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For the people eager to play with the latest state of development, two things are provided: regular dev builds source code SVN repository Development builds are created once per a few weeks from the current trunk. They can be obtained via tdm_installer. Just run the installer, check "Get Custom Version" on the first page, then select proper version in "dev" folder on the second page. Name of any dev version looks like devXXXXX-YYYY, where XXXXX and YYYY are SVN revision numbers from which the build was created. The topmost version in the list is usually the most recent one. Note: unless otherwise specified, savegames are incompatible between any two versions of TDM! Programmers can obtain source code from SVN repository. Trunk can be checked out from here: https://svn.thedarkmod.com/publicsvn/darkmod_src/trunk/ SVN root is: https://svn.thedarkmod.com/publicsvn/darkmod_src Build instructions are provided inside repository. Note that while you can build executable from the SVN repository, TDM installation of compatible version is required to run it. Official TDM releases are compatible with source code archives provided on the website, and also with corresponding release tags in SVN. A dev build is compatible with SVN trunk of revision YYYY, where YYYY is the second number in its version (as described above). If you only want to experiment with the latest trunk, using the latest dev build gives you the maximum chance of success. P.S. Needless to say, all of this comes with no support. Although we would be glad if you catch and report bugs before the next beta phase starts

I don't know how it works for Radeon but for NVidia there is a setting in the control panel called Power management mode, it's is also possible to change it for any game individually. Also Windows has its own power management settings. Here is the thread on Dolphin forum about it(but it's pretty old and some things most probably changed): https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-unofficial-laptop-performance-guide

The community patch packs have some gameplay and graphics mods. Thief Mods and Utilities https://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=174 TFix https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733 T2Fix https://github.com/Xanfre/T2Fix There are a few mods here for Thief and System Shock 2. Keyring Ghost Mode Minion Summoner Fairy Light Radar https://github.com/saracoth/newdark-mods Upscaled textures and paintings https://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-gold-esrgan-pack https://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-ii-esrgan-pack

its a wine bug, some workarounds here https://forums.lutris.net/t/multi-disc-install-problem/9116

@greebo I've been learning a lot from your code and the architecture of DarkRadiant. Never had a C++ unit test suite that ran so smoothly! Kudos to you for all the fine work on the project. I'm happy to help in any way that you guys choose to. I just added a nightly build to the repo, that should make it easy for you guys to try out new features as soon as they are pushed into master. Yes, I think the bug tracker is the best place. Since there is a lot of history there, it helps me understand why certain things were done in a way, so I can avoid creating new bugs or disrupting existing workflows. And then we can use the forums for discussions/ideas/etc. I already have an account, just need that editor status so I can mark things as closed. @kingsal @IZaRTaX the latest build should have the fixes so that user scripts can be loaded from the user folder, and attached to hotkeys. @Frost_Salamander I'm focused on https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=6547 right now and it's been difficult for me to see what the "correct" alignment should be. Can you attach a .map with what the alignment should be? That would a lot.

using 7zip as a container can work but from what i could read at the zdoom forums it comes with an overhead. memory requirements go up loading time goes up so the question is if it is worth it ?. the better compression is nice though. i been wondering if zstd would be a better bet ?. directstorage 1.4 adds zstd support so maybe ?.

i think i saw one of those many years back kinda a funny idea but probably not working to well. probably a lot of funny gadgets made through the years for gaming. i still have the ps controller with the built in keyboard (which suuuuucked!!!!!) . it was imho not a good controller... the buttons are so small you need the pointy end of a dart to hit them and it was located between the paddles. only place you could actually use it was in the chat channels on playstation it did not work in game. some ideas should just newer had made it to the consumer side. same with the magic remote samsung offered with some of they're tv's aw man!... it frustrated me so much i rolled it over with my friends car. for those who dont know it was a remote where instead of using buttons you used it as a lightpen to control settings / change channels by waving it around in the tv's menu untill you hit the gui button you needed to press. it sucked mundo a... in the time it took you to hit the shit in the tv's menu i could have programmed all channels using a standard remote.

