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All speakers are defined as spheres, with a customisable inner and outer radius. There is no way to change them into any other shape. Implementing support for rectangular speakers would need changes to the core game code.

I've been on DR 3.8 for a while, but today it started giving me an error with the title "Real Hard DarkRadiant Failure" and message "Could not acquire frame buffer lock", "Break into the debugger?". Regardless of whether I press Yes or No, the next message is "Unhandled exception", "An unhandled exception occurred. Press Abort to terminate etc.". If I press Abort or Retry on this message the top row of buttons (File, Edit, View etc.) flash rapidly and then DR shuts down. If I press Ignore I can continue using the program, but as soon as I interact with the UI the error message comes up again. So far I already tried to wipe my user settings in AppData/Roaming, but it made no difference.

As far as I know, there are no licensing concerns with screenshots or gameplay videos you've made yourself, regardless of the license of the underlying game (otherwise Twitch streaming and games journalism would be impossible). However, Wikipedia articles about games tend not to feature large numbers of screenshots and videos, and it's possible that other Wikipedia editors would consider your videos promotional rather than encyclopedic.

"...to a robber whose soul is in his profession, there is a lure about a very old and feeble man who pays for his few necessities with Spanish gold." Good day, TDM community! I'm proud to release my first FM: "The Terrible Old Man", an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's short story of the same name. This is a short, 30-45 minute mission in which you are the getaway driver in a team of three small-time thieves. You and your associates were fortunate enough to overhear rumors of a famously wealthy and frail old man, but things change when your cohorts do not return from what is supposed to be their easiest and most lucrative job. Now it's up to you to brave the old man's house and find your associates. Download: The in-game mission downloader TDM Website's Mission Page Dropbox Special Thanks: The kind beta testers: Cambridge Spy, stgatilov, xlm, wesp5, nbohr1more, and Dragofer. peter_spy and Dragofer for answering my endless barrage of editor questions while learning DR. The TDM Discord for their warm welcome. Ending stinger courtesy of Zapsplat. Content Warnings: Enjoy!

So I thought whether to mention this here, in the end I guess it makes sense as it's now technically a bug report. The discussion started out as a feature request, or rather a set of them... then it was mentioned that one of the functionalities I described should in fact exist, but an error is causing it to be overridden. We aren't sure when it was introduced but since I've always observed the broken behavior it might be years. You can read the full conversation here: https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=6436 What I observed and initially requested: When the player shoots at an AI, the AI shouldn't go searching in a completely random direction, and instead go somewhere toward the player as they should have a general sense of where the arrow came from. Currently guards completely ignore the direction of an attack and will cluelessly run to a completely random spot when hit which is very unrealistic: If an arrow hits you in the back, you aren't going to sprint forward looking for the perpetrator there. How this turned into a bug report: Someone investigated the issue and discovered that when attacked, AI should in fact be picking a search area between their own position and that of the players. I understand the pain event mistakenly overrides that decision, causing the guard to pick random locations within their own radius when attacked. Now that this is known, maybe this can be fixed in time for 2.12 so we aren't stuck with the broken behavior for the whole release?

