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It would be good to capitalize on the renewed interest in Thief and stealth gaming in general that Thief4 is generating. I put this together while I should be working, but I think it's a good introduction...please post it anywhere you think there might be people who should know about TDM! :)

 

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Good idea! Is there a reason the in-game videos are presented from a wide angle?

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Is there a reason the in-game videos are presented from a wide angle?

 

Don't know why it exported in widescreen dimensions. Oh well, can't do much about it till tomorrow.

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Very informative video Springheel. Nice presentation too, nice job.

 

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I believe because they're YouTube account names, to cue people to look for those channels if they want to watch Darkmod playthroughs.

 

On the video, at first I was going to say the "TDM 2.0 Coming Fall 2013" part at the end might confuse them if they don't understand the difference between what's out now and what's standalone and what's 2.0 coming in Fall 2013, although you explained it pretty clearly, but for someone just hearing it the first time I still wouldn't underestimate the potential for confusion.

 

BUT, after thinking about it, I think the "Coming Fall 2013" message at the end is still better in the end because for some reason, for better or worse, an upcoming release of something builds buzz better than anything. So I think it's good now.

 

I could nitpick whether this or that feature was or wasn't given enough playtime, but overall I think it did just what it wanted to do; let people know this game is out there and enough details to get curious and want to find out more about it. Good work.

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I think it did just what it wanted to do; let people know this game is out there and enough details to get curious and want to find out more about it. Good work.

 

W/in minutes of sharing it on Facebook, I had one engineering friend who never heard of TDM post that he's eager to try it and even help with beta testing 2.0 when the time comes.

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I believe because they're YouTube account names, to cue people to look for those channels if they want to watch Darkmod playthroughs.

 

 

<---feels like an idiot. Apologies, Springheel!

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No, we don't have an official channel. Not sure I'd have time to maintain one, myself.

 

I could nitpick whether this or that feature was or wasn't given enough playtime,

 

I actually based it on the questions of a newcomer to the FB group. He was asking some really basic questions like "how close is it to Thief?" and, "are there undead?" So I tried to tailor this video to those types of folks.

 

I also tried to hit all the areas where we're more like Thief than the new Thief. Swimmable water? check. Undead and magic? check. Hardcore stealth? check. Hammerites? pretty much.

 

(I'm re-exporting the video now to see if I can get a non-squished format...stay tuned.)

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Transition/ cutting at your narration is noticeable, you don't need to erase white noise, but volume fade out could help (nitpicking just for future videos). Relighting torches was in TMA, but we can claim it as our invention :) .

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Transition/ cutting at your narration is noticeable,

 

Didn't want to spend a lot of time on this, so I'm sure there are a lot of rough edges.

 

Relighting torches was in TMA

 

I've heard about this but never saw it myself. Didn't it have to be scripted? Could they relight electric lights?

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Nice video. I especially like the comment about the *focus mode*. :smile:

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