Popular Post Amadeus Posted January 28, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) In pursuit of a long-sought secret, the key to life everlasting lies deep within the recesses of an ancient athenaeum. Dragofer, Bikerdude, and I proudly present our FM for the Christmas Connections Contest titled "Written in Stone." Notes - TDM 2.10 Beta 5 or later is REQUIRED to play this mission. However, it is recommended to play using 2.10 Beta 6. You can get the latest version here. - This FM is a sequel to The Elixir. While it is not vital to play that before playing Written in Stone, there are some story connections. - This FM may be more hardware intensive than normal. LOD settings can be set below "Normal" to improve performance on low-end machines by disabling certain features. - Various areas will look better with shadow maps enabled at the possible expense of performance. - This FM implements the func_peek mechanic, allowing players to peek through any door that has a keyhole on it by leaning forward. PLEASE NOTE: This function has been known to cause crashes for a small number of players in the past, likely due to using the 32-bit version of TDM. At no point in this mission is it required to use the func_peek mechanic; it is purely optional, so feel free not to use it. As an entry in the 2.10 Christmas Connections Contest, the new features and assets used by this FM are: Spoiler [2.10 Feature] Security cameras [2.10 Feature] Volumetric lighting [2.10 Feature] Secrets tracking [2.10 Feature] X-Rays [2.10 Feature] Subtitles [2.10 Asset] “Cabinet1” suite of furniture [2.09 Asset] Eve statue [2.09 Asset] Fireflies [2.08 Asset] Microscope Download Version 1.1 This FM is available for download here: Google Drive OneDrive Simply place the written.pk4 into your darkmod/fms folder and you're ready to go! Promotional Screenshots Credits A big thanks goes out to Wellingtoncrab for making a beautiful city map, Narrator for their wonderful voice work, nbohr1more for creating the original story premise as well as a few readables, Goldwell for animating the introduction to our briefing video and Duzenko for making certain glasses work as well as they do! A huge thank you also goes out to our beta testers: Goldwell, Wellingtoncrab, Kingsal, noodles, Krilmar, Garrett(Monolyth-42) ate0ate, and Mike_A. Thank you all very much for your keen eye to detail and great insights! Asset Credits Kingsal's Killer Assets Wellingtoncrab's Wonderful Furniture and Book Skins ***PLAYERS BEWARE*** SPOILERS lurk in the depths below. We strongly recommend playing this FM first so you don't spoil the fun for yourself! Edited March 3, 2022 by Amadeus 17 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Co-FMs: Seeking Lady Leicester, Written in Stone, The Painter's Wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsal Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 Congrats guys! This mission absolutely rocks! 2 1 Quote Volta Missions: Volta and the Stone, Volta II: Cauldron of the Gods Standalones: Snowed Inn, Hazard Pay (2.10 BETA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbohr1more Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The mission is up at Moddb: https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod/addons/written-in-stone-210-beta-required 1 2 Quote 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...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbohr1more Posted January 28, 2022 Report Share Posted January 28, 2022 The promo shorts barely do justice to this beauty! Too bad the best screens would be too spoilerific 1 Quote 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...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AluminumHaste Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 That is the strangest pronunciation of gems I've ever heard. EDIT: This is freaking amazing though! 2 1 Quote I always assumed I'd taste like boot leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldwell Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Congratulations on the release! I had a lot of fun playing this mission! 2 1 Quote Shadows of Northdale Campaign ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole Stand Alone Missions Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse | Snowed Inn | Noble Affairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Congratulations. The mission looks like an original thief 1 or 2 mission at first glance. A true diamond for me. Now I have to deal with tremors caused from excessive happiness due to all those new missions released suddenly. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFarmer Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Hello my friends and congratulations on the release! I have no doubt that this will be a real gem! Lots of missions to play now, hope I can have a look at it very soon! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duzenko Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 The starting location seems to need some optimization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtaffer Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 I love it! Spoiler What up with this purple crystal? How do I deal with it? Spoiler Is this a bug with textures on tree trunk and crystals ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragofer Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 @madtaffer Spoiler You can find a clue in the archmage's quarters on how to handle the crystals on pedestals. Spoiler The tree uses the same texture as the crystals - it is indeed intentional. By the way, please use spoilers for that part of the mission at least for now. Quote FM: One Step Too Far | FM: Down by the Riverside | FM: Perilous Refuge Co-FM: The Painter's Wife | Co-FM: Written in Stone Dragofer's Stuff | Dragofer's Scripting | A to Z Scripting Guide | Dark Ambient Music & Sound Repository Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demagogue Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Wow, this is a lot more ambitious than a little contest mission. Congratulations on releasing a new classic. It looks & plays great! 2 1 Quote What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know that it's mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerg Rush Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) I can't start the mission, it gives me an error I'll try to download it again from moddb instead of google and run TDMinstall again and see if this fixes it. Edited January 29, 2022 by Zerg Rush Quote Sys Specs Laptop Lenovo V145 15AST, AMD A9- 9425 Radeon R5 - 5 cores 3,1 GHz RAM 8Gb, GPU 1+2 Gb -Win10 64 v21H2 Favorite online apps you may like too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbohr1more Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zerg Rush said: I can't start the mission, it gives me an error I'll try to download it again from moddb instead of google and run TDMinstall again and see if this fixes it. You have TDM 2.10 Beta v5 installed ? Quote 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...