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Replaying CoS1: Pearls and Swine on latest dev. If I kill one of the guards with an arrow and he falls in a particular position as he dies, TDM crashes. Reproducing is tricky but I managed to catch the crash message in the qconsole.log at least:

Sorry if this was already reported, but Ive experienced pulling back the bow and the arrow model just disappearing. The bow will still be there, ill fire and the projectile will still launch, but not arrow on the view model. Strangely it doesn't always crash when that happens. This was definitely already mentioned Just confirming the arrow disappearing, shooting, but then not crashing, which is odd. EDIT: Ill start attaching the debugger. I have lots of guards in the mission but none of them are using the urinate animation. Does it happen randomly somewhere in the code? I can just try adding 50 guards lol.

Looking at the code, the originals were "pm_mantle_pull 750" and "pm_mantle_pullFast 450". The new "pm_mantle_pull" value is "400". A "pm_mantle_pullFast" value of "450" would be slower than regular pull, not faster. With both being set to "400", they are at least similar. Other than that, it's subjective and the feedback from playtesters was positive. Also, referenced internally here: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/22256-movementcontrols-settings-in-main-menu/&do=findComment&comment=489158

That sort of tone doesn't fly in our forums.

I would use this massive list for any fan missions, it includes campaigns too: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148090 There are a lot of Fan Missions for the picking, I myself go for the lesser known ones and the short variety, because sometimes they hide a gem or two. Just like jaxa, I'm a bit outdated after the temporal retirement, but I do remember some amazing campaigns like "The Black Frog". If you intend to play The Black Frog, you should play the first two of the L'Arsene series missions, it's how I did it myself. Also, yes, L'Arsene are a fantastic series. The first mission of L'Arsene is a "rough draft", author was a bit new to Thief level making, but still great either way, after the 3rd you will see how his skill increased by a massive amount.

Unfortunately, TDM forum deletes the separator between the numbers. So I have to guess where one number ends and the next starts Also, user can rename screenshot manually, or push it through something that would rename it automatically. Thenwe won't see coordinates on screenshot address on forums.

tdm_show_viewpos cvar and screenshot_viewpos command: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/22310-212-viewpos-on-player-hud-and-screenshots/

Of course, it is one of the reasons for the decline of online forums, since the advent of mobile phones. Forums on a mobile are a pain in the ass, but on the other hand, for certain things there are no real alternatives to forums, social networks cannot be with their sequential threads, where it is almost impossible to retrieve answers to a question that is asked. has done days ago. For devs for internal communication, the only thing offered is a collaborative app, such as System D (not to be confused with systemd). FOSS, free and anonymous registration, access further members only by invitation, full encrypted and private. https://www.system-d.org

WOO!!! Updated to the latest SVN binary, using the 10071 assets. At first it crashed on an AI Base Tactile error. I copied the latest scripts and def folder from SVN and it started but the crash happened soon after. I removed the def folder and it the crash could not be repeated. Time to step through def folder revisions! Def rev 16602 = no crash Def rev 16603 = crash ... I think got you!! tdm_prop_items.def rev 16603 appears to be the culprit.... Yes, there seems to be some relation between the sitting animations and the AI who happens to have pickup twice in the name of the target bottle?

@nbohr1more Had some time to test the game, and I think I found the culprit on my end regarding the "Written in Stone" water arrow crash. That still leaves the "Hazard Pay" crash a mystery though, more on that below. So I began to test your suggestions out, one at a time, played a good chunk of "Written" (and "Hazard") going around quickloading, using water arrows, dousing flames as much as I could. Bow aimer off: no crash. Frontend Acceleration off (with bow aimer on): no crash. Then I decided to turn back Frontend On, also with Bow aimer On, trying to replicate the crashes I had originally a few days ago. Went around most of "Written" again for awhile using arrows with these original settings, and to my surprise, no crashes. Then I remembered a crucial detail I forgot when I wrote my post here, I might've been running MSI Afterburner + RTSS while playing "Written" a few days ago when those crashes happened. So I fired MSI + RTSS up again, started "Written" with original settings (bow aimer on, frontend on). Started dousing flames with arrows in the starting area, quickloaded, and then, as soon as I pushed the left mouse to charge up a water arrow, bam. Crash. So I think this pretty much confrims why the water arrow crashes were happening. But this still leaves the "Hazard" crash a mystery, I played that yesterday and I specifically remember that nothing was running in the background while playing. I was trying to replicate the crash I had yesterday, testing out your suggestions, going around shooting zombies in the head, but the crash didn't happen again..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/specifications/ https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/raspberry-pi-4-b,6193.html https://www.anandtech.com/show/14581/raspberry-pi-4-launched-quad-cortex-a72-project-board-for-35-dollars https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi-issues/MagPi83.pdf Major improvements across the "board". The quad-core Cortex-A72 with other improvements is anywhere from 25% to 300% faster than the A53 used in the Raspberry Pi 3 . No eMMC but an SSD could be used with one of the two new USB 3 ports (booting from USB or Ethernet not supported at launch, should be ready within weeks). There are three RAM options: 1 GB ($35), 2 GB ($45), 4 GB ($55). The RAM is now LPDDR4 instead of LPDDR2. The 2 GB option is a bit unnecessary IMO and seems to be the least popular, as it's the model least likely to be sold out online (as far as I can tell). Ethernet speed can actually hit close to 1 Gbps (943 Mbps), up from 237 Mbps. There is Bluetooth 5.0 support but I haven't seen any testing related to that (I would love to use it for longer range audio transmission to BT 5.0 headphones). RasPi 3 cases are incompatible due to some port shuffling. There are now two micro-HDMI ports instead of one full size HDMI, so you probably need a new cable. The device can output to two 4K displays at 30 FPS, or one 4K display at 60 FPS (presumably two 1080p displays @ 60+ FPS, and so on). Although the new GPU has 4K@60Hz H.265 decode support, actually streaming 4K and even lower resolutions on Raspbian had issues in testing, that will hopefully be resolved with updates soon. LibreELEC developers have been working with the Pi Foundation for months to support the Pi 4, and have an alpha version out. Power draw and heat are up. You'll probably want a FLIRC case or something that can provide cooling. Power is now provided using a USB Type-C cable. Due to a screw up by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, some USB-C cables don't work. But the ones that do work should be the cheapest. Can it run TDM? The CPU and GPU are much better and the potentially quadrupled RAM could be a big help. The 4 GB version can be a legitimate desktop replacement for many users, albeit with some quirks.

