[Fan Mission: A Night Of Loot: One Man's Treasure (2020/06/13)]

Congratulations!!!

[Beta Testing 2.08]

I too had noticed the overlays being solid black.

So blackness and faintness are afflicting these overlays

 

[Beta Testing 2.08]

I remember there being some discussion about the lockpick red and green glows not displaying properly.

I don't know if anyone made a correction for this, but in beta7 I can barely see these glowing overlays. (they're properly red and green, but faint)

[Beta Testing 2.08]

30 minutes ago, JackFarmer said:

Unfortunately, 2.08  shows severe non-mapping problems I would have to fix for a 2.08 release (especially when it comes to AI behaviour) anyway.

 

 

And you’ve filed bug reports on the AI behavior problems?

[Beta Testing 2.08]

Maybe it's never been so pronounced.

[Beta Testing 2.08]

When I read a readable, the whole screen tints darker.

Did someone make a design choice? I don't remember seeing this behavior before.

[FMs that use scripted dialogues / sequences?]

I've gotten around this by providing an alternate source of information.

For example, at the start of Somewhere Above the City, the drunk guard is there to provide you with background and objectives. If you like to blackjack guards, and you do so before he completes his monologue, there's a piece of paper on his table that provides the same information.

[Newbie DarkRadiant Questions]

Are you sure you don't have an internal leak?

[Newbie DarkRadiant Questions]

Make sure you have "s_occlusion" set to "0". Counter-intuitively, this setting means that the sound should travel through portals and fade with distance traveled.

Also set "s_omni" to "0". This prevents the sound from being "omnipresent" everywhere.

Btw, "no_dups" doesn't mean sounds won't overlap. It means that once a sound has played, the next time it plays, if there are multiple choices, pick one that didn't just play. This keeps, for example, AI from continuously barking the same thing repeatedly when there are choices he could make.

[Beta Testing 2.08]

Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce this problem.

I'm testing with beta6, and the AI is able to sit down at the desk and subsequently stand up and walk away w/no problem.

I tested this 5x in a row, and he was ok each time.

By whatever means, I'm going to need someone to create a savegame showing the problem, using beta6.

 

[Beta Testing 2.08]

The area where the guy gets stuck violates two mapping rules:

1. The path_corner is too close to monsterclip.

2. The monsterclip doesn't go up to the ceiling, providing a surface that pathfinding thinks the AI can get to. AI climbing up on desks and tables usually results in them getting stuck, because pathfinding doesn't allow them to get back down.

 

This should also have failed prior to 2.07, so I'll be testing with 2.06 this weekend.

[OMG Finally!!! (7Mbps to 1000Mbps internet)]

Yowza!!!

[Beta Testing 2.08]

My computer should be back working Friday, so I can spend some time on the problem this weekend 

[Is there a console command that would help the AI continue their routes after getting stuck?]

If you can take a screenshot of the door in question, I’ll take a look. Hopefully corrected versions of all WS missions will get released after last Mission is released.

 

glad you’re enjoying the series.

[VIDEO: Introduction to Dark Radiant for new Mappers]

I routinely caulk all void-facing surfaces because if I filter out caulk, I can see inside the rooms.

VERY handy.

 

[Is there a console command that would help the AI continue their routes after getting stuck?]

Are you playing an existing mission, or creating one?

[Is there a console command that would help the AI continue their routes after getting stuck?]

Sorry, no

[Free models from unknown authors]

Perhaps take a snapshot of the model and let Google do an image search. Might turn up the author's site.

[FMs that use scripted dialogues / sequences?]

Lots and lots of work setting up conversations, which is why they're not used more often.

As for my missions:

Somewhere Above the City - opening monologue from drunk guard + epilogue conversation

Mother Rose - none

Sir Taffsalot's Sword - none

Braeden Church - opening conversation

Seeking Lady Leicester - none (yet)

The Black Mage - none (yet)

WS1 - none

WS2 - recorded messages on cylinder machines

WS3 - conversation after entering compound + Sewell's constant pestering of the guards

WS4 - opening monologue from Watch officer + whore's constant pestering of the Watch + Deacon's singing

WS5 - opening monologue from drunk

WS6 - recorded messages on cylinder machines + antagonists' conversation + guard conversation

WS7 - antagonist monologue + epilogue conversation

[Beta Testing 2.08]

We'll continue to use stains because they provide effects other than edge occlusion.

[Story Mod]

Look for missions that come in groups; there are several.

William Steele (WSn) is my contribution of a continuing story.

[Pics from Baleford Museum]

Two pics from the next William Steele mission, entitled Baleford Museum.

 

 

[DarkRadiant 2.8.0 pre-release testing]

Thanks for your continuing attention!!

[Beta Testing 2.08]

6 minutes ago, nbohr1more said:

As a reminder, a good practice is to delete your darkmod.cfg after every beta update and reset settings.

In this case, if you don't set r_useMultiDraw to "0" after updating to beta 5 you will see all sorts of broken rendering.

If this is a required setting, why offer the option of changing it? Shouldn't even be archived.

[Beta Testing 2.08]

3 hours ago, stgatilov said:

Be prepared that in some future bad entity rotations will be forbidden completely. By that time there should be some convenient replacement.

TDM Support for existing maps using the hack should remain. We can’t break old maps.

Removing the hack for new maps needs to be done in DR.