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Yuletide Boon The idea behind this mission was to again show, what can be built in a small amount of time and with help from other community members. It also showcases the new church modules that I don't think have been used all that much in previous FMs. Enjoy Notes: - TDM 2.13 or later is REQUIRED to play this mission. - Build time roughly 50hrs. - I have created serveral new custom models and prefabs for mappers to use, based of the church models. Download Link: - (v1.2) - https://mega.nz/file/qV1UQKqK#B9cdy3iB_Z7q8j2nQOEc9KISw8cPSYLIowP-1yokRbI Credits: Special thanks: - Springheel for creating the church modules. - Jack 'mozart' farmer for the briefing video and menu music. - datiswous - subtitles. - Goldwell - voice acting and briefing additions. - Dragofer - pagan statue from http://www.cadnav.com/3d-models/model-40413.html - Misc - Melted candlewax texture from - www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-wax-of-a-melted-candle-17959695 - Amadeus - scripting beta testers: -Jackfarmer, datiswous, CambridgeSpy, DavyJones, Mat99, Amadeus.

I can try disabling Parallax Mapping tomorrow, I already tried it on low texture quality. It would also be better if TDM would just crash or give an error message if the VRAM is not enough instead of freezing the whole PC so a reboot is necessary. Maybe the same could be done if the game finds a changed script. Give an error instead of freeze the loading.

There are a few ( rare ) GPU's with 1280MB so that was chosen as the minimum since we saw that all the bundled missions ( Training, Official 1 + 2 ) were using more than 1024MB but less than 2048MB. The minimum is only meant to cover missions officially created by The Dark Mod team as part of the default offering. Mission authors can choose to create missions that follow the same limits or exceed them with a warning about the higher requirements. We don't want to artificially limit what mission authors choose to do based on an arbitrary low-end populace we want to retain as a baseline. It may be best to add a new flag to the darkmod.txt like "Minimum VRAM:" and re-use the system spec data we obtain at startup to issue a warning if the user doesn't have enough to run the installed mission. Edit: @wesp5 can you get Displacement to run if you disable Parallax Mapping and set texture quality to low?

Easy outdoors recipe. If you are lazy and want to make an outdoor area, you could use this strategy: It doesn't look even bad from high up: The setup is really simple: You have 1) the play area (selected and red.) 2) area with skybox texture (blue) 3) skybox (you need to add some kind of ground terrain there) 4) hide the seam between play area and the skybox texture area with a pile of big bushes. These bushes I made with simple bunch of patches with the wood model leave textures. I made it into an ase model and cloned the 32 decal bunch around to generate thich bushes. I also placed some trees floating into the skybox texture area. 5) You must make the bushes closed area so that the player cannot move into them. Otherwise the end-of-world is nasty looking and visible: Enjoy! Previously in the Easy Recipe series: Easy Vault recipe: http://forums.thedar...y-vault-recipe/ Easy caverns recipe: http://forums.thedar...caverns-recipe/

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.

this was a nice little mission! the sewers in particular, with the stairs and climbable pipes. as others mentioned, having unopenable doors felt a little frustrating. there was also a visible section in the sewers I hoped to explore, but couldn't access... at least without using console commands I got all the loot, but may have made things much worse for the City! I was able to evade the enemy after a few tries, but it really illustrates how bad I am at combat in TDM - or was this guy buffed up? the only real bug I found was a cloth missing a texture in the room with the attic ladder - it was a black void. a minor bug was the lanterns casting light through their bases, which is likely a core DR issue and only really a problem when you notice the light through the slats of the crate it is sitting on (next to the stairs up in the house)

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/23087-214-beta-frob-changes-additions/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/22736-font-localization/page/2/#findComment-503417 Maybe: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23104-script-debugger/ 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 already figured out the name problem, I forgot to use the right guis subfolder! I also made the compass model itself less bright now, but I have no idea why people would point the needle towards the middle of the screen. Up seems logical...

https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/23105-sad-news-we-lost-another-one-of-our-own-mircea-kitsune/

