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  1. Defending my diploma thesis tomorrow. Wish me luck.

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    2. Sir Taffsalot
    3. Ladro

      Ladro

      Next step?

      It's a simple task: You have to demonstrate the Riemann hypothesis :-D

      Congratulation for your degree ;-)

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Maybe I'll do that ;D

  2. Having a job interview tomorrow. God am I excited. I'll be happy once it's over.

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    2. 7upMan

      7upMan

      We don't know yet what branch it was exactly. The MP3 creators are just one of several FH branches. Hope Obsti will enlighten us. ^^

    3. demagogue

      demagogue

      I hope you get good news. A month is quite a time to wait in anticipation though!

    4. SeriousToni

      SeriousToni

      Thats where the mp3 came from :)

  3. A mission build in haste, and every single piece, shall play its special role, release it every week.

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    2. Obsttorte
    3. Sir Taffsalot

      Sir Taffsalot

      Personally I prefer working on larger maps. I like having a large project on the go that I can sink my teeth in to and get emotionally invested in over time. Even though more work is involved I think I have more of a chance of finishing a larger project because I'm more motivated. Thats just me though.

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Yep. I guess this depends on the mapper. But in the end it's all about motivation.

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    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      I'll try to easen the setup a bit more, and will then post an explanation in my mapping thread. If it is assumed easy enough, I'll also create a wiki article.

    3. Sotha

      Sotha

      This brings me an idea. Is it possible to make non-stiff cloth the same way like rope? You would have small squares that would be knit together forming a mesh. Maybe they could be made to sway with the wind. Or push aside as AI walks through them.

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      I guess one could create such things in Blender.

  4. Got the job \o/ Time to parteeeeeeeeeeeeeey

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    2. Diego

      Diego

      Cool! Well done! :) I'm having a hard time teaching math to my niece, but she probably has ADHD like her uncle :P

    3. fllood

      fllood

      Congrats to your first job Obsttorte! :)

    4. Vae

      Vae

      Live long and prosper.

  5. First day at my new job. Worked pretty well. :)

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    2. grayman
    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Thanks for the kind words. :)

    4. SeriousToni

      SeriousToni

      Same here - I was excited like hell for my first day at the internship. Now a few days later I calmed down a bit and things worked out nicely ^^°

  6. I sometimes wonder if it makes you happier if you believe in a god.

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    2. Moonbo

      Moonbo

      @Obs, of course it depends on what you feel God is like, but if God is a parent, then we are beings of unassailable worth and that is more contenting (at least to me) than to believe that we're just an accident of chance with no real value.

    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      @Moonbo: This is the logical explanation. But I fairly doubt that this is the origin of your belief.

       

      However, as said it was more a general question, not applying to me personally. I cannot imagine to believe, although I can't really explain why. It's a similar question to: "Does it make you happier if you have a lot of money?".

       

      Religiousness is something I've never really understood.

    4. Moonbo

      Moonbo

      This might be better to carry on in a PM, but is it religious practice (i.e. specific rituals/activities) or religious belief (the notion that your life has a purpose outside of yourself) that's difficult to understand?

  7. Got my PC infected with malware and can't get rid of it via antivir. Time for formatting my drives. \o/

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    2. PranQster

      PranQster

      avg free is based on kaspersky code. Just do custom install and uncheck everything that can be unchecked, then turn off notifications in avg settings. Then it's a well behaved a.v.

    3. PranQster

      PranQster

      Obs... use CCleaner to remove all your temp files and turn off extra crap at windows startup.

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      I think I've fixed it now.

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    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Nope, they use different keys.

    3. ERH+

      ERH+

      TDM is a mod, so eventually different weapons will be added, and could be grouped under one key -like readables key or keys key.

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Such things had to be implemented into the code. This can't be scripted.

  8. Played around and was able to turn TDM to black and white. The only thing that is still colored is the player and the hud. Should be easy to get them to b/w, too. :D

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    2. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      I thought about including in my mission a scene where you enter a room and have a sort of flash back in black and white. But I don't know how the community would like that. Either way I might ask for your help with that Obs when the time comes

    3. Sir Taffsalot

      Sir Taffsalot

      Sounds like a brilliant idea. Do it Goldwell.

    4. Diego

      Diego

      What are you scheming over there?...

  9. Didn't mapped for three weeks now. So guys, how do you motivate yourself?

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    2. Kvorning

      Kvorning

      Work either late or early hours of the day, obsession with map ideas and lots of epic music ;)

    3. SeriousToni

      SeriousToni

      Also a sad thing is that one (like me) wants to to so much stuff but never has the the time to do it all :-/

    4. Lux

      Lux

      I'm looking to get back to it after RL settles back down a bit... gah!

       

  10. Just noticed that last saturday was my fifth anniversary in the Forum. Wanna have cake :D

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    2. Springheel

      Springheel

      A lot accomplished in that time! If there's cake, you deserve it.

       

    3. Bikerdude
    4. Obsttorte
  11. I'm having a job interview tomorrow. Wish me luck.

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    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      The interview went very well imho. I get a response on friday or monday. :) Let's hope the best.

