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  1. Block out with FREEDOM and EASE using this "as license free as it gets" TDM prototyping material pack (Release) Watch even the most basic blockout come to life in vibrant orange! How it works: Drop the ULTRA SLIM 1.3 mb .pk4 into your project's directory In DR a new folder "protoype" will appear in the "common" textures sub directory in the media browser Don't know where to start? When simply sketching out ideas "Proto" is a perfect for getting down rough shapes and will handle 90% of prototyping needs (and is a lovely shade of orange) Need to prototype some SUPER ADVANCED GAMEPLAY? A spot of tile floor here, a beam for a rope arrow there? No problem! There are (hopefully) patterns for EVERY surface type in the game When it comes to the grid YOU are in CONTROL. You can manipulate the resolution of the grid using the default texture scale you have selected in the Surface Inspector. At a scale of 1.0 the overall pattern will repeat every 256 units with subdivisions at 128, 32, 16 and 8 units. At a scale of .5 the pattern will repeat every 128 units with subdivisions at 64, 16, 8 and 4 units. And so on. OLD FRIENDS return with two CLASSIC prototype textures completely reverse engineered from the ground up! All textures in this pack are released under CC0 license and I waive all rights to copyright that is within my power to do so. This is an initial release so any feedback on improving the tool is appreciated!
  2. Is there something wrong with the forums lately, or is it my browser? I've been having trouble formatting posts, and just now I couldn't format anything at all.

    I'm using Vivaldi.

    Usually I have to: select text, click bold, nothing happens, select again, click bold, then it works. 

    Same for other stuff, like creating spoilers, bullet points, links. Nothing works the first time. 

    1. datiswous

      datiswous

      I have no problem. I use Firefox. @Zerg Rush also uses Vivaldi. Have you tried without extensions, or in another browser?

      (btw. bold, italic and underline have shortcut keys: Ctrl B, Ctrl I and Ctrl U, you could try that)

       

  3. Some people here might already know this, but there is a free node-based material creation program made in the Godot engine. If you're familiar with Substance Designer then you probably would understand how useful this is. I've been using it in my own projects lately and I figured it might be a good idea to post about it here since I didn't find any threads mentioning it. https://www.materialmaker.org/ The website also features a user-created library that includes CC0 materials people have made. A lot of them are mostly tech demo materials, but even ones that aren't general use can be downloaded and examined to see how they were made in the program, which helps with learning it. There's also a lot of tutorials for Substance Designer itself online and, though it doesn't line up 1:1, it seems like you can generally get most of the same stuff done in Material Maker using different methods.
  4. People who use Blender for object editing sometimes run into a problem with material names. It has a character limit of 63. That's usually fine but some existing TDM materials have names which are longer than that, so it becomes impossible to use them. An FM author can make a copy of the material with a shorter name, but that might be adding unnecesary complexity for people who are just making standalone objects to share. I've been mounting a valiant campain on various Blender forums, and some of their LinkedIn posts, to get them to increase the limit, but to no avail. So it's time to take a different approach. Would it be feasible for TDM to rename long materials? The rendering system would have to intercept and replace calls to the original names, or something like that. I'm not sure if that would be an easy thing to implement or if it would set off a chain of complex events or coding etc. Another possible approach could be a material ID sytem, so in Blender the material name could be WoodPlanks_4ACFB987B, which would correspond to something like TDM\long\path\to\material\WoodPlanks That might even be beneficial for shorter material names, as even they are not user friendly to look at in some interfaces.
  5. The TDM script reference on the wiki page seems to be pasted twice over. It's already a long enough page as it is... 🥵

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    2. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      It looks like someone tried to make it "easier" by having all the commands listed sorted by spawn class. If that is needed, it should probably be on it's own wiki page. Do you have wiki editing rights?

    3. Spooks

      Spooks

      I don't but then again that double listing has been around forever iirc (subsection 1.1 v 1.2). There was a whole section 2 that was basically a repeat of 1. It's good that stgatilov regenerated it though, not only did it make that go away but the last update was from Dec. 2021.

