Jump to content
The Dark Mod Forums

JackFarmer

Member
  • Posts

    1750
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    81

Status Replies posted by JackFarmer

  1. Kill the bots! (see the "Who is online" bar)

  2. What do you know about a 40 degree day?

    @demagogue

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @demagogue

      I am afraid I must have Mr. Bell to educate you:

      Apart from that, I wish you lots of fun with your “The Wire” marathon. :)

    2. (See 3 other replies to this status update)

  3. On a lighter note, thanks to my cat-like reflexes, my superior puzzle skills and my perfect memory, I was able to beat the remastered version of "Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation" in a new superhuman record time of 23 h : 35 m, worship me!

  4. I moved from Manjaro Linux (rolling release) to Linux Mint (LTS). One of the reasons was that I found the updates a bit too often and long. But now on Mint I get updates every day, although they're usually small updates.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Make sure to press "refresh" after you started the computer and have opened the update program before updating things from the list or if the list show nothing at all.

      Since a certain system update (don't know which one), I regularly have the following situation:

      1. I open the update program.
      2. The program shows  (a) nothing or (b) X possible updates.
      3. When pressing "refresh", the program shows (a) suddenly available updates or (b) X+X possible updates.

      Ubuntu version seems to be extremely stable (had not one crash since permanently switching to latest build in December 24).

      I've tried Debian version as well, but for reasons unknown (maybe something went wrong during installation?), it worked much slower, certain programs had not been available (or at least I was not able to find and install them), etc.

      This will probably get better if the team maybe has to drop the Ubuntu version for the known reasons.

      Apart from that, I think this is a good choice if you want to have a Windows like appearance (when using Cinammon).

       

    2. (See 7 other replies to this status update)

  5. On a lighter note, thanks to my cat-like reflexes, my superior puzzle skills and my perfect memory, I was able to beat the remastered version of "Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation" in a new superhuman record time of 23 h : 35 m, worship me!

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @chakkmanBecause of the bad weather forecast for tomorrow, I will prolly start with "TR: Chronicles" tomorrow after lunch.

      Compared to “Revelation”, “Chronicles” (in terms of scope, complexity and puzzle density) seems to me like a relaxing bath with champagne and seltzer!

    2. (See 4 other replies to this status update)

  6. Where is the "Game Connection" element in the Linux version of DR? I could swear, I saw that in an older build (which I conveniently deleted a few days ago).

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @OrbWeaverYou are right; the plugins had been missing. Thank you for your help.

    2. (See 4 other replies to this status update)

  7. Where is the "Game Connection" element in the Linux version of DR? I could swear, I saw that in an older build (which I conveniently deleted a few days ago).

  8. Does anyone know if the mission/map in this video posted by @Springheel can still be found somewhere and played? Looks like fun.

     

  9. What is actually grammatically correct when it happens in the future? “Paul Atreides is an idiot” or ‘Paul Atreides was an idiot’? or ‘Paul Atreides will be an idiot’? The latter would at least fit in with the whole psychic and providence stuff!

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Thanks, nbohr, however, the question was meant more philosophically (even if I expressed it pointing to the grammar) in view of the fact that when you talk about science fiction books, you talk about the action in the past....although it will only happen in the distant future! :)

    2. (See 1 other reply to this status update)

  10. Hidden Hands: Blood and Metal is out

     

  11. Somehow I admire the fact that the material from Dune has now been filmed for the third time. Personally, I could never do much with the material, but as a child of the 80s, I of course know the David Lynch movie...and that movie was at least funny! :)

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Yes, absolutely, it was all much more atmospheric, whereas in the new film version it all seems so, I don't have the word for it, perhaps you can call it “anemic”. However, I haven't even seen the second part of the new adaption yet, but I hardly think that has changed.

      Speaking of which, have you ever heard about "Jodorowsky's Dune"?  😆

    2. (See 2 other replies to this status update)

  12. Trying to be productive on my down-time before Capcom releases Akuma and my son is constantly on my PC playing Street Fighter...

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Blasphemy, you heathen, you should test my project! Btw, had to look this one up as I did not know what "Akuma" means. 😆
  13. Does anyone actually use the Normalise button in the Surface inspector? Even after looking at the code I'm not quite sure what it's for.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      No, and I too do not understand what it does.

    2. (See 6 other replies to this status update)

  14. @joebarnin

    Jeff, I sent you PM a few weeks back but you did not respond. Maybe your inbox is full?

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Yeah, that's the last one. Did you check the attached video? It was for your information to see that it works as it should! :)

    2. (See 4 other replies to this status update)

  15. Whenever I eat fried chicken these days I think of this scene in The Black Mage..

    black_mage(2024-01-0718-51-59)(-41.38562627.25).thumb.jpg.3b0b9b11f58999322edab1d7ca5fb362.jpg

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Incidentally, it's not entirely mine, I spun it together from quotes from a movie and a book and then integrated it into a setting that fits the Dark Mod.

