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  3. My experience on hidden hands: initiation

    in Fan Missions

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    Also the music used in the intro is kinda unnerving, I don't know if this is a custom music made by jack farmer but I feel like it would be very good for horror missions.

    It's a custom track that I made for the intro but later got used in HHTLC as well (when the player dives down to the underwater station).

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    This mission takes place in a "mysterious island" and that alone made me feel... well... isolated. You are tasked with stealing a bunch of stuff from different places and this is where the "fun" starts: the objetives themselves are nothing out of the ordinary, the places you're about to rob though are... weird.

    That was actually my intention at the time as I'm a passionate fan of the old Tomb Raider games and these games set the benchmark for me when it comes to feeling isolated.

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    Everytime I'd travel between objectives I felt like watching my back as if I was being stalked by someone and at the same time I felt that whatever I was doing I wasn't doing by my own free will, it's as if I'm the protagonist in a tale, where the world's actions are already predetermined but I happen to be the only one aware of this. [...]

    This may sound similar to Matrix if you will, with the only difference that Neo never finds out about it and keeps living in a fake world chasing a truth he can never reach. Maybe I'm crazy but boy wouldn't I love to read a book with this kind of story.

    I have a rough idea of what you mean. I think that has a lot to do with the oversized space. Maybe like walking across a huge empty square and therefore feeling watched. There is (I think) a scientific name for this.

    Fun fact: Originally, the Master Thief was supposed to appear here and there (sitting on a wall in the distance, leaning against a wall, crouching on one of the chandeliers, etc.) and monitoring the protagonist. 😄 Unfortunately, back then I didn't know how to implement it technically, so I left it out.

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    Now to conclude my possibly confused ramblings I want to thank jack farmer for making this mission (and the hidden hands franchise in general) because while this is not the way he intended the mission to be enjoyed (or maybe it was?) it managed to make me feel a kind of creepiness that you don't often find in games (I like horror games despite being easily scared lol).

    Well, some other players mentioned in forums and PMs that this mission is somehow strange, so you are not alone with your experience. 😆

    And you're right, I certainly didn't intend it that way, but as I said, your explanations in connection with the weird XL spaces and architecture, that somehow makes sense to me.

    @BabberoniSo, thank you for your comment and thank you for playing!

    23 minutes ago, Shadow said:

    The Thief franchise and world is mildly absurd in its own right, aka gunpowder kegs  and explosive mines but no guns, living dead guards, wizards and mages, guards that can't climb ladders and mantle up, etc. It's all pure fun and fantasy and escape, and each person has their own vision of the absurdity.

    Nailed it.

     

    4 hours ago, jaxa said:

    Video intro:

    Nope. 🤪

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  5. Bug: My map crashes on load now. :(

    in TDM Tech Support

    Posted · Edited by JackFarmer
    Better abstract

    On 5/27/2022 at 12:58 AM, Nort said:

     

    I think that the existence of a dedicated bug tracker for this engine proves that I should somehow make it known when it crashes. I just figured that the tracker was an internal thing between developers, and that it was okay to instead report the bugs here, especially since I desperately needed help with it, and since you have two sub-forums mentioning that they're intended for reporting bugs.

    ...so why, when I report a bug, am I getting shamed for it? Why was the guy in the thread you linked getting shamed for not backing up his project, instead of the main dev acknowledging that there is a very deceptive button in the engine, that can remove fan mission folders when you press it? Blaming the reporter for not backing up his work, is certainly not how I would personally handle reports of entire projects disappearing, but I guess now I'm warned about how he sees these things, to the point where I'm wondering if it's a good idea to report any bugs I find in the future, at all, if I'm just going to be considered a bad person for it.

     

    "Hm, to my experience, crashes in free software is a regular thing. Try "Natron" and you will understand what I mean."

    I don't understand your point. If crashes happen frequently enough, should we treat them like Covid and just "try to live with it"? I'm pretty sure that the bind bug is easy to fix, but it's like you're saying that bugs have a right to exist too.

