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  1. Otherside Entertainment (a new gaming company featuring some looking glass studio members) just announce on their kick starter for their new Ultima game that Stephen Russell has signed on for voice acting!!! How awesome :)

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    2. Melan

      Melan

      This is a discussion for a forum topic, but...

       

      1) Whatever Underworld ends up as, it will be a B title, not an AAA one.

       

      2) Assume a generous 1.5 year dev cycle for both games plus half a year of preparations for the next KS. That's 3.5 years before it even becomes a possibility.

       

      3) Thief just had a 100-million-dollars AAA game. It's unlikely anybody could pay for the license.

       

      4) Modern engines have real problems with editing. TDM still does...

    3. Melan

      Melan

      ...BSP, which is more newbie-friendly.

       

      5) We should instead convince the Otherside people to *join usssss now* and make a new Thiefy game with TDM as a base. ;)

    4. SeriousToni
  2. Google mobile is on the forums online user lists (in addition to google)... never seen that before

    1. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      He's a pretty cool guy. You ask him to find stuff and he'll usually turn up the goods. A little nosy though...

  3. This might be a long shot but I cant seem to find it in the forum. Does the person who created the prefab of the two long rug runners with the textures matched up correctly still have that prefab?

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    2. VanishedOne
    3. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      @VanishedOne THANK YOU! oh god I was looking for so long for that haha.

    4. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      It might have been me, I can make them up again but will need to see the location where you want them placed.

  4. Bit of an odd question and google doesn't seem to find it either but did thief 3 have weather? like rain?

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    2. SeriousToni

      SeriousToni

      The Widow Moira mission had pretty awesome weather effects and mood. Try to replay this masterpiece! =)

    3. Anderson

      Anderson

      I don't think there was any rain. Which is odd a little? The most prominent thing that comes to my mind is the first level of Thief 2X but that is a different game.

       

    4. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      If the rain is as performance houngry as it is in idTech4, I can understand the decision to not use it. ;)

  5. Winter time certainly has its advantages... Prost! http://i.imgur.com/EZOpPjZ.png

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    2. SeriousToni
    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Lol only you would comeup with something like that :-)

    4. vvGarrettvv

      vvGarrettvv

      ahh. fine austrian beer . yummy. Slàinte! :)

  6. Is there an ETA for 2.03 or 2.1 or whatever it will be yet?

    1. SteveL

      SteveL

      Not quite yet. We're getting close to the pencilled-in roadmap date, so people with works in progress have started talking about what gets in, and that'll end up setting the date. We've already got plenty of goodies for 2.03 but there're other features close to being ready for testing.

    2. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      Excellent news! Thanks :)

    3. Anderson

      Anderson

      Thanks you for the answer.

  7. Windows 10 actually looks pretty good! I wonder how TDM will run on it..

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    2. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      @lost_soul but they tried that already with Windows 8 and I don't think it turned out the best. I think its good to keep the desktop and tablet world separate. Just detect when a keyboard and mouse are plugged in and use normal desktop mode and if a touch screen is detected boot into the touch interface. That way everyone's happy

    3. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      And of course having the option to switch between the two regardless of which peripherals are available shouldn't be too hard either. Regardless it shall be interesting to see what Microsoft turn out with the final build

    4. jaxa

      jaxa

       

      could be true

  8. Now that square enix are done with Thief they have moved onto bigger and greener pastures... https://i.imgur.com/D4DuRqP.jpg

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    2. AluminumHaste

      AluminumHaste

      lol and the highly lucrative wallet warrior games.

    3. Vae

      Vae

      Finally, something they're good at.

    4. buck28

      buck28

      Wah ha ha ha...

  9. So who here that signed up for the Halloween contest is still going to do it? i'm going to attempt a 2 week speed build myself.

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    2. DeTeEff

      DeTeEff

      I have begun...!

    3. Sotha

      Sotha

      Ah, it is nice to see you getting back to mapping, Fieldmedic! Looking forward to see your work. They always do something differently.

    4. DeTeEff

      DeTeEff

      Hehe, "different" is a good word to describe me ;)

  10. Playing Thief 2 again with the HD texture mod, what a fantastic job they did! Also it made me realize how closed in games are now days, T2 has beautiful open non-linear levels that are still able to narrate a fantastic story.

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    2. buck28

      buck28

      That link didn't work? Is there a new Tafferpatcher that the link works for as well? The one at TTLG doesn't work? What all is needed to get TGold and T2 to work on a WIN7 machine? Thanks

    3. Vae

      Vae

      Link for "Thief 2 HD Texture Mod" works fine.

       

      TFix (for T1):

      http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733

       

      Tafferpatcher (for T2):

      http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106

    4. buck28
  11. so I guess Thief (2014) is effectively dead now. EM has no DLC planned, obviously no mod tools so its all over for that ride it seems. http://i.imgur.com/K8cL3Fz.jpg

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    2. buck28

      buck28

      With no DLC, they must not think much of it either. Too bad. I rather like it. I can't get too much Thief.

    3. lowenz

      lowenz

      So much potential wasted. Really taffin' sad.

    4. vvGarrettvv

      vvGarrettvv

      It was dead like dogp** just in the mom it was released :-) / gameplay, grafix, sounds .... :-P / not worth the money (~15€)

       

  12. Whoever implemented the additional autosave map file into DR is my new favorite person! Nearly lost a large amount of work *phew* that was a scare for a moment.

    1. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      ive have my auto-save set to every 15 as DR does crash on occasion and this prevents too much work being lost.