Mandrasola is a small sized map in which aspiring thief Thomas Porter steals some herbal products from a smuggler. The mission was created by me, Sotha and I wish to thank Bikerdude, BrokenArts and Ocn for playtesting and voice acting. Thanks goes naturally to everyone contributing and making TDM possible. This mission occurs chronologically before the Knighton's Manor, making it the first mission in the Thomas Porter series. Events in chronological order are: Mandrasola, The Knighton's Manor, The Beleaguered Fence, The Glenham Tower and The Transaction. The winter came early and suddenly this year. Weeks of strong blizzards and extremely harsh cold weather hit Bridgeport hard. With the seas completely frozen, a rare occurence indeed, most of the City harbor commerce has stopped completely. Vessels are stuck in the ice and no ship can leave or enter the City, resulting in the availability imported goods declining and their prices skyrocketing. One of these imported items is Mandrasola, a rare herbal product, which is imported overseas from the far southern continents. Mandrasola has its uses in alchemical cures and poisons, but mostly this substance is used for its narcotic qualities by commoners and even the nobility. The problem with Mandrasola is that excessive use is extremely addicting and the withdrawal effects are most grievious. Many are utterly incapable of stopping using Mandrasola and are transformed into quivering human ruins if they do no get their daily dose. And now this expensive and rare substance is running out from the whole City. Me and my fence, Lark Butternose, would love to grab this monopoly to ourselves: selling the last few doses in the City would probably be worth a fortune. According to Lark's sources, there remains only one smuggling lord who still has Mandrasola in stock. The problem is that this individual maintains an exclusive clandestine operation and only supplies a few nobles. Despite our best information gathering efforts we couldn't learn who the smuggler is and where he or she operates. Luckily we have an alternate plan. While searching for Mandrasola related information, we learned that a noblewoman called Lady Ludmilla is addicted to the substance and has paid high prices for small amounts of it. We also know that she has visited frequently someone in the Tanner's Ward waterfront, and since she goes to the area personally we believe she is visiting the smuggler. The plan is simple: I must monitor Ludmilla's most likely entryway to the Waterfront and then follow her to the smugglers hideout. I'd better be very careful around Ludmilla. She must not realise I'm following her or she probably won't lead me to her dealer. Hurting her is also out of the question. After she leads me to the smuggler's hideout, I can take my time to break in carefully and steal all the Mandrasola I can find. While I'm there it wouldn't be a bad idea to grab some loose valuables as well. I've now waited in the blistering cold for a few hours already. Looks like there are a few city watch patrols in the area to complicate matters... I think I heard a womans voice beyond the north gate. That must be lady Ludmilla, I haven't seen many ladies in these parts. I'd better get ready.. Links: Use the ingame downloader to get it. WARNING! Someone always fails to use spoiler tags. I do not recommend reading any further until you've played the mission.

I used to have a little joystick that you put over the keyboard arrow keys. the joystick pressing the keys. Edit: http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboard_joystick.html