     

    "Lots of longtime DR mappers ask questions in the Newbie thread (myself included). Nothing to be ashamed of and by DR/DM standards you are a newbie (and you have not to be ashamed of that as well! )"

    So if I've programmed for 30 years, mapped for Dromed for countless years (since roughly the turn of the millenia), mapped for the Dark Mod for 1 year, but joined these forums just a few weeks ago, I'm a newbie. I think that by that definition, the word "newbie" has lost all meaning. Besides, reporting crashes are not the same as just asking questions. Anyone can reply to a question. It takes a developer to fix a crash issue. ...and it's like you don't expect the developers to even fix crashes, and I really hope that you're wrong about that. For example, since I updated to this year's version, Dark Radiant itself, hasn't even crashed once, and it used to crash all the time, and so I take that as evidence that development involves fixing crashes.

     

    "If you want to report a bug, then please use the Bug Tracker."

    Will do. I was just fooled by the subforum descriptions actually telling me to report bugs in them.

     

    "You wouldn't believe how many mappers lost WIPs because of defective hardware"

    Again: I don't see your point here, where you argue for not fixing defective hardware. When I'm told about a bug in my program, I just go "Thank you. I'll fix that.". I don't go "Well, weren't you a sucker for using my program.". That's not how I was brought up at all.

     

    "for somebody who expects Armageddon in the near future (and there are really good reasons for that), you have a pronounced need for communication. I think that does not fit, because:  Why go on with communication when all hell will break lose the day after tomorrow?"

    Well, why not? Yes, I am so interested in mapping, that it's actually cutting into my apocalypse survival routines a bit, but that's just human nature, and a month's vacation from prepping, won't make that much of a difference.

     

    "I hope that you - despite of your own assessment -  will finish your WIP and we all can enjoy a cool new mission in the future with your name in the credits."

    Well, for me, mapping is about pleasing myself - not others. Play The Beginner's Guide, and you'll see what I mean.

    Oh vey, Baby.

  6. Famous bands which the internet has never heard of.

    in Off-Topic

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    On 5/28/2022 at 3:09 AM, Nort said:

    Back in the 90s, there was this awesome band that had a pretty cool image: They pretended to be cryogenically frozen citizens of the communist Soviet Union, who got dethawed and told to play various songs. The songs turned out horribly butchered in their reinterpretations. I particularly remember a version of Hotel California, that featured a flute solo, that is by far the weirdest cover ever made by a band, sounding similar to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZBgaBIrgzs

    Of course nobody here knows what I'm talking about. They were played on the charts back then, but now they have been erased from the history books. I've spent several days searching for them, and now I just give up.

    Do you remember them? What other bands can't you find on the internet anymore?

     

    Try as I can, I can't remember anything like this from 1990ss and thy cryo-thing I would surely recall.

    There was (is) a German comedy band since the 2010s that claims to be a Polish family of musicians, and many well-known world hits have been stolen from them (the aunts, their uncles, their parents, their grand parents, etc.) by the capitalist west...but there is no cryogenic reference...

    We WIll Rock You

     

  8. Dark Mod on the Steam Deck

    in The Dark Mod

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    14 hours ago, refl3ks said:

    No issues whatsoever, runs great, easy setup. There's nothing like lounging around the couch being able to play my favorite FM's. Image was captured at work.

     

     

    I take it that ingame you simply switch to gamepad controls?

  13. Bug: My map crashes on load now. :(

    in TDM Tech Support

    Posted · Edited by JackFarmer
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    Because first of all, I can't quite figure out this forum's categorization system, and so I actually went looking for that very thread yesterday, without success, because I couldn't even figure out in what sub-forum to even look for it.

    Now you know. :)

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    Second of all, if doesn't matter if the cause of a crash is easy or hard. Editors shouldn't crash, especially after recognizing a problem, trying to handle it, and failing.

    Hm, to my experience, crashes in free software is a regular thing. Try "Natron" and you will understand what I mean.

     

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    Third of all, I've actually been mapping for quite a while prior to moving to this editor, and joining this forum. Don't just go "Oh, he can't figure out a simple bind. What a noob!", just because you saw the word "bind".

    Lots of longtime DR mappers ask questions in the Newbie thread (myself included). Nothing to be ashamed of and by DR/DM standards you are a newbie (and you have not to be ashamed of that as well! :) )

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    Reporting bugs is very different from heckling a project. Every bug I report is done out of love, and with wanting to see the project fixed and improved.