hey stgatilov, I'm trying to compile TDM source, but it seems the source compilation guide here is out of date, it still recommends VS2017 when the source now requires VS 2022 and after installing the latest VS, I get a bunch of unresolved external symbol errors for OpenAL mostly, I assume I need to update OpenAL soft? I'm still a little green about this type of errors, when they happen, they are the ones that stump me the most. Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(helpers.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(alfstream.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(ambdec.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(chorus.cpp.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(fshifter.cpp.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(modulator.cpp.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(vmorpher.cpp.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(threads.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(alconfig.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(cpu_caps.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(convolution.cpp.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(winmm.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(wave.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(hrtf.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(panning.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(event.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(null.cpp.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(wasapi.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(dsound.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(alc.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(logging.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(voice.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(auxeffectslot.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\pugixml.lib(pugixml.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(buffer.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(source.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __GSHandlerCheck_EH4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(state.obj) 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __imp___std_init_once_begin_initialize referenced in function alcOpenDevice DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(alc.obj) 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __imp___std_init_once_complete referenced in function alcOpenDevice DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(alc.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __std_reverse_copy_trivially_copyable_1 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(hrtf.obj) 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __std_reverse_copy_trivially_copyable_8 referenced in function "class std::unique_ptr<struct HrtfStore,struct std::default_delete<struct HrtfStore> > __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::LoadHrtf02(class std::basic_istream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > &,char const *)" (?LoadHrtf02@?A0xe8b25d95@@YA?AV?$unique_ptr@UHrtfStore@@U?$default_delete@UHrtfStore@@@std@@@std@@AEAV?$basic_istream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@3@PEBD@Z) DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(hrtf.obj) 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __std_reverse_copy_trivially_copyable_4 referenced in function "void __cdecl MixDirectHrtfBase<&void __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::ApplyCoeffs(class std::array<float,2> * __restrict,unsigned __int64,class std::array<class std::array<float,2>,128> const &,float,float)>(class std::array<float,1024> &,class std::array<float,1024> &,class al::span<class std::array<float,1024> const ,-1>,class std::array<float,2> * __restrict,float *,struct HrtfChannelState *,unsigned __int64,unsigned __int64)" (??$MixDirectHrtfBase@$1?ApplyCoeffs@?A0xd07b7227@@YAXPEIAV?$array@M$01@std@@_KAEBV?$array@V?$array@M$01@std@@$0IA@@4@MM@Z@@YAXAEAV?$array@M$0EAA@@std@@0V?$span@$$CBV?$array@M$0EAA@@std@@$0?0@al@@PEIAV?$array@M$01@1@PEAMPEAUHrtfChannelState@@_K5@Z) DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(mixer_c.obj) 1 Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __std_reverse_copy_trivially_copyable_4 DarkModTools L:\darkmod_src\OpenAL32.lib(mixer_sse.obj) 1 Error LNK1120 6 unresolved externals DarkModTools L:\darkmod\TheDarkModx64.exe 1

No I mean you licence (for money) those modules for others to use in their game. But they don't own it. What fits the genre best is if someone would steal your code. Bad for you but good for thief.

The Builder's Blocks The time has come for my unusual gameplay fm to be released! Important! Please read this before you play the map. You will be playing a mini-game in this map. This mini-game alters the mouse sensitivity setting when you start it, so be sure to click on the 'leave' button in-map before exiting the game. Failure to do so means that you must reset the mouse setting manually and then restart the map. Since this is a map for the unusual gameplay contest the gameplay is unusual (not surprisingly). Do not expect a normal Dark Mod mission. Link(s) (post mirrors, and I will add them here): https://www.dropbox....ders_blocks.pk4 Screenshot of someone playing with a prototype of the game: A big thanks to my beta testers (in alphabetical order): jaxa nborh1more Obsttorte PPoe without whom many features would never have seen the light of day.

Heya sure, I am distracted because i am very busy with YWA, i am writing a book and have plans beyond that. Its really massive. I simply think that i am not suited to make a game like this rn... maybe in 5 or 10 years. Its hella expensive and you need alot people, i simply cant wait that long. I need to invest in better things.

If I try to select a mission in the Mission pulldown selector in the Game Setup dialog, the list is not sorted alphabetically. As stated, this is DR 3.7 in Linux.

Tried to install version 2.12 and got > Couldn't download 'newjob.pk4'. Aborting. I hope you can fix it, I know nothing about this game, just found it recently.

Welcome to the forums Ansome! And congrats on making it to beta phase!

And those pics that Daft Mugi posted do show the problem with TDM maps, but I also have to say, that is a problem with TDM shadow maps, not with maps in general, I never seen such ugly issues in Stalker for example or Call of Juarez and many other games. Perhaps those shadow maps issues arise from people not thinking of shadow maps at all, when creating their lights, shadow maps do require a little more tweaking to look good, specially at grazing angles, because they are literally textures, so perhaps moving the lights a little solves those problems or even increasing the shadow map res. Just think about this, if shadow maps where that ugly, the gaming industry would never deprecate stencil shadows and we would still be seeing a ton of games using them, but is totally the contrary, games with stencil shadows, are the minority, even idSoftware removed them, I think since Rage (i'm not totally sure about Rage...) and up (besides obviously Doom 3 BFG). For example: Wolfenstein II Dishonored 2 Evil within 2 (this particular shot is impossible with stencil shadows, because of the blood that is a particle effect with alpha) etc. For obvious reasons TDM fans have a good opinion of stencil shadows and I comprehend that, they do look very good, TDM and Wolfenstein 2009 are the games with the best soft stencil shadows that I haver seen, but maps can also look good, if given the chance and used to their full potencial. another game with good stencil soft shadows Thou tree shadows on this game seem to use something else or literally stencil shadows because sometimes they look like a blob on the floor instead of seeing the individual leaf.

