Fan Mission: Trapped! by RailGun (2009/12/30)

[lowenz]

Yarp.

Fantastic!

[New Horizon]

i just did a few tests, and it seems very related to this fm. i reinstalled the darkmod, ran every mission properly released so far once in a pristine darkmod, and once in a darkmod with graphics settings adjusted to my liking. only with this fm did i experience the glitches on custom gfx-mode. and all i did was change the resolution to 1680x1050.

 

EDIT: apologies. it seems, changing the res in a naked darkmod produces the same issue (however with none of the older missions this problem occured).

 

Is that a wide screen resolution?

 

Does anyone know if that type of widescreen resolution would cause problems?

[Serpentine]

It is 16:10 widescreen, I use it pretty much all the time, there is a slight niggle :

Sometimes after installing a new fm it will change the res to some strange res, I dont quite know what it is, its quite low. To fix this I do the following:

1. Go to options
   
2. Change res (even tho it says 1680x1050, change it to something low)
   
3. Restart TDM (close/open normally)
   
4. Change res to 1680x1050, make sure aspect is correct
   
5. Restart TDM
   
6. It should now be correct
   

Edited January 4, 2010 by Serpentine

[Springheel]

Also looks like he is getting the default doom 3 font problem too.

 

I've gotten that problem with the FMs almost every time I start the game from a saved game. If I start the mission from scratch, I can reload saves as much as I want without the problem, but if I load up TDM and start with a saved game, I get the default font seemingly every time. Can't figure it out, but it's clearly not lack of RAM.

 

I loved it when that one guard sat down in the chair at the desk and relaxed for a while. After sitting alone at a desk while staring at a

wall for a minute, he eventually said "She'll be back for more."

 

I had a funny moment with exactly the same guy! He seemed to be staring at the goblet on his desk for a while, then said, "I'll drink horse piss before I'll drink that again."

 

Mod-wise, we might have to make the door opening/closing sound have a larger falloff radius. A few times I was in a room that didn't seem that big, yet I couldn't hear the doors opening/closing at all maybe 10-15 ft away.

 

I had the exact same issue, and I agree it should be adjusted.

 

Anyway, finished this and *really* enjoyed it. The gameplay was excellent, and I didn't even mind the lack of story. For some reason, I seemed to get a much greater range of AI barks than normal. Another funny moment...a guard walked away for a moment, I shot out a torch, and then he walked back into the now darkened space. He looked over at the torch and said, "I've got a bad feeling about this shift."

[STiFU]

 

Mod-wise, we might have to make the door opening/closing sound have a larger falloff radius. A few times I was in a room that didn't seem that big, yet I couldn't hear the doors opening/closing at all maybe 10-15 ft away.  It's nice to hear the doors, especially if you're well lit and want to hide quickly as soon as the door opens.

I agree, but I also think that the falloff radius of AI sounds is in general a little too low. I can never localize an AI by it's footsteps because I simply don't hear them, while in T2, the sound of the footsteps was all a thief needed. On marble floors I can still hear them, but everything other than that is damn quiet. So aside from raising the falloff radius, it'd maybe be worth trying to normalize the AI footstep sounds a little bit, so that the more quiet AI sounds will become a little louder.

[Springheel]

There was actually a bug in this map where some AI weren't making footstep noises at all. I kind of felt the same though, that the footsteps could be louder...most of our pre-release testing was in smaller maps, so it wasn't a problem.

 

I also wonder if part of the problem was the ambient music being so loud? I think many of our ambients need the volume turned down.

 

We'll sort out good values eventually.

[Serpentine]

The ambient around the General's room was my only real issue with the map. Really enjoyed it - good use of readables for clues and well hidden gold making the difficulty for loot feel rewarding.

 

Oh, I did get guards stuck a few times... but I think thats more of a TDM issue than the map itself... I should really have a look at writing code instead of my terrible map ;D

[lowenz]

EDIT

Edited March 27, 2012 by lowenz

[LEGION]

I played this mission a couple of weeks ago and just wanted to tell that I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was very good. I remember too the blocking AI´s by the double-door in the middle of the first floor, if I remember right. And they didn´t unstuck as I came back 20 minutes or so later.

