V-Man339 165 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 I'm actually very curious if you could code something like this into the Dark Mod. Quote I like to record difficult stealth games, and right now you wonderful people are the only ones delivering on that front. Click here for the crappy channel where that happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abusimplea 160 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 The video perfectly demonstrates the absurdity of the concept of boss monsters or bullet sponges. The player repeatedly sinks his combat knife's blade into the neck of the boss. The boss monster does not get weaker, change behaviour, show any sign of reaction to what is expected to be an instantly lethal wound.It's like an unintended scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Surely you could make TDM AI almost invincible and modify alertness handling so it calms back to "business as usual" level after a ridiculously small amount of time. But the real question is: Why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Destined 563 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 I assume, this boss is made nigh invincible with an incredible amount of hitpoints and the player is supoosed to run from him (as seen in the last minute of the video). The video seems to me more like a demosntration of "you can actually kill that bastard". I don't think that the programmer had in mind that the player backstabs the boss for 15 minutes. Or at least I hope that this was not the intention Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted May 7, 2018 The video perfectly demonstrates the absurdity of the concept of boss monsters or bullet sponges. The player repeatedly sinks his combat knife's blade into the neck of the boss. The boss monster does not get weaker, change behaviour, show any sign of reaction to what is expected to be an instantly lethal wound.It's like an unintended scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Surely you could make TDM AI almost invincible and modify alertness handling so it calms back to "business as usual" level after a ridiculously small amount of time. But the real question is: Why?This reminds me of GTA San Andreas. On the last mission, I managed to sprint up to the boss of the game and blast him with an RPG before he got in the car and the end-chase ensued. Imagine my surprise when he and his car shrugged it off! Well hey, if the game is allowed to cheat, then so am I! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V-Man339 165 Report post Posted May 7, 2018 The video perfectly demonstrates the absurdity of the concept of boss monsters or bullet sponges. The player repeatedly sinks his combat knife's blade into the neck of the boss. The boss monster does not get weaker, change behaviour, show any sign of reaction to what is expected to be an instantly lethal wound.It's like an unintended scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". Surely you could make TDM AI almost invincible and modify alertness handling so it calms back to "business as usual" level after a ridiculously small amount of time. But the real question is: Why?Oh yeah, it sucks, but I'm curious because if we pulled it off it could easily lead into more adaptive forms of boss AI. Quote I like to record difficult stealth games, and right now you wonderful people are the only ones delivering on that front. Click here for the crappy channel where that happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abusimplea 160 Report post Posted May 7, 2018 Oh yeah, it sucks, but I'm curious because if we pulled it off it could easily lead into more adaptive forms of boss AI.TDM AI already seems to be better than the AI in the videos when it comes to search behaviour. Patrols are completely "scripted" though (with some optional randomization). Fighting already works pretty well.Pathfinding could be improved (keep seeing AI bumping into eachother and having problems opening doors especially in older missions).And the concept of boss fights in general do not seem to fit into the stealth genre. They where what everyone hated about Deus Ex Human Revolution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anderson 283 Report post Posted May 7, 2018 This reminds me of GTA San Andreas. On the last mission, I managed to sprint up to the boss of the game and blast him with an RPG before he got in the car and the end-chase ensued. Imagine my surprise when he and his car shrugged it off! Well hey, if the game is allowed to cheat, then so am I! Plot armor https://youtu.be/p82bwF63ckI?t=2m36s Quote "I really perceive that vanity about which most men merely prate — the vanity of the human or temporal life. I live continually in a reverie of the future. I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active — not more happy — nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. The result will never vary — and to suppose that it will, is to suppose that the foregone man has lived in vain — that the foregone time is but the rudiment of the future — that the myriads who have perished have not been upon equal footing with ourselves — nor are we with our posterity. I cannot agree to lose sight of man the individual, in man the mass."... - 2 July 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell from Edgar Allan Poe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spooks 668 Report post Posted May 27, 2018 Quote My FMs: The King of Diamonds (2016) | Visit my Mapbook thread sometimes! | Read my tutorial on Image-Based Lighting Workflows for TDM! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhvmvX9p18 That's one n00b scammer who got thoroughly pwn'd. EDIT: And don't ever do what this guy did. Average people could get sent to the slammer for the rest of their natural life for deploying malware like in the video. Governments and corporations seem to be a different story, though, as one makes the laws, and the other is generally above the laws. Example: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pamzqk/fs-labs-flight-simulator-password-malware-drm Edited June 7, 2018 by kano Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted June 13, 2018 Thief sound at 5:04. the elevator sound! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anderson 283 Report post Posted June 15, 2018 1 Quote "I really perceive that vanity about which most men merely prate — the vanity of the human or temporal life. I live continually in a reverie of the future. I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active — not more happy — nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. The result will never vary — and to suppose that it will, is to suppose that the foregone man has lived in vain — that the foregone time is but the rudiment of the future — that the myriads who have perished have not been upon equal footing with ourselves — nor are we with our posterity. I cannot agree to lose sight of man the individual, in man the mass."... - 2 July 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell from Edgar Allan Poe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aosys 233 Report post Posted July 1, 2018 I didn't think printers could make me any more frustrated, but here we are... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted July 5, 2018 Only in America! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) I didn't think printers could make me any more frustrated, but here we are... Get one of those printers that use ink tanks. (like Epson Ecotank) Printer is more expensive, but it comes with loads of ink, and new ink is many times cheaper than a cartridge solution, as you get MUCH more volume and there are no anti-features in the ink, since it is just a dumb plastic bottle. Edited July 5, 2018 by kano Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted July 9, 2018 Probably the coolest game intro ever. (This thing shipped on a floppy disk, no fancy CD or DVD with unlimited space in comparison). 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demagogue 1171 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 I'm loving this video. It's a modern take on the Game of Life computer sim, just now much higher resolution, with a lot more complex rules, with even more interesting things happening like mathematical ecosystems & evolution happening. And it's just cool to watch. 1 Quote What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know that it's mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anderson 283 Report post Posted July 23, 2018 Quote "I really perceive that vanity about which most men merely prate — the vanity of the human or temporal life. I live continually in a reverie of the future. I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active — not more happy — nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. The result will never vary — and to suppose that it will, is to suppose that the foregone man has lived in vain — that the foregone time is but the rudiment of the future — that the myriads who have perished have not been upon equal footing with ourselves — nor are we with our posterity. I cannot agree to lose sight of man the individual, in man the mass."... - 2 July 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell from Edgar Allan Poe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anderson 283 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 Quote "I really perceive that vanity about which most men merely prate — the vanity of the human or temporal life. I live continually in a reverie of the future. I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active — not more happy — nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. The result will never vary — and to suppose that it will, is to suppose that the foregone man has lived in vain — that the foregone time is but the rudiment of the future — that the myriads who have perished have not been upon equal footing with ourselves — nor are we with our posterity. I cannot agree to lose sight of man the individual, in man the mass."... - 2 July 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell from Edgar Allan Poe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted August 27, 2018 *rage-quit* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demagogue 1171 Report post Posted September 24, 2018 Two cool things about this tech. 1. We'll be able to build in the real world (in AR / augmented reality) just like we do in DR:2. We can scan any real world object and make it into a model for our game. It looks to be relatively low poly too, since it's on a phone. 1 Quote What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know that it's mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bikerdude 3738 Report post Posted September 25, 2018 hmm cant find out what the app is called though... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aosys 233 Report post Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) https://twitter.com/laanlabs/status/1037739442650243072 Looks like it's being public beta'd? Edited September 25, 2018 by Aosys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anderson 283 Report post Posted October 6, 2018 Quote "I really perceive that vanity about which most men merely prate — the vanity of the human or temporal life. I live continually in a reverie of the future. I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active — not more happy — nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. The result will never vary — and to suppose that it will, is to suppose that the foregone man has lived in vain — that the foregone time is but the rudiment of the future — that the myriads who have perished have not been upon equal footing with ourselves — nor are we with our posterity. I cannot agree to lose sight of man the individual, in man the mass."... - 2 July 1844 letter to James Russell Lowell from Edgar Allan Poe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kano 111 Report post Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) Sometimes cheaper really is better. The cheaper case without the handles has better air flow! Edited October 7, 2018 by kano Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter_spy 1414 Report post Posted October 16, 2018 ROTFL 2 Quote Builder Compound Asset Pack – models and textures for TDM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