    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Good luck mista.

    4. Tarhiel

      Tarhiel

      Good luck, Obsttorte! I guess Monday it is then :)

       

  12. Does anyone know a good introduction for arb assembler language? I've googled around a lot and did not found anything useful.

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    2. lost_soul

      lost_soul

      Something in TDM that is still weird is the water refraction effect. Stand near water with posts that stick out. Sometimes the posts which are clearly not in the water will refract anyway. If you get into ARB, can you fix this?

    3. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      That's a render sort order problem. Sometimes you can fix this by manually specifying your desired sort in the material def but ultimately an engine code change to improve how _currentRender works would be a more robust fix.

    4. nbohr1more
  13. Started mapping again. I hope this time I'll fnd the motivation to bring it to an end. I have half a dozen half-finished FM's on my plate, several months of work. *Have to kick myself in the ass*

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    2. Lux

      Lux

      Thank you sir, I'll have another! (asskicks)

    3. Moonbo
    4. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      @Baal, yeah mister now get back to work on our map you!

  14. I've finally found a way to create a trap, which reacts depending on the weight lying on it as well as forces applied. Will upload a video and a description soon.

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    2. Springheel

      Springheel

      Looking foward to this. I had a heck of a time with the trap in Score to Settle.

    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      I'm still working at fine-adjusting it. Due to dooms phisic engine it's behaving a bit strange by now. But generally it works. The good thing is that you only need a scriptobject on the trap to adjust it and trigger the events once the trap should get activated, but nothing more. The trap itself is a simple moveable. No triggers are needed. I hope I have something to present til the end of the week.

    4. Sotha

      Sotha

      This is very interesting. It was crazy to do the water trap in Phrase Book. I wonder if your trap could be generalized into a pressure plate or a tripwire that would set off mines, thus enlarging their usefulness-radius.

  15. Just created a new ai scriptobject for my next FM (beneath the one I've already mentioned). Now the this special kind of ai is really terrifying. :D

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    2. zergrush

      zergrush

      So it's the alarm behaviour?

    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Nope. This is something hard-coded I didn't finish yet.

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Playing around I've found a way to make the ai even more horrible :D You'll all will cower in fear :)

  16. How can I receive warning points? And how many do I have to collect before I get a free gift? :)

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    2. Airship Ballet

      Airship Ballet

      Leaderboards are coming soon.

    3. grayman

      grayman

      And so begins the descent into depravity.

    4. Lux

      Lux

      Can we also have achievement levels added pls, kthxbai.

  17. Did any of you mappers know about this? http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Texture_Tool

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    2. Lux

      Lux

      I have been able to get it to do what I wanted but I can also agree with Springheel and AH.

      Looks like an excellent topic for your next "Let's Map", Obs! :D

    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      So, how does it come that I've missed it 8(

    4. Lux

      Lux

      I didn't realize it had all that extra functionality but still... Let's Map!

  18. Today is washday. Happy and clean into the next week. :)

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    2. Melan

      Melan

      Housework is relaxing and invigorating. Except window-washing. Oh how I hate thee!

    3. Tels

      Tels

      It's that time of the year again, eh?

    4. buck28

      buck28

      Airship. ha ha ha LOL

  19. Several FM's released and 2.0 is knocking on the door. What a great way to spend hot evenings with a cool game.

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    2. Sotha

      Sotha

      Good times! Everyone, contribute something to the MOD! It is not what TDM can do for you, but what YOU can do for the MOD!

    3. Obsttorte
    4. Moonbo

      Moonbo

      Hey Obs, I just noticed that the Old Habits re-release isn't in the in-game downloader!

  20. I'm currently replaying thief3. What the hell, 50% of my reloads are caused by getting hanged up at the geometry :( Didn't had it that bad in memory.

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    2. GameDevGoro

      GameDevGoro

      There's also this funky bug where Garrett gets stuck looking like he's falling and you can't jump during that, but if you manage to drop off of a small ledge then he goes back to normal again. I get this bug all the time. :(

    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      That's why TDM is superior t TDS/T2 and in fact many other games. Our mantling system is second to none.

    4. simplen00b

      simplen00b

      To be fair, T2 mantling improved a lot with NewDark. But yeah, TDMs is still better :o)

  21. Just stumbled over this:

    (it's a review of TDM in german). For those who don't speak german, they recommend it.
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    2. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      The guy cant play for shit though..

    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Well, actually he says that the way he does it is not the way it is meant to be played. In the scene where he fights the city guard who then ran away he just wanted to demonstrate that guards carry armor that can protect them from taking damage. He also stated that one should avoid being detected and that if this happens the best option is to run.

       

      It was simple about showing the mod.

    4. Baal

      Baal

      I got the impression that he isn't that big of a thief player. But he liked it and admired that fact that it's all non professional work by fans.

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    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      I don't know what "touch with hidden symbols" means, but I will post an detailed explanation of this effect in my mapping thread tomorrow, so everybody can look how it is done. It is actually quite easy.

    3. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      objective complete

    4. grayman
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