============== -= IRIS =- ============== WELLINGTONCRAB TDM v 2.11 REQ Ver. 1.3 *For Maureen* -=- "Carry the light of the Builder, Brother. Unto its end." -Valediction of the Devoted "What year is this? Am I dreaming?" -Plea of the Thief Dear Iris, I am old and broken. When we were young it felt like the words came easily. Now I find the ink has long dried on the pen and I'm as wanting for words as coin in my purse. I can tell we are nearing the end of the tale; time enough for one more job before the curtain call... ============== -Installation- Requires minimum version of TDM 2.11 **Dev build dev17056-10800 (2.13) fixes several visual effects which have been broken in the mission since the release of 2.11. For that reason playing with that version or later is currently recommended** -Iris does not support mods or the Unofficial Patch- Download and place the following .pk4 into you FMs directory: Iris Download ============== Beta Russian Language Translations by @kalinovka Mirror #1: yandex.ru Mirror #2: Google Drive ============== *Thank you for playing. Iris is a large mission which can either take as quickly or as long as you are compelled to play. I hope someone out there enjoys it and this initial release is not completely busted - I tried the best I could!* *Iris both is and isn't what it seems. If commenting please use spoiler tags where appropriate. If you are not certain if it would be appropriate a good assumption would be to use a spoiler tag* *Support TDM by rating missions on Thief Guild: https://www.thiefguild.com/* ============== WITH LASTING GRATITUDE: OBSTORTTE - Whose gameplay scripts from his thread laid the foundation which made the mission seem like something I could even pull off at all. Also fantastic tutorial videos! DRAGOFER - Who built upon that foundation and made it shine even brighter! And whom also provided immeasurable quantities of help and encouragement the past couple years on the TDM discord. ORBWEAVER & GIGAGOOGA - For generously offering their ambient music up for use. EPIFIRE - Who lent me his fine trash and trash receptacle models. AMADEUS - Who was the first person who wasn't me to play the damn thing and provided his excellent editorial services to improving the readers experience playing TESTERS AND TROUBLESHOOTERS: AMADEUS * DATISWOUS * SPOOKS * ALUMINUMHASTE * JAXA * JACKFARMER * WESP5 * ATE0ATE * MADTAFFER * STGATILOV * DRAGOFER * KINGSAL * KLATREMUS - What can I possibly say? Playing this thing over and over again could not have been easy. Deepest thanks and all apologies. -=THANKS TO ALL ON THE TDM DISCORD AND FORUM=- ==SEE README.TXT FOR ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTIONS & INFORMATION== HONORABLE MENTION: GOLDWELL - If I hadn't by chance stumbled into Northdale back in 2018/2019 I would probably still be trying to get this thing to work in TDS, which means it probably would not exist - though more details on that in readme. ============== Boring Technical Information: *Iris is a performance intensive mission and I recommend a GTX 1060 or equivalent. I find the performance similar to other demanding TDM missions on my machine, but mileage may vary and my apologies if this prevents anyone from enjoying the mission.* *Iris heavily modifies the behavior of AI in the game, how they relate/respond to each other and the player. So they may act even stranger than they do typically in TDM. Feedback on this is useful - as it can potentially be improved and expanded upon in future patches.* -=- This is my first release and it has been a long time coming! If I forgot anything please let me know! God Speed. 2.10 Features Used:

I found recently that I couldn't play a platform game (Steam Dig 2) properly with a Steam controler, but with keyboard it works fine. At start the game tells you to play it with controler. I wonder if it's just the Steam controler and not controlers in general. I'm talking about the old Steam controler.

That sounds like a nightmare really to me - I hope you will be able to at least use your keyboard and mouse for a long time still without too much obstacles! I'm sorry to hear that !

This pinned thread's purpose is to collect links to all the discussion threads for new features to be added in 2.14: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23080-214-new-and-updated-assets/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23072-214-mirrors-and-remotes-resolution-and-optimizations/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23070-214-tdm-version-macros-and-x-ray-breaking-change/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23071-214-in-game-screenshot-as-menu-background/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23073-214-interactible-projected-decals/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23074-214-new-smoke-generation-system/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23088-214-beta-ko-non-elite-ai-after-flash/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/22736-font-localization/page/2/#findComment-503417 As well as older Feature Collection Threads: [2.13] Feature Discussion Threads [2.12] Feature discussion threads [2.11] Feature discussion threads [2.10] Feature discussion threads

I know, and I understand, but for some racing games or party games it is better than keyboard and mouse.

whoops forgot to answer on the amiga stuff. yeah linux has several emulators that can run amiga games so it should not be to problematic. there are even amiga emulators for windows (one ships with msys2 even) . as for emulators most things can be run in both linux and windows with a little "know how" some games however can be damn annoying to setup like the dead space game (extraction i think) that only came out for the Wii and playstation because you have to map the controller scheme manually to keyboard / mouse.

