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I've recently updated the game to 2.07. I'm having a few problems. The menu Flickers and glitches when i move the mouse cursor over the words, this is not too concerning but it is a bit annoying after a while. The other problem I'm having is that during game-play there are some glitches that i think are to do with the light sources. They begin to glitch after a few seconds. Triangles where torch is: Random pale glitch in corner and flame in 2d: Inventory object not the correct image for split second. It's supposed to be a book: My computer stats are:Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bitCPU: AMD A10-7700K, Kaveri 28nm TechnologyRAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-10-24)Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. A88XM-PLUS (FM2+ )Graphics: N20WB (1680x1050@60Hz), 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5500 Series (XFX Pine Group) Any suggestions and help will be appreciated.I can get more screenshots if it helps.

I just bought this game on Steam recently, and I really recommend it. Short review: It was released in April 2013 and now it's an enhanced version. Concept You are group of "dirty criminals" in Monaco that break into banks, embassies, grab quest items and loot and escape (ring a bell?) as quickly as you can (leaderboards). You can play 1-4 players campaign or featured FMs (at least) both online (there's a kind of matchmaking) and offline (need extra gamecontrollers for multi). And I think there is a PvP mode, not tested yet. Graphics The view is like a map from above. You have a field of view depending on walls and obstacles. It is pixel art, a lot of bright colors, static and popping icons. I find it beautiful, but some might not like it. Gameplay You run, sneak and interact with items. Once you have discovered them, they appear on the map. Every player has a basic set of interactions: lockpicking, deactivating lasers, climbing ladders, hidding in bushes, hacking computers, using disguise, reviving allies... You can choose among 8 characters: locksmith, pickpocket, hacker, lookout... They all have special abilities or/and can perform the basic ones faster. So, depending on the mission design, they can be more or less performant. You can use different items: smokebomb, guns, C4,... But ammo is scarce as you need to collect loot to have some. You can chat and talk in multi. There's a HUD to guide you through the levels. Storytelling The game is in English, but since it's Monaco, all the barks are in French, I think. But the icons warn you about alert state anyway. The campaign has a simplistic story, but there is a lot of humour (funny IMO). Some clichés I liked alot since I'm French myself My experience I played solo at first to learn at my pace. I played for hours without being bored or frustrated at any time. You can really play in a stealthy way, but because of the graphics and tone, it's more of a tactical game. I found it quite challenging after a few missions and even died. Then I played multi online with random ppl, and it was so chaotic! There was always someone who would do a mistake and we would trigger all the alarms and aggro the guards, running everywhere, shooting, trying to hide, reviving dead allies. I couldn't stop laughing. I think it's realy hard to do it properly this way but it's funny. Finally I played offline with my brother and we managed some good coop combinations (like I switch electricity off while he lockpicks the vault). I'm looking forward to playing 4-team with my friends! Just so you know you can buy a 4-pack with yours + 3 gift codes (what I did). And there is a -60% sale on Steam until january 2nd, on both single and 4-pack. But you have to buy it from Steam platform, not developer's website. Developer's website (for extra info): http://www.monacoismine.com/

Hey there taffers I always had game development as a hobby, even though I never finished anything. What matters is to have fun anyway. I hope the thread isn't considered as inappropriate advertising, I'm sharing here because it's a community I like to interact with and enjoys this style of gameplay. Also, any assets I make for that project goes for TDM as well (within reason, as it's not the same setting). This particular project is one that I have cooking in the back of my brain for years and never had the courage to start development because, well, it's my pet project! the one I treasure the most, and want it to be well done etc. The idea came after years playing stealth games, in particular thief and tdm, and thinking about the game design challenges that stealth brings. In shooters, for example, you can get shot several times and even heal yourself occasionally, so there is a whole gradient of possibilities between success and failure, as in stealth you're either unseen (success) or seen (failure). There are ways to get around it. Thief does it by shifting a little bit from stealth to action by providing escape, defense and diversion tools. Some players (me) don't like it and resort to quick load frequently and it's just not too much fun. My solution to keep it 100% stealth, which gives rise to this project, is to give more planning tools to the player, making the possibility of getting caught a direct consequence of bad planning instead of chance. Maps, routes, specific informations, the player has all this info before he starts the mission, makes all the notes he wants and he can review and alter them during execution. The down side is that it completely loses the exploration aspect, so valued in games today. But what are indie and hobbyist devs for if not for experimenting with different concepts? The setting is inspired by 70s design and technology and the story is the classic espionage novel style. The player is a field agent of some intelligence organisation equipped with fictitious technological gadgets, and his missions will probably be to steal information, documents, take photographs, eavesdrop etc. I'm using the Unity engine to develop. If anyone wants to read more about it, or even help me getting a working prototype, let me know

In one of the fan missions I was playing. "Briarwood Manor" When I enter the lobby, the game suddenly crashed on me. I saved my game thank god and was able to complete the mission without any more problems, but just wanted to point that out in maybe updating the mission file of getting rid of that bug. It's not my computer since I meet the requirements. Other fan missions work just fine, I tested a few other ones and was able to complete those as well.