Relax @Näkki, it's great to hear you enjoyed the game. My personal expectations were just a bit different when I read the Steam page, although the various trailers should have been a warning that stealth maybe wasn't the biggest priority of the devs. From the Steam page: "Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS." Also "Blood West is a stealth FPS inspired by the genre classics such as the Thief series (whose fans will be happy to hear the voice of Stephen Russell, the actor voicing the master-thief Garrett, returning here as the protagonist), S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, or - from the contemporary catalog - Hunt: Showdown. The gameplay rewards the careful approach: scouting the area, stalking your enemies, and striking from the shadows. Can you figure out a way to clear a fort full of ghouls and monsters without raising an alarm?" From my personal experience I think the game is predominantly Hunt: Showdown, a bit of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and a very small portion Thief. Stealth is very unforgiving and makes it almost impossible early game when there are various enemies around, but hey maybe I just suck at it. I don't see Deus Ex in it, unless the skill leveling is the Deus Ex part for you and then I have to disagree with you, as that seems like the trait system in Hunt: Showdown. Edit: What I also understood from the Steam forums is that the original VA was dropped close before the release of the full version and replaced by Russell with no real explanation from the devs why this was done.

Changelog of 2.10 development: dev16202-9175 * Major changes in security camera (5528, 4731, Wiki). * Entity limit removed raised to 64K (5439, announcement). * Added secrets tracking system for mappers to use (5549, Wiki). * Integrated Sotha's "automaton" AI from Ulysses into core assets. * Menu: improved the main page and the "new game" page to make it easier for new players. * Menu: ask for confirmation on game restart, fixed menu music setting. * Menu: show checkboxes near objectives after mission is failed (5049). * Fixed rare crash in script-generated frobs (5542). * Added idPlayer::GetObjectiveVisible script event (5543). * Fixed rare collision bug causing lags (5439, r9157). * Debug visualization no longer blocks SMP performance improvements (5468). * Fixed script-generated game saves by disabling screenshot due to SMP. * Added missing frob highlight to plaster materials (4487). * Removed missing material reference in skin "wench/purple_bodice". * Minor fixes to mirroring: puddle, bc_teatray. Known problems: Volta 1, Volta 2, and Snowed Inn don't start due to broken menu. dev16215-9224 * More work on security camera (5528, Wiki) --- not finished yet. * Massive changes in dmap to make it faster (5562, 5488, announcement). * Fixed vertices merging in dmap which could cause sparklies (5486). * OpenAL (sound) upgraded to 1.21.1, fixing bsinc resampler (5564). * Added first implementation of tooltips in settings menu (2626). dev16225-9284 * Map loading optimizations: texture storage, parallel image loading, models loading (5591). * Fixed map not starting after prior error + removed 5 seconds delay at the end of loading (5118). * Removed mandatory snapping from dmap, fixing thin objects like ropes (5486). * Improved precision of windings in dmap compilation (5580). * SIMD code cleanup: enabled AVX on Linux, disabled denormals (4550). * Dropped visportals are now further classified as "leaky" and generic ones (5353, wiki). * Fixed creation of script threads with object method call (4713). * Added cvar s_alReverbGain to tone down EFX reverb (5587). * r_materialOverride fixed with Frontend Acceleration. * Fixed when player is in the void with "r_useLightAreaCulling 0". * Minor fixes in menu tooltips. * Fixed GL debug groups on AMD (5280). * Changes in FPS counter, which make displayed value more stable when com_showFpsAvg is large. dev16238-9330 * Frob highlight replaced with frob outline (5427) --- not finished yet. * Linux platform-specific code now uses GLFW for window, GL-init and input handling (5510, 5293, testing). * Windows build can change desktop resolution once again; also made "borderless" mode default (5510). * New dmap diagnostics for location separators and location entities (5354). * Dmap leak pointfiles are much shorter now (5592). * FFmpeg video formats further restricted to mp4+h264+aac and roq (4845, announcement). * Fixed occasional crash at the end of RunScript AI task, happening e.g. in WS3 mission (5538). * Debug cvars r_lockSurfaces and r_maxTri improved. * Upgraded GLFW to 3.3.4. * Added generic hash map in the code; fixed race condition in shader loading during map start (5597). * Refactoring of Clear methods in code (5593). * Added slider in menu for reverb cvar s_alReverbGain (5587). * Menu tooltip improvements. * Experimental: localization system now accepts string placeholders (5261). dev16256-9358 * Implemented new object manipulation and body dragging physics (5599 announcement). * Extracted static geometry into its own VBO in VertexCache, fixing performance regression since 2.07 (5598). * Added weapons to inventory grid (5601). * Fixed in-game mission downloader warning when downloading localization pack (5551). * Fixed in-game mission downloader warning when FM is not available on the chosen mirror (5551). * Disabled bindless textures by default because it does not work on modern AMD GPUs. * Reduced lower limit on texture units to 32, probably fixing the "Too few!" startup error on bad GL drivers. * Allow choosing adaptive VSync in setting menu. * Fullscreen options in menu: borderless goes first + block resolution when borderless is selected. * Interaction table performance optimization when loading from savefile. * Changed number of contacts in physics to 32 everywhere + minor filling optimization (3871). * Save missions.tdminfo immediately after FM download finishes. * Better logging of FM downloads under LC_MAINMENU & LT_INFO (5551). * Saint Lucia FM: adjusted mission loading GUI to display tip for about 20% of loading time (5118). dev16269-9407 * Reimplemented frob-highlighting of surfaces (5427). * Removed TDM version display in the main menu. * Replaced r_glProfiling and r_logSmpTimings with Tracy profiler