[TDM starts with black screen on Windows 7]

Hmm...

Try creating a glprogs folder under your darkmod folder and place the changed shader I attached here into it.

interactionMultiLight.fs

 

 

[TDM starts with black screen on Windows 7]

If you set r_useNewBackend 0 in Darkmod.cfg do you get better results?

It seems that the multi-light shader uses textureGather which requires OpenGL 4.x

We got rid of that shader in 2.12. Can you confirm whether 2.12 has the same issue?

If localization issues are keeping you on 2.11, perhaps you could extract the pk4's that have strings and fonts then repack them with the localized versions?

[trying to run TDM on Android]

I think the biggest issue is ambient lighting.

The phones (etc) don't seem to support OpenGL 3.2 fully so the ambient lighting fails.

@freyk  If you invoke reloadGLSLprograms in the console does it return any errors?

[Warpzone portals]

3 hours ago, HMart said:

I certainly expected and deserve that reply, but I just don't have the time and to tell the truth, I don't think I'm qualified to do it.

No worries. I figured you'd be a good candidate.

I think @7318 made our HL2 style portal skies, I keep forgetting if that was your old alt \ nick.

( Don't recall both of you in the same thread ? )

[Warpzone portals]

35 minutes ago, HMart said:

Indeed and yes Prey 2006 is literally Doom 3 engine with only a few modifications, TDM engine is way more removed from original idTech 4 than Prey engine was. 

Also I think this can be replicated in idTech 4 relatively easy (in c++ obviously): 

https://www.froyok.fr/blog/2019-03-creating-seamless-portals-in-unreal-engine-4/

If you post a patch we will merge it

[Best Optimized Missions]

@BoilerDunce please post your Darkmod.cfg

Also, I presume you are running TDM 2.12?

Did you try evaluating different settings per our performance guide:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Performance_Tweaks

?

[Best Optimized Missions]

Most missions in the database are pretty well optimized so the question boils down to if you are asking about absolute performance or relative performance.

We have lots of small missions that don't need heroic feats of optimization to run well on weak hardware but some authors have still applied good optimization work to them ( Sir Talbot's Collatoral, Return to the City, The Outpost, Chalice of Kings, Lockdown )

We also have large and technically impressive missions like No Honor Among Thieves, Seeking Lady Leicester, Volta 1 & 2, Behind Closed Doors, William Steele 2, Requiem, Northdale 1 & 2, Lords and Legacy, Written in Stone... that are well optimized and run well despite their large sizes and expanded vistas.

Arguably, even large missions like Painter's Wife, Iris, Penny Dreadful 2 & 3, King of Diamonds, The Black Mage that are more taxing than normal are still pretty well optimized given what they offer in terms of content.

Then, on the opposite side you have missions like Scroll of Remembrance and A Bridge Too Far which are pretty modest in terms of size but are very taxing on performance. These missions probably could be optimized further.

 

[Development versions (2.13)]

2.13 compatible Northdale1 version:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod/addons/shadows-of-northdale-1-213-dev-edition

[Development versions (2.13)]

The latest Dev Build has a few textures created using the technique here:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Creating_textures_from_Ornate_Photos

 

Both got a little enhancement via a tip from Arcturus to use an AI based tool:

https://huggingface.co/spaces/Stable-X/normal-estimation-arena

be forewarned that this AI instance goes down a lot so you may need to check back in a few hours or the next day if it throws a 500 error. ( Probably the perils of having a free AI tool open to the public... )

 

[Development versions (2.13)]

10 minutes ago, datiswous said:

Sure, but it could be useful if people want to play it already with a dev built.

I'll upload the fixed version to moddb tonight.

[Newbie DarkRadiant Questions]

Did you look at the auto-map in "The Painter"s Wife" ? I think that's the closest example to what you are aiming for?

