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  5. Graphical installers for tdm

    in I want to Help

    Posted · Edited by Bikerdude

    Running TDM:

    • Go to your applications home folder
    • run thedarkmod.app
    • select in the tdm launcher "The dark mod" and hit close.
    • Wait for TDM to start.
    • end

    This dosent to be working under OSX 10.12.6, you select The Darkmod and then click run and nothing happens. I had previous ran the updater and downloaded the full version of TDM as shown below -

     

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  7. Advice for New Computer

    in Off-Topic

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    Ok so your system specs are -

    • Mobo: ASRock Z170 Pro4 S
    • CPU: Intel i5-6600 @ 3.3 GHz
    • RAM: 2 x 8GB Ballistix DDR4
    • GPU: GeForce GTX 960 4GB
    • SSD: Samsung 850 Evo; 500 GB
    • HDD: Western Digital 3TB
    • PSU: Cooler Master RS-500-ACAB-B1
    • Case: Thermaltake Armor Jr.
    • OS: Windows 10

    This actually quite a good system, so I think the first port of call is to get the PSU checked out - when did you buy it as these units come with 3yr warranties

     

    What country are you based in for if and when we start looking for upgraded components.

  9. Advice for New Computer

    in Off-Topic

    Posted · Edited by Bikerdude

    • Motherboard: ASRock x58
    • Processor: Intel i5-6600 @ 3.3 GHz
    • RAM: 2 x Ballistix DDR4 with 8 GB
    • Graphics card: GeForce GTX 960 (maybe 860; not 100% sure)
    • System hard drive: Samsung SSD 850 EVO; 500 GB
    • OS: Windows 10

    The above are all reletivly good, but a bit old now. So you have a few options start with cheap to full replacement -

     

    Cheap -

    • Are you sure you dont have the "Asrock Z170 Pro4 S" does, as X58 you mentioned dosent support the Intel i5-6600 you mentioned above.
    • Upgrade the ram with another 2x 4gb sticks taking the total ram to 16GB
    • It will be a GTX960 as the 860 dosent exist.
    • This is a good little SSD, but like all SSD'd you cant run the thing more than 80% full. Whats the size of drive? Also I strongly suggest you do what I and other people do and only use the SSD for windows and programes, and put games and data on a seperate mechanical drive.
    • Win 10 - I think most people know my thoughts on that OS.

    Better -

    • Upgrade the CPU for a core i7 6700k or 7700k - but I need to know the exact mode of your motherboard - €300-400
    • Replace the GTX960 with a GTX 1060 (6GB version) €300 or 1070Ti €400 (these seem to be cheaper than vanilla 1070's atm...) - but we need to know the spec of your PSU to see if it can cope with the higher end CPU and GPU upgrade.
    • Replace the 850 evo which is SATA with a 970 evo m.2 NVME - the Asrock Z170 Pro4S has an m.2 slot - 256GB version - €100

    Full replacement -

    • If we go down this route you will have to replace the mobo/CPU which will eat up €800 of your €1000, only leaving €200 for a new GPU and PSU.

    Misc -

    • What is the size of your 850 evo SSD?
    • Whats the size of your other mechanical drives?
    • Whats the make model of your PSU?
    • Whats the make model of your Case?

    That's what I also thought, although it occured only a couple of months after first use (I only installed the OS and programs that were only possible to install on that; everything else went on another HDD), which is way too early for a brand new SSD. After formating it worked again (which also speaks against faulty cells) and a disc check did not come up wit hany faulty sectors. Additionally, even if the first SSD was faulty, the problem occured roughly after the same period with a new SSD. I still can't rule out the SSD completely, but I think that the problem lies somewhere else. Maybe I should switch back to an HDD? This would at least have more read/write cycles than an SSD albeit being slower.

    Never, ever... max out the space on an SSD, as this will -

    • remove free space the SSD need for garbage and trim.
    • will shorten the life of your SSD.
    • And if the drive is full windows will run very very slowly or crash.

  15. Thief 2 missions

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    And Godbreaker was highly recommended to my by one player:

    Rose Cottage is another incredibly brilliant mission, that pushed the limits of the old thief engine, before we have the current version that allow's for way more details and complexity.

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  16. Faux inside/outside window views?

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted

    Then when you get close enough the portal opens and you see the real interior.

     

    As long as lighting is static, it should be fine. And, of course, you could do what HMART suggested via material parms triggered when lighting changes or doors open.

    The interior\exteriors will be obscured by the warp in the glass and the lead framing, so I wont have to do anything fancy like LOD. And besides going down the LOD root would require lots of extra work, that we don't really need in the small map we are working on.

     

    But what is the thing Hmart is refering too..?

  18. Advice for New Computer

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    I want to stay below 1000€ but I could buy a cheap complete system and use some parts of my old PC, as it was not too old. I will have to check, which parts are worth keeping, and post the specs as soon as I get home.

    1. you need to go through some diagnostic steps to acertaint which components has died,
      • if you thinks its the gfs card then removing the card is the first step. Do you have a spare video card (or borrow one from a friend) or does your CPU have a built in gpu (video).
      • If with a different video card the computer still dosent boot then remove all the RAM bar one stick
      • Then if it still dosent boot then you might have a faulty PSU, so swap the PSU with a know working one.
      • Then last but not least if all of the above dosent work then you may have a faulty mobo.
    2. Idealy it would have handy to have a complete spec of your machine to see whats components can be -re-used in a new PC build. We need everything including the case make and model.
    3. If you do end up going to down the buying new compents to build a new PC, where are you based and what if your prefered online retailer?

  19. Faux inside/outside window views?

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted

    Hmm, I don't think that was me. Only cube maps I've used are for water and the portal thing.

    Oops sorry it was Kvorning

    In this way, we can already sorta do this.

    This is exactly! what I am after, but I will be taking ENV shots of the actual rooms so when youre outside you can see the inside and visa versa without a performence hit.

  23. Faux inside/outside window views?

    in TDM Editors Guild

    Posted

    So, you want to make a fake interior reflection, and there will be actual interior behind such window? It will look off, especially for fake exteriors, as cubemaps aren't parallax corrected.

    Not a reflection per-se, more like how the skybox works? My thinking is I make 2x cubmap textures. One of the inside and the outside, I then place a patch in the window that shows inside/outside.

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