library. * Better handling of position-independent executable setting on Linux. * Improved third-party libs usage: fixed OpenAL build on GCC10, fixed rebuilding libs with GCC different from 5. dev16325-9462 * PNG image format is now supported in materials, PCX support removed (5665). * Major refactoring of image formats in: SEED, screenshots of all kind. DevIL library removed (5665). * Rough prototype of .srt subtitles in briefing video (2454). * Fixed stack overflow crash if CPU-resident image is defaulted e.g. when not found (5665). * Mission statistics now show number of game loads. * Silenced "missing vertex or index cache" console warning. * Calling "set" in GUI script with not enough arguments now results in Error instead of crash (5323). * Debug cvar r_skipFog expanded to filter out boundaries. * r_immediateRenderingEmulate = 1 by default, probably fixing debug visualization for people using deprecated GL profile. * Fixed GPL header in source code files. dev16330-9508 * Extended support of subtitles to both briefing video and in-game sounds (2454: BEWARE interface will change!) * Support updating the currently installed mission in in-game downloader (5661). * Supported hide_distance for particle emitters and geometry of light entities (5668). * JPG and PNG images are no longer compressed by pk4/zip (they are already compressed by themselves). * Fixed entity arguments broken in event system after entity limit removal (5439). The bug crashed Snowed Inn on startup. * Refactored entity think code, optimized away thinking of frobable entities. * Added con_nowrap cvar: it caps lengthy lines in game console instead of wrapping them to the next line. * Added a ton of trace scopes in game, dmap, and loading (enabled by com_enableTracing 1 and Tracy connection). * Minor fixes: parallelSky, r_showViewEntities, image_preload 0, r_singleModelName. Known problems: GUI is not drawn in-game until paper is frob-highlighted. dev16335-9550 * Added hot-reload support: LOD settings, _color and shaderParms, noshadows, angle, targets, frobmovers + rotate/translate, bound entities (5683). * Fixed error on respawning an AI (5683). * Added con_fontSize cvar, which allows making console font smaller, also enabled mipmapping. * Refactored shaders loading, which fixes SMP-specific crash on AMD drivers (5012). * Non-bound lights are turned off when they are hidden e.g. using LOD (post). * Fixed noshadows_lod_N not working sometimes (5691). * Fixed GUI rendering on parchments --- known problem from previous build. * Fixed color banding in lockpick success/failure highlights. * Changing tdm_lod_bias has immediate effect without restart. * Small fix towards loading RGTC normal maps from DDS. * Removed old broken code for entities binding/unbinding (5414). * Some showPrimitives fixes. * Automation: fixed bug with astronomical timer for game controls (not used anywhere yet). dev16342-9552 * Merged branch with major changes in main menu GUI (5323, thread). Known problems: All the missions from the list do not work as expected in main menu: custom background is missing, empty briefing page is shown, in rare cases even briefing/debriefing video can disappear. This will be properly fixed only when 2.10 is released. Right now you can download fixed pk4 file by direct link from the same page --- fixed version should work as expected. dev16350-9577 * Support "set X on head" spawnarg for attached heads (post). * Fixed lockpicking getting stuck if you go away (5715). * Hopefully fixed random flickering when frob-highlighting objects with stencil shadows enabled. * Fast and deterministic normal maps compression on CPU (5716). * Optimized OGG files loading. * Optimized TGA files loading. * Continued work on X-ray support. * Continued work on subtitles support (2454). * Added new models and prefabs by @Wellingtoncrab. * Added material textures/darkmod/window/wooden_frame01/wooden_frame01_dark. * Probably fixed reloadModels for .lwo files. dev16358-9588 * Fixed crashes in image loading on AMD driver (5591). * Fixed occasional crashes in TGA loading optimization (5716). * Generate mipmaps for non-DDS textures in software, see cvar image_mipmapMode. * Frob outline disabled by default, see r_frobOutline (thread). * Tweaked render order ("sort last") for particle materials. * Continued work on subtitles (2454). * Removed [cleanup] button in mod selection menu (thread). dev16368-9627 (*) * Major changes in frob highlight/outline: translucency, alpha test, shine-through (5427). * Restored geometric frob outline under r_frobOutline 2 (5427, post). * Fixed bug breaking GL core profile, which usually caused black menu on AMD (post). * (WIP) Volumetric light effect. * Renderer's "safe mode" changed to windowed 800 x 600 (post). * Cap volume parameter in sound shader by 1.5 (4627). * Lockpicking sound no longer affected by EFX reverb. * Some changes in time handling, fixed timescale on uncapped FPS (5324, 4698). * Reduced pause on game start from 1.0 to 0.1 seconds (5314). * Minor dmap (aas) acceleration (5562). * Minor optimizations in models / sounds loading. * Don't drop held item after bumping dead/unconscious AIs (3516). * Tweaked render order ("sort last") for particle materials, reverting some. * Some changes in randomization (5763). * Minor fix in game console. * Adjusted stlucia.pk4 to avoid tdm_installer analysis... unsuccessfully. * Changed integration of doctest unit tests. Known problems: some maps broken with "clip model outside world bounds" warning spam. dev16390-9648 * Fixed "clip model outside world bounds" warning spam on some maps (post). * Fixed sparklies on hard geometric frob outline with bloom (5427). * DDS textures can be used in image programs, although they should not (5781). * Fixed spotlights/projected lights illuminating objects outside their frustum (5529). * Continued work on volumetric light shader: LOD, stencil, etc. (5816). * Allow xray shader in GUI overlays, fixed rare crash. * Do not spam warnings when index cache is not ready yet, e.g. during noclip on large map. * Minor fix of game console behavior. * (WIP) Changed frustum of spotlights when near != 0 (5815). * Fixed AlertDuration of security camera (5528). * Fixed normalmaps: flagstones_mossy_01 (5777), flagstones_gravel (5760), ash_001 and ash01_crumb_edge (5784), blocks_large_mildew (5786), ornament_shield_white_eagleandpallets (5803). * Added material for rough_grey_blocks (5789). * Added missing "torn" skins for all paintings. * Commented out additional camera screen materials (5676). beta210-01 (rev 16399-9702) * Projected lights: restored TDM 2.07 behavior, fix lighting outside frustum (5815). * Fixed light frustum precision (4888). * Major changes in volumetric lights (5816). * Continued work on security camera (5528). * X-ray improvements. * Fixed severe slowdown with soft stencil shadows and antialiasing. * Allow lifting ragdolls above ground, unless they have "ground_when_dragged" (5599). * Fixed mirrors getting black under "image_useTexStorage 1" (topic). * Added script events: vecRotate, getCalibratedLightgemValue, setSolid, getEntityFlag. * Take entity orientation account in flinderization offsets. * Removed "emitter_size" spawnarg. * Fixed r_showLights. * Refactor shaders: extracted common code to includes. beta210-02 (rev 16411-9731) * Fixed dbghelp.dll issue which blocked running TDM on fresh Windows 7 (issue). * Fixed rare depth fighting when SSAO is on. * Fixed OpenGL error with shadow maps when no light fallbacks to stencil implementation. * Fixed envshot command (5796). * Restored materials and prefabs for multiple camera GUIs. * X-ray: supported "suppressInSubview" spawnarg on lights (also affects other subviews like mirrors) * Added X-ray related assets: materials, visible/invisible skins. * Added script events: getLocationPoint, pointIsInBounds, getTraceSurfType. * Preserve opacity towards AIs and restore frobability in script event setSolid. * Func_emitters can now be bound without the particle flickering rapidly. * Fixed "condump unwrap". * Added display case models without glass to allow them to have breakable glass. * Added forcescreenaspect + hcenter GUI keywords for aspect-ratio-independent images. * Removed a few subtitles lines which were for testing only. * Internal typeinfo changes. beta210-03 (rev 16421-9771) * Reverted to 2.09 frob-highlight: no outline, use material frob stages. * Added three new frob outline presets by @kingsal and @nbohr1more. * Changed the way volumetric lights are set up (see wiki page). * Volumetric lights respect noshadows and don't affect lightgem. * Added script events: getHealth, setHealth, setSolid,projectDecal; fixed getLocationPoint. * Added script event getEnemy and canSee to security camera. * Add Epifire's flinder models to the security cameras. * Fixed subtitles going sticky on save/load. * Slightly reduced subtitles font size, added semi-transparent black background. * Added subtitles to Saint Lucia mission. * Fixed dmap issue in generating unoptimized collision maps for patch-only entities (5859). * Elemental no longer has 8 legs, wasting time in inverse kinematics. * Some optimizations in frontend: fix disabled optimization, avoid vertex data copy. * Added r_useInteractionTriCulling -1 mode to move some CPU load to GPU. * Fixed lamp cubemap light textures. * Fixed language switches broken by new main menu GUI. * Fixed occasional spam about slow jobs (threshold is now 100 ms instead of 10 ms). * Corrected OpenGL usage of clipping planes in shadow map generation. * Console printing is now threadsafe, which could crash Frontend Acceleration. * Improvements in system console on Windows. * Allow all SIMD code supported by compiler on Elbrus CPU. beta210-04 (rev 16441-9798) * Security camera now supports AI detection, also fixed volumetric lights. * Fixed save/load for volumetric lights, supported scrolling light materials. * Fixed scrolling light textures (5860). * Fixed uncompressed normal maps and backface lighting (5862). * stain01bwet material now works as it always did, no depth fighting (5325). * Skip X-ray rendering when it is already within subview. * Removed parchment from message about secrets (5549). * Fixed and upscaled droppuddle texture (5870). * Extended tooltips in video settings menu. * Fixed randomization of gui::random_value on game load. * A bit more subtitles in Saint Lucia mission. * Fixed 1280 x 960 resolution in 4:3. * Fixed rare graphic bug in some debug tools. * Small optimization in frontend: reuse index array for interaction. beta210-05 (rev 16457-9815) * Fixed bright lines on the boundary of light volume on AMD drivers (5876). * Fixed secret counter increased multiple times on single-count entities (5549). * Security camera: "sweepWaitSoundOffset" spawnarg controls snd_end timing. * Security camera: snd_sparks and snd_death can be used simultaneously. * Security camera: split "seeAI" spawnarg into "seeAI", "seeAnimals", "seeBodies". * Fixed the xray model stuck in place when shouldered. * Improved player GUI for taking damage. * Added spawnarg "animal_patrol_wait" to allow animals that move continuously (post). * Portal sky scissor optimization. * A bit of cleaning in source code conan dependencies (5839). * Fixed hover highlight on Restart Game button in settings menu. * Volumetric lights refactoring. beta210-06 (rev 16472-9845) * Fixed saving/loading of suppressInSubview for X-ray. * Fixed language setting being ignored on restart (post). * Reimplemented rotation in new grabber code, rotating heavy objects is easy now (post). * Fixed weird spots sticking on screen sometimes when bloom is on (post). * Fixed seeAI setting for security camera towards AIs on hostile teams; updated editor descriptions. * Fixed one more bug causing tdm_installer to analyze installation. * image_downsize no longer affects loading screens and other GUIs. * Fixed lighting with "image_useNormalCompression 0". * Added editor description for nodrop spawnarg. * Reorganized mapper tool prefabs, fixed Epifire's wall-mounted security camera prefab. * Removed non-working 16-bit color option from the menu settings. * Improved EFX in New Job mission (5594). * Fixed issue in Saint Lucia mission: all voiceovers being played on mission restart (4828). * Some more corrections to subtitles in Saint Lucia mission. beta210-07 (rev 16474-9850) * Set r_useMultiDrawIndirect to 0, fixing NaN flickering on AMD drivers. * Fixed X-ray combined with Render Scale. beta210-08 (rev16475-9853) * Fixed crash on index cache resize with now default "r_useMultiDrawIndirect 0". Changelog of earlier versions can be found here.

