking area.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:16:58 +0000Maybe you could take a page out of YouTube channels like ETA Prime and install/run games on an external SSD. At least, I think that's what he does.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:16:11 +0000Thanks, that did the trick! Compared to globally pushing Soft Shadow Quality, it doesn't cause any noticeable slowdown too. Maybe I should put this inside autocommands.cfg...Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:16:04 +0000Thanks! Set r_softShadowsRadius 1 The current 3.x radius does not have enough shadow map data to render these thin shadows with that level of softening. If you want softer shadows you can also try r_shadowMapSize 512 so that the bilinear interpolation in the shadow maps does a blur operation. ( At the cost of some shadow detail )Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:04:13 +0000Unfortunately, anything past 550.144.03 (closed) will break sddm on my ageing CentOS/Rocky 8.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:41:02 +0000Here you go... Darkmod.cfgSat, 14 Mar 2026 21:04:19 +0000I have and RTX 3060 12GB on Linux Mint 22.3, Kernel 6.17 and Nvidia driver 590 open. I am unable to reproduce this. Please post your Darkmod.cfgSat, 14 Mar 2026 20:57:34 +0000Its maps, and the suggested setting doesn't seem to make any difference. Stencil shadows look fine.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:40:53 +0000RTX3060 on Linux.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:34:06 +0000been testing different distros for a while allready before i settled on what i now use so ya . also having to setup literal hundreds of different games does take its toll on write cycles. while ssd's in general have become less error prone i still want to limit writes as much as possible with prices where they are now. chances are if one of my drives does go bad that i wont be able to afford replacing it.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:23:57 +0000Fir comparison, I tested both and wasnt seeing the borked shadows. @irisx what GPU and OS are you using..?Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:14:58 +0000Shadow Maps or Stencil? If maps, can you try r_shadowMapSize 1280Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:06:27 +0000Are you really installing enough for that to make a difference?Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:11:28 +0000btw https://lutris.net/games/diablo-2-ressurected/ script for installing diablo 2 ressurected in lutris. scripts for other games can also be found there.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:38:59 +0000reinstalled solus on my gamer and bought a wd black nvme to get some use out of the pcie4 connections. allmost 8gb's througput well it was reviewed as one of the fastest nvme's out there but also with the downside that it probably would'nt last as long as some of the slower models. everything runs blazingly fast now . for future testing of linux ill probably use a mechanical harddrive so as to not wear out my ssd's.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:35:29 +0000RTX 5090 has 32 GB from 16x 2GB 32-bit memory modules, not using the clamshell method. Clamshell takes each one down to 16-bit, basically forcing every two modules attached to each other to use a 32-bit controller, so you can fit 32 memory modules on 512-bit. That's how you get RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition with 96 GB. 32x 3GB 16-bit modules on the 512-bit bus.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:44:49 +0000i'm waiting for rtx 5050 9GB benchmark for real , At first, I got the impression that maybe the extra 1 GB was the answer for " 8 GB might not be enough anymore" haha hmm 1 vram modules is 32 bit , isnt it? i want to grok the calculation so 512 bit / 32 = 16 mem modules with a clamshell method?Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:48:17 +0000Still no fan of the graphical style, but, the gameplay looks fantastic.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:21:58 +0000Thanks, that could be fun to play with. I had initially looked at the shader, but didn't know how it worked and couldn't find any documentation.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:34:39 +0000The flickering lights in the machine room? That light switches on and off in response to some trigger-timers and trigger-relays. Those also control the malfunctioning fan in that room and the gear machine by the door to the main sewer room.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:20:40 +0000Mission A Collector's Errand has one in the first room on the left after start mission.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:27:31 +0000Some soft shadow artefacts here, probably elsewhere too: You need to go all the way to "Very High" quality to get rid of these, a setting which for me is causing low fps e.g. when looking at the fireplace screen next door. (2.14b7)Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:17:00 +0000You can also make a shader that does the flicker itself. I mean light table. see info here: and here:Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:13:10 +0000awesome that should do it, thanks!Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:21:15 +0000