Sotha
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Hmmm... envisioning a working 88 or 102 key piano with individual frobable keys triggering individual strings > notes... complete with key and hammer translations to hit the strings (or pluck in the case of a harpsichord)
Too ambitious? LOL
And a puzzle that you have to play the certain tune for a hidden door to open!
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Nielsen74: The harpsichord prefab was corrupted by the forum posting. Can you post it again but this time give it a .txt suffix and attach it to your post? Otherwise upload it somewhere?
Yes, and please remove the visible code block in the post. It somehow freezes my page loads for tens of seconds.
I'm also unsure of the scale. If you put in a nobleman and the piano stool from some angles it seems too big even if it were a grand piano. From other angles I think maybe it's OK. So I'm unsure. Can you confirm you checked the scale?The instrument looks really nice, but I've not yet had time to check it ingame. The instrument is not very large. Here's some reference images to see how it scales to a normal human:
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"Honor et Officium" seems fine to me.
I guess you mean a duty like the duty of a police officer ? Or the duty of a citizen towards
society or the gods?
Duty as in the duty of a police officer, or a soldier's duty.
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I wouldn't trust those automatic translations..
But thanks anyway.
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The moral of the story: No matter how strong you are there is always someone stronger?
And that everything is relative. They flea probably could not lift the things the man could lift, but only things compared to his own mass. Also it is a story of jealousy.
This is a story I told the other evening but I swear I have heard it before. Am I really the original author?
Well obviously you're not, if learned it from somewhere else.
Bonus: My wife thought this was a boring story, do you agree?
Not boring. Maybe this kind of default improvised bedtime story.
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Hi! I'm glad you enjoyed the mission and thanks for voting.
Holy water / holy water arrows- wasn't there a way of making a puddle that hurt undead to stand in or cross? Throwing the vial on the ground or shooting the ground? Or was that T3 that had that function? It's been a while!
In TDM, the holy water is simply used and it then gets applied on the water arrows. Then you've 30 seconds of undead blasting fun with the arrows. I don't think we have the puddle thing.
Pet peeve, but not a deal breaker...I don't like self-closing doors and windows (unless the Mechanists are involved!) like the shudders on the second floor. Awesome way to enter the building, though. I though it was well done, and the hint of having one closed window was enough for me to spot the entrance.
Sometimes autoclosing portals need to be added to make sure the mission runs with nice performance even on lower end machines. But yes, they can be a slight annoyance especially if the time it stays open is too short.
All in all, excellent fun!
Thank you!
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Hey! Next time you have such burst of creativity and you're not sure what to to create, I'd love to have a nice cembalo or a harpsichord for my map.
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Looks good. I see instantanously maps with plots where you use that baby to fire a moveable boulder at a bank vault or something to gain entry. Not very stealthy, but a cool distraction..
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I haven't listened but I'll take Sotha's word they sound good
No no no!
Don't take my word for it, I've no qualifications for sound evaluation. We need more opinions. Test the sounds, it's really easy, just install the linked test FM and fire it up as usual.
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I gotta disagree, but no point in arguing about it because we obviously wont meet up and I don't feel like having this discussion go on forever about what's rational and irrational since it's such a large subject and we won't get anywhere with it.
Yeah, I really is a mystery to me. It is like we speak the same language but we don't speak the same language. I understand every point Spring has made thus far and they make perfect sense to me. Your responses, on the other hand, seem very.. interesting. I suppose since you're on the opposing side of the mystical field, our messages to you seem garbled as well. Please check signal cable. But I have to agree, forgive me for saying this, that you're (deliberately?) misinterpreting Springs words. But why? Data obtained with science are often incompatible with religious dogma. A defence mechanism for the dogma? I'm just curious. I think we are approaching something really interesting here. I want to understand.