  13. You know whats even better than TDM? Buttered oven fresh baguettes dipped into a nice warm bowl of chili con carne.. mmm good!

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    2. Vae
    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      LOL, or changed the CCC for Heinz Backed beans.

    4. Melan

      Melan

      Yeah, that's real good stuff. Of course, the real question is: do beans belong in chili? .)

  14. If we have re-capture & the random anti-spammer question on the forum registration form how come we keep getting spam bots?

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    2. lost_soul

      lost_soul

      "NOTHING is beyond the infinite power of the entity!"...

       

      In all seriousness, some spammers actually sit there and solve those things. When one is solved, it can be added to a database and all new encountered ones can be compared to the known existing solutions for a match automatically.

    3. lost_soul

      lost_soul

      (If nobody gets it, my above reference is to The Nameless Mod)

    4. Professor Paul1290
  15. Wolfenstein surprisingly has a few similarities to Thief. Most buildings having multiple entrance points, there are places to crawl and climb to sneak around, readables, guard patrols you can sneak around and pick off and secrets to discover everywhere. Very good ambient music and graphics as well. It feels a bit like a FPS MGS at times

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    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      There is not that much censoring. The swastika is gone and the enemies are not called nazis. This won't change the experience much. Although I agree that I hate the way we are getting infantilized in germany. It's for adults only anyway, so what.

    3. Baal

      Baal

      It doesn't change the gameplay at all but I still hate these kinds of changes on principle. But the bigger problem is that we also only get the german voice overs and these are nearly always terrible.

    4. Lux

      Lux

      Playing this now. Had to turn off SBX surround and use stereo so the game audio wasn't screwed up. Apparently doesn't detect 5.1? Also, no warning to finish obj prior to leaving when you know you'll be back to the area. Bummer. Has issues if you knew about in advance would be better. Game is ok. Good shooter wise.

  16. Wow the new Wolfenstein weighs in at 40gb! Taking a while to download even on my fiber connection.

    1. Melan

      Melan

      Whoa, that's almost three months' worth of my DL quota.

    2. Vae

      Vae

      That's pretty sad, considering I have unlimited use of 300 Mbps DL, 100 Mbps UL.

    3. New Horizon

      New Horizon

      Hehe, must be all the ingame cinematics.

       

  17. Just cancelled my gym membership. I feel bad but I would rather do workouts from home and avoid the cheap but hidden costs of a gym contract.

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    2. Airship Ballet

      Airship Ballet

      Free gym membership: pick a gym, run there and back.

    3. Lux

      Lux

      Take a years gym membership, buy a bicycle, and get out and see the countryside.

    4. Vae

      Vae

      Bike or hike + PX90 = Superior fitness at reduced cost.

  18. So what new FM's lay on the horizon for TDM?

    1. Sotha

      Sotha

      My WIP. Will be done prolly before next xmas. A new protagonist and AI character will be introduced. And it will have some gas mines. Aand it's gonna be around the size of Beleaguered Fence. Aaand I try to focus on the mapping now and avoid silly side projects.

    2. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      Can't wait Sotha!

    3. Sotha

      Sotha

      I would recommend against waiting for it. Progress is really... s l o w.

  19. It's nearly 5 am and i'm 2500 brushes into Accountant 2. Been doing this for the past 8 hours.. I think its time for a break/sleep!

  20. Anyone know what map this is? O.o

    1. Obsttorte
    2. Goldwell
    3. AluminumHaste

      AluminumHaste

      LOL it's Swing, one of the most awesome maps ever.

  21. Happy St. Patricks Day! It's 7:30 am so I guess its time to start drinking!

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    2. jaxa
    3. Vae

      Vae

      Bushmill's & Dr. Pepper :)

    4. Airship Ballet

      Airship Ballet

      White Russians until Hell freezes over.

  22. Thief has its flaws yes but holy fuck is it fun to play! I'm very impressed so far!

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    2. kyyrma

      kyyrma

      The actual loading times are really fast even on my ye olde HDD (5 - 15 seconds). I could imagine them being a breeze on an SSD.

    3. Lux

      Lux

      unless loading is tied to framerate ala... consoles

       

    4. Viktoria

      Viktoria

      I'm having a blast playing Thief... I'm suffering from sleep-deprivation, haha!

  23. Going to buy a new monitor. What are the specs to look out for on a monitor so it can handle darkness in video games better?

    1. lost_soul

      lost_soul

      Make sure its IPS.

    2. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      +1 one on that, but do me a favour and ask this in the tech.supp. section as we can better help you there.

  24. Just completed a 12 hour straight DR session!!! I can see brushes, patches and entities when I close my eyes! :D

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    2. Sir Taffsalot

      Sir Taffsalot

      Sounds like the perfect recipe for burnout to me. 4 hours at most sounds like a perfectly large DR session to. There's more to life than TDM. Blasphemy I know.

    3. Sotha

      Sotha

      Yep, just be careful not to burn out.

    4. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      Oh my friends I am FAR from burning out :) I couldn't stop because I was having so much fun. And yes I'm crazy

  25. Time to play some Elder Scrolls Online! If anyone wants a key here is the place to go http://www.curse.com/betas/teso-beta-key-giveaway

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    2. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      Nope, it's really fun actually. And the graphics look great!

    3. ungoliant

      ungoliant

      i'm not a believer. rumor has it they are pandering to all demographics, both hardcore and casual. recipe for disaster.

    4. stumpy

      stumpy

      its 50 quid, dont know what that is in euro's or dollars, and uses 60GB on disk.

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