Same for me log: signal caught: Segmentation fault si_code 1 Trying to exit gracefully.. ----- idRenderModelManagerLocal::EndLevelLoad ----- 0 models purged from previous level, 694 models kept. --------------------------------------------------- Regenerated world, staticAllocCount = 0. Getting threadname failed, reason: No such file or directory (2) --------- Game Map Shutdown ---------- ModelGenerator memory: 10 LOD entries with 0 users using 160 bytes. WARNING:idClipModel::FreeTraceModel: tried to free uncached trace model (index=0) --------- Game Map Shutdown done ----- Shutting down sound hardware idRenderSystem::Shutdown() ...shutting down QGL I18NLocal: Shutdown. ------------ Game Shutdown ----------- ModelGenerator memory: No LOD entries. Shutdown event system -------------------------------------- Sys_Error: ERROR: pthread_join Frontend failed shutdown terminal support About to exit with code 1

Speaking of savegame compatibility. I hate it too Every time I decide to play some mission during beta, something happens and I have to switch to the most up-to-date version, and then can't even remember which revision I was playing on! I don't think we can realistically support savegame compatibility across versions. But we can probably do some lifetime improvements, maybe add various filters: only show compatible saves, or sort them by engine revision, showing engine revision at least, etc. Speaking of bugtracker. Perhaps somewhere on the forums there are messages from 10-15 years ago like "you can help us by posting a bug on bugtracker, we promise we'll look at it". If there are, I think we should delete them as those are false promises. It's not like we have a project manager who tracks all newly created issues 24/7 and decides what to do with them. It is safe to say that almost nobody looks at what's added to bugtracker. If some TDM issue is really annoying to you, the most likely way to get it fixed is to talk to some developers or team members, or at least mappers. It does not mean bugtracker is useless though: it is more like a knowledge database of everything that bothers people, with more focused comments, not a well-tuned pipeline to get it fixed.

So I thought I had found a new and BETTER way of creating lit/self-lit windows for TDM, but discovered fairly quickly that some window textures are already using this method, but that unfortunately the vast majority are not. The aforementioned method is that we use the stock material def for the frame (so you retain the diffuse & bumpmap details), and then only 'blend add' the lit window panes which are a separate texture. An example stock texture that uses this method already - textures/darkmod/window/wooden_frame01/wooden_frame01_lit What we have above is an overlay of JUST the window panes, and its just this texture that is RGB boosted! I don't know why we HAVENT been doing this in the core mod all this time, and to quote @nbohr1more"Boosting the diffuse is a pretty poor way to achieve that effect." And unfortunately a LOT of the core window textures are using this poor method instead of the window pane overlay method. Ive already spent some time in establishments of lower affairs (the line from the gatehouse popped into my head, heh), making overlay versions for frost_salamander for his recently released FM. Please see the zip arcdhive below. @Amadeus has already had a look at and used some, in his upcoming wip - - https://drive.google.com/file/d/11168eiBj_m-Lu5d-8FLYUgM7J1MC_92h/view?usp=sharing So @Amadeus suggested that I list all the window textures that need looking at. I haven't included the ones I have already fixed in the wip archive above - textures/darkmod/window/diamond_pattern02/diamond_pattern02_*** - the lit versions from this series have a diffuse that is basically black, but thankfully the unlit version has a diffuse that can be used. textures/darkmod/window/ornate/stained_colourful_dirty textures/darkmod/window/ornate/stained_colourful_dirty2 textures/darkmod/window/pointedtop_big01/pointedtop_big01_*** - there are lit versions in this series, but they are not using any diffuse/bump. So these are perfect to use as overlays as they are. textures/darkmod/window/diamond_pattern01_*** textures/darkmod/window/diamond_pattern_andbars01_*** - So these are good candidates to be used as overlays with some tweaking, but we need a much better diffuse/bump. textures/darkmod/window/largesquare01_barelylit - poster child of why this thread was created, all the lit versions of this series are just RGB boosting the diffuse. textures/darkmod/window/roundtop_diamond_pattern01_*** textures/darkmod/window/simple_square01_***- this series also has very poor cropping on the edges. textures/darkmod/window/smallpanels_4w_dirty01_*** - this series has diffuse that is basically black. textures/darkmod/window/smallpanels_4w_dirty02_*** - this series has diffuse that is basically black. textures/darkmod/window/smallpanels_4w_dirty03_*** - this series has diffuse that is basically black. textures/darkmod/window/smallpanels_industrial_mesh_selflit textures/darkmod/window/square_pattern01_*** - this series needs a complete overhaul.

