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  3. August Update

    in The Dark Mod

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    The video is wonderful!

     

    I have a question regarding this and other features. How will you "give" it to the people when TDM is released? In the form of (x) tutorial or (y) some file that can be imported into somebody's map?

  4. DarkRadiant 0.9.7 released

    in TDM Editors Guild

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    I was thinking about a rendered light-bright mode as a possible renderer improvement; I don't think this would be immensely difficult and might have some advantages over the non-lit render mode as you say.

    Yes, that would be great and very useful improvement. If it is not that difficult, go for it! :)

  5. DarkRadiant 0.9.7 released

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted

    Yes, but there are lots of editor objects visible (no_solid, no_clip, paths etc.), so one can not check how the map looks in the game. I don't remember if it is possible to filter everything (with the exception of architecture, AI and objects) in render view. I will have to try this in the evening.

  7. Doom 3 refresh rate

    in Off-Topic

    Posted · Edited by Bukary

    My monitor is set to 1024x768 at 100 Hz.

     

    I reinstalled Doom 3 and whenever I play it refresh rate drops to 60 Hz. I tried "+r_displayRefresh 100", but it does not seem to work for me. :huh: Any ideas? I remember having this problem before, but I have no idea how I solved it.

     

    Help!

     

    [EDIT]

    I used this program (RefreshForce):

    http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/

    to set my refresh rate.

     

    It works great!

     

    Timedemo showed 51 fps before. And now (at 100 Hz) I have 91 fps!

     

    If anyone wants to use ReForce... a word of warning. One needs to set desktop resolution in Doom 3 before using this program. If, for example, Doom 3 is set to 800x600 while desktop is 1024x768 (with ReForce), the monitor will freeze and the game won't start. :( Strange. So if you are planning to change resolution in Doom 3, start ReForce and click on 'Restore original settings' first.

  11. Parallax Maps

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted · Edited by Bukary

    Speaking of graphic cards...

     

    I probably shouldn't start separate thread about this, so I'll ask here:

     

    I have some problems with AIs' shadows. It seems these shadows are cut off at the height of knees and neck (bottom and upper part of the body seems to be 'invisible'). Have you encountered such bug? I use GeForce 9800. I haven't seen anything like that while playing Doom 3.

  14. Parallax Maps

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted

    So far, we already have a necessary performance hit with Rebb's ambient fix to make ambients display properly...we're able to side step that hit for older computer by using the 'ambient texture' method that we implemented

    Was this ambient fix used in Thief's Den? Can we read somwhere about it? Right now there are two possible methods of using ambient light? Sorry if I got it all wrong. :blink:

  15. My Undead Friends

    in The Dark Mod

    Posted

    :D

     

    But... isn't something like that possible with Sources & Receptrons system that you are implementing?

     

    I was thinking about some sort of 'poison' effect in my mission: player enters some area (trigger) and gets infected (his health is slowly reduced until he finds cure). It probably involves time restrictions.

     

    I haven't checked TDM S&R yet. I guess it's possible? It was quite easy to do in DromEd (even without custom scripts).

  18. A Few UVing Questions

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    No, making floors is not enough. Take my spiral staircase object for example. I had to make a prefab of the stairs AND walls for them to pathfind correctly, otherwise they started walking into the object wall and not pathfind up the stairs correctly. Of course the monster clip walls a much simpler than the object walls.

    I've lost my acess to TDM resources and team forums, so I can not check these spiral stairs... But... what's the best method to build monster clip walls that would outline round surfaces (e.g. walls around spiral stairs or tower walls)? The one described in spiral staircase tutorial? (Unfortunately, there's no screenshots there now.)

  19. A Few UVing Questions

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted

    Thank you for the answers! One last question:

     

    If I have, say, the whole model of a tower with two floors, would it be enough to outline floors and stairs with (monsterclip) brushes? There's no need to build brushes around walls in order to make this tower possible to navigate for the AIs? And what about sound? Would it propagate properly if there were no wall brushes?

  20. A Few UVing Questions

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted · Edited by Bukary

    AI can walk on models, their feet are still colliding with the world correctly. They will walk upwards and downwards and bend their knees, etc.

     

    However, they cannot pathfind or navigate on model surfaces. Only brushes get considered for the AAS (Area Awareness System) id software introduced for AI navigation.

    I don't know if I understand correctly.

     

    Let's say I have a room X and AI (Benny) that walks from point A to point B (patrols along the path). If Benny has to walk throught room X (or A, B are inside this room), X can not be just model (floor has to be made form brush). Correct?

     

    But let's say I have a room Y that has nothing to do with Benny (there are no path points inside Y). Can it be made entirely as model? If I make Benny chase me inside room Y, will he stop in front of this room?

     

    The reason I ask is because it's nice to have some complex structures (bent towers, curved bridges) made from models (and sometimes it's almost impossible to build brushes around them). It would be great if AI chasing the player could navigate these structures.

  21. How feasible...

    in The Dark Mod

    Posted · Edited by Bukary

    There actually was such a heartbeat sound originally, that started as you ran and got louder as you got tired or injured. However, it was universally disliked as annoying and distracting (I actually liked the idea at first but it quickly got annoying for me as well in practice).

     

    Yes, I also think it might be interesting as one-time-feature (e.g. some great explosion triggers heartbeat sound), but really annoying as part of the gamaplay.

     

    we're pretty much in feature freeze right now anyway.

    What do you mean? :unsure:

  22. A Few UVing Questions

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted · Edited by Bukary

    Sorry to interrupt...

     

    I always thought that in Doom 3 engine models can only block AIs path, but AIs can't walk on models. In short, if you want to have some room (playable area) as model, you would also have to put some brushes (floor, walls) around this room. Was I wrong? If not, building walls and floors as model makes no sense?

  24. Is anyone else having problems playing through "Thief's Den?"

    in The Dark Mod

    Posted

    That doesn't mean mappers can't put special things like this into their missions, they can...but they'll be responsible for doing the work to fix all the issues that arise...and it's highly unlikely we'll ever add it to the main code base. Working out all the ticks and issues with the lantern would probably require some scripting/coding knowledge too.

    I was just asking if you (in the future) could/will provide some mapper that wants to use such lantern with the assets that you already have (and some guidance). :)

     

    In any case, our decision was highly motivated by gameplay issues...so please trust us on this.

    I do trust you. You've almost finished great mod! I just wanted to know if you keep your abandoned ideas (and their 'material' form) if anyone wants to make some use of them. ;)

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