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TDM 2.06 is entering beta test.


If you're interested in participating, you'll find the testing thread here.


If you don't already have permission to join the Internal Development -> TDM Mission Beta Testing forum, say so and we'll get you hooked up.


We have no release date in mind. It's done when it's done.


Thanks!

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In layman's terms, what improvements are planned for 2.06?

 

Keep up the good work, by the way!

Muh ha ha ha ha...

 

64-bit.

Multi-core rendering.

Soft Shadows.

Scrolling mission menu.

EFX audio without needing Creative Audio hardware.

FFMPEG video codecs support.

All edibles supply health bonus.

You can toggle creep.

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Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod:

 

http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod

 

(Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...)

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Is it still possible to choose other OpenAL drivers by using the lib name? (soft_oal.dll, etc. avoiding the bugged Creative one - ct_oal.dll - on old cards :P )

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So I was looking at the roadmap: http://bugs.thedarkmod.com/roadmap_page.php

 

I know you say there's no release date in mind, but why does 2.06 (and 2.07) both have release dates? Is this a requirement of the bug tracking software? The release dates have been missed quite a bit but I doubt anyone cares too much.

Bugtracker inserts meaningless release dates. Ignore them .

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I'll do it. I'm actually not a new member, but a former one with a new identity. (wasn't banned, just wanted a new name)

 

Anyway, I run Debian Linux Buster with a Ryzen 7 1700 and a GTX750Ti. Memory is 16GB.

 

Hopefully no one will discover my secret identity!

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Holy cow! For real? This might single-handedly increase adoption of darkmod for many Thief mappers given the softer look darkengine still has over it.

 

Could you please share screenshots?

SoftShadows + Light PostProcess + FBOresolution=2 -> TDM rocks

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The real performance-killer hogg is the FBO resolution (=internal framebuffer downscaling from 3840×2160) in shader-heavy/shadow-heavy (->dynamic lights) parts.

 

Otherwise every medium modern system (i3-6xxx/i3-7xxx + GeForce 1050 /1050 Ti) can handle TDM 2.06 well @that quality.

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Pretty cool stuff. Any info about if/how much the minimum system requirements for the project will increase?

 

I am into poking at it as a beta-tester, if more fingers in the cookie jar are wanted.

minimum system requirements should be OpenGL 2.1, but the new GLSL was not tested on anything older that 3.1 yet

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I'm using the Intel GPU and it's still playable FPS (for me) on the "Very High" soft shadow setting, granted on an i7-6K.

What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know that it's mine.

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