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Yeah some of the ideas are definitely on the far side, but if he does some serious mapping and tried to implement some of the ideas it might be actually a good thing to see what's possible and discover new rare interesting bugs :D So, could be very helpful.

 

But yeah, we need some of the screen shots here in this thread to keep who's who straight and see if there is some good mapper potential :)

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Springheel

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How familiar are you with the TDM setting?

 

Also, what kind of map would you like to make if you became a betamapper?

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DigitalNapalm

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My first experience with Thief was when the Dark Project demo came out in PCGamer a month or two before the game's actual release. I was instantly hooked. I haven't mapped much except with UEd 1.1 and 2.5, and I doubt you can really count my experience on Build with Duke 3D, editors have become much more complicated than Build ever could have been.

I understand enough about programming architecture to know basically how that stuff works, as I was a computer science student about 10 years ago, about the time of the end of the OOP revolution. We got to play with C++ and Delphi (OO Pascal for windows, essentially).

Gaming wise, I've been playing computer games since I was 4. I used to game on a commodore 64. :) God bless Jumpman and Lode Runner.

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Springheel

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Nice to know. ^_^ Two other questions:

 

How familiar are you with The Dark Mod setting?

 

Also, what kind of map would you like to make if you became a betamapper?

TDM Missions:   A Score to Settle  *  A Reputation to Uphold  *  A New Job  *  A Matter of Hours

Video Series:   Springheel's Modules  *  Speedbuild Challenge  *  New Mappers Workshop  *  Building Traps

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DigitalNapalm

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I know the Dark Mod isn't in "The City" There's no one named "Garrett" and its supposed to be an update to t1/t2 gameplay as opposed to any sort of continuation of things from the Thief world, just similar in as many aspects as the team can get away with.

 

Map wise, I already have an idea in mind. I like the maps that keep my heart beating fast not only because of the close calls and near misses, but because of the "whats going to happen next?" factor. As much as I hate to admit it, I think that the Shalebridge Cradle was one of my favorite gaming experiences *ever.* So I want to try to build something on the scary side, if at all possible. Something that recreates that frantic charge through the mission with the heart thumping loud and hard, and all you can think is "get out, get out, get out!" over and over.

 

So far, the map I have starts out in a hotel, and you need to get underneath the hotel into the sewers. I'd like to be able to have objective triggered doors, similar to how the Cradle worked... Beyond that, I'm not 100% sure where I want to take it until I have a better idea of what's available to me. I know I want there to be a big "Oh Em Gee" part where you stumble on something BIG... and you have to do something seemingly impossible so you can get out.

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Springheel

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I know the Dark Mod...[is] supposed to be an update to t1/t2 gameplay as opposed to any sort of continuation of things from the Thief world, just similar in as many aspects as the team can get away with.

 

That's not really the case. While we wanted to be somewhat similar in appearance, the setting differs in a number of important ways. It would be a good idea to read up on the setting information in the wiki: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php/Universe

TDM Missions:   A Score to Settle  *  A Reputation to Uphold  *  A New Job  *  A Matter of Hours

Video Series:   Springheel's Modules  *  Speedbuild Challenge  *  New Mappers Workshop  *  Building Traps

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DigitalNapalm

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That's not really the case. While we wanted to be somewhat similar in appearance, the setting differs in a number of important ways. It would be a good idea to read up on the setting information in the wiki: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php/Universe

 

Seems like the world has a lot more open possibility that the restriction of the Thief world. I'm excited for that.

 

There's not too much information on the Necromancers, and if at all possible, I'd be more than happy to maybe flesh it out a bit.

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Ishtvan

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Some parts of the "Universe" are kept vague for now, because we could probably spend the next year arguing over them. A lot of aspects will probably be fleshed out a bit more when someone makes an FM featuring them. So if you have some FM ideas in mind, I'd say just start building the FM and let the story about your particular group of Necromancers develop from the mission.

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Springheel

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There's not too much information on the Necromancers, and if at all possible, I'd be more than happy to maybe flesh it out a bit.

 

There's a whole page about necromancers. :huh:

TDM Missions:   A Score to Settle  *  A Reputation to Uphold  *  A New Job  *  A Matter of Hours

Video Series:   Springheel's Modules  *  Speedbuild Challenge  *  New Mappers Workshop  *  Building Traps

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There's nothing like there is about the Inventors, Mages, or Builders :unsure:

 

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php/Necromancers

 

The confusion stems probably from the fact that the Universe pages are not linked quite as they should, f.i. from the page above you can only get back to the category, but not to the overview page (or at least I don' see how).

 

Now added a link to the Category page, but some pages like "World at Large" could feature backlinks to "Universe", too.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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There's nothing like there is about the Inventors, Mages, or Builders

 

That's because those three groups are all...well, groups. Necromancers do not have any specific organization, group, or guild. That leaves less to talk about. :mellow:

TDM Missions:   A Score to Settle  *  A Reputation to Uphold  *  A New Job  *  A Matter of Hours

Video Series:   Springheel's Modules  *  Speedbuild Challenge  *  New Mappers Workshop  *  Building Traps

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Nice screensies,

 

Simplistic, yet gets to the point :D

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DigitalNapalm

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Sorry about the hiatus. I've been doing a lot of lurking. I haven't had a ton of extra time because I started a new job. Any news/info about getting a hold of the TDM files? I have been slowly working on my map, and the sewer section is pretty much completed. I have been working with a lot more patches as of late because I understand them better, and because I'm in a cave/burrick tunnel area in my map. I'll post some screenies when I get a chance. I shut my cable off because I just couldn't spare the cash, so updates and posts will be slow until I get connected again.

 

...Any suggestions when working with patches? I have a lot of "extra" patch material that is in the void... and was wondering what I could do to minimize it.

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