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Particle Collisions and Cutoff Feature
Amadeus replied to Frost_Salamander's topic in TDM Editors Guild
I also did find one interesting issue this morning when going through Written in Stone. It seems like the snow particles got cut off at a visportal, which I imagine is a bug: -
Particle Collisions and Cutoff Feature
Amadeus replied to Frost_Salamander's topic in TDM Editors Guild
So, I do have some experience using the particle collisions for Written in Stone. At the time of development, I had to make custom weather particle and material defs in order to get it to work properly. Honestly, while the system is nice when it does work, it is complicated, quite a lot of work on part of the mapper, and can be very finicky. A minor change to the map can break the system (to which, the runParticle command needs to be run again after mapping). One thing I don't get is why TDM doesn't have core materials that support particle collision right out of the box. There is a small handful of rain materials that support this, but most of the core weather textures, and particularly snow textures, all use "deform particle2" even though that is not supported by particle collision; "deform particle" is the correct keyword for this (as per the article here. I can't imagine why a mapper would ever want rain and snow to pierce through brushwork, like a ceiling in a house. And even if the mapper did want that, they could simply place a weather patch on the ceiling to make that happen. -
Fantastic news! Congrats! I'm looking forward to playing this
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It's one of my favorite ways to play this game!
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Fan Mission: Seeking Lady Leicester, by Grayman (3/21/2023)
Amadeus replied to Amadeus's topic in Fan Missions
Thanks for playing Thiefette! Glad you enjoyed it. -
How many respondents were you guys expecting? Given the amount of active users here I thought 17 was pretty impressive. And again, why even bother having a poll if you just want to ignore the results?
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"Not enough" would be my serious answer
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Why have a poll at all if you want to include the non-voting population? I dont get what you're trying to say here
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I didnt say "obey the poll"; I said "respect the poll". I realize that deciding things by majority vote can be problematic for game development. What I am saying is that this poll should be taken into significant consideration as it is pretty decisive. If the TDM devs decide to not do the shoulder on frob change then there should be a better reason than "it's not consistent" or whatever.
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I'm not gonna write a whole wall of text, because the shouldering topic has been done to death, but I will remind everyone of the poll taken on this subject. Respect the poll:
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One thing you could try, apart from taking the time to make new models to fit your intended style, is to make skins to replace the materials of the already-existing oil lamps.
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Fan Mission: The Spider and the Finch, by grodenglaive
Amadeus replied to grodenglaive's topic in Fan Missions
This has been a stellar first mission! Killer atmosphere (especially in the first section), great architecture and brushwork, just a very cool style overall. I really enjoyed this. And to mirror what another player said; the amount of AI in the manor itself was perfect; not too easy, not too hard; just right. Can't wait for the next one, so get cracking -
Fan Mission: The Spider and the Finch, by grodenglaive
Amadeus replied to grodenglaive's topic in Fan Missions
Congrats on the release! I'm very excited to play this one this weekend! -
Let's not forget about dragofer's wonderful oil lamps used in Down by the Riverside, Perilous Refuge, and many others
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Fair enough. I will say that as a player, I do get annoyed when I climb on something and then clip onto a small thing (like a fork). But that is just me
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Yeah, you should select those cutlerly models and food models and turn change their classnmame into func_statics so they don't fly around when the ai is alerted. EDIT: Better yet, you can give those forks and knives, etc., "noclipmodel" "1" that way players don't clip on them if they climb onto the table
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Fan Mission: Seeking Lady Leicester, by Grayman (3/21/2023)
Amadeus replied to Amadeus's topic in Fan Missions
Welcome to the Dark Mod forums MarsManon! Thank you very much for the kind words about SLL, it's always nice to hear We all worked real hard on bringing Grayman's map to life and I'm glad you enjoyed it -
I just finished it last night, absolutely fantastic mission! This was a blast; love the design, the atmosphere, the lighting. I also love that ... This FM was short, sweet, and definitely your best yet! Well done!
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Man, three mission releases in a week?! And in October!? Love it! Congrats on the release, I'll be looking forward to playing this
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You might just be better off triggering a speaker when you want it played. I could be wrong, but I don't think the location system ambients work like how you want them to
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Agreed; these notes are nice, brief, and clearly visible. It also adds a nice little bit of immersion, having those notes written to you and posted by.... someone
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This is a really nice little section. I do think it can be expanded a bit though to fully flesh out some of these mechanics. First, you could also introduce water arrows because those expand moss arrow patches (at least last time I checked). Also, once the body is hidden, you could have another AI come into the room to "check your work". Finally, there could be another tiny section where you need to hide a body in a fully lit room, but to do so you have to drag/manipulate the body under, let's say, a shelf. Absolutely love the style though, very T1, very cool
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thanks for making this. I'll check this out in a little bit
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I think it's reasonable to assume that players will think that a body behaves differently than a candlestick, or a bottle or whatever other moveable junk a player may find. Players frob arrows, health potions, all kinds of other inventory items; I don't really think players will worry about "frob consistency" when dealing with a body. I did try out Daft Mugi's NewFrob and it's quite nice. There are several FMs that require players to shoulder a body to complete it (Penny Dreadful 3, Volta 2, Painter's Wife) and there are no FMs that require fine manipulation of an AI's arm or leg.
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This was a super fun mission! I love all the detail spent on fleshing out all the little nooks and crannies (very satisfying to find loot in some tricky places) as well as the atmosphere. There is definitely some killer atmosphere here, and in such a unique location no less. One small critique would just be the performance; for such an ambitious open area, there are some pretty laggy areas, but nothing game-breaking. Overall though, this was a ton of fun!