Changelog of 2.10 development: dev16202-9175 * Major changes in security camera (5528, 4731, Wiki). * Entity limit removed raised to 64K (5439, announcement). * Added secrets tracking system for mappers to use (5549, Wiki). * Integrated Sotha's "automaton" AI from Ulysses into core assets. * Menu: improved the main page and the "new game" page to make it easier for new players. * Menu: ask for confirmation on game restart, fixed menu music setting. * Menu: show checkboxes near objectives after mission is failed (5049). * Fixed rare crash in script-generated frobs (5542). * Added idPlayer::GetObjectiveVisible script event (5543). * Fixed rare collision bug causing lags (5439, r9157). * Debug visualization no longer blocks SMP performance improvements (5468). * Fixed script-generated game saves by disabling screenshot due to SMP. * Added missing frob highlight to plaster materials (4487). * Removed missing material reference in skin "wench/purple_bodice". * Minor fixes to mirroring: puddle, bc_teatray. Known problems: Volta 1, Volta 2, and Snowed Inn don't start due to broken menu. dev16215-9224 * More work on security camera (5528, Wiki) --- not finished yet. * Massive changes in dmap to make it faster (5562, 5488, announcement). * Fixed vertices merging in dmap which could cause sparklies (5486). * OpenAL (sound) upgraded to 1.21.1, fixing bsinc resampler (5564). * Added first implementation of tooltips in settings menu (2626). dev16225-9284 * Map loading optimizations: texture storage, parallel image loading, models loading (5591). * Fixed map not starting after prior error + removed 5 seconds delay at the end of loading (5118). * Removed mandatory snapping from dmap, fixing thin objects like ropes (5486). * Improved precision of windings in dmap compilation (5580). * SIMD code cleanup: enabled AVX on Linux, disabled denormals (4550). * Dropped visportals are now further classified as "leaky" and generic ones (5353, wiki). * Fixed creation of script threads with object method call (4713). * Added cvar s_alReverbGain to tone down EFX reverb (5587). * r_materialOverride fixed with Frontend Acceleration. * Fixed when player is in the void with "r_useLightAreaCulling 0". * Minor fixes in menu tooltips. * Fixed GL debug groups on AMD (5280). * Changes in FPS counter, which make displayed value more stable when com_showFpsAvg is large. dev16238-9330 * Frob highlight replaced with frob outline (5427) --- not finished yet. * Linux platform-specific code now uses GLFW for window, GL-init and input handling (5510, 5293, testing). * Windows build can change desktop resolution once again; also made "borderless" mode default (5510). * New dmap diagnostics for location separators and location entities (5354). * Dmap leak pointfiles are much shorter now (5592). * FFmpeg video formats further restricted to mp4+h264+aac and roq (4845, announcement). * Fixed occasional crash at the end of RunScript AI task, happening e.g. in WS3 mission (5538). * Debug cvars r_lockSurfaces and r_maxTri improved. * Upgraded GLFW to 3.3.4. * Added generic hash map in the code; fixed race condition in shader loading during map start (5597). * Refactoring of Clear methods in code (5593). * Added slider in menu for reverb cvar s_alReverbGain (5587). * Menu tooltip improvements. * Experimental: localization system now accepts string placeholders (5261). dev16256-9358 * Implemented new object manipulation and body dragging physics (5599 announcement). * Extracted static geometry into its own VBO in VertexCache, fixing performance regression since 2.07 (5598). * Added weapons to inventory grid (5601). * Fixed in-game mission downloader warning when downloading localization pack (5551). * Fixed in-game mission downloader warning when FM is not available on the chosen mirror (5551). * Disabled bindless textures by default because it does not work on modern AMD GPUs. * Reduced lower limit on texture units to 32, probably fixing the "Too few!" startup error on bad GL drivers. * Allow choosing adaptive VSync in setting menu. * Fullscreen options in menu: borderless goes first + block resolution when borderless is selected. * Interaction table performance optimization when loading from savefile. * Changed number of contacts in physics to 32 everywhere + minor filling optimization (3871). * Save missions.tdminfo immediately after FM download finishes. * Better logging of FM downloads under LC_MAINMENU & LT_INFO (5551). * Saint Lucia FM: adjusted mission loading GUI to display tip for about 20% of loading time (5118). dev16269-9407 * Reimplemented frob-highlighting of surfaces (5427). * Removed TDM version display in the main menu. * Replaced r_glProfiling and r_logSmpTimings with Tracy profiler library. * Better handling of position-independent executable setting on Linux. * Improved third-party libs usage: fixed OpenAL build on GCC10, fixed rebuilding libs with GCC different from 5. dev16325-9462 * PNG image format is now supported in materials, PCX support removed (5665). * Major refactoring of image formats in: SEED, screenshots of all kind. DevIL library removed (5665). * Rough prototype of .srt subtitles in briefing video (2454). * Fixed stack overflow crash if CPU-resident image is defaulted e.g. when not found (5665). * Mission statistics now show number of game loads. * Silenced "missing vertex or index cache" console warning. * Calling "set" in GUI script with not enough arguments now results in Error instead of crash (5323). * Debug cvar r_skipFog expanded to filter out boundaries. * r_immediateRenderingEmulate = 1 by default, probably fixing debug visualization for people using deprecated GL profile. * Fixed GPL header in source code files. dev16330-9508 * Extended support of subtitles to both briefing video and in-game sounds (2454: BEWARE interface will change!) * Support updating the currently installed mission in in-game downloader (5661). * Supported hide_distance for particle emitters and geometry of light entities (5668). * JPG and PNG images are no longer compressed by pk4/zip (they are already compressed by themselves). * Fixed entity arguments broken in event system after entity limit removal (5439). The bug crashed Snowed Inn on startup. * Refactored entity think code, optimized away thinking of frobable entities. * Added con_nowrap cvar: it caps lengthy lines in game console instead of wrapping them to the next line. * Added a ton of trace scopes in game, dmap, and loading (enabled by com_enableTracing 1 and Tracy connection). * Minor fixes: parallelSky, r_showViewEntities, image_preload 0, r_singleModelName. Known problems: GUI is not drawn in-game until paper is frob-highlighted. dev16335-9550 * Added hot-reload support: LOD settings, _color and shaderParms, noshadows, angle, targets, frobmovers + rotate/translate, bound entities (5683). * Fixed error on respawning an AI (5683). * Added con_fontSize cvar, which allows making console font smaller, also enabled mipmapping. * Refactored shaders loading, which fixes SMP-specific crash on AMD drivers (5012). * Non-bound lights are turned off when they are hidden e.g. using LOD (post). * Fixed noshadows_lod_N not working sometimes (5691). * Fixed GUI rendering on parchments --- known problem from previous build. * Fixed color banding in lockpick success/failure highlights. * Changing tdm_lod_bias has immediate effect without restart. * Small fix towards loading RGTC normal maps from DDS. * Removed old broken code for entities binding/unbinding (5414). * Some showPrimitives fixes. * Automation: fixed bug with astronomical timer for game controls (not used anywhere yet). dev16342-9552 * Merged branch with major changes in main menu GUI (5323, thread). Known problems: All the missions from the list do not work as expected in main menu: custom background is missing, empty briefing page is shown, in rare cases even briefing/debriefing video can disappear. This will be properly fixed only when 2.10 is released. Right now you can download fixed pk4 file by direct link from the same page --- fixed version should work as expected. dev16350-9577 * Support "set X on head" spawnarg for attached heads (post). * Fixed lockpicking getting stuck if you go away (5715). * Hopefully fixed random flickering when frob-highlighting objects with stencil shadows enabled. * Fast and deterministic normal maps compression on CPU (5716). * Optimized OGG files loading. * Optimized TGA files loading. * Continued work on X-ray support. * Continued work on subtitles support (2454). * Added new models and prefabs by @Wellingtoncrab. * Added material textures/darkmod/window/wooden_frame01/wooden_frame01_dark. * Probably fixed reloadModels