    4. datiswous

      datiswous

      Styling of that page is quite minimal. I added some styling myself (with Stylus plugin), to make it better readable:

      Spoiler
      h2 {
          font-size: 180%;
          margin: 2em 0;
      }
      h3 {
          color: blue;
          margin-bottom: 0.5em;
      }
      h4 {
          margin: 2em 0 0.5em 1em;
      }
      dl {
          margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em;
      }

       

      Spoiler

      scrpt.jpg.5242789874719821bfdc520284fd70a6.jpg

      This does make the page much longer.

  6. When I open the Material Editor in DR , I get the following error and DR freezes: It's frozen, so I can't click yes or no. This sometimes happens, usually it just crashes to desktop (possibly giving the same error, but it's too fast to see).
  7. Since Aluminum directed me here ( https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/9082-newbie-darkradiant-questions/page/437/#comment-475263 ) can we have unlimited renderer effects? Well, maybe not unlimited, by maybe 3-5? Thanks.

     

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    2. Nort

      Nort

      Since I wasn't the one mainly asking, I'll just cite you in the original thread instead.

    3. AluminumHaste

      AluminumHaste

      There already is a kind of sorting, sort nearest, sort decal, sort <n>. For things like windows and such, sort nearest should probably have the desirable affect, though looking through multiple translucent shaders might kill performance.

    4. Nort

      Nort

      Is having multiple render effects really killing performance that badly? I don't understand. You're saying that if I have two transparent objects side-by-side, then they'll just count as two render effects, but when combined, they somehow become something much more difficult to render?

      Never-the-less, unless we're talking some kind of infinite portal problem, why not let the mapper choose how much he wants to kill performance? Just warn him against putting too many effects close together.

  8. Woo!! 2.10 Beta "Release Candidate" ( 210-07 ) is out:

    https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/21198-beta-testing-210/

    It wont be long now :) ...

  9. I don't think there's a link to thedarkmod.com on forums.thedarkmod.com ...

    1. datiswous

      datiswous

      Yeah and the wiki and moddb. It should have those links in the footer I think. Probably easy to add by an admin.

      Edit: And a link to the bugtracker. I'm always searching for a post in the forum that links to that because I can't remember the url.

    2. Petike the Taffer

      Petike the Taffer

      I drew attention to this several times in the last few years. No one payed it any attention, so I just gave up.

    3. duzenko

      duzenko

      Reluctance to improve the forums is matched by reluctance to allow more people to work on it. Talk about trust and power.