System OS: Debian Trixie CPU: Phenom X6 1100T (I know) RAM: 24GB DDR3-1333 SSD: Transcend SSD TS4TSSD230S Video card: GTX 750 Ti Monitor: 1920x1200 at 60Hz Fullscreen Sharpen Image: On 0.5 Vertical Sync: Off Antialiasing: Off Texture Anisotropy: 16x Texture Quality: Full Object Details (LOD): Very High Shadows Implementation: Stencil Soft Shadow Quality: Very High Shadow Softness: Low Volumetric Effects: On Parallax Mapping: On Uncap FPS: On Ambient Occlusion: Off Color Precision: 64 Bits Frontend Acceleration: On Performance FPS is avg 60-80.

System OS: Windows 11 25H2 CPU: I5-11400F RAM: 32GB DDR3-3200 CL22 SSD: WD SN530 512GB Video card: GTX 1660 Ti Monitor: 1920x1080 at 120Hz Fullscreen Sharpen Image: Off - ReShade used Vertical Sync: Off Antialiasing: Off - ReShade used Texture Anisotropy: 16x Texture Quality: Full Object Details (LOD): Very High Shadows Implementation: Maps Soft Shadow Quality: Very High or High Shadow Softness: Low or None Volumetric Effects: On Parallax Mapping: On Uncap FPS: On Ambient Occlusion: High or Low Color Precision: 64 Bits Frontend Acceleration: On Software ReShade - I use SMAA and AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening from SweetFX. Rivatuner Statistics Server - TDM FPS Cap: 75 - Global FPS Cap: 116 ThrottleStop - PL2 set to 95 Performance FPS is often above 60. Performance and graphics were improved by using the external shaders.

Preface HUD-elements are often a technical necessity, to convey important information to the player that would otherwise not be available to them. A problem with such HUD-elements is that they don't belong to the virtual world. They make it painfully clear to the player that they are just playing a game, thereby reducing immersion. There are many genres, where you need to have such information available at all times, think fast-paced first person shooters, Mobas, or strategy games. However, especially for genres featuring free exploration, that information is simply not needed at all times. Some games (e.g. Dead Space or Metro series) have gone to extreme lengths to completely eliminate HUD elements by integrating all relevant information in the virtual world. While this is of course the most immersive approach, it is also the hardest to implement. A much easier solution is to rely on a dynamic HUD, where certain HUD elements are displayed depending on context. In recent years, I have become hyper focused on immersion. I can't stand a cluttered HUD ("sensory overload") or a map full of quest pointers ("feels like work"). I want to immerse myself in the world, not tick of pointers on a map. About a year ago, having played a ton of WoW in my youth, I played the alliance fraction on WoW Classic for the first time. Via interface addons, I had my UI completely disappear during exploration, but when I entered combat or clicked on an enemy, the UI would become visible. The minimap would generally only become visible during mouse-over. The same goes for non-combat-relevant action-bars. I paired that with a text-to-voice addon for the quest texts and some nice dynamic camera addons that would zoom in on characters when talking to them. Of course I also did not use any quest-GPS addons, so that I actually had to pay attention and search the world for the quests. It was super immersive and a glorious experience reminiscent of the 2004 release. So naturally, having played a lot of TDM recently, I am thinking about how we could improve our dynamic HUD in TDM for immersion-seekers. Current State of Dynamic HUD in TDM The HUD of TDM already has quite some dynamic elements Healthbar only shows if we are not at 100% health Breathbar only shows if we are not at 100% breath Weapon only shows if a weapon is selected and ammo text only shows if ammo is relevant to that weapon Inventory-Icon and -text only shows if an item is selected Pickup- and object-update texts are only displayed momentarily Ideas for More Dynamic HUD Elements in TDM So basically, with every HUD element, we should ask ourselves the following questions: Added information: Does this HUD element actually convey any information? Relevant when: In what situation is that information relevant? Let's start! (Please note that all proposals below shall be made optional under some "tdm_dynamic_hud"-cvar or something like that, so I am not planning to take anything away from anyone) I will update this list of ideas as we go. Weapon HUD Blackjack and Sword Added information: None. The player can see the 3d model of both weapons, so the HUD does not add any information. Relevant when: Never Proposal: Remove completely --> Very easy (already tested) Bow and arrows Added information: Arrow type and amount. Sadly, the 3d model does not show the type of arrow unless the bow is drawn. So, the icon and weapon text add information. Also, there is the ammo display. Relevant when: Player is equipping the bow Proposal: Investigate if we can alter the non-drawn bow model such that it already shows the arrow type. If that works nicely, remove arrowtype and arrow icon from HUD and potentially move the ammo display around and make it bigger. I would need support from a 3d modeler here! Proposal: Consider showing the arrow amount only briefly when the weapon is selected (and/or when the player presses "R"?) (and/or ammo amount changes) and then fade it out again. Healthbar Added information: Health Relevant when: Player is losing health. Player is likely going to loose health, e.g., when in combat or when breath bar is close to zero. Player is preparing to enter combat. Player has very low health Proposal: Briefly show after losing health; Show when equipping a weapon (possibly limit to sword?); show when breath is close to running out; show when health is below some threshold (like 20%) Breathbar: Already very dynamic. No action needed! Inventory HUD (Not the inventory grid) Compass Added information: direction Relevant when: When player equips it. Must not fade-out unless a different item is selected. Other items: Added information: Selected item Relevant when: Only during selection (or when player forgot which item is selected) or when the item can be used with the world Note: I had added the tdm_frob_item_selects_item to prevent items being selected when picking them up, thereby eliminating the respective HUD annoyance. However, I found that frequently, I wanted to use the picked up item right away (a readable, a key, etc.), so this approach is not working well. Proposal: Briefly show after selecting an item, then fade-out. Show item when it can be used on a world entity. For picking up items, consider selecting, but not showing them, so player can use them right away without HUD pop-in. When HUD is not shown, pressing next or prev item should not go to next / prev item, but just show the HUD element. Are there maybe other types of inventory items that need special treatment? Shouldering HUD Added information: Shouldering state Relevant when: Always when shouldering a body Proposal: It would be awesome if we could actually have the 3d model shouldered in view. Then we could get rid of the HUD, but of course, this would be very hard to achieve. Lightgem Added information: To some degree, visibility of player Relevant when: sneaking about or running to hide (so basically always) Discussion: It is actually debatable, how much information is really added, because the player can already tell how well illuminated they are just by looking at the environment. I would say minimalists simply disable the lightgem and all others keep it on all the time. Crouch-intent indicator Added information: Crouch-intent, i.e., while it is impossible to change crouched-state, the crouch-state that will be assumed once crouched-state is unlocked again. Current crouch state can be seen by looking at the 3d world. No indicator needed for that. Relevant when: Only while crouched-state is locked / cannot be changed. Proposal: Only show when crouched-state and crouch-intent differ? Any other UI elements I forgot? Another aspect of dynamic HUDs is HOW visibility is controlled. HUD elements might pop-in instantly or gradually fade in and out, like our FrobHelper. I would say, having HUD elements fade in and out looks generally more appealing, but I would need some advice on how to best control transparency. Should transparency be handled by the GUI scripting or dictated by the engine like in the case of the FrobHelper? What makes most sense here?