    2. (See 1 other reply to this status update)

  16. If you find the new Beatles song "Now and Then", which was created with the help of AI, totally boring, then you should better play the mission of the same name by our esteemed mission maker friend joebarnin, because the latter is actually a creative milestone!

  17. Who is actually working on new missions right now? That I, the greatest mapper of all times (and I say this in all modesty, it is innate in me) am working on something epochal is clear to everyone by now. But who else is working on new missions? Please let me, your God, know, because it's so depressingly quiet here and I don't like to post pictures all the time, because even for me it gets a bit too boastful (although justified) with time.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @cvlwThen you are miles ahead of me, I have never managed to create a real existing building in DR. That's quite an accomplishment and you're in good company, as many of our Mission Maker colleagues model their buildings this way as well.

    2. (See 17 other replies to this status update)

  18. Who is actually working on new missions right now? That I, the greatest mapper of all times (and I say this in all modesty, it is innate in me) am working on something epochal is clear to everyone by now. But who else is working on new missions? Please let me, your God, know, because it's so depressingly quiet here and I don't like to post pictures all the time, because even for me it gets a bit too boastful (although justified) with time.

  19. It's been a while since we've seen such an avalanche of spam.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Fly to Bavaria! To meet with good old Jack!

    2. (See 5 other replies to this status update)

  20. Hello, Since this track is originally from TDM,i think it's better to ask here than TTLG. Do you guys have the full version of this ambient track?

    https://sndup.net/z4ty/

    https://sndup.net/qwhy/

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      Sorry, did not read this till now. Help still needed?

    2. (See 3 other replies to this status update)

  21. Hello, Since this track is originally from TDM,i think it's better to ask here than TTLG. Do you guys have the full version of this ambient track?

    https://sndup.net/z4ty/

    https://sndup.net/qwhy/

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      They sound very familiar to me,

      You should find them in tdm_sound_ambient02.pk4 (rename it to .zip).

    2. (See 3 other replies to this status update)

  22. Bachelor Mapping Challenge!

    The girlfriend will be away to her mum's place for almost a week, which means more mapping time for me! I'm planning a speed build. Hope it will go my way :)

    I'm starting by downloading 2.11. Don't know if I'm going to use any fancy new stuff. Just want to crack those itching map muscles that has gone dry and dead since almost a year's worth of no-mapping :)

  23. While I am someone who finds Star Wars to be entertainment for little boys (and those aren't even my words, they come from Ewan McGregor), I have to say that "The Mandorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett" contain scenes and insights that I enjoy. Also, these series really have an 80's flair...plus it's nice to see for example Nick Nolte, Carl Weather, Jennifer Beals, Deany Trejo or the (admittedly much younger) Katee Sackhoff in these series.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @Daft Mugi

      I have since watched the first four episodes of "Andor". I'm surprised several times -  I thought it would be an animated series or something similar and the Ewoks would also be there (but they are on Endor, I had confused "Endor" with "Andor" and "Andor", as I have now noticed, is not even a planet).

      What I have seen so far, wow, cool! This is how Star Wars stuff should have (at least in my opinion) always been! No sentimentalities in story, dialogues and sound,  yet the scenario clearly recognizable in the Star Wars universe).

      I'm curious how this will continue in episode 5, it's not really clear what it will end up, but I could well imagine, that does not end well.

      Thanks for this great tip; without your hint (and the hint from a former LucasArts programmer I happen to be in contact with) I probably wouldn't have watched it.

       

    2. (See 12 other replies to this status update)

  24. Happy new year!

    I thought that I wouldn't like "House of the dragon" because I didn't like the ending of the predecessors.

    I am now pleasantly surprised; until episode 7 the focus is on dialogues, I like it very much...besides, I am now allergic to all the violence orgies. I can't take it anymore.

    All this senseless violence in Westworld, Game of Thrones, Colony, Walking Dead...or maybe there is something wrong with me anymore.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @XolvixYeah, you should give the first three episodes a try and see if you like it.

    2. (See 5 other replies to this status update)

  25. While I am someone who finds Star Wars to be entertainment for little boys (and those aren't even my words, they come from Ewan McGregor), I have to say that "The Mandorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett" contain scenes and insights that I enjoy. Also, these series really have an 80's flair...plus it's nice to see for example Nick Nolte, Carl Weather, Jennifer Beals, Deany Trejo or the (admittedly much younger) Katee Sackhoff in these series.

    1. JackFarmer

      JackFarmer

      @datiswous Wow, heard that maybe 20 years ago in a German comedy show and thought it was a joke. So, with the informations from your link the gameshow participant back then was not so wrong with her answer. 😆

       

       

       

    2. (See 12 other replies to this status update)

×
×
  • Create New...