Jedi_Wannabe

Other than lots of beautifying and custom sound (who knows how long that will taffin’ take?) my map is almost beta ready. It’s in a state where it finally feels structured like an actual mission Testing my objectives now. edit: they work! I need to adjust values for loot and stuff per difficulty level, but it’s one step closer. My goal tonight after work is briefing and starting equipment and hopefully apply func_peek to all the doors. So stoked it’s all coming together. Almost a year long endeavor and something I’ve wanted to get in on for a decade, just didn’t have decent enough hardware for TDM til recently. I ran through my map from start to finish on easy just to make sure my objectives worked and although I don’t have music or conversations in yet, IT FELT GOOD. I’m a very Happy Taffer right now.

Stock up on health potions and holy water! I’m thinking 2020 is gonna be a fun year for FMs. I keep hearing how grayman is working on 5 maps atm, numerous other maps in progress from other authors. I’m currently getting a sneak peek pre-beta test at a mission (I’ll keep the author secret for now to build hype) and it’s great fun so far. My 3rd baby is due May 30 so that’s my deadline to push out my own first FM.

I laughed Kurshok because I think you should do stand-up, or at least write a web comic. Your wit is gold. That could be a good way to funnel your boredom into something productive. (Tried your hand at DR? that's been my funnest use of a PC in several years) Have a Twitch channel where you do let's plays and rattle off jokes, idk. I'd tune in. But I totally hear you about lack of sunlight, I am totally affected by seasonal affective disorder, goddam hate Nov-midMarch.

Hah, big head mode in TDM.

How does one change a normal object and make it appear as if it is all gold, in my case a main objective is to be a gold plated object. Changing material definitions?

Sounds like a wicked idea! I’d love to contribute time and feedback.

Oh absolutely, I wouldn’t dare be so blazé as to specifically say it belongs to a Witcher, that’s a trademarked proper noun and would be TOO obvious. Maybe have a silver sword with an accompanying “diagram” (some readable)that merely says it belonged to a monster slayer. Just vague enough. Certainly not a main objective but a secret loot.

Gorgeous woodwork. Do you have a better shot of the ceiling?

Steal a silver sword that belongs to a Witcher? Or come across sheet music composed by Dandelion(Jaskier)? JackFarmer gave me that idea in HH:VF; there was some Peter Gabriel lyrics lying around, loved it. FMs need more Easter Eggs.

Best of luck in this endeavor. Copypasta has saved my WIP 4 or 5 times now. When I forget to back up, I am lucky I send it to my brother to screw around with once a week or so, so I always have a fallback plan B and C. A little backtracking and catch up is better than starting from scratch.

Aw man congrats on your first official feature length FM! I’ll try to break away from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. this weekend to show it some love.

This is exciting, if I wasn’t getting ready to go to work right now I’d test it out. Fantastic work, all involved!

Perfect timing on the rat posing. edit: Missed his shadow the first time I looked, now I like it even more.

Thanks, I sent you a PM Right now I'm installing Call of Pripyat mod. I missed some good ones since last I played Complete 2012 mod.

You should! In a sea of FPS's it definitely rose to be among the top for me. Lots of good mods out there, recommend graphics overhauls and SFX upgrades. The setting and atmosphere alone make it worthwhile. If I can't get Anomaly working I'm gonna have to dive into CoP to get my fix real quick.

Man, I was excited to try this. I'm having issues getting it to work. Dove into their forums and did some research and it seems I'm not the only person with my issue. Best I could come up with after 4 hours of trying reinstalls and other workarounds and digging through their forums is "wait a week for a patch and hopefully it works". Bummed cuz I love S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and was looking forward to trying this with other add-ons. I shan't give up tho.

Nothing SEEDed yet. That’s next on the agenda to learn. I’d planned some alternate routes through my forest, but my entity count is around 7000 so oh well

Whoops, should’ve dove into SEED months ago, I’m already at 7,000 something. But as far decorative stuff I’m pretty much done building, just placing decals everywhere now. I feel safe, it is finally time to combine stuff; been putting it off since no major issues arose. Thanks for relating your firsthand experience fellas.

Just who I was waiting for to log in. Knew you’d have the answer, thanks. Will that number go up with 2.08, anybody know?

Is the max entity limit still 8000something? Wasn’t sure if I should ask this here or the thread about the new version of DR.

Aw man that is awesome. The new posture/gait is a great addition, but is there a way to make them not fast?

The white bricks? Yeah I agree. They need alignment anyway. I’ve held off on fixing that because I’m still not sure if that’s gonna be the final texture. I toyed with stucco and plaster but they didn’t look right. Gonna try a few more cobblestones and bricks.

Sorry I can only manage to get two decent screens per post. Really enjoyed toying with the shadows from statues and placing blood decals.

Been falling in love with decals of all sorts this past weekend. Grime, dirt, moss, and slime. Took areas I once considered boring and drab and really elevated them to a new level. I get the jokes when people say "needs more grime"; because it really does add layers of depth and atmosphere.

Got it. Been using every update and no issues.