Resuming from here (topic locked): In 2.14b3 for some reason setting Video > General > Texture Anisotropy to 2x (or higher) makes the menus and - more importantly - the fonts more crisp. Setting Video > General > Sharpen Image On or Off does not make any difference. For what is worth, in 2.13 you have to have both Sharpen Image set to On (default) and Texture Anisotropy set to 2x (not default) to get such crisp presentation. I don't know if Sharpen Image and/or Texture Anisotropy have anything to do with the Tonemapping change: But I can tell changing Texture Anisotropy does affect the menus (positively I may add). Bug or Feature? How about making Texture Anisotropy 2x the default?

Should there be some cutscene at the end? I found all the relics and Curio´s items, then went to sit in the chair in the red room, and that was it (still played and finished v1 on 2.13, because I was pretty far along). Anyways, time to say huge thank you to both of the creators and all the lovely people who were helping to test this mission - this has to be the most unique mission I have played so far on Dark mod - the (New) weird combination of aesthetically pleasing leveldesign and unclear story, sooo many options of entering and finding out unique "quests" and safe opening combinations is unheard/seen/played of. People in forums say its combination of Dishonored and Bioshock, I would add a hint of Dark Souls in the story area, mixed with Twin Peaks, and you start to get an idea. Although I am playing fanmissions from the very beginning of the mod´s existence, I felt completely lost here and I enjoyed that. I also didn´t know how to solve many of the combinations until I got a hint - overwhelmed by all the entry options and connectedness of the space(s) to the beauty of individual set pieces (I felt like a tourist, taking screenshots of almost everything). And the music! My goodness, that beautiful non-cacophonic chill music just begged me to stay and listen. I immediately recommended this mission in another forums where I am active, so hopefully people will get to play it. Well done, everyone, this is a threat. PS: Can I politely ask you to get together with Bikerdude, Kingsal, Sotha, Melan, Goldwell and anybody else who´s willing and put together an official campaign, please? Pretty please?