I consider the denial of the existence of a supreme being to be a belief, the belief that there is no supreme being. It's a belief maybe belief system isn't the right term I don't know; but there is overlap in that it probably has the same amount of influence on one's life as choosing a religion since there's always going to be differences in society and justifications one has to make to reinforce those beliefs.Well in terms of your underlined statement. You've been communicating to me that all religious people are irrational and sponges for false information which results in a danger to society. So that leaves 2.3% (according to a quick wiki search of % of atheism in the world) of the entire population of the world who you feel are rational and not sponges nor a danger to society. If that isn't supremacy through ideology then I don't know what is.
It is easy to make the mistake that atheism is a belief. You cannot devise a scientific experiment which would show whether or not god exist. You can believe she exist, or that she doesen't. The only result science and rationality can give you is agnosticism.
But here is the catch: in science you need a "positive signal" to prove whether something exists or not. There is no need to prove whether god exists or not, since there is no rational starting premise to begin with. The only starting motivation for this kind of experiment is the fact that there has always been the religious community which thinks that of course god exists. But we have to take into account the fact that we descend from a really primitive origins so primitive irrational thoughts are embedded in our culture.
Furthermore some of what I write is not only directed towards you. When Sotha says something such as "it's all nonsense," basically saying 'these people believe in nonsense' what other way of interpreting that should there be? It obviously has an insulting tone to it.Oh, I thought we covered this already? Well, no problem it is not difficult for me to write this again. I was evaluating the bible as the thing it is to me: an outdated storybook. Usually people can freely express whether they like the plot on a book or not. But of course a true Tolkien fan will get upset if you criticize the lord of the rings. I can only imagine what the result will be if you're, instead of fandom, taught to revere the words in the storybook. Should have taken that into account. But I'll not change my way of handling something only because others have been <I don't know what word to put here>. What I can do is to mitigate the effect and use softer words.
Look spring, this details finely what I'm trying to talk about, which is what I think people shouldn't do.You for your beliefs of the universe and life through the scientific journals you read and that's fine. But you should not just assume all others who think differently then you are inferior or dangerous. (being irrational would be an inferiority) Their beliefs may be irrational to you, but they aren't to them and there's probably been more thought put into it than you give them credit for. And to assume only those that share the same beliefs as you are rational beings capable of making correct choices and distinguish right from wrong is ridicules.
I'd say that it is okay to succumb to irrationality if:
- you are given a choice to do so.
- you're filled first with the correct unaltered facts which peer reviewed science has to offer.
But it is not ok if people are misguided with mixing propaganda with the science. I'll just leave it at that.
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On ASE exported and DR:
- DR can be used to make (in good detail) virtually any object that is bigger than a table.
- Smaller objects cannot be made with DR since they look blocky due to minimal brush size.
Now here is the thought:
if the ASE exporter worked flawlessly, a mapper who cannot model like me, could easily create a HUGE accurate good looking teacup in DR. A detailed teacup of the size of a house. Then export the huge teacup to ASE, open it in blender and rescale (I do know how to rescale models in Blender) it into an ordinary sized teacup. Basically this means mappers could create detailed custom simple small objects themselves, without learning the arcane secrets of true modeling! It would be really nice since custom mission target loot would be cool: "Steal Lord Worthforths golden knickers."
On collision models:
At present if I create a multibrush moveable, it won't work at all since the game cannot generate a collision model for it. It seems that CM's are generated only for simple brushes. The only way I know for making a working multibrush moveable is to have each separate moveable brush bound together. But that is tedious. It's probably useful if I could make the brush into a model+collisionmodel and put it in the game.
Disclaimer: I don't know much about modeling, so please forgive me if these sound totally daft ideas.
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The more sounds the mappers have the more immersive the maps will be soundwise.
I tested the sounds and I'll put my impressions here in the order I experienced them:
- After opening the default box the new box sounded nicely refreshing. I felt that the new sound is what these boxes really should sound like. I felt was is a top notch sound.
- I opened and closed both of the chests and listened some more.
- The creaking, while it sounded good the first time, started to somehow bug me when I turned the lid a few times. I realized that not all chests in the world have creaky lids.. If this sound is to replace the default one, the creaking should be made more quiet. OR maybe making two sounds, one without the creaking and other with it. The mappers could then choose to put a creaky lid every now and then. But the default sound for a box really would need to sound.. well, default, like the average of all box lids, and in my mind I cannot see the default box lid to creak so loudly.