[Newbie DarkRadiant Questions]

You need to use $player1.getWorldOrigin();

[Fan Mission: By The Cookbook]

11 hours ago, Skaruts said:

Alright, here's v4: 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ov8m8hsxw83v844/sk_cooks.pk4/file

@nbohr1more

 

All set

[Fan Mission: By The Cookbook]

17 minutes ago, Skaruts said:

Oh! I had no idea.

Wouldn't it be better to bump the version in the pk4 then, just to be consistent and avoid generating any confusion?

That's what I prefer. Some authors do lots of tiny updates and don't want their mission to show as "version 15" (etc). Some updates are considered small or inconsequential so the author instructs that we don't bump the version flag and just let players delete their current version and download again if they want the improved version.

[Fan Mission: By The Cookbook]

Version 3.1 is up in the database.

In case you are unaware, I have to bump the version to the next integer value for players to see the update alert so the TDM missions page will show version 4 but in-game it shows as v3.1

[Fan Mission: By The Cookbook]

The mission database has been updated with  v3.

Congrats!

[Fan Mission: By The Cookbook]

I'll upload tonight unless someone does it before me.

[Mouse 1]

Thanks!

I don't see config problems so I think this issue is mission specific.

I advise discussing with the mission author @joebarnin 

 

[Mouse 1]

Please post your darkmod.cfg

and the output of:

condump mouse_issue.txt

( open the console via CTRL+ALT+TILDE )

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Reporting_Problem

[Inventory grid Item sorting]

LOL, many team members and players objected to the inventory grid feature in the first place.

I think most team members are agnostic about any further development on it other than it's visual design.

If players really want something improved about it, I doubt anyone but Durandall would be precious about changing the current design. Most of the core team would rather you become proficient with the classic hot-keys and key-rings.

[Inventory grid Item sorting]

@Durandall I have no idea about why you chose the current design and do not care either way. Does the current sorting have advantages or is it just a personal preference? If the latter, perhaps we should add a cvar to toggle this?

[Light seeping through caulk]

I think it's a trade-off of the new 2.12 optimization feature.

In theory, you would need to do less optimizing work and just need to fix a few light leaks here and there.

You can be less careful about light counts and light radius and not worry as much about the performance impact of lights from other areas, etc.

[Light seeping through caulk]

Probably something to be studied in relation to:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=New_light_leaks_in_2.12

If you make the shadow brushes func_static and add:

"forceShadowBehindOpaque" "1"

does the issue persist ?

See also:

https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=6536

which is an open issue...

[The Dark Mod 15th Anniversary Contest - Entry Thread]

To reciprocate TDM's inclusion in the TDS 20yr contest I offered the TTLG community the chance to join using T1 \2 or TDS entries. At the last minute it seems that we have one interested T2 mapper who is considering remaking a TDM mission in T2. A little late in the game but we can cross our fingers for this entrant to join the celebration.

[How can I create an account on the TDM wiki?]

1 hour ago, Fiver said:

Any project or organization that relies on volunteer work benefits from harnessing what each participant offer. In the case of TDM, some people write code or scripts, create assets or animation or missions, write on the forum, etc. Others (like myself) do testing or write documentation.

I was under the impression that this project was open to contributions also when it comes to documentation (hence this thread). And, as I understand, it was open at least at some point in history (and multiple wiki users never made a single edit). I believe this was changed to avoid spammers. That is understandable, but once it has been established that a new contributor is not a spammer and instead shows a genuine interest to contribute, is there any good reason not to let them do so?

As I wrote earlier in this thread, I have demonstrated that I am familiar with wiki formatting and that I have good intentions. Also, any mistake on the wiki is easy to revert.

If it makes any difference I can limit myself to one edit a day the first month and start doing minor edits like fixing spelling, formatting and linking.

Can you try providing a few more examples of intended wiki changes / additions ?

The last example was pretty redundant to existing documentation. If you didn't have some reasonable bug tracker entries I would ask you to participate in a Turing Test.