for .lwo files. dev16358-9588 * Fixed crashes in image loading on AMD driver (5591). * Fixed occasional crashes in TGA loading optimization (5716). * Generate mipmaps for non-DDS textures in software, see cvar image_mipmapMode. * Frob outline disabled by default, see r_frobOutline (thread). * Tweaked render order ("sort last") for particle materials. * Continued work on subtitles (2454). * Removed [cleanup] button in mod selection menu (thread). dev16368-9627 (*) * Major changes in frob highlight/outline: translucency, alpha test, shine-through (5427). * Restored geometric frob outline under r_frobOutline 2 (5427, post). * Fixed bug breaking GL core profile, which usually caused black menu on AMD (post). * (WIP) Volumetric light effect. * Renderer's "safe mode" changed to windowed 800 x 600 (post). * Cap volume parameter in sound shader by 1.5 (4627). * Lockpicking sound no longer affected by EFX reverb. * Some changes in time handling, fixed timescale on uncapped FPS (5324, 4698). * Reduced pause on game start from 1.0 to 0.1 seconds (5314). * Minor dmap (aas) acceleration (5562). * Minor optimizations in models / sounds loading. * Don't drop held item after bumping dead/unconscious AIs (3516). * Tweaked render order ("sort last") for particle materials, reverting some. * Some changes in randomization (5763). * Minor fix in game console. * Adjusted stlucia.pk4 to avoid tdm_installer analysis... unsuccessfully. * Changed integration of doctest unit tests. Known problems: some maps broken with "clip model outside world bounds" warning spam. dev16390-9648 * Fixed "clip model outside world bounds" warning spam on some maps (post). * Fixed sparklies on hard geometric frob outline with bloom (5427). * DDS textures can be used in image programs, although they should not (5781). * Fixed spotlights/projected lights illuminating objects outside their frustum (5529). * Continued work on volumetric light shader: LOD, stencil, etc. (5816). * Allow xray shader in GUI overlays, fixed rare crash. * Do not spam warnings when index cache is not ready yet, e.g. during noclip on large map. * Minor fix of game console behavior. * (WIP) Changed frustum of spotlights when near != 0 (5815). * Fixed AlertDuration of security camera (5528). * Fixed normalmaps: flagstones_mossy_01 (5777), flagstones_gravel (5760), ash_001 and ash01_crumb_edge (5784), blocks_large_mildew (5786), ornament_shield_white_eagleandpallets (5803). * Added material for rough_grey_blocks (5789). * Added missing "torn" skins for all paintings. * Commented out additional camera screen materials (5676). beta210-01 (rev 16399-9702) * Projected lights: restored TDM 2.07 behavior, fix lighting outside frustum (5815). * Fixed light frustum precision (4888). * Major changes in volumetric lights (5816). * Continued work on security camera (5528). * X-ray improvements. * Fixed severe slowdown with soft stencil shadows and antialiasing. * Allow lifting ragdolls above ground, unless they have "ground_when_dragged" (5599). * Fixed mirrors getting black under "image_useTexStorage 1" (topic). * Added script events: vecRotate, getCalibratedLightgemValue, setSolid, getEntityFlag. * Take entity orientation account in flinderization offsets. * Removed "emitter_size" spawnarg. * Fixed r_showLights. * Refactor shaders: extracted common code to includes. beta210-02 (rev 16411-9731) * Fixed dbghelp.dll issue which blocked running TDM on fresh Windows 7 (issue). * Fixed rare depth fighting when SSAO is on. * Fixed OpenGL error with shadow maps when no light fallbacks to stencil implementation. * Fixed envshot command (5796). * Restored materials and prefabs for multiple camera GUIs. * X-ray: supported "suppressInSubview" spawnarg on lights (also affects other subviews like mirrors) * Added X-ray related assets: materials, visible/invisible skins. * Added script events: getLocationPoint, pointIsInBounds, getTraceSurfType. * Preserve opacity towards AIs and restore frobability in script event setSolid. * Func_emitters can now be bound without the particle flickering rapidly. * Fixed "condump unwrap". * Added display case models without glass to allow them to have breakable glass. * Added forcescreenaspect + hcenter GUI keywords for aspect-ratio-independent images. * Removed a few subtitles lines which were for testing only. * Internal typeinfo changes. beta210-03 (rev 16421-9771) * Reverted to 2.09 frob-highlight: no outline, use material frob stages. * Added three new frob outline presets by @kingsal and @nbohr1more. * Changed the way volumetric lights are set up (see wiki page). * Volumetric lights respect noshadows and don't affect lightgem. * Added script events: getHealth, setHealth, setSolid,projectDecal; fixed getLocationPoint. * Added script event getEnemy and canSee to security camera. * Add Epifire's flinder models to the security cameras. * Fixed subtitles going sticky on save/load. * Slightly reduced subtitles font size, added semi-transparent black background. * Added subtitles to Saint Lucia mission. * Fixed dmap issue in generating unoptimized collision maps for patch-only entities (5859). * Elemental no longer has 8 legs, wasting time in inverse kinematics. * Some optimizations in frontend: fix disabled optimization, avoid vertex data copy. * Added r_useInteractionTriCulling -1 mode to move some CPU load to GPU. * Fixed lamp cubemap light textures. * Fixed language switches broken by new main menu GUI. * Fixed occasional spam about slow jobs (threshold is now 100 ms instead of 10 ms). * Corrected OpenGL usage of clipping planes in shadow map generation. * Console printing is now threadsafe, which could crash Frontend Acceleration. * Improvements in system console on Windows. * Allow all SIMD code supported by compiler on Elbrus CPU. beta210-04 (rev 16441-9798) * Security camera now supports AI detection, also fixed volumetric lights. * Fixed save/load for volumetric lights, supported scrolling light materials. * Fixed scrolling light textures (5860). * Fixed uncompressed normal maps and backface lighting (5862). * stain01bwet material now works as it always did, no depth fighting (5325). * Skip X-ray rendering when it is already within subview. * Removed parchment from message about secrets (5549). * Fixed and upscaled droppuddle texture (5870). * Extended tooltips in video settings menu. * Fixed randomization of gui::random_value on game load. * A bit more subtitles in Saint Lucia mission. * Fixed 1280 x 960 resolution in 4:3. * Fixed rare graphic bug in some debug tools. * Small optimization in frontend: reuse index array for interaction. beta210-05 (rev 16457-9815) * Fixed bright lines on the boundary of light volume on AMD drivers (5876). * Fixed secret counter increased multiple times on single-count entities (5549). * Security camera: "sweepWaitSoundOffset" spawnarg controls snd_end timing. * Security camera: snd_sparks and snd_death can be used simultaneously. * Security camera: split "seeAI" spawnarg into "seeAI", "seeAnimals", "seeBodies". * Fixed the xray model stuck in place when shouldered. * Improved player GUI for taking damage. * Added spawnarg "animal_patrol_wait" to allow animals that move continuously (post). * Portal sky scissor optimization. * A bit of cleaning in source code conan dependencies (5839). * Fixed hover highlight on Restart Game button in settings menu. * Volumetric lights refactoring. beta210-06 (rev 16472-9845) * Fixed saving/loading of suppressInSubview for X-ray. * Fixed language setting being ignored on restart (post). * Reimplemented rotation in new grabber code, rotating heavy objects is easy now (post). * Fixed weird spots sticking on screen sometimes when bloom is on (post). * Fixed seeAI setting for security camera towards AIs on hostile teams; updated editor descriptions. * Fixed one more bug causing tdm_installer to analyze installation. * image_downsize no longer affects loading screens and other GUIs. * Fixed lighting with "image_useNormalCompression 0". * Added editor description for nodrop spawnarg. * Reorganized mapper tool prefabs, fixed Epifire's wall-mounted security camera prefab. * Removed non-working 16-bit color option from the menu settings. * Improved EFX in New Job mission (5594). * Fixed issue in Saint Lucia mission: all voiceovers being played on mission restart (4828). * Some more corrections to subtitles in Saint Lucia mission. beta210-07 (rev 16474-9850) * Set r_useMultiDrawIndirect to 0, fixing NaN flickering on AMD drivers. * Fixed X-ray combined with Render Scale. beta210-08 (rev16475-9853) * Fixed crash on index cache resize with now default "r_useMultiDrawIndirect 0". Changelog of earlier versions can be found here.