  10. here is the bug report: https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=5387 on Ubuntu 20.10 on last pull from branch 2.9.0 from github. now when creating the brush with a selected material it doesn't segfault any more, it's only when you apply a material the next time it segfaults: when applying a new material on a brush either from an existing brush with already a working material, or when the brush has the default material, the thing is that when you apply the new material it segfaults. that is either in the media tab, when selecting another material for a given selected brush, or, with a selected brush, and clicking on another material image in the textures tab. I've provided the two GDB traces, for the two cases, within the bug report, I hope it's useful.
  11. While the pre-release testing of the upcoming DR 2.11 is finishing, I'd like to discuss a possible Material Editor feature. Just to get a picture of whether you guys think this is worth the effort, what it should be able to do at a bare minimum, what the UI could look like, etc. I know this request has been brought forward at least twice in the past, so maybe this feature is worth pursuing.
  12. I open DarkRadiant, select Doom3 as a edit platform, select the correct folder, the program runs fine, i can add entities, and create brushes with the default texture, but once i click on a material in the media/textures list i get a segfault. here is the GDB error trace: and here is the content of the log file: the log file doesn't update with any new error message: if you open the log file while the program works, when the program segfaults then log file doesn't update any more, but I post it for checking anyways. in the GDB trace the segfaults happen after all the GTK related messages that happen while the program works.
  13. Not so long ago I found what could make a pretty good profile picture and decided to try it out on these new forums. But I couldn't find a button anywhere that would let me change it. I asked on Discord and it seems Spooks also couldn't find anything anywhere. So I logged into an old alternative account and, lo and behold, that account has a button. This is on the first screen I get when I: 1) click on my account name in the top-right of the browser -> 2) click on 'profile'. Compared to my actual account: Are you also missing this button on your account? It'd be very much appreciated if that functionality could be restored to any of the affected accounts.
  14. When exporting from Blender to TDM in .lwo format, it's necessary to set the material names to textures/darkmod/,,,,something. If an object has a lot of textures it's going to be tedious to search the mtr files to get the right name. The same goes for applying textures to imported .lwo objects. I wrote this plugin to make that task much easier. Version 2.8.0 Download: Go to the GitHub page: https://github.com/RSoul82/Blender-TDM-Material-Manager Right click the .py file, then go to Save As and put it in some folder. (Or go to Clone or Download and save it as a zip file to your computer). The old version, for Blender 2.79, is here: https://github.com/RSoul82/Blender-TDM-Material-Manager/tree/Blender-2.79-archive (this is unlikely to be upgraded unless it causes serious problems) It'll be interesting to see how this is in the wild.
  15. Hi, I need to know what the code is to use Spoiler Tags. I am using my tablet and I don't have the options to use anything, like spoiler tags, quote tags, text changes etc. Thanks
  16. Regarding issue #4991, Id like to help if I can by giving you guys some sound samples. Ive got some moderately decent equipment I think can be utilized to capture some ladder slide sounds. Ive got a Behringer C-1 mic and an AKAI EIE Pro audio interface that need to see more use. Ive only ever really used it to record some garage band jam sessions. Unless you know audio brands thats all pointless info, what Im getting at is this: despite using it in a non controlled chaotic atmosphere, we got really decent levels and it sounded alright for having 5 instruments going at once. In a controlled environment where I can focus on just one sound, I think I could really capture some viable samples. But before I get out all the cables and turn a closet into a recording booth Id like to have a really solid plan so I can execute all the recording in one go. Or in as few sessions as possible. So how best to go about this? What materials do we need? (Metal, wood, vines/foliage) What variables are we looking for? (Gloves/no gloves, if gloved then fabric or leather, speed, length of slide, friction coefficient from pressure applied, do we want that satisfying squeak from the palms/fingers as they drag across a smooth surface) What factors/variables are most desirable for this particular project? I want to have a real solid plan of attack and thorough steps laid out in a notebook, so the longest aspect of the recording process will be saving/naming each file. What do you guys think? I want to help any way I can so lets form a plan!
  17. Still spreading the word about TDM on forums to new peops... Funny to see people say "Awesome, I loved playing Thief back in the day!"

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    2. kano

      kano

      Yes it was in a discussion where someone was saying how unhappy they are with the way game companies grant themselves permission to do whatever they like to your PC and personal info today. I pointed out that giving up games completely is an unnecessarily overkill solution when there are free games like TDM to play.

    3. Epifire

      Epifire

      Honestly the mod/Indie genre is still really booming right now. And they aint got no reason to do shady invasive privacy bs.

    4. Petike the Taffer

      Petike the Taffer

      What Epifire said. :-)

  18. I'm looking at this older entry on the tracker: http://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=2727 I'm wondering what most of the active mappers think about this. Should selecting a material in the Media Browser make this the default when, for instance, drag-creating a new brush? Currently, the selection in the Texture Browser tab defines the default material. Should the Media Browser selection used instead? Or should selecting a material in the Media Browser also select the material in the Texture Browser?
  19. At the moment the materials browser shows a list of material names, but only when clicking on each one do we see the editor image. It would be nice if each time we selected a category, we then saw a grid of thumbnails, like the texture browser, so we could see them all.
  20. I have the following texture - tdm_roulette_red_chip { noSelfShadow noshadows { blend diffusemap map models/darkmod/props/textures/red_chip } // TDM Ambient Method Related { if (global5 == 1) blend add map models/darkmod/props/textures/red_chip scale 1, 1 red global2 green global3 blue global4 } } The issue its very bright in the dark, how would I tweak the material so it isnt so bright..
  21. Hi all. While browsing the textures I found that there's a 2d tiling cement texture that has no material. stone/flat/cement_002 This is from a set made by Gleeful. There are some tiling 1d versions which seem to be all present and correct. I made a material file, normal map and editor image for the 2d tiling version. See the attached file: cement_002_tiling_2d.txt (rename to .zip)
  22. Is there a page on our wiki, combining all video tutorials references? (I found some video tutorial references scattered of the forum and wiki)
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