I was able to reproduce this in 2.12 beta as well as 2.11. Start mission setviewpos -5727 974 292 24 -57 0 Wait for new objective setviewpos 3795 5676 -3164 18 160 0 Wait for objective complete Shoulder body setviewpos -1643 3574 -1903 4 180 0 Drop body on elevator platform Press elevator button Setting "logFile 2", I was able to capture some console messages before the crash. "MISSION COMPLETED" displays twice instead of once. I haven't had a chance to look further into this. WARNING:idClipModel::Handle: clip model 0 on 'bellero' (dc8) is not a collision or trace model WARNING:idClipModel::Handle: clip model 0 on 'bellero' (dc8) is not a collision or trace model WARNING:idClipModel::Handle: clip model 0 on 'bellero' (dc8) is not a collision or trace model MISSION COMPLETED MISSION COMPLETED ----- idRenderModelManagerLocal::EndLevelLoad ----- 0 models purged from previous level, 1031 models kept. --------------------------------------------------- Regenerated world, staticAllocCount = 0. Getting threadname failed, reason: No such file or directory (2) --------- Game Map Shutdown ---------- ModelGenerator memory: 133 LOD entries with 0 users using 2128 bytes. WARNING:idClipModel::FreeTraceModel: tried to free uncached trace model (index=0) --------- Game Map Shutdown done ----- Shutting down sound hardware idRenderSystem::Shutdown() ...shutting down QGL I18NLocal: Shutdown. ------------ Game Shutdown ----------- ModelGenerator memory: No LOD entries. Shutdown event system --------------------------------------

This is the 4th time I tried installing the game and it always gives me this error no matter the settings I pick in the installer. idk what to do anymore.

Hammerting 100% off on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/hammerting Losing everything (not downloaded to your computer) would not be unlikely, best case scenario the licenses get transferred over to Steam as part of some big deal. Whatever it is, you'd hear about it, and piracy is always on the menu if they screw it up. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/07/tim-sweeneys-epic-games-store-is-still-losing-money-after-five-years/ Will it happen? Maybe. Not before 2027 I think, which is when it expected to become profitable.

You can work around this error by putting a completely empty file called tdm_turret_scriptbased.script in your script folder, and temporarily removing all turrets from the map. Would still be interesting to see whether 10518 is the first build where the problem appears, or beta1.

@Frost_Salamander Another interpretation is that a mission (FM) is a "game". For example, Resurrection of Evil for Doom 3 is a game and can be run with the "+set fs_game d3xp" option. TDM is based on Doom 3 but has since deviated from Doom 3 options, but I think the same definition can hold. Mission authors can tweak and modify their mission to create unique gameplay experiences and mechanics, thus making their own game. TDM is the game engine that the game (FM) is run on. So, here it looks like you are free to use them in your own game. The "Open Source" license for images refers to Creative Commons licenses, I imagine, rather than TDM code being open source. In the mission readme.txt file, it sounds like those images need to be listed under a different license than a Creative Commons license. Also, those textures could be in their own directory with a LICENSE.txt file at its root directory, explaining that it is not a Creative Commons license. That said, I'm not a lawyer, and it's good to reach out to the Textures.com folks about this. I just thought I'd share my interpretation in case it helps with communication with them. I hope you get some good answers!