you can get the survive performance if you look into the qualizar bar, the performer singing it even looks like bowie , he also plays the role of a virtual omikronian whose soul got trapped in what goes as they're internet. you also get to bonk his wife iman . the controls are rather annoying unfortunatly with 3 control schemes and only one uses the mouse (shooting mode) which is not even used that often. the camera can be a bit wonky as well. the amiga port runs pretty well though and i suspect the problem was that the game was actually ported from amiga to pc and while the control scheme worked fine with a controller it kinda got messed up with mouse and keyboard. the story is kinda out there (like really really out there) but its a fun game with magic and fight sequences like street fighter mixed with a little gun fu. magic unfortunatly is only really harmfull to demons and basically worthless against anything else. the guns are powerfull as hell but chew through ammo like a fat boy in a candy store except for the waver gun (first one you get) which is plenty powerfull for most things. strangely the fist fights are probably the most deadly in the game. with high enough skill in it you can literally rip even demons to pieces. the only thing it cannot handle are security robots for which you need one of the big guns. there are also a lot of puzzle solving so it is a long game.

A Winter's Tale By: Bikerdude "One of the few pleasures I have as a man of the thieving profession is to return to my old home town for the holidays and relax in the company of friends and relatives. But a local lord has been going out of his way to making the lives of the locals a miserable." Notes: - TDM 2.12 or later is REQUIRED to play this mission. - This is my entry for the speedbuilding jam. - This FM should play on the vast majority of systems. I have perf tweaked this map with low end players in-mind. And have moved the globale fog/moon lights to the ‘ better’ LOD level. - min recommended spec (as per beta testing) Intel Core i7(3rd gen), nvidia 1030 4gb (GDDR5), will get you 60fps inside and 45fps outside. - Various areas will look better with shadow maps enabled (SoftShadows set to medium/high, Shadows Softness set to zero and LOD set to 'better'), at the possible expense of performance depending on your system specs. - this mission continues the imperial theme, with this being a border town slightly further out from the main imperial lands than Brouften. - build time roughly 130hrs. Download Link: - (v1.4) - https://discord.com/channels/679083115519410186/1310012992867405855/1310022631415746632 v1.4 changes: I have been tweaking the LOD levels through-out the map - - Snow fall has been moved to LOD low/normal. - world fog moved to LOD better. - fireplace grills to LOD better. - world moonlight moved to LOD high. Other tweaks - - reduced light counts in all the fireplaces. - reduced the length of the looping menu video background. - Some new assets Gameplay: - added more ways for the player to get around. - tweaked existing routes to make some easier or more of a challenge. - and added an additional option objective. Credits: Special thanks go to - - Nbhor1more, flashing out the briefing and creation of readables. - Amadeus, Help w/custom objectives, script work, proof reading, mission design & testing. - Dragofer, for custom scripts and script work for the main objective. - Baal, for additional tweaking of the main objective and script work,. - Beta testers: Amadeus, Nbhor1more, Mat99, DavyJones, S1lverwolf, Baal & Dragofer. - Freesound.org, for ambient tracks, further details in sndshd file. Speed Jam Thread: - https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152747

Now I have more mobility, something I didn't anticipate was replacing my PC with a laptop. But it seems like this is just a plan. Laptops with an RTX 5060 GPU (high TGP) are really out of my price range ($200-250 price increase). Those with an RTX 5050 have also gone up by $130-$160. I'm looking for a dual heatpipe configuration (definitely dual fans) That feeling when you ask a seller on an e-commerce platform and they tell you they've raised the price by $150-$200 from the original price via chat. All the product price tags feel misleading. The prices are intentionally not updated. I do hate bait and switch pricing By the way, I haven't heard of the brands Sager or Clevo in a long time. I wonder where they are now.

