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  1. The Necrobobicon

    in Art Assets

    Posted · Edited by Bob Necro

    Had to abandon the old bearded guy; the texture is mirrored, so I couldn't add any significant detail without it looking jarringly symmetrical.

     

    Here's one based on Average Jack instead:

    ZomMale1_zpsyjvbvngd.jpg

    Also has a bearded version.

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  4. New Footstep sounds

    in Music & SFX

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    It should be noted that the tile footstep soundfiles themselves don't have reverb applied to them, apart from the two last ones (of 8) which have a slight ambient echo to them. However, they're also rather different from the preceding six - maybe just replace them with pitched versions of two of the earlier footsteps?

     

    Also, I'm surprised no one else has mentioned the wood footsteps - they're luvly!

  7. [Obsolete as of TDM 2.08] Problems with simple ambient rendering

    in The Dark Mod

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    Didn't post this in "Things that could be improved" because I don't know if this is an universal problem or just something at my end, and I don't have another computer to test this out on. It has, however, been this way for as long as I've had Dark Mod.

    When I've got ambient light set to simple, THIS sort of thing happens:

    http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h161/DasMustardman/SimpleBug2_zps2pindvgs.jpg

    http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h161/DasMustardman/SimpleBug1_zpsxcviegig.jpg

    It's not mission specific either. The vast majority, if not all, decals are rendered in simple transparency instead of in additive or other intended way, and there's some lighting anomalies as well, as can be seen on the wench there. In some cases, engraved text on plaques won't show up in simple rendering, which takes it from mere aesthetic fugliness to an actual gameplay issue.

     

    It's a shame, because not only does simple rendering provide a handy performance boost, I actually prefer the look of it where it works correctly. Any ideas about what to do about this?

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  13. The Necrobobicon

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    I'm struggling a bit with the hands, though. I want to have necrosis of the extremities on the fingers like on the nose and ears, complete with that gross glossiness, but the specular isn't really cooperating. Is there any setting to control the size of the specular highlight without turning down the shine so that it is the same kind of small bright highlight as on the nose, or am I stuck with what I've got?

  16. Elderly Models

    in The Dark Mod

    Posted · Edited by Bob Necro

    I'd love a thin, decrepit old man body that's hunched over and walks with a cane.

     

    Yes, now into the old male chaps!

     

    Old ladies never looked so good! ;)

     

    Must... resist... making a gerontophilia joke.

     

    Re the latest from Bob - really nice but why do I get the impression that she has either Spock's ears or more likely an elf from Lord of the Rings

    Could it be the angle of the ears sloping away from the head and the lack of lobes

     

    It's the angle. Certainly nothing that could be caused by the textures.

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    Elderly Models

    in The Dark Mod

    Posted · Edited by Bob Necro

    That's amazing for a stern, haughty matron.

    That gives me an idea. Should maybe make an austere black dress texture for the noblewoman model...

     

    Been working on a literal shrivelled old maid.

    oldmaid_zps3gnn3fzl.jpg

    Not too shabby, considering the lack of actual polygon deformations, if I do say so myself.

     

    Also, while working on the hands I noticed that both the noblewoman and maid models don't have normal maps applied to their hands. Someone should check the material files, methinks.

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    Elderly Models

    in The Dark Mod

    Posted · Edited by Bob Necro

    There's only so much one can do without actual modeling, of course. But I modified the normal map, check out if it behaves better this way.

    https://goo.gl/photos/XJVCy8TfCNfXKWSk6

     

    I'll see about hands and chest (which I didn't touch at all earlier).

     

    EDIT: Did some further editing on the normal map and added diffuse with grey eybrows.

     

    Here's a couple of ingame shots.

    https://goo.gl/photos/PVjP516GEQjPETKa9

    Google Photo apparanetly no longer allows hotlinking.

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  24. Fan Mission: Spring Cleaning by Goldwell (2015/10/30)

    in Fan Missions

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    Appearance: 3

    Some very atmospheric stuff here and there! Some kind of bland stuff as well, but that's to be expected considering the time constraints. Seing the huge shadow of the little key floating in the distance was a particularily cool touch.

    Nice briefing as well.

     

    Gameplay: 2

    Not a whole lot of stuff to do, and the patrol patterns of the AI:s felt wonky. An antagonist suddenly and unintuitively changing direction and discovering you due to pathfinding issues is one of my pet peeves.

     

    Having to pick the lock while the basement floods was a really cool idea though.

     

     

    Halloween: 2

     

    Jumpscares, spiders and skellingtons, oh my! None of which do anything for me personally, but I'm highly desensitized to horror. It has to be said, anything that makes Fen scream like a girl is always something to be applauded.

    Also, having "pant pant pant, I WILL FIND YOU" playing on infinite repeat just reminded me of a third rate haunted house attraction*. Would work MUCH better as a one shot.

     

    *I was expecting a papier maché ghoul to spring out at any moment. :P

     

     

    Some nice groundwork there, given the short construction time. Would love to see you expand on this once the competition is over.

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  25. Fan Mission: The Golden Skull by Sotha (2015/10/24)

    in Fan Missions

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    And the bronze goes to...

     

    Elaboration on scores:

    Appearance: 2

    It's another Dark Mod mansion.

     

    Also,

    the face texture of the unfortunate, undead damsel in distress is kind of amateurishly modified, and I was frankly expecting something far more shocking considering the amount of blood leading to the cell. If you're gonna release an updated version once the competition is over, I can make something higher in quality and more fitting for a torture victim, if you want.

     

     

    Gameplay: 3

    Works well, but nothing to write home about.

     

    Halloween: 3

    Bog standard mansion, but with quite a nice 'n' nasty tweest. I especially liked

    descending the stairs down to the Lord's secret room. Nice build up. Pay off wasn't quite as impactful, on one hand due to what I mentioned under "appearance" and, on the other, you could perhaps look into an alternate voce set for Ms. Zombie. Or perhaps it'd be even spoopier if she was eerily silent as she tears through the household?

     

     

    All in all, quite a nice testamnent for what can be created in short time.

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