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SeriousToni

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I think it needs to be very clearly that the visitors can see where the 1.19v Patch is in, because it is so popular. How you do that is your thing :)

 

What I personally would find very interesting is a section in which you gather cool stuff that was made with the 1.19 patch (such as cool looking levels, or ai improvements, ...) I don't know if that is possible or even your goal though.

"Einen giftigen Trank aus Kräutern und Wurzeln für die närrischen Städter wollen wir brauen." - Text aus einem verlassenen Heidenlager

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I think it needs to be very clearly that the visitors can see where the 1.19v Patch is in, because it is so popular. How you do that is your thing :)

 

What I personally would find very interesting is a section in which you gather cool stuff that was made with the 1.19 patch (such as cool looking levels, or ai improvements, ...) I don't know if that is possible or even your goal though.

 

Thank you so much for the feedback Toni! I agree that those at least slightly familiar with current Thief events will likely want to see that magic 1.19 number somewhere, however I don't know if entirely new players to the Thief games will even care, so long as they have the latest "update" in one nice executable, in this case TFix. In any case, I'll work on at least mentioning it somewhere in the guide.

 

As for your second idea, it's a wonderful one, but I'm afraid I'm not always going to be that up to date on ALL current Thief events. Also, as I have never really mapped anything using the editor or compared DDfix functionality to that of the new patch, I wouldn't be able to really discuss the full list of changes or incorporate it into my guides without likely omitting important aspects by accident, and possibly sounding like an idiot (an idiot with a good intention at least :)). I'd just rather not start something I know I won't likely finish right now, but depending on my free time and people's interest in the site in general, I could always add these sections later (or at least links).

 

I hope that didn't sound too discouraging :unsure:

But either way, thank you again for the tips Toni, truly.

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Wizd3m

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Just a quick suggestion, but you may want to have nice seperated sections as you scroll down for each game on that page. And I suggest having a dark or black background instead of white.

 

Small update that I thought I'd share with anyone still interested; I decided to go self-hosted to have more customization options. The new site is called themasterfoundry.com and I'm using a darker theme this time, as some have suggested. (Also, I've always wanted a darker theme). If you have a moment, please let me know what you guys think. Lots of aspects should be more user friendly now, such as image viewing and organization, special sidebars for each section (Taffin' about, Liandri Vault, etc...), archives tables much easier to use (and create), and so on.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Oh and thank you Toni, I try haha.

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Wizd3m

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Decided to try my hand at recording video walkthoughs for the content I review. Here's my channel's introduction if interested. I've never done a commentary track before, so do be gentle. This one took me close to a million tries, and if I were to do a blooper reel, it would be comprised entirely of swear words.

http://youtu.be/uETaP6eaWM0

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SeriousToni

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I like the video and it's nice to listen to you as you speak clearly and fluent. Only thing that is dangerous are the pop sounds sometimes when you speak a 'p' :o

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I like the video and it's nice to listen to you as you speak clearly and fluent. Only thing that is dangerous are the pop sounds sometimes when you speak a 'p' :o

 

Thank you Toni, I was hoping you'd say something reassuring :D And I'll look out for those "p"s next time. I'm using a standard headset mic, but I'll do what I can.

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Haha! Good to know :laugh:

Yes, it's not that fatally with the 'p's but I believe if you're making more and longer videos in the future it's not gonna help anything. Maybe if there would be a piece of paper between your mouth and the mic? I don't know :ph34r:

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Haha! Good to know :laugh:

Yes, it's not that fatally with the 'p's but I believe if you're making more and longer videos in the future it's not gonna help anything. Maybe if there would be a piece of paper between your mouth and the mic? I don't know :ph34r:

 

It's a great point for sure. Maybe I'll try keeping the microphone further away from me for the next one and see how that goes.

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Thank you so much Bikerdude! I also enjoy the darker but colourful layout :)

Also, it would appear, according to the poll over at http://themasterfoundry.com/, that both silent and with commentary videos are in demand. To somewhat settle this seemingly irresolvable dilemma, I decided to try and please both camps by keeping whatever commentary I do have to a minimum, eliminating most of my needless jargon. Take a look, and please leave your comments below as I'm eager to improve, remove and replace whatever is necessary.

[video=youtube;2YcZzt_Cxqg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YcZzt_Cxqg

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Oh wow, thanks Rich! I've never seen that before, it would certainly work, though I fear I would have to record the video twice: once with a vocal track and once as a simple run through. I'm thinking it'll be easier to just have people mute my video and watch it that way if they wish. In any case, nobody has complained about my narration so far, so I think I'll just stick to my minimal commentary and hope taffers don't hate it. Nevertheless, it's a neat feature, I'll have to find out how to implement it if the need arises.

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though I fear I would have to record the video twice: once with a vocal track and once as a simple run through. I'm thinking it'll be easier to just have people mute my video and watch it that way if they wish.

Or you record only the games and your voice afterwards.

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Or you record only the games and your voice afterwards.

 

Definitely, but I'd really rather not do that. It just feels more natural to explain while i'm acting.

 

You can record game audio and commentary simultaneously into separate streams using the software Virtual Audio Cable.

 

http://software.muzy...net/eng/vac.htm

 

 

Awesome! I'll check it out. Again, I don't know how necessary this is, but if I can povide that option, then why not. Holy crap! Actually, now that I think of it, Bandicam, the software I use might be able to do that as well!! :o

 

I LOVE that dialect! :wub:

 

Thank you :laugh: , if meant for me.

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