Lovely Beta Testers Apply Within (please thank you)

[Airship Ballet]

Hello it me! ("Who?") Yeah, no, I know.

Seven and a half years after it hit the shelves in all major retailers, La Banque Bienveillante is getting a vanity-fuelled makeover, because I've had seven and a half years of working on other projects (sorry) and felt like it was time to actually finish this bank job campaign I started. To that end, I've rebuilt the first mission from the ground up. It's still only quite little, being the first mission in a campaign, but there's a lot crammed in that needs breaking!

DarkRadiant tells me I've put in 20 hours in the last 3 days which cant be right, right? Well anyway, I need to scatter some readables and wire up some objective logic, then re-figure out how to pack up missions and it'll be ready to go some time tomorrow. 

If that sounds like your scene, let me know here! 

 

[Nort]

20 minutes ago, Airship Ballet said:

I've had seven and a half years of working on other projects (sorry)

Don't apologize for taking your time on projects. A good project takes time.
Welcome back, complete stranger.

[datiswous]

Ah Quinn Co.. Do also check out new features of TDM (and DR) and how they can be useful for your mission remake:

Unfortunately Probably I'm not able to play-test TDM missions the current month, because I only have access to a laptop with a hd 3000 gpu (shit). So the best of luck with the beta testing. If I make up my mind, I'll post again.

Edited June 5, 2022 by datiswous

[Cambridge Spy]

Sadly, ESO's High Isle chapter is coming out in a couple of days, so I won't have time to beta test. But welcome back. Hopefully your remake will make me comfortable to cover it on my YouTube channel.

[Shadow]

I definitely missed your mod-making talents, Airship Ballet, having played yours numerous times in the past, and welcome back. I'd be happy to help on new beta missions.

[thebigh]

Count me in!

[jaxa]

Let's do this.

[Airship Ballet]

Thread is up, hello and thank you to everyone who can help, and just hello to everyone who can't! It's an open beta, so if you're reading this and the mission isn't out yet, by all means come and bully me about my mission. don't actually do that please be gentle

[Acolytesix]

This is driving me nuts! Sorry about the delay. Trying to upgrade my xfinity to 900mbs, but it only gives me 118mbs, so most of everything won\t work. Just like my keyboard for some reason. Anyway, I\m in for testing. This speed issue should be resolved soon.

[Airship Ballet]

12 minutes ago, Acolytesix said:

This is driving me nuts! Sorry about the delay. Trying to upgrade my xfinity to 900mbs, but it only gives me 118mbs, so most of everything won\t work. Just like my keyboard for some reason. Anyway, I\m in for testing. This speed issue should be resolved soon.

Ha no worries! I just moved out into the sticks and Elisa--the only ISP that serves in the frozen wastes outside Oulu--have tried 3 times to install a line in the past month, but here I am on data and Molyneuxian promises. No rush at all! 

[AluminumHaste]

Man that mission did a lot of interesting things, I really enjoyed it.

I'll give it a shot if I have time. At least with this mission there's nowhere for me to get out of bounds.

[Airship Ballet]

Well now ya jinxed it.

[OrbWeaver]

Always nice to see people come back after a hiatus.

You'll find we've moved on quite a lot in the past few years. DR now has built-in Git support and ... wait for it ... shadow rendering. All thanks to Greebo of course, not me — although I did manage to add support for def_attached lights (so those gas lamps will actually emit light instead of looking like static models), and make the light inspector a little more pleasant to use.

[The Black Arrow]

Sweet Mother of Mercy...

You know, I was just browsing The Dark Mod FMs two months ago, I played one that was in a soon-to-be-haunted church, I know you made more than just that one, they were all great missions.
Sadly I didn't replay all because it was getting hot in my place, I like to play TDM when it's cold, you know?

I was wondering as to what happened to you, you make some great missions, I was actually hoping you'd come back.
My wishes came true! And it is also almost my birthday!

I am so happy to see you return and ready to continue making a mission!
As much as I would like to try the beta, well, can I try? I am very busy these days and with low motivation, but I don't wanna pass a great fan mission either.

[demagogue]

I have my FM I started around 2003 I still tell myself I want to finish someday.

It's great to see mappers coming back to projects. I like that this game will always be around. Whatever else happens you can always come back to it.

[jaxa]

1 hour ago, The Black Arrow said:

I am so happy to see you return and ready to continue making a mission!
As much as I would like to try the beta, well, can I try? I am very busy these days and with low motivation, but I don't wanna pass a great fan mission either.

It's an open beta and short compared to other missions.

[Acolytesix]

Ok, I found some issues, yet I will say I could actually play this little game on my mom's 6 year old laptop. Was a bit bumpy with the frame rate, but it worked. The bigger FMs just crash it.

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Edited June 9, 2022 by Acolytesix
can't delete the rest...hmmm

[jaxa]

You should post that in the Beta Testing thread, not this one.

[The Black Arrow]

2 hours ago, jaxa said:

It's an open beta and short compared to other missions.

Nice, I can spend 4 hours of break any day for that, I'll do so for sure.

[Airship Ballet]

6 hours ago, Acolytesix said:

Ok, I found some issues...

Thanks for the feedback, it's like gold dust! Keep an eye out over in the beta testing thread if you wanna peep the next revision.

9 hours ago, The Black Arrow said:

I was wondering as to what happened to you, you make some great missions, I was actually hoping you'd come back.
My wishes came true! And it is also almost my birthday!

Oh sheesh, I'm blushing, really! I appreciate it, but now I feel like an absentee