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Hey, Every time I've try to use the Full Editor when PM'ing someone, and every single time I get an error. Whoever is in charge of the forum, is it possible that this could be fixed? Thanks Neon

For example, textures/darkmod/nature/grass/grass_edge/path/dirt/dirt_001_path defined in materials/tdm_nature_grass_edge.mtr. First problem, all of these 'path' textures display as the identical black and white alpha image in DR, so it's 100% guesswork as to what they might look like in game. Next, when I make a patch and apply the above shader it doesn't even display in game. There's no indication whatsoever that I placed a patch with shader in the location. At one point I copy/pasted a path from I think Bikerdude's Alberic (might be another FM) and it was actually a concatenation of two patches, a dirt_solid_nodraw texture on a patch cloned over a patch that'd been turned into a func_static (which seems to be necessary) with a shaderparm3 with value 0.9, and having a textures/darkmod/nature/grass/grass_edge/path/dirt/dirt_002_dark_path shader. Is there any wiki or whatever that explains what's happening here? eta: definitely shaderparm3 is essential to having the shader show at all. The wiki on shaderparm variables doesn't explain very well - why is it necessary on these paths and not on the decals I've applied, and transparent materials I've made? What should I keep in mind when giving it a value between 0 and 1? The dirt_001_path is totally wrong for the area. Rats. And with no easy previews, the rats triumphant. Maybe I should make my own shaders for this kind of stuff.

As the title says, it's such an important resource of ideas, it should be right at the top with the other important threads. Neon

So created the first of a few skins for the new pipe models, but it dosent seem to be working... // skins for the new pipe models, bikerdude // skin blue_metal_rust { model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01_bend01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01_bend02.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01_joint01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01_straight_plain.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01_straight01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01tiny_bend01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01tiny_bend02.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01tiny_joint01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01tiny_straight_plain.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit01tiny_straight_plain2.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit02_bend01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit02_bend02.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit02_straight01.lwo model models/darkmod/mechanical/pipes/pipe_kit02_straight_plain.lwo textures/darkmod/metal/flat/iron_flat textures/darkmod/metal/flat/tiling_1d/rusty_dented01 }

Hi folks. I have limited skills but an an idea for a game that I want to materialize. I'm good with writing but I'm not good enough with animation and programming skills required. I was wondering if there are people here who could help me create a small 1 episode mission. If not then, can I join a team to build my competence and learn more? Thank you. I have reasonably good voice acting skills as well and am eager to get involved in a project.

Having enjoyed giving voice to six or so DM missions, I want to branch out...can anyone tell me if there are other games using fan missions where I might apply my voice? I want to move into doing voice work professionally one day, but for now am thrilled to use my talents as donated work for the Dark Mod and others. Visit my website for samples of my work on my demo page, and for a short reel of DM voices I have done, and please...if you have contacts with Skyrim or other modders, contact me. www.everybodyandme.com

I've been using dark radiant long enough that I wanted to start a thread about my experience with the program. I still don't know everything it takes to complete creating a basic level butt I haven't approached the editor in a way that I was creating levels as an end result. I found that approaching the editor as if it was a game itself and just having fun with it and building and trying out things was the most rewarding way to use the program myself. I'm very familiar on a professional level with an audio recording and mixing software and radian is very much similar in a creation process of making a song or a similar work of art with the building of layers and the project going through infant stages to maturity. Another thing that has helped me greatly is learning shortcut keys for saving time. I pretty much check every new piece of brushwork or change and dmap and explore it in game. Sometimes I will look at an issue for a couple minutes deciding the best scenario of Hell 2 ad the floor or a roof or a ceiling or a wall with minimum selecting brushes to save time because there are endless possibilities to fix and change the grid butt obviously the fastest and most efficient way allows for the most progress to be made. I also have a knack 4 building all the brushwork by hand and using clipper religiously. It's extremely important to have a blueprint in mind or drawn out on paper 2 use as a guide and I've also found completing a rough version of the entire map with just walls and Floors and then adding detail to each section. I enjoy the instant results as well with being able to make changes end it also reminds me of when I was coding HTML for a web page is a little bit as well. Also making half of an object copy paste and flipping the brush work is another good short cut copying and pasting are integral for the success of good usage of time mapping. My biggest problem is I need to create Less open spaces and confined areas because visual portals n the engine gets put under a lot of tax with such large open areas. Alberic's curse is a good example of a nation that has a large outdoor area where the player can navigate all around yet still it is open space. So I'll be filling in my thoughts on the program and keep up with this thread as a journal to interesting experiences I can share with the community.

Can someone bump the 2.05 announcement and possibly the Greenlight one so they go above the 2.04 announcement