I might have found a bug in the room with I can't frob the contents of the cabinet drawers. And another a small bug, texture alignment issue -

We have been collecting textures for 4+ years, by nearly a dozen different people. It is inevitable that some textures will not stand up well in terms of quality. This thread is the place to nominate textures you think are poor and should be either fixed or removed. The following process will be followed (we are currently on step 1):

Miscellaneous asset fixes done: * More fixes in fonts and better support for Cyrillic and Romanian (post, 6642, 6661). * Added all missing mipmaps in DDS textures (post). * Fixed shop description of slow match (6629). * wood/panels/trim_wood_grunge_moulding_desat: fixed parallax confusion. * models/md5/chars/builders/guard/builder_armor material: brought back specularmap. * textures/darkmod/stone/brick/blocks_light_stained_trimmed material: fixed specularmap. * prefabs/doors/trapdoor_w-padlock prefab: fixed wrong particle (6662). * prefabs/mechanical/switches/wall_lever01 prefab: fixed frobbox of the lever (6060). * models/darkmod/architecture/doors/door*hinge models: fixed gaps in almost all versions (6671) [02]. * models/darkmod/furniture/wardrobe_open model and prefab: fixed clipping through frame (6272) [02]. * models/md5/chars/heads/female03_head_local and dds/models/md5/chars/heads/face_freckle textures: replaced (5545) [03]. * models/darkmod/readables/book_* model: fixed UV maps in sp1 and red1 versions, texture fix (6672) [03]. * prefabs/doors/curvedtop_door_96x48_3hinge_w-frame prefab: fixed hinge material (3212) [03]. * models/darkmod/readables/book_tome model: minor fixes [03]. * models/darkmod/containers/bucket model: gap fixes (6675) [04]. * models/darkmod/containers/barrel_wine model: fixed shadowmesh (6685) [04]. * New assets added: * atdm:ai_undressed_old_man_01: added new character model, including LODs, ragdoll, swappable head. * textures/darkmod/wood/panels/trim_wood_* material: added red variants. * textures/darkmod/wood/panels/panel_decorative_redder_grated material. * textures/darkmod/paint_paper/gold_pedals_* material: added RGB versions. * textures/darkmod/paint_paper/fleur_* material: added RGB versions. * textures/darkmod/stone/brick/red_worn_dirty_trim_wet material. * textures/darkmod/stone/brick/old_bricks_darkgrey_wet material. * models/darkmod/lights/non-extinguishable/painting_downlight model. * models/darkmod/containers/openable/safe_door_003_* and safe_wheel_003: added wall-in-safe door model and prefabs (6590). And there is a big set of assets added by @Wellingtoncrab and @Amadeus from the upcoming mission "Displacement". New models by TDash: * models/darkmod/furniture/beds/rustickingbed with skins DRustBed* * models/darkmod/furniture/seating/darmch1 with skins ArmCh* * models/darkmod/furniture/desk_pagan with skin JPagDesk2 * models/darkmod/furniture/steps_library with skin LibStepup1 * models/darkmod/mechanical/typewriter * models/darkmod/kitchen/wine_bottles_shelved*: versions A, B, C, D * models/darkmod/kitchen/whiskeyglass_silver * models/darkmod/kitchen/bottle_simple_* * models/darkmod/containers/crate_long_* * models/darkmod/containers/crate_simple* * trunk/models/darkmod/containers/wine_crate_03 * models/darkmod/furniture/cabinets/cupboard_* More models: * prefabs/mechanical/switches/red_button prefab along with models/darkmod/mechanical/switches/switch_redbutton* and switch_toggle* models and redbutton_glow* skins * models/darkmod/decorative/statues/bust_emperor_* model (and bust_emperess) * models/darkmod/kitchen/food/bread_loaf*: new versions 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 * models/darkmod/kitchen/food/croissant * models/darkmod/lights/non-extinguishable/streetlamps/streetlamp_iron_01 with skins streetlamp_iron_01_lit, streetlamp_iron_01_unlit * models/darkmod/decorative/trophy_plaque_* * models/darkmod/decorative/stuffed_hart* * models/darkmod/decorative/statues/statue_face_cover* * models/darkmod/loot/loot_golden_goblet* * models/darkmod/loot/loot_golden_vase_* * models/darkmod/decorative/ashtray * models/darkmod/decorative/cigar* with skins cigar and cigar_unlit * models/darkmod/loot/loot_crystalore* (and loot_rareore) New skins: * cabinet1_* for furniture: versions A, B, C * book_sp1_gold_crest for various books Stone, cobblestone, brick materials: * textures/darkmod/stone/brick/bricks_old_light* * textures/darkmod/stone/brick/blocks_sandstone_grime_trimmed * textures/darkmod/stone/brick/blocks_concrete_small_trimmed2 * textures/darkmod/stone/cobblestones/flagstones_bricks_multicolored* * textures/darkmod/stone/flat/tile_dirty_terracotta * textures/darkmod/stone/flat/tile_herringbone_grime* * textures/darkmod/stone/flat/tile_checkered_grime_tricolor* * textures/darkmod/stone/flat/tile_checkered_grime_small* * textures/darkmod/stone/natural/gravel_multi_color Other materials materials: * textures/darkmod/paint_paper/wallpaper_grunge_* * textures/darkmod/plaster/plaster_worn_painted_peeling_autumnal* * textures/darkmod/roof/rooftiles_clay_red_decorative* * textures/darkmod/wood/boards/planks_floor_* * textures/darkmod/glass/glass_brick_clear [03] * lights/watercaustics01 Note: [03] at the end of line means that this change appeared only in beta214-03.

