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Congratulations on this epic release! Taffers, this is a brilliant campaign. For those who want to play this 'blind', I'll put some comments in spoilers (they don't spoil much, but just in case)

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Each mission stands alone, but there's a progression to them that works in the context of a larger story (obviously) but also with how they are paced.

The maps are well-designed and varied. As are the goals and obstacles.

Creative use of existing assets (I was surprised to see that there were only four new assets)

Great voice work.

As usual for a @JackFarmer creation, brilliant ambient tracks and sound effects.

Bottom line - take a deep breath, allocate some time and PLAY THIS!

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holy moly

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My missions:           Stand-alone                                                      Duncan Lynch series                              

                                      Down and Out on Newford Road              the Factory Heist

                                The Wizard's Treasure                             A House Call

                                                                                                  The House of deLisle                                                                                                  

                              

Posted (edited)

I'm enjoying this, but I have a problem in mission 2.  There's a readable by the shrine entrance which can be picked up and dropped but does not seem to go into the inventory. It can be read on the ground using the spyglass, and it's a reminder about the sacred crops.  In my inventory is a readable named Sacred Crops that cannot be read, and if I try to drop it the game crashes to desktop. 

Meanwhile I have

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an arcane rod and four fruit/vegetable items: an apple, pear, carrot and turnip. 

These items do not seem to interact in any way with what appear to be the four receptacles

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(the plates held by the four skeletons) at the shrine entrance

, so I'm stuck.  Do I need to make the veggies sacred in some way?

NB: I'm using TDM v2.12.

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Posted
5 hours ago, Marbrien said:

Meanwhile I have

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an arcane rod and four fruit/vegetable items: an apple, pear, carrot and turnip. 

These items do not seem to interact in any way with what appear to be the four receptacles

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(the plates held by the four skeletons) at the shrine entrance

, so I'm stuck.  Do I need to make the veggies sacred in some way?

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I think you just need to drop (R) each veggie on the appropriate plate

 

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I tried dropping those items on the plates.  I can't tell if there is an appropriate plate for each item (is there?), so I tried different plates.  Nothing happens. 

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Just now, Marbrien said:

I tried dropping those items on the plates.  I didn't know if there is a particular plate for each item, so I tried different plates.  Nothing happens. 

Vague hint

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You have to read something

Precise hint

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Look out for a poem.

As for your problem with the "Sacred Crops" readable

 

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I am afraid nobody had problems during beta and I too cannot reproduce the problem.  If I pick up the readable from the guard, it can be read and the one at the shrine vanishes. If I pick up the readable at the shrine, I can rad it and the one from the guard vanishes.

 

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I am playing on Linux, Intel core5, GTX 1650, which is not a weak GPU, but low midrange at least.

FPS is dropping from 60 to ~30 in some areas and its annoying.

Any optimization possible ?

As TDM versions evolve, the more this game becomes slower.

Posted
25 minutes ago, huntaffer said:

I am playing on Linux, Intel core5, GTX 1650, which is not a weak GPU, but low midrange at least.

FPS is dropping from 60 to ~30 in some areas and its annoying.

Any optimization possible ?

As TDM versions evolve, the more this game becomes slower.

I am afraid I am not an expert when it comes to this. Which mission are we talking about, hopefully not the first one? Because this should be the mission with the lowest demands. I don't know about your graphic settings, so, have you tried decreasing options like soft shadows etc. ?

@nbohr1more

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29 minutes ago, huntaffer said:

I am playing on Linux, Intel core5, GTX 1650, which is not a weak GPU, but low midrange at least.

FPS is dropping from 60 to ~30 in some areas and its annoying.

Any optimization possible ?

As TDM versions evolve, the more this game becomes slower.

The game is looking a lot better through the years and yes, it needs more processing power to look that way. But, for me it doesn't get too slow in any way, and I'm still playing on a 2011 HP Z800 with a gtx 1660, almost on the highest settings.
BUT, I didn't play through the whole game yet and some missions in the past had massive FPS drops for me in some areas. Those have been solved however by by reporting them as detailed as possible : )
TDM is just awsome I think, even if it's not always perfect .. and it's free!!!

This mission by Jack, that has cost him (and others) countless months of work, if not years in total (regarding the learning process), is the newest example of that. It looks so good that I'm playing it as slow as possible, just because I want to "be there" : P
 

 

 

Posted
2 hours ago, huntaffer said:

I am playing on Linux, Intel core5, GTX 1650, which is not a weak GPU, but low midrange at least.

FPS is dropping from 60 to ~30 in some areas and its annoying.

Any optimization possible ?

As TDM versions evolve, the more this game becomes slower.

What TDM version are you using?

Did you follow our performance guide:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Performance_Tweaks

?

Please post your Darkmod.cfg

Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod:

 

http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod

 

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Posted (edited)
12 hours ago, nbohr1more said:

What TDM version are you using?

Did you follow our performance guide:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Performance_Tweaks

?

Please post your Darkmod.cfg

Hi, I realized , I was playing on the  maximum highest settings :))  

When I lower some , it is better. 

Most missions (mostly the older ones) do not have significant FPS drops.

I am planning to purchase an AMD RX GPU with which is better supported on Linux, what I prefer .

I know my PC (Intel® Core™ i5-4440, Nvidia GTX 1650 ) is not a powerhouse. :)

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11 hours ago, STRUNK said:

The game is looking a lot better through the years and yes, it needs more processing power to look that way. But, for me it doesn't get too slow in any way, and I'm still playing on a 2011 HP Z800 with a gtx 1660, almost on the highest settings.
BUT, I didn't play through the whole game yet and some missions in the past had massive FPS drops for me in some areas. Those have been solved however by by reporting them as detailed as possible : )
TDM is just awsome I think, even if it's not always perfect .. and it's free!!!

This mission by Jack, that has cost him (and others) countless months of work, if not years in total (regarding the learning process), is the newest example of that. It looks so good that I'm playing it as slow as possible, just because I want to "be there" : P
 

 

 

Yes, I am talking about the same thing. FPS drops in certain areas, not generally, right from the start on highest settings. (From 60 to 30)  

I love TDM too,  been playing it since 2017. I think Jack Farmer's Hidden Hands series is one of the most entertaining ones , giving a special atmosphere.

The first one of the series was nothing extra, but all the rest afterwards were masterpieces and I had a lot of fun with them. I know how much time is needed to write one mission like this and I appreciate the developers work. I am looking forward to finish this mission .

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12 hours ago, JackFarmer said:

I am afraid I am not an expert when it comes to this. Which mission are we talking about, hopefully not the first one? Because this should be the mission with the lowest demands. I don't know about your graphic settings, so, have you tried decreasing options like soft shadows etc. ?

@nbohr1more

This mission, not else :) If I lower the settings it's better. I was on max highest graphic settings.

I got FPS drops from the start, in the staircase etc.

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HI! I think I found a bug, In 1st mission there is no key under vase (but it should be according to clue in some letter)
when I frob the vase, it slide but no any key under...
Posted
3 hours ago, huntaffer said:

This mission, not else

This mission is a campaign, so it consists of 5 missions bundled into one with a progressing storyline. So I think he means which of the 5, but I assume the first one.

I think you have fps still capped at 60fps in tdm settings?

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