I would like to carefully place this here.

[Zerg Rush]

The mission "Arena" in this sense is also a good test to see what your GPU can hold without bursting into flames.

[Filizitas]

Yee the campaign levels hold far more complicated things  But they would ofc spoil the results of a focussed performance test.
Its gonna be interesting!

[JackFarmer]

Any updates?

[Filizitas]

You might have missed this since the forum doesnt allow twitter emb.

https://twitter.com/yrdenwatch/status/1354491998347157506?s=20

[Filizitas]

I decided to post a video today where i show alot of the things i have worked on these past 2 months.
Its a major spoiler video.
 

 

[stgatilov]

Objects falling through table in UE4. Is it "bug for bug compatibility" with TDM or UE4 also has problems with serious physics?

[chakkman]

Very nice. Especially impressive that you did all that on your own.

The lantern still looks like a flash light though, you might want to change that (if you haven't already considered that yourself). It should light up the area 360° around the player, not just shine forward.

[Arcturus]

Looks good so far. I have couple of questions. Are you programming with C++ ? Did you know how to program before you started this project? Do you have a sound propagation system, like doors blocking sound etc. Is it something that's vanilla Unreal is capable of or does one need to code that in?

[Filizitas]

Tahahhahaha yee i dont know what happened to the physics there, there was nothing wrong technicly.
I am not sure if i have to fix anything... it might look weird but its just some physics.

[Filizitas]

I am using C++ and Blueprints.
Unreal has a sound propagation system but i am not fully using it.
There are issues with it gamedesign and technicly.
I am using ue4 since 2015 march.

[Destined]

6 hours ago, chakkman said:

Very nice. Especially impressive that you did all that on your own.

The lantern still looks like a flash light though, you might want to change that (if you haven't already considered that yourself). It should light up the area 360° around the player, not just shine forward.

Alternatively, the inventory icon could be changed to another type of lantern. If you would use a model with a circular opening on one side, this would fit the shape of the light you use. Depends on what kind of light you are looking for. The flash ligh type can be more atmospherical (see Doom 3, where you only have the flash light and cannot use a weapon while using the light).

[Bluehawk]

And maybe if you shine it in an opponent's eyes, they can be disorientated briefly like a weak flashbomb. 

Spoiler

Or not, but modelling a "bullseye" style lantern would put a nice Victorian twist on the typical flashlight functionality.

Edited February 10, 2021 by Bluehawk

[Filizitas]

Ha cool ideas!
I am currently only playing on having the miners lamp to alert enemies instantly.

The lamp darkness mechanic is actually very very cool and optional.
You can just put on the brightness slider and you wouldnt need the lantern anymore.
But someone who loves to immersive themselves will definitly use it.

I am definitly trying to highlight the danger factor!

[HMart]

Holly hell Filizitas is this your first game?!  Is very very impressive, everything looks very professional, is almost like you worked in the industry already, congrats.

[Filizitas]

Oh i did alot of things in the past yes. I dont want to brag about it.
Once the demo is out you can truely find out what the state of my skills is.
Only a proper demo will prove if i am worthy

[New Horizon]

I really like it.  It harkens back to Thief 1 and 2 but also balances a bit of the Thief 3 vibe in there without becoming as stylized as Thief 3 was.  Very nice!

[JackFarmer]

I agree with New Horizon, absolutely thievish.

@Filizitas: Coole Arbeit, ich finde, das ist eine Hammer-Leistung!

Edited February 12, 2021 by JackFarmer

[Petike the Taffer]

On 11/21/2020 at 5:33 PM, Filizitas said:

If i am shamelessly advertising my project here then please let me know!

I would like to drop you a video of my 11 months project.
You can of course do what ever you want but please keep in mind the following.

I dont actually thing that either thief 1 or 2 or 3 are great games.
I think they are fantastic but i am not into them fully.
I feel like they are too long, unfocussed and i find it a bit to subtle.

I am making my own thing here but i am trying to not derive to heavy of thief.
Please respect my wish todo my own thief.

With love, F.

Hello, Fili.

Technically, it's really, really neat for a one-person effort on UE4. I like it.

I hope you replace the TDS music by Eric Brosius later, but it's a good placeholder so far.

Is this more of a personal modding effort for your own enjoyment or are you going a TDM-style route with the project ?

Edited February 25, 2021 by Petike the Taffer

[Filizitas]

I made more, try with headphones!
 

 

[Filizitas]

Ok in 10 days.

https://twitter.com/yrdenwatch/status/1373365980341145606?s=20

[Hooded Lantern]

9 minutes ago, Filizitas said:

Ok in 10 days.

https://twitter.com/yrdenwatch/status/1373365980341145606?s=20

cool. i hope you will support this game, not just fire and forget

[Filizitas]

Its has been nearly 10 days now.

I am opening the discord for everyone interested!

https://twitter.com/yrdenwatch/status/1376820777941614592?s=20

[stgatilov]

On 3/11/2021 at 5:05 PM, Filizitas said:

I made more, try with headphones

These torches need some love!

The real light source is very large, and the occluder is very close to it: the shadows should be blurry as hell. Up to the point that individual shadow edges would be hard to see. I guess it would look just like mild ambient darkening.

With just a light source moving around and ordinary shadows, it looks completely wrong.
It looks like that in TDM, but maybe it can be improved in UE4?

[Filizitas]

Ok you can test this thing out now.

https://filly-the-owl.itch.io/delight-stealth

 

[datiswous]

1 hour ago, stgatilov said:

These torches need some love!

Yeah I noticed that too. Is the animation in the shadows automatic? It looks more like a standard looping animation. If the light flickers, the shadow should do that as well, but not move around like in the video.

Lantern doesn't cast shadows?