Besides the usual (legitimate) excuses about this being an open source project run by volunteers who have other commitments, etc., I think one of the main things missing is a proper triage process and prioritized backlog for bug reports and feature requests. At least that's how a 'real' software project would work. But someone trusted by the dev team would need to volunteer for that role (if it's even agreed it's needed). Loads of issues get reported, but in different places (the bug tracker, or various forum posts, Discord, etc.). The forum is a nightmare to search, so things get lost as soon as they are posted. Some devs don't really read all of the forums unless they are tagged (again, I don't blame them not everyone has time to read every single post or hang around Discord 24/7). I make sure to log bug reports and feature requests in the bug tracker, so at least I can easily find them later. I think there is a better chance of someone seeing it there as well. Then you could maybe raise awareness of it by posting in the forums with a link to it. Unfortunately with respect to features and suggestions, nobody is really in a position to make any promises at any given time whether something can or will be implemented. It seems to need to reach some critical mass of internal discussion first, which sometimes only happens after some pestering occurs. If you look at the stuff that @Daft Mugi and @STiFU have implemented recently, they do a great job of making a case for their feature requests, complete with screen shots, videos, evidence from users from discord and forums, rationale with pros and cons. This helps a lot when trying to convince a group of people that your idea is worth considering. EDIT: I meant to say the non-responses can definitely give the impression of apathy and that's frustrating, but I think that would be a harsh assumption. IMO this forum or Discord are not suited to feature discussion. The rest of the world has moved onto things like Github issues which are way easier to have targeted, scoped discussions about particular bugs or features. And also to find them later.

Depends i guess on the avaliability of silicon with ai gobbling up any square inch atm. Its looking pretty dire. Last i heard the ps6 would be delayed maybe a year or two because of this Not sure if the hzd port for ps3 is ready yet but it was in the works last i checked. Btw you can upgrade the ps3 harddrive with an ssd as long as you stick to 2.5 inch format. Sadly the first versions only supported sata 1 and the slim versions only sata 2 so it would be a rather bad idea to stuff a highend drive in there. It also only supports 1.75 tb and since there are no 1.5 tb models a 1tb model is probably the best you can get. Trim is also not supported by the ps3 os but luckily all modern ssd's have firmware support for it. Lastly dont expect miracles due to the old sata chips used it wont come close to the speed you are used to from a pc but loading times will improve. Especially in gta 5. Sata 2 has a max throughput of around 300mb's pr second which is a bit more than half the speed of what an ssd can manage in a sata 3 port. Upside is better loading times especially in more demanding titles. Immune to shock (unless you roll it over with your car ). And slightly better boot times. Unfortunatly you cannot upgrade the memory as it is soldered in place. You can also add external harddrives if you start lacking room for games. But due to the ps3 only having usb2 connectors it will suffer reduced speed just like the internal sata port. It also runs ok with a mouse and keyboard though most ps3 games wont support that, so is only usefull for writing or browsing.

not as such. but if a game starts to use things that only works with nvidias drivers then yeah it becomes a problem. AMD does in fact not have an issue when they follow the specs the issue lies with those who abuse the spec. hmm amd rewrote the opengl driver way back in 22 https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/amd-significantly-improves-opengl-performance-in-windows-with-upcoming-22h2-driver.295864/ not sure about threading but i would wonder a lot if as part of the rewrite they did not look at that to. as a dane im all aboard on getting us the hell away from reliance on american software monopolies.

Yesterday I wanted to play it again, but it was not possible in 2.14, since neither keyboard nor mouse worked in the actions. I managed to select Blackjack only using the inventory menu, but it was useless because the attack button didn't work.

This mod is actually one that I made, and it calls `saveGame` every five-10 minutes with an auto generated name. https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/22647-quick-and-dirty-autosave-mod/#comment-499784 The save file I uploaded that we are looking at is not an autosave, and that mod has been compatible and functioning correctly for several versions now. It is, indeed, a tiny script-only mod. The checksum changed because I made the adjustment to the loading screen gui recommended in frost salamander's post earlier in this topic ( https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23119-loading-saves-just-hangs-after-closereopen-the-game/#findComment-506750 ). This mission is, flare box warning notwithstanding, bitwise identical to the latest version in the repo available to the mission downloader. Also, this issue was present before I followed that advice from frost salamander. I suppose I can go undo that change/redownload the .pk4 since it didn't fix the issue anyways. I will revert to a clean install of both the latest TDM beta and this particular mission, just to clear some red herrings out of our debugging work. Interesting! I'll go test this.

Something I would like to see in DR is seeing the keyboard shortcuts shown in the menu's like on Windows. But @greeboand @OrbWeavercouldn't fix it. Something to do with wxgtk. A crappy looking workaround I found is to add the text inside the menu xml file.