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Status Updates posted by nbohr1more

  1. Goldwell's mission is shaping-up nicely too! This may be the closest race we've seen since that (fantastic) newbie contest.

  2. Halloween is in 15 days... "Extra super fast" speedbuild contest? ( LOL )

  3. SteveL is killing those bug tracker entries like crazy today!!!

  4. Another Chalice mission arrives. Bikerdude and Xarg have fixed-up Fidcal's "Chalice of Kings" for v2.03!

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    2. Xarg

      Xarg

      That just leaves The Alchemist, and all the TD missions are post 2.0 compliant, woo!

    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Working on that one next.

    4. nbohr1more
  5. Skacky's "Chalice of Souls" (Thief Gold) is out!!!!

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    2. Melan

      Melan

      And it is quite good too! (BTW, it is a group effort - and most of the first mission is actually NOT by skacky. As strange as it sounds.)

    3. Tarhiel

      Tarhiel

      Looks solid, downloading.

    4. Bikerdude
  6. Just had to undo a Wikipedia revison that redirtected the entire TDM page to a small mention on the Id Tech 4 page...

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    2. SteveL

      SteveL

      I've added claims of notability to the top of the article: the PC Gamer award, and distribution by print magazines. Also opened a "notability" discussion on the talk page, so other editors are bound by the rules to respond there with arguments before before removing the article again.

    3. SteveL

      SteveL

      @jaxa I guess we're no longer a doom3 mod, but that link should go back in.

    4. jaxa

      jaxa

      Obviously it started out as a Doom3 mod, versions of it on computers out there are Doom mods, and taking away the category makes the game harder to find.

  7. r_useIndexBuffers was broken in drivers in ancient times. It seems that once again enabling this slows things down a bit rather than speeding things. AMD users is it working well for you?

    1. SteveL

      SteveL

      We use index vbos by default. I'd have expected stuff to slow down without index buffers, because you need more data for a model without them. Am I reading your message right?

    2. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Yes, disabling Index Buffers runs slightly better on current Nvidia drivers, contrary to expectations. (Except for when you are used to Nvidia coming from bizarro world with their drivers).

  8. Has anyone tried RwgTex for Normal Map compression? https://github.com/paulvortex/RwgTex

    1. motorsep
    2. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Is the RXGB compression any better than Compressonator (ATI)?

    3. motorsep

      motorsep

      The tools uses both AMD and NVidia libs, so I am sure it uses Nvidia for normal maps compression and it's quite good.

  9. Got a nice performance boost after upgrading my motherboard BIOS.

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    2. MoroseTroll

      MoroseTroll

      Maybe. But who knows?

    3. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Yeah. I'm not gonna revert to the old BIOS to find out. I just thought id share. That said, this was the most nerve wracking BIOS update I ever did. The tool was so wonky I was sure I bricked the motherboard doing it until I finally saw the 2nd boot splash

    4. MoroseTroll

      MoroseTroll

      So your MB have no double BIOS feature? That's weird! Anyways, congrats with happy update :).

  10. Oh crap! I forgot we host Darkradiant on sourceforge. They'll probably start injecting malware now that their business is wrecked.

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    2. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      What a mess. Can Google or some other OpenSource advocate please buy these guys out... Argh!!!

    3. jaxa

      jaxa

      Wreck an "open source business", get bought by Google. I'm sensing innovation there nbohr

    4. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Oh, I doubt there's any conspiracy happening. Sourceforge was riding on the new hotness of Slashdot and the valley culture. They just sat on their ass whilst Github and Reddit ate their lunch.

  11. NewDark has Object LOD now. Maybe folks will be able to play Soul Tear's missions on low-end systems now. ;)

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    2. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Could help with new versions of EP. They could include LOD assets so all missions automatically benefit.

    3. SeriousToni

      SeriousToni

      Has there been a new NewDark release?

    4. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      The latest NewDark is now in both Tfix and TafferPatcher.

  12. NHAT v3.0 is out now too!!! Crypts are creepier, taverns are cozier, cathedrals are more full of grandeur...

    1. Sotha

      Sotha

      Well, now this May has been pretty awesome for TDM.

    2. Bikerdude
  13. Trying to find pics of old 16th century Inn's online... Did they all have pubs?, Can't find examples without pubs...