 

But I really liked it and will play it again soon to train my stealth skills.

 

As I read the first posts I was wondering how one can get a stealth score of 8 by killing everyone? (I always get zero) At least on dying the AI should know that there is someone.

[AluminumHaste]

Just tried this mission with v1.04 of DarkMod, won't work just locks the game up with a white cursor and the crash report screen. I can't even get the mouse to move until I CTRL+ALT+Delete then after a few more seconds, ALL the mouse inputs since the crash come back and the mouse goes all over the screen.

[brethren]

This happened with a few missions after the 1.04 update. See this thread:

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/12428-crash-with-the-thieves/

[AluminumHaste]

Just finished it for the first time, great fun!

[Glyph Seeker]

Hey Railgun, glad you released this!

 

Even if you don't think it's perfect I had a lot of fun playing it - I enjoyed the sense of claustrophobia in being trapped with a bunch of crooks - well, crooks in addition to our protagonist. =-P

[nbohr1more]

I wish RailGun would stop back and visit these forums soon. I really enjoy his work.

[Fabes]

great mission! maybe a bit too easy but a fantastic level-design and awesome atmosphere!

[RailGun]

Wow, i can't believe it has been more two years since i released this mission, time really does fly

To be honest i was always suprised that people liked this mission because for me it always felt unfinished, but maybe i was too hard on myself

Anyway, thanks everyone for the comments!!, i'm glad people had fun with this mission

[lowenz]

Updated videos

 

 

[Oldjim]

Playing on 1.08 a slight glitch just after getting out of the cell

[nbohr1more]

This is probably a model with a null skin argument as was seen in RTTC. I'll see if I can fix this when I get a chance.

[lowenz]

Thanks!

[nbohr1more]

Fixed at this mirror, I will have Biker update the others.

 

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/doseo0m7wsx40xy/trapped.pk4

 

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/doseo0m7wsx40xy/trapped.pk4

[SirGen]

I really liked Trapped!

It was nice to have a level full of only dirty thieves that I had no remorse killing. Oh wait...I'm a dirty thief too

 

Memorable part:

Having a dilapidated brick wall that I could take apart and escape through was really cool!

 

Suggestion: I think the mission could use a few more enemies.

Edited September 17, 2013 by SirGen

[Bikerdude]

~SG, you maybe a dirty thief, but maybe your not a killer..?

[SirGen]

~SG, you maybe a dirty thief, but maybe your not a killer..?

Haha! It's funny because even thought it's just a game I don't like killing guards when I get caught, but I do if I can't escape. I gladly kill thieves and bandits though. I'm such a hypocrite

[Jon Irenicus]

Just finished this mission on difficult.

 

Things I liked:

 

+Very tense mission (in a good way).

+Just right amount of guards.

+Just right amount of loot necessary to complete the Expert objective!

+Premisse is very interesting.

+Very cool and movie like way of escaping the cell.

+I liked that statue with no head lol

+ http://imageshack.us...7/6816/xg66.jpg

http://imageshack.us...9/6418/9ez3.jpg

Aren't they cute?

+Nice possibility of change of pace when getting the sword and blackjack.

 

 

Things I disliked:

 

-No loading screen related image? You could use this first screenshot: http://www.thedarkmo...tails.php?id=10

-I started in my cell, the guard saw me and started to attack me. Doesn't make sense.

 

-There are dozens of swords but I can pick up just one. This really bothered me.

I mean, why can I pick this sword...http://imageshack.us...0/7838/fg6o.jpg

...but not this? http://imageshack.us...2/2995/xwg8.jpg

 

-Suggestion: It would be very nice if there were a journal somewhere, adding more background story to the mission.

 

 

Bug report:

http://imageshack.us...3/2444/lrob.jpg

Guard stuck in the torch.

 

 

Overall, I had a fun time with this FM.

Thank you!

Edited December 11, 2013 by Jon Irenicus