     If you want to report a bug, then please use the Bug Tracker.

    There is also a guideline how to identify a bug somewhere - can't find it now.

     

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    So what you're saying, is that users should simply expect the editor to ruin maps every once in a while. Well, first of all, I actually think that the editor can improve beyond that, and second of all, if the projects of newbies are ruined, they will grow discouraged and will abandon using the editor, and that's future experienced mappers lost.

    That a program doesn't crash, is the minimum that I expect out of it. Reporting these sort of bugs are as important to the developers, as me reporting falling through map geometry.

    Free software - see above and  also see OrbWeavers comment in the linked thead above. You wouldn't believe how many mappers lost WIPs because of defective hardware and thus again: backup management is vital and problems with the mod are just one critical aspect to consider when establishing a backup system.

     

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    ...but maybe you're also saying that I'm posting too much overall, and that may be true. I'll try to post less, and find other things to do.

    I don't know, you tell me. However, for somebody who expects Armageddon in the near future (and there are really good reasons for that), you have a pronounced need for communication. I think that does not fit, because:  Why go on with communication when all hell will break lose the day after tomorrow?  :)

    Anyway, I did not want to offend you and I think it was a mistake to start my replay with a question ("why don't you simply post all your questions in the Newbie thread ?"). I apologize for that and I hope that you - despite of your own assessment -  will finish your WIP and we all can enjoy a cool new mission in the future with your name in the credits.

     

  15. Bug: My map crashes on load now. :(

    in TDM Tech Support

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    No offence, but why don't you simply post all your questions in the Newbie thread ?

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    In any case, I think there should at least be some error handling for this.

    I dare saying that you won't make friends here if you repeatedly point out the shortcomings of the mod when - according to your own account - you do not even plan to finish a mission.

     

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    not all mappers make backups of their maps.

     

    This is then extremely bad project management and anyone who is seriously interested in creating DM missions must think about appropriate backups and versions. You can read here what longtime contributor Orbweaver has to say on that topic. His tone might be a bit too harsh, but he's basically right.

    Don't get me wrong, I admire how you've been digging into this for the past few weeks, but you're overshooting the mark a bit here. It might also be a good idea if you took a few days off. I have the impression that you're already going in the direction of burnout. You should prevent this if you really want to provide an interesting mission we all can enjoy.

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  16. Just Music You Like

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    13 minutes ago, Nort said:

     Has people learning nothing from metal?

    Are you kidding? They even thought that this song was "the perfect song written decades ago about the attack on traditional, conservative American values".

    What prompted Dee Snyder to make the following reply:

    "You think i wrote a song in support of "traditional American values"? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You funny. "

  17. Just Music You Like

    in Off-Topic

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    They thought this song would reflect their agenda, of course they were wrong and the band made it clear that the lyrics have the opposite meaning of what they had in mind:

    Nico Vega - Beast of America

    That being said, Ken Levinson certainly wouldn't have used it in Bioshick Infinite if they were right. 😝

    If I recall correctly, a similar video with shorter running time was part of the original release in 2013 but does not show up on the remaster.

     

     

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    MrAxel Plays Dark Mod Missions

    in The Dark Mod

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    Have you guys ever noticed this English gentleman?

    https://piped.kavin.rocks/channel/UCSqIEwL7Olwd_krFWhEsTIg

    He has done plenty of Dark Mod mission playthroughs. I checked several of his walkthroughs the past few weeks and I have the impression he is playing the missions thoroughly and very, very slowly - to clarify: he's playing TLC from my HH series right now and towards the end the session already has 10 (!) videos of 40-60 (!!) minutes each....but then again I recall that before beta I myself estimated a playing time of  five to seven hours, so...

    Anyway, he also played my favorite DM mission The Accountant 2 sometime ago  - I will definitely watch all related videos in the next days as I have the feeling that it will be quite interesting because of the level design. 

    So if you're looking for playthroughs where the player really sneaks through the mission and suspects the end (or something even worse) behind every wall, then you've come to the right place. 😆

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