- The sound otherwise beats the default sound, but you really need to do something about the creaking. The opening sound before the creaking and the closing THUNK are very good.
I hope this helps! I'll gladly test new revisions.
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We are, at present having the TDM summer vertical contest, which in my opinion is a most excellent thing as it:
- Generates new maps for the community.
- Encourages newcomers to try out mapping as it shows almost anyone can learn Dark Radiant
- It really is a PR candy for TDM as it shows that the community is active, healthy and growing.
The contests show that TDM means business.
There are relatively few models in the game. A few chairs, a few tables. From a mapper point of view the options are dwindling, since everyone is using the same limited amount of furniture. There are quite low amount of prefabs as well.
So here is my suggestion (well not mine, I suppose Fidcal talked first about engineering contest):
When we have a contest next time, why won't we have a smaller contest beside it. A mapping contest like this and the previous one. Plus a small contest, like a prefab contest.
The prefab contest topics could be:
- Create cool working mechanical devices (Like PranQster's drawbridge, steam belching machines, locomotives...)
- Create original furniture (while modeling is the way these should be done, DR could allow the creation of pompous golden throne seats, dining sets, etc)
- Create the most beautiful skybox.
- Create an elaborate lockbox/safe/chest/bankvault.
- Create musical instruments.
- Create the most elegant drawer desk/bookshelf with a secret compartment.
Prefab contest's benefits would be:
- Those who have only little time to spare could still participate in a contest.
- A prefab project might be a manageable introduction to DR and TDM editing in general, introducing a easy inducement to try mapping.
- The best prefabs would be incorporated to the prefab bundle that comes with TDM, increasing our assets.
This would result also in a nice two way action: map contest creates new maps for the community to play and the prefab contest creates new building blocks for the mappers to utilize.
So.. Load your guns and prepare to shoot the idea down in flames.
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Wow! If the issues are fixed that means that there will be lots of simple, but much needed, models to be created. But we could still have 'em as prefabs already. What's the use in the model?
Well, okay, it is easier to find in DR.
Are the collision models okay with DR created models?
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It's not so much the declension rules which are relevant in this instance, but providing an idiomatic translation.
Lex means "a law", as in a particular law or set of laws. The phrase "law and order" is referring to the rule of law in general, which I think is better translated as iustum meaning "justice".
Heh.. Word 'justice' is exactly the word I want to avoid and 'law' and 'order' are exactly the ones I want to elaborate. It is all about law and order without justice. But now I'm probably telling too much already!
But anyway: thanks for help!
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The images here from the various vertical maps look really good.
WhenDoWeGetToPlay!?
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Firstly, it's not like there's been a surge of religious people in the USA, they've existed there since the start of the country so why now would they use Nukes on countries that believe other than them? It's a strawman argument imo. But your allowed to form a conspiracy theory that this is going to happen
I'm really sorry but you are responding to an argument that was never made.
My original point was:
You say: it is not a big deal that a huge portion of the population dissmisses stunningly virtually every branch of science.
Then there was the point of religious people doing unnecessary damage to scientific progress as it has done so many times before.
You dismissed the argument saying that it was a political decision and had nothing to do with religion.
And now we get to my point. It is that you can more easily do such political maneuverings when most facts are withheld from the people.
Political maneuverings to impede science. Maybe a political decision to start filtering more religious propaganda with science teaching to make things even worse.
It was a mistake to mention the nukes. I was referring to the power and might of the US and not proposing they'd go to war. It was until after I read your post I understood that yes, my writing could be understood differently as I planned. My apologies. The point is that things that happen in the US typically spread to the world after a while. American culture is almost omnipresent in this planet.
I'm not abolishing religion, I'd just like people to have the correct facts first, and then they can decide whether or not believe the bible-stuff. You comparison with internet abolishment is not fair, since you can pretty much *choose* what to read here. But if school spreads lies, you cannot avoid that. Your kids have to eat lies, even if the parents would prefer otherwise. A generation after generation is systematically lied to. Shivers.
