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This should be a bit better... https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7q1r8him1y63d/TDM%20Repository

 

Also I put my sig to better use and just have that there instead. New stuff when in full working order will be updated into those same files. With the exception of anything that was built for a specific user (special secret project-ish things).

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Hello thieves,  the other day I realized my last Volta release was in 2017! Time really flies.  After years of fiddling with this project, I'm ready to announce the remaining missions in the Volt

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Added some temporary lights to FM that is just entering beta - I guess there is not much to show if all lights are off in your mission...   http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19886-fm-marsh-of-rahena-

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Got back to DR and added a few rooms to my WIP ...          

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Awesomeific! B) I already know where some of these can find a home in my mission.

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Just a note after looking through your materials: there are quite a lot that have an extraneous surftype15 line, usually extraneous because the same material declares a metal surface type outside the description. I don't know whether that causes any bugs when your descriptions don't actually declare one of these, but I suggest removing those lines when you next update, if only to make your intentions clearer.

 

The models look great. :smile:

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- louder scream when you're dying

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Ahhh, see I was combining both old and new methods accidentally. I don't think it causes any issues directly as I they all seem to work without any hitches. For some reason I was under the impression the description line was used for no more than an actual description (not the actual material type declaration). So what I'm seeing is you need to list the material type as the first word in the description? Cause it looks like that and whatever else you want to add after. That's where my confusion was at.

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attachicon.gifbust_tissot_promo.jpg

 

http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/502004/Gestas_TMD_Bust%20Tissot.zip

 

 

Alright, that was fun. 2 lods, high is the left 3 models, low in on right. 3 skins and shadow mesh included.

 

Is there a TDM repository for stuff like this? Feel free to use in missions or add to mod.

This link is dead; does anyone by any chance have a copy s/he could upload somewhere?

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Looks fantastic! Is this PD3 or a whole other project all together?

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ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole

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Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse | Snowed Inn | Noble Affairs

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Whole other project, its the map Shadowhide had been working on before Melan and I adopted it.

 

Well if you ever want that certain brush based spiral staircase turned into a model... *whistles looking in the opposite direction* :rolleyes:

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Looks fantastic! Is this PD3 or a whole other project all together?

Different project, although PD3 is also coming along now with Bikerdude's help.

 

Shadowhide's map is excellent, a really impressive city mission. It has mostly been Bikerdude and Baal working on it, but I have also made contributions (and will make more when we wrap up PD3).

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So my progress has been slow as I've been working more on special side projects for other mappers around here lately. But I've been experimenting with different (very low) amounts of fog in the staircase. I'm also done with the major structural portions in the staircase tower, so now it's down to creating a maze out of it. Gonna bust out the walls, create blockages and most generally just not make it an easy, straight shot to the top...

 

craft_2016-04-10_02.37.52_zpsca914ok1.jp

 

craft_2016-04-10_02.34.00_zpst06cbxjb.jp

 

The dirt is a lousy placeholder until I get around to the texturing pass. It's going to look loads better when detailed as I'll be able to paint over geometry edges and have very fine amounts of dirt/debris. I'm looking forward to getting to the texturing but at the same time I'm scared of how it's going to hold up in my attempts to combine lots of smaller 4k images into several fairly large ones. All together I'm not entirely convinced I can make a megatexture out of it without the proper tools. Though heaven help me, I will have most of the large surfaces left as unique surface details. Even if it does increase the load time, I'm pretty sure my vram can take it. How that holds up on other rigs outside of my own demo test is a different question though.

 

NOTE: Besides the dirt, everything is being shown in normal maps and ambient occlusion only. No special diffuse details have been added in yet.

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Thats pretty amazing my friend, its awesome to see a trully sculpted map. May the tdm gods allow you to fulfil your megatexture vision. I also hope you'll find the time to model other sections with different kinds of architecture in your map, the tower looks great but there are other sort of environments that would also be ideal for a sculptural aproach, like a ruined palace or a dense urban maze. Sky is the limit for a talented modeler like you to create that truly authentic world that you cant get with brushes.

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So much work leading up to this, I'm just dying to show all that I have in plan even for this demo. There's two other planned sections currently that I haven't shown yet. The lower Laboratory section and an adjacent vent shaft leading out from that point. It'll be short and sweet but I'm banking on presentation over game length for this bit. My hands are tied when it comes to some other aspects, so you'll be seeing me reaching out for some assistance down the road no doubt. It's bold but I have plans for a single, new NPC that I cannot implement completely on my own. My hopes are that you guys like the core of this mission so much I can get some help to bring it into fruition from it's demo state.

 

Only time will tell but I can't emphasize just how cool it is to work with people here on something as fun as The Dark Mod. Even if I do end up getting on at some studio, I see myself helping with small projects around here on the side anyway.

 

EDIT: OKAY okay, this should probably be it for a while. I'm detailing some of the existing images now that are finished so they can be passed onto the painting later on. Either way it sure beats the plain ambient occlusion maps. Behold, diffuse details!

 

craft_2016-04-13_01.33.06_zpsauorbu9n.jp

 

Specular details and proper dirt shall be added later, but this is much closer to the what the ending product will look like!

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After two years and many iterations The Accountant 2 is finally complete! There are still some internal testing phases I plan to go through and for those interested in helping out a beta thread will pop up sometime next month.

 

In the meantime I have made a little gameplay trailer showing off some parts of the level, enjoy!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6e_SJ0_JOM

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ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole

Stand Alone Missions
Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse | Snowed Inn | Noble Affairs

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Impressive! It even has totally inappropriate trailer music, like all good trailers! B)

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So, will the updated version of the first Accountant be released with the second one?

 

No work is planned for the accountant 1, currently the goal is to get Accountant 2 out the door before worrying about anything else.

 

 

Impressive! It even has totally inappropriate trailer music, like all good trailers! B)

 

Thanks, the music is something better suited to a sci-fi action game but it was too good not to use and I think it worked out quite well in the end anyway ;)

 

Wow!Looks great!

 

Thank you!

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Shadows of Northdale Campaign
ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole

Stand Alone Missions
Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse | Snowed Inn | Noble Affairs

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So, no intro video for Accountant 1 for a while?

 

Correct, I do plan on updating accountant 1 eventually to include the ROQ briefing and a couple of bug fixes but for now all of my effort and energy is focused on getting the accountant 2 out the door.

Shadows of Northdale Campaign
ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole

Stand Alone Missions
Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse | Snowed Inn | Noble Affairs

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After two years and many iterations The Accountant 2 is finally complete! There are still some internal testing phases I plan to go through and for those interested in helping out a beta thread will pop up sometime next month.

 

In the meantime I have made a little gameplay trailer showing off some parts of the level, enjoy!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6e_SJ0_JOM

 

Boohoo!

 

My .roq briefings are gonna look like children's crafts next to a multimillion dollar hollywood production! :blush:

 

Well Done, mister! :wub:

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