Wishlist for TDM (2.13->2.14)

[STiFU]

On 1/23/2026 at 9:18 PM, snatcher said:

Key press = toggle crouch

Long press = slide down

You could never crouch on climbables. The only thing you can do is uncrouch to standing-up state once, while attached to climbable. This was always intended design and dates back to commits from 2007. However, it used to be possible to set the crouch-intent while attached to climbable, i.e., you could tell the game that you want to be crouched or standing up when detaching from the climbable, which is a useful feature. For whatever reason, Daft Mugi disabled this behaviour with his patch for #5973. Probably just an oversight. I think I will look into fixing this for 2.14.

Edit: Done.

[Bergante]

@STiFU
Thanks for explanation 

At first, I thought it was a misunderstanding on your part –
but then I tested an old 2.10 HarzardPay – a false memory on my part.
Crouching doesn't change the height of sight – it lifts the height of the feet.
(which was more important for grabbing crates from the bottom of the silo without leaving the net)
[[but the type of my false memory would be pretty cool !
Crouch position -> Stand position would raise the head a little to take a quick look -> back into crouch position to hide.
the effect for the feet would remain the same - more space before one touches the ground-floor 
If so, one could behave as if acting behind a small wall on the ground.]]

mmmmh?? thinking about --- one can just move quickly up&down

Absolutely, thank you for revisiting the earlier opportunity.
will there be an other dev. before release (to test and give response) ?
situations to spare room to ground are rare and players may prefer to a quick slide
and i am unsure of how Snatchers solution will work .
P.S.: Are the feet also responsible for whether the character is visible, or just their head?

EDIT :  - @STiFU -
          As long as no head is being raised, it may be of little use to switch between crouching and standing. It makes sense if you can lower yourself slowly (to carefully reach the end of the rope). So - if you used Snatchers' suggestion - the creep function should be implemented with 'Ctrl/strg

Edited January 25 by Bergante

[datiswous]

19 hours ago, STiFU said:

I think I will look into fixing this for 2.14.

Edit: Done.

Could you post this in the related bugtracker? Thanks

[STiFU]

I had created a new ticket for this, but added the old (resolved) ticket as a reference.

https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=6667

[chakkman]

On 1/24/2026 at 10:39 PM, STiFU said:

It will come in 2.14 beta.

Just browsed through the list of things supposed to be coming with 2.14. Lovely, can't wait.

[datiswous]

11 minutes ago, chakkman said:

can't wait.

You don't have to. Just start in 2.14 beta

[chakkman]

True.  

[STiFU]

On 1/24/2026 at 11:39 PM, STiFU said:

However, it used to be possible to set the crouch-intent while attached to climbable, i.e., you could tell the game that you want to be crouched or standing up when detaching from the climbable, which is a useful feature. For whatever reason, Daft Mugi disabled this behaviour with his patch for #5973. Probably just an oversight. I think I will look into fixing this for 2.14.

Edit: Done.

This is now included in 2.14 beta. When attached to ladders, you can now toggle the crouch-intent state again. If you attach crouched, you can stand up once, but not get back to crouched state. As I said, that was an intentional design decision from way back, but we might revisit this for 2.15.

[Bikerdude]

Volumetric lights - 

- I would like to apply 'parallel' or 'parallelsky'
- I would like to be able to make them bigger 

[Bikerdude]

woops wroong thread, please delete.

 

Edited February 1 by Bikerdude