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AluminumHaste Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Yeah you need to be on the latest 2.10 beta zerg Quote I always assumed I'd taste like boot leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerg Rush Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 I already imagined it, for this I was going to run the TDM installer again. Thanks Quote Sys Specs Laptop Lenovo V145 15AST, AMD A9- 9425 Radeon R5 - 5 cores 3,1 GHz RAM 8Gb, GPU 1+2 Gb -Win10 64 v21H2 Favorite online apps you may like too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRUNK Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) Amazing work! Spoiler I was wandering around for hours, visiting places I had been yet, to look for things I previously did not get. I decided to read a book, I already had, and that looked to be the key to see the things I already could see, but didn't see yet. So I don't always read all the readables and and just now I found new ways, after playing on and off all day. This migt be the one of the most awsome missions I played : O Edited January 29, 2022 by STRUNK 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerg Rush Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, AluminumHaste said: Yeah you need to be on the latest 2.10 beta zerg I am on the last 2.10beta, but it don't work. Maybe the download from GDrive is corrupt., I'll see. Edit: No way, Used TDM Update to the last 2.10 dev, download the written.pk4 this time from OneDrive. Same script error, don't work for me Edited January 29, 2022 by Zerg Rush Quote Sys Specs Laptop Lenovo V145 15AST, AMD A9- 9425 Radeon R5 - 5 cores 3,1 GHz RAM 8Gb, GPU 1+2 Gb -Win10 64 v21H2 Favorite online apps you may like too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragofer Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Zerg Rush said: I am on the last 2.10beta, but it don't work. Maybe the download from GDrive is corrupt., I'll see. Edit: No way, Used TDM Update to the last 2.10 dev, download the written.pk4 this time from OneDrive. Same script error, don't work for me The dev builds are older than the beta builds - you need to download the latest build from the "beta" category in the installer. The script error happens if the TDM .exe doesn't contain certain script events ( so, outdated ). 1 Quote FM: One Step Too Far | FM: Down by the Riverside | FM: Perilous Refuge Co-FM: The Painter's Wife | Co-FM: Written in Stone Dragofer's Stuff | Dragofer's Scripting | A to Z Scripting Guide | Dark Ambient Music & Sound Repository Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerg Rush Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 This was it, thanks Quote Sys Specs Laptop Lenovo V145 15AST, AMD A9- 9425 Radeon R5 - 5 cores 3,1 GHz RAM 8Gb, GPU 1+2 Gb -Win10 64 v21H2 Favorite online apps you may like too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Seems I am out of emoji likes to use for the day But thank you all for the kind words everyone. I'm glad you guys seem to be enjoying it, despite the few technicalities involved in installing it 3 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Co-FMs: Seeking Lady Leicester, Written in Stone, The Painter's Wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prjames Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) I'm unable to play this mission. After the briefing video and being given the choice of Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty, it briefly says "Generating World" and then immediately returns to the main menu (Start this mission, ... Quit) From darkmod.log: [/game/darkmodglobals.cpp ( 372):INI (INIT) FR: 0] The Dark Mod 2.10/64, code revision 9815 (1435:9815) (then several entries, ending in:) [/game/darkmodglobals.cpp ( 428):FRC (FORCE) FR: 0] LogClass_STATE: 0 Has anyone seen this error before? If not, what should I do to get you more info? I played the other two Contest missions (Down and Out on Newford Road and Hazard Pay) without any difficulty. (I was spastic trying to install the beta (I tried to load the latest /dev build at first, which didn't work) and because it wouldn't go to other versions from there, I had to delete all of DarkMod, reinstall to 2.09b, and then installed Beta 2.10 V5; after that, I played the other two contest missions without difficulty.) - prjames Edited January 30, 2022 by prjames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbohr1more Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, prjames said: I'm unable to play this mission. After the briefing video and being given the choice of Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty, it briefly says "Generating World" and then immediately returns to the main menu (Start this mission, ... Quit) From darkmod.log: [/game/darkmodglobals.cpp ( 372):INI (INIT) FR: 0] The Dark Mod 2.10/64, code revision 9815 (1435:9815) (then several entries, ending in:) [/game/darkmodglobals.cpp ( 428):FRC (FORCE) FR: 0] LogClass_STATE: 0 Has anyone seen this error before? If not, what should I do to get you more info? I played the other two Contest missions (Down and Out on Newford Road and Hazard Pay) without any difficulty. (I was spastic trying to install the beta (I tried to load the latest /dev build at first, which didn't work) and because it wouldn't go to other versions from there, I had to delete all of DarkMod, reinstall to 2.09b, and then installed Beta 2.10 V5; after that, I played the other two contest missions without difficulty.) - prjames If the other two missions play, I would try downloading this mission again. Also, make sure that you do not have any modification packages installed ( stealth add-on, flame glare mod, fresnel mod, etc ). Quote 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...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prjames Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 17 minutes ago, nbohr1more said: If the other two missions play, I would try downloading this mission again. Also, make sure that you do not have any modification packages installed ( stealth add-on, flame glare mod, fresnel mod, etc ). Re-downloading the mission worked. Thanks, nbohr1more! - prjames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtaffer Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Where do I find the real formula for elixir? With mage's glasses? Or is it written in stone somewhere as a punchline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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