Thanks to Stgatilov for fixing the head model change crash! Though the fix will be featured after next dev snapshot, I'll likely update this mod again once that's out. While few maps have mirrors, remember some may be designed with this mod in mind as the goal is to have it working as both a FM and universal mod. Thanks: I'm glad you like it even if it may not be featured in the mod pack, though I'll likely attempt some of your suggestions at least. I tried to make it intuitive, hence I didn't add special circumstances (like running) for wearing out the disguise even faster so players aren't left wondering what triggers it, however it may be featured next time: I don't remember if there's a way to check if the player is sprinting or crouched, so I'll likely use the player speed thus the faster you're moving the more quickly you're spotted... I might even make it so being seen picking locks or stealing loot instantly makes your disguise fail! Making a helmet no longer usable after being caught once is tricky: Helmets all look the same, therefore guards wouldn't notice if you stole another hat and used that to trick them again... they don't use energy either so needing a special way to recharge them wouldn't make much sense. Remember also that being seen by an alert guard makes the disguise drop faster, and part of the alert level is permanent meaning guards will always catch you a bit more quickly if they were alerted once. The logical solution would be that once you're caught, you can't ever disguise yourself to trick that team again... this would make them too useless and irreversible so no. A good middle ground instead is having a long cooldown timer, so once caught you can't disguise yourself for say 5 minutes. What does everyone think about that?