It should be obvious why spreading incorrect information should be shunned upon. It is blatant manipulation, in my opinion. Dangerous manipulation, since it perverts the way science is perceived. The most awful result is the thought that science is considered an alternate belief.
It certainly would improve the world a great measure if people could trust that the information which is given in schools is reliable. Creationism makes darn sure it is not.
I hope I cleared the point.
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Thanks!
Mapping started on 23.07.2010 for my own reference. The map will be my usual small/medium size category, but it will take much longer to complete than the previous map, since I'm going to spend less time mapping. Only for rainy days.
At any rate, here is a teaser of the map showing also a fraction of the new skybox.
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Hi! There was someone in this forum, who can speak latin. Can you help me? I'd like to have a plaque which says in latin "Honor and Duty. Law and Order."
Now, I could easily check the words from a dictionary but I am aware that latin has difficult declension rules and I really would like it to be correct.
Thanks!
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Sweet, can we please add them to SVN so they get distributed with v1.03?
But of course!
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I've added instructions how to rotate the skybox without touching the info_portalsky to the wiki.
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First of all, wow! Never thought that this thread would get so declamatory.
You don't think it's a big deal that nearly half the population of the United States thinks the world is younger than 10000 years? That requires a stunning dismissal of virtually every single branch of science that there is--geology, physics, chemistry, cosmology, biology, anthropology, paleontology, astronomy, and genetics. How is that not a big deal??No, what danger does it pose considering there's a separation of church and state in the USA and there's no ban on literature saying otherwise?
What danger does it pose that nearly half the population of the US, the nuke-wielding top-world-politics world-economic-superpower country, has a deliberately distorted views on the world around them? I can think of many problems, and this is the thing I am really worried about.
It's not a religion it's the people miss-using one to gain political power.Might be, but I'd say that it was religious conservatism behind the problems. In either case, your or mine, please think about how much easier it is to misuse religion to gain political power, if you have the backing of <insert-half-the-population-of-the-US> deliberately lie conditioned (avoiding the word brainwash here) people? Might a lot more difficult if the people's views were correct and they thought about it themselves, with the proper information.
That's the thing that is dangerous. There is strength in numbers. A few mistaught people is not a problem but if there is a horde of them, there may be dangerous consequences. In the end creationism is really doing a big disservice to the world and it may take a long time to repair the damage. They even have their own wikipedia to aid misguiding people.
On morality:
Well, simply put I basically agree with Springheel on this one (post #73). I've not much to add there. I just got to mention that Springs morality here arises from science, not philosophy. Just to point out that morality, empathy and good life are programmed in some extent in us. Maybe it is -at least partially- evolutionary? People with certain traits have survived.
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Moveable objects only have a performance hit when they are moving as the engine has to calculate collisions. So if you throw 50 things at once and they are all bouncing you'd see a hit. But throwing one or two things shouldn't matter much.
Can't say what reasons the authors had for what is/isn't moveable but mod-wise there are several reasons:
The major on is - Collision models: have to be VERY simple, so an arrow will stick into the air between a moveable chairs legs.. So if it doesn't have to move it's better to have a static object.
Yes, an static objects are surrounded by monsterclip, an area which the AI cannot enter. This makes them nice easy obstacles for the AI to avoid.
As a mapper, I'm slightly scared of putting a lot of moveables. If the moveables are on the ground, they could make the AI stuck!
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Yep. The lich queen is a badass (badassess?) and comes back after the acid.. Such are the wonders of undeath..
I just checked the voting results so far and I have to say that I am astonished. I knew the mission was fine, but I did not anticipate this kind of success!
Thank you very much! I'm really happy you liked the mission!
I am eagerly waiting to see the other maps. Let's hope the quality is consistently high!
Wench Character Vocals
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I wish I knew some actresses..
I wish I had a decent falsetto..
C'mon people! I'm sure someone knows someone who knows someone!