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but what is the conclusion here? I'm particularly asking about textures.com, because in my latest FM (WIP) I've used tons of textures from there. When I first looked at it, I had concluded that it was OK to use them, but now I'm second guessing that because of this (also mentioned above): Please note that it is not allowed to release our images under Open Source licenses (even when the materials are modified). If you are working on an game that is released under an Open Source license, you need to release content that has been created using our materials under a closed source license. However, this here make me think it might be OK? From https://www.textures.com/support/faq-license#3d-model CAN I USE THE MATERIALS ON A 3D MODEL OR SCENE OR VIDEO GAME LEVEL WHICH I WILL OFFER OR SELL ON A DIGITAL MARKETPLACE? Regular textures may be bundled with 3D models, scenes or video game levels under the following conditions: you have customized the materials for the 3D model, scene or game level, all materials are actually used on the 3D model, in the scene or game level you are selling the model and materials in one package. In other words: do not use bundling as a loophole to sell a texture or material pack. Please add the following text in the documentation accompanying the model: "One or more textures bundled with this project have been created with images from Textures.com. These images may not be redistributed by default. Please visit www.textures.com for more information." IMPORTANT: the exception to this is any content in the Special Content categories: 3D Scans, 3D Scans Atlas, 3D Objects, 3D Foliage, Substance, PBR Materials, Decals, HDR Spheres, HDR Skies, Graphic Designs and 3D Ornaments. The materials in these categories may NOT be bundled with 3D models or scenes. This even applies when you modify the materials: modification does not mean you are allowed to bundle these types of materials. Again I'm specifically talking about using these are part of a fan mission, not the core game. To satisfy the conditions above, I will: customisation: all textures have been converted to different formats (.dds and .tga) or resized I won't include any textures in the .pk4 that aren't included in the mission the FM will be bundled into a single .pk4 package (and I'm obviously not selling it). I'm only using the 'regular textures', not PBR or 3D materials. I will include the text 'One ore more textures...' in the FM readme.

I compiled DR with no extra options on Ubuntu 23.10, and installed it, all without any error, but when I try to launch DR it comes out with "no game type selected" and after ok, the code Aborts due to a memory overflow, I opened a bug in: https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=6472 where I supplied the log, any idea of what might be going wrong?

What kind of mouse do you have? Is it an MMO mouse with numbered buttons on the sides? Is it possible your mouse is occasionally generating either a number key or scroll-wheel event which the game interprets as a weapon selection command?

The devs didn't title this thread, and @datiswous said they're attempting to mislead people by using Russell's name and a retro style to make it resemble Thief, which is cynical. I grew up on forums like I'm sure anyone who likes a game from '98 did. I actually left the Discord immediately after joining it because it was more off-topic doom-posting than anything relevant to the mod. I thought the forums might be better, but it's mostly just grown men yelling at clouds and telling strangers how mature they are, and a few brave souls actually developing anything. Depressing place, I'll just stick to enjoying new missions every 6 months without an account.

I've decided to make a list of my posts in this thread thus far. Only the posts where I shared images of real world locations for inspiration (mostly reference images of various historical architecture). 19th century octagon houses as inspiration for more fancy houses of industralists (12 May 2015) Old electric powerplant building in Poprad, Slovakia - red brick Gothic Revival stylistics (17 July 2015) - needs image fixin' Plas Mawr in Conwy, Wales - well-preserved medieval and early modern Welsh townhouse, with interior museum (29 July 2015) Castell Coch in Wales - reconstructed medieval castle, with minor 19th century industrial details (13 August 2015) + addendum Illustrations and concept art for Bree from various game projects (3 September 2015) Run-down Neo-classical manor house in a rural area (15 December 2015) - dated image links, I need to fix 'em Smaller but interesting manor houses and fortified manor houses in Slovakia (30 August 2016) Manor houses and fortified manor houses in Slovakia (13 March 2017) Environmental storytelling inspired by "reading" real world ruins (3 May 2021) Stokesay Castle rural fortified manor house, one of the few of its kind in England (26 March 2024) Houses, inns and market halls of medieval and early modern England (26 March 2024) Aberconwy House in Conwy, Wales - well-preserved 14th century Welsh medieval merchant townhouse (27 March 2024)

Nominations are in... What are your predictions? https://thegameawards.com/nominees I bet God of War is going to homerun this thing. Elden Ring is just too long ago and now God of War is all the hype. Best RPG for sure goes to Elden Ring, and maybe best art direction to A Plage Tale, but the remainder, it has to be God of War. Hopefully my Indie-Favorite SIFU wins one or two awards, too. Neon White also deserves a win in my book. Best adaption has to go to either Arcane or Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Edgerunners is not as good I think, but same as with Elden Ring, the hype around Arcane already dried out, whereas everyone is still kind of talking about Edgerunners.

On social media, I often find myself surprised how many people let their kids consume content not really appropriate for their age. A very recent example was news of a five year old having beaten Bloodborne, which is rated 16 years and older. While that is admittedly an impressive feat, I can't help but wonder what kind of parents let their five year old spend hours upon hours in front of a console playing a horror game? Or might this just be a cultural thing? Socio-economic? I think the users of our forum are very adult and intelligent, so I would like to know your opinion on this topic.