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And another interesting one (especially price wise):
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I don't know if it's related, but, I noticed since a few TDM versions that some text in readables in some missions is cut off. IIRC, also in the Training Mission. Also, the two books in JackFarmer's screenshots aren't the same height. The lower one is way shorter than the upper one.
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I haven't played the mission yet, so, I can't comment on it. Regarding the criticism: I think it should also be allowed to note some things you saw as points of criticism. Actually, IMO, negative criticism is better than positive, because it points out what you maybe didn't think through thoroughly, or you simply didn't see when you created the mission on your own. I'm aware that there is a lot of work involved, and people do it in their spare time for their own or other people's pleasure. But, that really shouldn't be a reason to praise everything to the skies. Actually, I've seen my fair share of average missions which have been totally overrated. Again, that shouldn't knock anynone's work, and, I have no idea how this mission is. Just wanted to point out that noting negative things shouldn't be taken as discouraging, but rather the opposite. I've seen some mission authors for Dark Mod going from average to absolutely fantastic missions, because they learned what it takes to make good missions. It's an art, and obviously takes time to perfect.
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Edit: Nevermind. Found out how to do it.
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That might explain why I have to set it to below value 1 to make it look good here. Actually, I set both gamma and brightness below 1. Gamma is 0.9 and brightness is 0.8.
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Fan Mission: Now and Then by joebarnin (2020/09/08)
chakkman replied to joebarnin's topic in Fan Missions
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Sorry for digging this out, but, one thing I always wondered: Shouldn't a gamma value of 1 in Dark Mod give you the best experience when you're using a monitor with a gamma value close to 2.2 (which I think is the optimum in terms of realistic colour reproduction)? I have a monitor with very good out of the box colour reproduction, and almost ideal gamma. Yet I have to turn down the in-game gamma to about 0.9 to get a good result. I must say though that I prefer it darker than what the average player probably has, so, that might be the problem here. Still, I usually have very good result leaving the gamma on default setting in most games, which is probably calibrated towards monitors which display ideal gamma.
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Fan Mission: Now and Then by joebarnin (2020/09/08)
chakkman replied to joebarnin's topic in Fan Missions
I just finished this. Nice mission, I really enjoyed it. A few issues, but, overall a very nice experience. So, yeah, nice mission, and, looking forwards to play your other ones now. -
Ah, then my memory failed me.
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Gigantic missions like The Painter's Wife would really benefit from automap. I really liked it in the original Thief games. Very helpful.
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"Ignorant" opinion: I doubt that 99,9% of the general population would notice the difference in game, so, this is a bit of a geeked out discussion. Also, if there are some significant downsides which can't be overcome, then I'm always for the solution which offers more and causes less trouble, regardless whether or not it looks 0.001% worse.
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Beta Testing: Hidden Hands - Blood & Metal (campaign)
chakkman replied to JackFarmer's topic in Fan Missions
Is this a campaign? I mean this one specifically, I know that there are more "Hidden Hands" missions. -
Dishonored style. I like it.
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That's a great game. Highly recommended.