Damn I just had this bow crash but didnt have the debugger. Please mention me if you guys come up with a solution in here. For some reason I feel like Im getting it more than others, it might be because I use a lot of arrows when testing my missions.

So, if I understand you, no Thief Gold FM does sound and text notifications of completed objectives? The missions in The Black Parade surely did. I'm completely confused now. I was sure that original Thief Gold had those objective complete notifications (at least the sound). Reading this thread suggests otherwise though: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132977

DarkRadiant 3.0.0 is ready for download. It took a while, but DarkRadiant 3.0.0 is finally available. Most of the time has been spent on improving DarkRadiant's renderer, which now features shadow mapping support of up to 6 lights. It's still not matching the engine's output (especially in terms of performance), but it should be faster and much more helpful than it was before. The effort that has been put into the renderer rewrite plus the bigger changes in the previous few releases make the jump to the next major version feel more than justified. Besides of that, a lot of non-renderer issues have been resolved in this release too, next to some fine usability improvements. For more things that have changed or fixed, see the list below. Windows and Mac Downloads are available on Github: https://github.com/codereader/DarkRadiant/releases/tag/3.0.0 and of course linked from the website https://www.darkradiant.net Thanks go out to all who helped testing this release! And I'll gladly repeat myself, by thanking all the awesome people who keep using DarkRadiant to create Fan Missions - they are the main reason for me to keep going. Please report any bugs or feature requests here in these forums, following these guidelines: Bugs (including steps for reproduction) can go directly on the tracker. When unsure about a bug/issue, feel free to ask. If you run into a crash, please record a crashdump: Crashdump Instructions Feature requests should be suggested (and possibly discussed) here in these forums before they may be added to the tracker. Changes since 2.14.0 Feature: Realtime shadow mode Feature: Allow way to hide some entities in Create Entity list Feature: MD5 Animation Viewer: show current frame & total frames Feature: MD5 Animation Viewer: jump to frame Feature: DarkRadiant warns about missing .darkradiant file on load Feature: Ability to center 3D camera on selected entity Feature: Cut functionality to complement copy and paste Feature: Save user settings by application version Fixed: Free Rotation not working anymore, can only rotate along 3 axes Fixed: DR crash with combination of mouse buttons pressed Fixed: Git Sync Exception: too many redirects or authentication replays Fixed: Missing brushes when opening alphalabs1 from vanilla Doom 3 PK4s Fixed: Selected Skin not showing in ModelSelector Fixed: Reload Defs takes longer every time Fixed: ForceShadows materials are not casting shadows Fixed: Objective GUI doesn't display properly in some places Fixed: Crash on loading certain maps Fixed: Vertex colours do not show on models in lighting mode Fixed: Entity inspector shows inherited spawnargs of previous selection Fixed: DR overwrite order for defs is different from TDM's Fixed: X/Y and Camera View bindings don't save properly Fixed: Material Preview rendering Fixed: "Replace Selection with exported Model" sets classname to "func_static". Fixed: Map -> Edit Package Info (darkmod.txt)... crashes DarkRadiant Fixed: Rotating a func_static result to random stretch textures Fixed: DR crashes when syncing with remote Git repository Fixed: Switching visibility of Github repo from public to private causes crash Fixed: Dockable window layout doesn't save new floating XY views Fixed: "Choose skin..." button on custom model spawnargs shows skins for main model spawnarg Fixed: Entity inspector considers inherited colors black Fixed: ReloadDefs moves def_attached light crystals to entity origin Fixed: Option to filter skins out of search results in the Choose Model dialogue Fixed: .lin files can't be opened if different case than .map name Fixed: Model chooser radio box selection issue Fixed: Changing multiple lights between omni/projected resets colours to black Improvement: Allow absolute paths for snapshots Improvement: Light diamonds and Speaker radii are transparent Improvement: Unify Declaration Parsers Improvement: Add "Create Particle" to right-click orthoview drop-down menu Improvement: Revisit Interaction Shader to get closer to the TDM looks Improvement: Entity inspector should recognise spawnargs beginning with "sprS_" as def spawnargs Improvement: UI for worldspawn-to-entity conversion Improvement: classname field should always be read-only, to force use of the "Choose entity class" button Coding: Update solution and build dependencies to Visual Studio 2022 The list of changes can be found on the our bugtracker changelog. Have fun mapping!

Yep using ryzen setup for the time being is reasonable given it has more capability to run this game . I am planning to wipe out all games from my elitedesk 800 g3 tower pc and using it merely for development and low power home server. Usually you don't dwell about GPU upgradeability when buying prebuilt desktop until you have to and you subsequently start to think "why did i buy this pc instead of custom-built pc and why did i go <your tiny form factor choice> route" ? . This is happening to me right now LMAO. i become more dissastified with the performance outcome and i am having an urge to enjoy more graphic demanding games. The good news is i went to full-tower form factor so i didn't have to think much about low profile GPUs. But at this point another interesting problem has come up : Finding a right PSU for HP prodesk or elitedesk(especially the one which is rated at 250 or 300 watt) is a major pain since power supplies tend to be proprietary for HP prebuilt PC thus you can't just throw in any PSUs available on the market. The same goes for dell optiplex and lenovo thinkcentre PC

Some newer desktop graphics modes always force vsync because the desktop is hardware accelerated on the GPU. I you can switch your desktop from compiz or any other accelerated desktop to a non-compositing desktop that might help. Also, sometimes your graphics drivers offer different ways to integrate into composite graphic modes. Finally, if you are running TDM under Wine rather than the native executable, I believe that Linux also locks most of those apps to desktop refresh.

Man, tried for 20 minutes straight what you instructed, not a single crash or screw up.

I created third version of debug executable (for TDM 2.11). Could someone please reproduce the crash again and post new console log?

Greetings everyone! I recently got into TDM and am already having a lot of fun playing through and ghosting missions. However, coming from Thief, I am mostly relying on the rules and my experience with that game, while there are clearly differences in how TDM works. Right now, there is talk in the ghosting discussion thread on TTLG to amend the ruleset and include clarifications pertaining to TDM. So I wanted to drop by and ask: is there an active TDM ghosting community already and have any rules for this playstyle been developed? I would also like to ask someone to take a look at the draft of this addendum to see whether everything looks correct: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148487&page=16&p=2473352&viewfull=1#post2473352 Thanks!

Indeed. I added some print outs to tdm_suicide.script and the very last thing I get in the log before the crash is: *** AFTER sys.wait( time_to_live ): idStaticEntity_atdm:attachment_aimer_7 *** AFTER activateTargets(self): idStaticEntity_atdm:attachment_aimer_7 Code:

Seems true. I set logfile 2 in the console and I changed all =0 to =1 in darkmod.ini: fm/xxx/qconsole.log shows nothing relevant that I can detect. I can make it crash with and without the aimer.