Anyone playing Dying Light? Zombies with stealth gameplay? Just starting this yesterday and it's better than I expected. I'm playing on PC with xbox360 controller. Pros: First person (only) so definitely adds to the immersion and tension. There is body awareness - you can see your feet below and your arms and hands when mantling or using stuff. Works for me. Dunno if that can be disabled. Line of sight and distance stealth (not yet got to nighttime when the whole game becomes harder and I think and the zombies can see you better from what I've read. So, as far as I can tell, hiding in shadows won't help. btw Velvet Assassin has a rudimentary light gem equivalent but I've shelved that right at the start while I play Dying Light. I actually ghosted the first mini-mission outside but I don't know if that will always be possible for all missions. I'm currently faced with trying to rescue someone trapped in a building with zombies out front. I've reached there about 3 times and still trying to circle around to find a way in without a full frontal assault but not made it so far. Mantling is EXCELLENT! This is like Thief/TDM but set in a huge open modern apocalyptic city with tons of stuff to freely climb, jump, etc. It feels much like TDM, roughly look at a ledge or wall top and mantle up. If it's only a few inches of board or beam then instead you automatically grip it and can strafe (?) left and right and jump to something else in any direction, up, down, behind you, whatever. Slight downside is that jumping removes crouch so you can't scramble over rubble and keep crouching you have to remember to recrouch. In addition ladders and poles you can climb but these are more selective - move close and you get a key hint to grab hold so I guess that's the equivalent of a highlight. But the normal mantling works on anything climbable just as in Thief/TDM! Graphics are GREAT! Photo-realistic with much more detail than Grand Theft Auto 5 but whereas in GTA5 you can mostly only see the outer shells of buildings and can't enter much, in DL, you can enter most places and search for useful stuff. Lockpicking: Only briefly tried this and broke my pick real quick but it looks okay. On the xbox controller you rotate a screwdriver with one stick and the pick with another and avoid the vibes which threaten it's about to break. It appears to be a subgame screen - though I did hear a zombie groan nearby which scared the shite out of me because I wasn't sure. Sounds: really good, creepy. Tension: WOW! I'm looking over my shoulder all the while! btw there is a fov widener if, like me, you feel you want a wider vision. Cons: No leaning round corners. No shadow hiding (I don't think.) No selective gamesaves, no quicksave. It's all save points. This is a pain. So far it seems you have to complete a mission without a save! Also, I damaged my only weapon - a rusty pipe - so it's ineffective. Yet even though when I reloaded in a new session and had to play the mission again, the weapon was still damaged! (even though it happened before I died!) I'm going to search for a gamesave manager I read about somewhere, see if that helps. Hud is subjective. I'm okay with it. Reasonably discrete. Mini-map in corner with objective location. You can also press a key for special vision which for a few seconds reveals a few things including the objective location actually in the scene so you can see better where to head. I think at night it also reveals hidden zombies. I'll post a bit more when I've progressed a bit...

Downloaded 2.07 update, neither the x64 launcher nor the normal x32 launcher work. The x64 launcher only gives me a black screen and then goes back to desktop. The usual x32 launcher gets me a black screen with the TDM mouse in the center and nothing more, if I click around the game goes into not responding mode and crashes as well. Tried deleting and redownloading the game but still doesn't work. Is the forum working correctly? Can't upload any files from my game directory, but I can upload the DxDiag file (it says "Error You aren't permitted to upload this kind of a file"). DxDiag_laptop.txt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PutMIeIhX4o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTub2tSCDT0 No comment. "This is a fantastic package - a dark, witty tale of death and retribution that can be whatever you want it to. It captures the ebb and flow of tension that stealth games forgot about years ago, but presents it in a way that feels utterly contemporary." Playstation Official Magazine UK

got a email about this. link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1252280491/firmament?ref=section-homepage-projectcollection-staff-picks-popular

Nearly an hour of Googling gives me nothing, so here I am. I know that "music" means SFX in TDM and so the music is tied to other sounds. Turning down the SFX means turning down other sounds I don't want to lose. So, is there a way in the cfg file to disable all the music - you know what I mean, come on - without turning down other game elements? Sound has been so vital for the Thief games since they came out, and a clean, realistic soundscape is so important. I don't hear ambient musical drones in my head in real life, why should I have to have them cover up important sounds in the game? I'm sorry if this went off topic. I don't want to start a discussion about whether the ambient musical sounds are good or not. I really only want to know - can I disable this in game? If no, then no. If yes, how do I do it?

Diego's recommendation of the week*: The Messenger. Started playing with zero expectations. I had this on my wishlist but I don't remember when I put it there, so I just bought it blind during a sale and started playing. Man, what an amazing surprise I had! What I'm about to say would be qualified as spoiler in my book but the trailer and the game description on steam seem quite proud to announce it. But I'll put a spoiler tag anyway. Maybe play the game without watching the trailer or reading the description lol that's what I did and I'm glad I did it. As a snob and picky gamer it's nice to have more than one contender for game of the year. (Return of the Obra Dinn is still ahead) Should we maybe make a topic just for game suggestions? I played TWO good games this year so I feel like I'm spamming now. * More like biannual

The thread title pretty much says it all. Whenever I attempt to change the mission and click 'save', Radiant exits with no message. When I reload my map, I am in the same situation - the map still has the wrong current project selected, and I cannot change it. Has this happened to anyone before? Any advice on handling it? EDIT: This isn't just a problem with one particular map - attempting to change this with any map loaded causes this issue to occur.

I am a total sucker for high-tech sneaking like Splinter Cell, so I am farely interested in this upcoming game. Maybe some of you are too? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_WGV9eL6r0

Hope this doesn't break any rules, so if it does feel free to delete the thread. I'm sure a few of you (looking at you Sotha and Shaw) have taken note of my existence so far, so I figured I'd break the ice and more or less say hello, and explain that I have a channel where I don't do voiced over commentary and focus mostly on doing minimalist stealth runs, often with helpful and educational annotations on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVIVHqDCkOnM7nAsq3Usqjw I've already done some Dark Mod videos, but I definitely hope you guys find at least one game you're interested in that you haven't heard of before now through me.

I really want this in Dark Mod now, even if I know it won't happen. https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/composer-of-the-year-john-carpenter/