Beta Testers Wanted: Iris

[Wellingtoncrab]

"Dear Iris,

Do you remember, when we were young?
How we walked the buried track,
and named the nameless things?

How our feet moved to the chthonic thrum
of the mandrosala drip,
pounding in our temples.
How the air beneath the trees was sweet and dark,
    It felt like swimming.
We were so much closer then.

-Yours"

After a period which I would describe as "many years" my first mission "Iris" is now ready for beta testing (hopefully). Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me along the way, and to those who are interested in helping me finally finish it! Iris is a standalone mission, but is intended as a submission in the connections contest so hopefully that is at least noticeable. It is a mission that strictly speaking can be beaten quite quickly, but typically won't be. I would say the time commitment is substantial. The mission was built predominantly with a gtx 1060 and 1650 mobile and I imagine the minimum spec is there abouts.  2.10 beta 4 is required

If you are interested in testing, you have my gratitude! Please state your interest here, or on the discord and I will send you a link to the beta.

I will be starting a thread in the beta testing channel here shortly.

[datiswous]

I am interested

[JackFarmer]

"Thanks" to the pandemic, I am working from at home next week. Thus, I can test during the evenings Central European Time , if that is ok for you.

[Spooks]

I've been too busy mapping so I could knock out two birds with one stone here, get back to general 2.10 testing and help you out with the FM beta test. Count me in, I'm below the "minimum spec" so if I can help any with general performance improvements I'll be glad to.

[jaxa]

I'm willing, but I think I need to figure out how to update to the beta first.

[nbohr1more]

3 hours ago, jaxa said:

I'm willing, but I think I need to figure out how to update to the beta first.

pretty easy process

1. download tdm_installer ( not tdm_update  ) and extract the exe to your darkmod folder

2. start tdm_installer and choose "special version" then scroll down and find the latest beta build ( 2.10 b4 )

3. start the upgrade then restore your darkmod.cfg

 

[Acolytesix]

I'll be happy to test after 5 weeks of internet & PC Ciesta & then 1 week of Fiesta

Going home to Florida next week after getting my booster this last wednesday. Finally after 2.5 years  Get'n out of this cold...brrr

Got a new Nvidia Graphics card with me too  

Got the 2.09 update...

Edited January 15, 2022 by Acolytesix

[Acolytesix]

Oh, reading along there. Do I need the 2.10 version for this one as well?

[Wellingtoncrab]

15 minutes ago, Acolytesix said:

Oh, reading along there. Do I need the 2.10 version for this one as well?

Yes it requires the 2.10 beta and is going to be a 2.10 release - let me know if you're still interested when you return and I will send you a link!

[Wellingtoncrab]

3 hours ago, jaxa said:

I'm willing, but I think I need to figure out how to update to the beta first.

Let me know if/when you make the plunge and I will send you a link!

[Acolytesix]

Yeah ok. It was just easier with the updater before. So will this update on its own as well when I click that link?

I really should remove all the old 2.09 saves anyway. Mom will get so much more space back on her desktop  

I'm all for the beta versions.  Never tried the game itself & a beta FM together though, What can go wrong?

But why not. I'll go remove all those files since July 2019 for now

What time zone are you in?

[Acolytesix]

Only the TDM game files were a whopping 20.6 Gb. Haven't even looked at T2 yet lol

& EDIT** the collected T2 FM files were at 10.8 Gb... wow, been busy...  lots of space now deleted.

Edited January 16, 2022 by Acolytesix

[ate0ate]

If you are still looking for beta testers, I would love to give your mission a try:)

[Acolytesix]

On 1/15/2022 at 10:18 PM, Wellingtoncrab said:

Let me know if/when you make the plunge and I will send you a link!

Got the link for your Beta, now do you have the link(s) to install v2.10beta without the game installer? Never done it. Should I have a whole seperate drive for that?

[thebigh]

2 minutes ago, Acolytesix said:

Got the link for your Beta, now do you have the link(s) to install v2.10beta without the game installer? Never done it. Should I have a whole seperate drive for that?

The easiest way is probably to just make a new copy of your whole TDM installation, and run the installer from in there.

[Wellingtoncrab]

Yeah - if you want to keep you 2.09 install intact thebigh's recommendation makes sense to me. Pretty sure you can just run in an empty directory even and it redownload your selected version there. 

[Acolytesix]

Yeah, now none of them work anymore...buhu... Did a clean install on both. Not worried, only got a few more days before I head home to Florida. Will deal with TDM then I guess.

Found this old 2016 HP Elitebook 6930p with the dreaded ati video card in it. T2 barely works in it & TDM is just a dark screen. Strange my HP's with nVidia from 2001 & 2004(wide scr) worked great with both. Was gonna bring it, but now I just see a weight issue. I'm gonna leave it behind I think. Was gonna build a TDM map on the plane, but I can't get that to work at all.

Sooo, I'm playing the latest 3 FMs for T2 TMA on mom's pc anyway.

Anyway, got rid of over 31 Gb of stuff my mom won't need on her pc the next 1.5 years at least till next time...

 

[Acolytesix]

Luckily I copied everything Thief to a whole other HDD, so no foul on the 2.09 version. That still works on that drive.

You're beta can't be played on the 2.09 at all?

[Wellingtoncrab]

I haven’t tried to load it 2.09 - I imagine quite a few features and performance optimizations would be missing so I would not recommend it!

[Dragofer]

9 hours ago, Acolytesix said:

Luckily I copied everything Thief to a whole other HDD, so no foul on the 2.09 version. That still works on that drive.

You're beta can't be played on the 2.09 at all?

No, already the presence of the new security camera entities - which rely on code and script that only exists in 2.10 - would stop TDM from even starting with this FM selected.

@WellingtoncrabWould be good to add this line to the bottom of your darkmod.txt - it tells people they have a too old version if they try to play this FM pre-2.10:

Required TDM Version: 2.10

[Wellingtoncrab]

@Dragofershould be in there as the latest beta! I accidentally left the startmap.pk4 in there the first time 

[jaxa]

Looks like I'm good to go. I think I'm running 2.10 beta 4 and I turned my FPS counter on.

The Dark Mod 2.10/64, code revision 9798 (1435:9798)

Edited January 18, 2022 by jaxa

[nbohr1more]

51 minutes ago, jaxa said:

Looks like I'm good to go. I think I'm running 2.10 beta 4 and I turned my FPS counter on.

The Dark Mod 2.10/64, code revision 9798 (1435:9798)

Yes, all set Welcome to the 2.10 beta!