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    2. Goldwell

      Goldwell

      I was always under the understanding that they actually didn't have what we consider medieval inns back in real world history. Travelers between cities would usually stay with farmers who would host a room with food and things of that nature. I could be mistaken though but the conventional medieval inn that we picture today just simply didnt exist and is moreso just another hollywood "fact" thats leaked into history

    3. stumpy

      stumpy

      there's olde stagecoach inns in the uk but most have been converted into farms or flats, or knocked down, or pubs.

    4. stumpy
  14. Ugh. Replicans commiting treason again I see. Too bad treason is so popular both parties do it...

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    2. demagogue

      demagogue

      Whether you call it treason or not, who are these small members of the legislature to think they can negotiate with another country over the head of the president? What, you get elected in some podunk Vermont district and think you're in a position to play nuclear diplomacy?

       

      BTW America only has a 2 party system because of Duverger's Law. They're perfectly legal to have; they're just mathematically not going to win. It's better for us in the end because the maj...

    3. demagogue

      demagogue

      ... major parties end up absorbing minority issues within themselves. Typically it stops the parties from radicalizing, but the Republicans are undermining that logic recently.

    4. RPGista

      RPGista

      Oh, Dems and Republicans, Labour and Tories, you can barely distinguish one from the other, with their priorities being so clear against the majority, and them being so like minded... And by the way, dont they have like 40 parties or so in brazil? You guys should be happy that at least you can tell who is who.

  15. OK Biker, hows that NHAT fixup goin' ?

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    2. 161803398874989

      161803398874989

      Didn't know you were his secretary, Goldwell. :P

    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Ah apologies, got distracted by DyingLight. Its pretty much done, just got a path finding issue and I think 3-4 very small bugs left and then its done. I need to take a break fro DL and I will get the above done.

    4. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      No problem Biker, just a little teasing that's all :)

  16. Anyone have write permissions to the wiki main page: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Main_Page ? I can't edit this to reflect that we are on v2.03 now...

    1. SteveL

      SteveL

      Not me. Best PM Springheel.

    2. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      I cant either, I think only Springs has access to edit the main wiki page.

    3. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Hah! Thanks Greebo!

  17. Woot! SVN2Github is working again! Time to play!

  18. Grayman and SteveL killin' those bugs like crazy! Who is the "good cop" and who is the "bad cop"?

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    2. SteveL

      SteveL

      I'll be the good one :) Here's hoping the tide has turned in the 2.03 beta. It feels like it has to me. On the plus side, it's going to be a feature-packed release. AI that look good close up, AI that cooperate during searches to give complacent players their comeuppance (I've finally had to learn how to use flashbombs to get out of scrapes during this beta), better particles and smoother animations... not to mention a pile of AAA quality models. It's definitely worth it!

    3. lowenz
    4. lowenz

      lowenz

      BTW where he is hiding since March 2014? :|

  19. My favorite troll site: http://www.promotinglinux.com/truth/

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    2. Xarg

      Xarg

      I was hoping someone would link that one!

    3. PranQster

      PranQster

      LOL "A toy with lead paint. And lead paint is a dangerous substance." :)

    4. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      "With Linux you will know the price of everything, yet the value of nothing." I'm tempted to change my signature...

  20. Greebo is taking a deeper look at precision issues in Dark Radient... Calling grayman and Sotha...

    1. Sotha

      Sotha

      Present! Gave the method to reproduce the error in the corresponding thread.

    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      Affirmative, bugtracking in progress ... please wait :D

  21. Oh man, what a day to be banned from the PC by my wife. NHAT has been re-released...

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    2. Obsttorte
    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      hey now, for all we know nbohr might have been neglecting the kid, housework and such to test tdm :-P

    4. SteveL
  22. TDM v2.03 testers needed. Especially those players who spam quick-save!

    1. jaxa

      jaxa

      Recommend a mission with a lot of particle FX? I recall a bunch in Alberic's Curse

    2. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      "Let Sleeping Thieves Lie" is an amazing showcase of the new particle behavior. As is "William Steele 3: Cleighmoor"

    3. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      Alberic's is great too but it already looked so good that the impact of the change isn't as great. If you want a "before\after" Let Sleeping Thieves Lie really does it.

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