Fan Mission: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day [TDM 2.10 ONLY] (2022/2/8)

[Jedi_Wannabe]

 

Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

You've just heard a sweet tip. Get to work before the window of opportunity closes.

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hMqw99FgTk5jkezPnI1aaU2xX_gJ8fwo?usp=sharing

Credits

Assets:

Amadeus - the Golden Lute
STRUNK - new kitchen assets as well as fireflies & bats

 

Alpha Testers:

Amadeus, Baby Genius, Bienie, dragofer, 
Epifire, Jack Farmer, joebarnin, kingsal, NeonsStyle, Rotary Racer, The Dark One

Beta Testers:

Cambridge Spy, Shadow, Abusimplea, JackFarmer, thebigh, wesp5, Amadeus, kingsal, s.urfer, 
joebarnin, grayman, nbohr1more, prjames, AluminumHaste, Dragofer, datiswous, stgatilov, duzenko,
Goldwell, Wellingtoncrab, If I forgot anyone PLEASE LET ME KNOW
 

Notes

- TDM 2.10 Beta 5 or later is REQUIRED to play this mission.

- This is my first FM and took me roughly 4 years and 1000+ hours. I had originally planned a city map for my first FM, I even had an over-arching story set across 4 missions, but I decided to whip up a prequel to use as my "training-wheels protocol" for DarkRadiant before I move on to my magnum opus, hence why this one is #0. Subsequent entries will be on a micro scale compared to this map.

- 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.

- There are spiders

- Suggestive themes/references

- DISCLAIMER: This is a BIG mission by TDM standards, and has a lot of wide outdoor areas; performance may vary greatly.

- Lots of plans for future updates, many ideas still left on paper.

 

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hMqw99FgTk5jkezPnI1aaU2xX_gJ8fwo?usp=sharing

(drop the folder into darkmod/fms)

 

 

Many thanks, have fun!

 

[kingsal]

Hey congrats! This one's been a long time in the works and its incredible to see it come to life!

[Amadeus]

Yes!!!!! It has been a long time coming, I am very happy for you! Congrats man!

[Filizitas]

I want to play this one. Right now.

 

[Jedi_Wannabe]

11 minutes ago, Filizitas said:

I want to play this one. Right now.

 

Do eeet!!

[thebigh]

Hooray! Congratulations on the release!

[Jedi_Wannabe]

Thanks guys, I’ve used up all my forum reactions for the day!

[Filizitas]

I am going to slowly upload all the parts as fast as slow can get me.
Just revisit my channel for the new parts!

 

[joebarnin]

Congrats Jedi! Great to see this mission launched!

[Jedi_Wannabe]

2 hours ago, Filizitas said:

I am going to slowly upload all the parts as fast as slow can get me.
Just revisit my channel for the new parts!

 

That was a treat to watch, thanks so much!  Can’t wait for the rest, I’ll keep my eyes peeled.

[Goldwell]

Congrats on the release, a huge milestone to put out your first mission!

[nbohr1more]

Congrats on the release!

[Jedi_Wannabe]

Thanks, ya’ll. 
I’ve added an anonymous poll to the OP for interested parties once they’ve finished the mission.

[Filizitas]

I must be very honest so i will put stuff inside a spoiler.

 

Spoiler

I think this mission is very forgetable, nothing exciting happens, i think the overall level layout is the most interesting part.
The mansion is empty sure thats because its moving day... but i get why the guy wants to leave... the mansion looks super boring.
There were alot of floating windows and the door frames for most doors where just missing
I didnt had any bugs but there wasnt much that could bug out any ways  
Compared to a kingsal mission this here would be very generic and basic.

The forbidden wing has alot potential, i dont know if i missed anything.
I am sure you guys learned alot from this and your next mission will be better already!

 

[Jedi_Wannabe]

@FilizitasThanks for playing! I’m still half way thru vid part 2 but I appreciate you making these, I can’t wait to watch the rest after work later. The commentary was funny and it sounded like you enjoyed yourself. I gotta fix that wall above the carriage, yikes!

[Zerg Rush]

Just finished this beautiful mission that I really enjoyed. Congratulations for a great job.

 

[STRUNK]

Oh great Jedi!! Thanx for the mission. I found the fireflies already : )
Now for the rest of the mission ..

[AluminumHaste]

Guess I'm not supposed to be here:

Can get to a bunch of places from here:

This was really fun. You almost had me:

These windows are using a transluscent texture, you can clearly see the stone behind it:

[kin]

Congratulations on the release. I love the way this mission is built,

Spoiler

having to cross the woods to find the mansion. I would like to see in missions like this more dense and moving vegetation on the ground so the flat plane would kinda disapear. Although I am not sure if dark radiant allows for this.

 

Edited February 10 by kin

[Jedi_Wannabe]

4 hours ago, AluminumHaste said:

Guess I'm not supposed to be here

Yikes, how embarrassing!

Filizitas also jumped the wall by getting on top of the carriage.

I’ve raised those walls up in a quick and dirty patch. It’s not pretty but gets the job done.

Updated the links in OP.

Thanks y’all 

[Oktokolo]

14 hours ago, Jedi_Wannabe said:

I’ve raised those walls up in a quick and dirty patch. It’s not pretty but gets the job done.

You could also playerclip the areas the player may not visit.

[Jedi_Wannabe]

9 hours ago, Abusimplea said:

You could also playerclip the areas the player may not visit.

Yea I am still considering that, as my higher walls now look almost ridiculously high.

@FilizitasI finished your whole vid series on my mission and THANK YOU for doing that. I really appreciate the effort involved with setting up a mic and editing vids and uploading them.

Your commentary was golden and had me laughing the whole time. Quite a few memorable quotes in there.

You noticed quite a few things wrong/out of whack that the beta didn’t catch (all are duly noted) so thanks for that too.

I hope you try a re-play on a higher difficulty.  While my mission doesn’t offer anything new in terms of experimental gameplay features, I built the loot and key hunt with replayability in mind. Having beat it once, I’m sure you could imagine now alternate courses of action. There were a few moments where the tension made you say “oh shit, I’m out!” and there was loot ripe for taking nearby! But at least I managed to build tense interactions, so I mark that as a plus!

Again, a million thanks for that vid series!

Edited February 11 by Jedi_Wannabe

[JackFarmer]

@Jedi_Wannabe

Congratulations on the release!

You did it, my friend, you really finished it!

 

 

[datiswous]

@Jedi_WannabeThis mission does not show up in the mission downloader. Maybe because I already finished a beta?

[nbohr1more]

The mission requires 2.10 beta, so it cannot be added to the mission database yet.

If @Jedi_Wannabe gives me permission, I will add it anyway.

It will just throw an error about needing 2.10 for all 2.09 players who try to play it.