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Free for a limited time. But only the first 2 chapters: https://store.steampowered.com/app/94300/The_Dream_Machine_Chapter_1__2/

We are planning major upgrade in our FM database in the nearest future. Most likely, players won't notice anything. However, if something weird happens (can't download FM, see FM details/screenshots, error during download, FM missing, etc), please report here. Attention to mappers: the FM database will be locked for new missions and mission updates during the process. Here is the approximate schedule (UTC time): [6 May] Download all FMs from old mirrors and commit them to SVN. [until 8 May] Internal testing by team members. [8-9 May] Switch FM database: players start getting FMs from the new system. [until 11 May] New system is tested by everyone, no FM changes allowed yet. [11-13 May] A few minor updates to some FMs (progress bar debt). We will post updates here when we actually reach each phase

No, we shouldn't! I always use it and I rarely have problems with duplicate missions. And in most of these cases the problem was that the FM author renamed the mission or something similar.

I think that childs know the difference between fiction and reallity. Worse some films in TV where they glorify the violence in some police series ore action films. As I said, the only risk is that parents do not monitor the hours that the child is in front of the screen, the game itself is irrelevant for this (exceptions aside). Too many hours with a video game can be quite harmful for the child, it does not matter if it is Mario Kart or Paranoid.

Regarding names that don't fit on the loading screen, it would be helpful if the annotation marks (update/translation/new) could be visible even if the whole title isn't visible. I also am surprised that I have quite so many updates marked as available; I'm suspicious that TDM is a bit muddled about the missions I already have downloaded. Is there a good way to check this? For example. I saw Requiem marked as available for update, so I took a copy of my existing fms/requiem directory, let the updater do its thing, and the file dates have changed ... but the .pk4 files are identical (well, at least, their md5sum values agree as bea3c38aa9782d592a055af543c5ecb3). I've also got loads of mission directories with version numbers in their names and an annoying number of duplicates. I'm kind of reluctant to delete the lot and have to re-download 9G of files, but something seems messed up. What's the cleanest way to sort this out?

I also agree: limiting screen time in general is at least as improtant as chekcing contents. I can see how easily children would spend their time in front of one, if they had a chance. I myself spent a lot of time with friends who had consoles in front of them (I never had one as a child; my parents did not like them and even at the computer we were not allow to plug in a joystick as my father had the opinion that a computer is no toy). But we also spent a lot of time outsiede, if the weather allowed it, so I believe that it was sufficiently balanced. I also agree about social media. For this I could not really give an appropriate age. There are even adults that fall into the trap of misinformation, so how should a child distinguish between "good" and "bad" content. Here, I think, a more or less constant supervision and proper education of children is very important. Not only about things they consume, but also about things they share. But this is really difficult. I would consider TDM as one of the less critical games regarding age. It contains some violence (even if you only knock out guards, in real life this would likely kill or at least properly hurt them, if you use a blackjack), but in general the goal is to avoid confrontations and find non-violent ways through the game. Playing a thief may also be considered critical, but most children know that stealing is wrong and should be able to tell that they are only allowed to do so in the game and not in the real world.

Agree, well Doom III isn't for a 3 years old child, but there are worse content in the TV and in some social networks in content and real risk. Also the time in frot of the screen, that must be controlled by the parents- (By the way, my granddaughter (10) loves TDM and I don't denote any negative effects)

Btw the question should probably include the elephant in the room - if social media is a problem i.e. Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram etc. Face that off against the principle of taking a balanced approach. Don't crack a nut with a sledgehammer. I don't know how do we take out informational trash apart. Spotting fake news is usually too politicized in this regard. Not individualized enough.

I think the discussion/talk about the new frob shader is over here: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/19915-208-new-frob-shader/

Zardy's Maze Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe (they do not serve you as a weapon, stealth rules, and run too), you must brave the unknown... and survive as much as possible Minimum SO: Windows 10 CPU: 64-bit system, 2.5 GHz RAM: 4 GB Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities HD: 200 MB free https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484800/Zardys_Maze/ Not very complex graphics, almost comic style, but scares of the good ones

Right chaps, the gist appears to be that my graphics hardware and software is no longer advanced enough for TMD. That's alright I'll add it to the list of reasons I should do some serious upgrades to my pc. I've got other games that could also do with better hardware anyway. I'll not go fiddling with codes and notebook as I am naïve and technologically illiterate when it comes to these things. I've still got 2.08 on my laptop so I'll play it on there for now. Thank you you've all been helpful