Same TBH. And I don't think perspective looks bad in TDM in general. Yeah, the moon looks weird on those screenshots on the first page, but I think that's more of a problem with skyboxes and not so much with geometry in general? Maybe skybox code could be improved, or maybe just the material settings, or maybe a portalsky with a moon model would look better? But before seeing those screenshots I never even noticed that the moon looks stretched when it happens to be in an upper corner of the screen - I usually don't look that closely at the corners, especially if the only thing shown there is part of the skybox and nothing immediately important (like enemies or cameras) So with panini the center of the screen, where you look at most of the time, looks bent/distorted (especially when moving), while with standard projection the screen edges (that you don't look at so much) are a bit stretched. I think the latter is the better tradeoff

Noob question: In the following wiki page Material_Files#Create_a_new_Texture_Definition it states: Why would you need the path in the name? I see this a lot in material files, but technically this doesn't seem to be needed. If you use material name "dirty_water" for example, tdm and DR load it fine.

Is it possible to adjust the scale of a texture in the skin file? When I try to make a skin, the result is too big (the stones are too big/the scale is to large).

I'm trying to install the game via the installer, but the download always times out and thus stops. PROGRESS 35.80% : Downloading "http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4"... [curl-res] ret:28 http:206 Warning: Timeout for request with 6 segments of total size 4207551 on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 554-4527 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out465.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 8973-11629 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out466.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 12547-14792 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out467.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 18858-21897 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out468.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 28077-552364 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out469.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 552365-1076652 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out470.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 1076653-1600940 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out471.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 1600941-2125228 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out472.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 2125229-2649516 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out473.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 2649517-3173804 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out474.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 3173805-3698092 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out475.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 3698093-4222380 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out476.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_base01.pk4 -r 4222381-4223110 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out477.bin [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_carpet01.pk4 -r 0-181088 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out478.bin PROGRESS 35.89% : Downloading "http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_carpet01.pk4"... [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 -r 0-3206616 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out479.bin PROGRESS 35.90% : Downloading "http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4"... [curl-res] ret:28 http:206 Warning: Timeout for request with 7 segments of total size 3207317 on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 -r 0-386666 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 10 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out480.bin [curl-res] ret:28 http:0 Warning: Timeout for request with 1 segments of total size 386767 on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 -r 0-32767 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 30 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out481.bin [curl-res] ret:28 http:0 Warning: Timeout for request with 1 segments of total size 32776 on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 -r 0-4095 -Y 1000 -y 10 --connect-timeout 30 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out482.bin [curl-res] ret:28 http:0 Warning: Timeout for request with 1 segments of total size 4097 on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 [curl-cmd] curl http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 -r 0-4095 -Y 1000 -y 60 --connect-timeout 60 -A "tdm_installer/1.13" -o out483.bin [curl-res] ret:28 http:0 Warning: Timeout for request with 1 segments of total size 4097 on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 ERROR: Repeated timeout on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 Warning: Showing error message: Repeated timeout on URL http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/release/zipsync/release/release212_from_release211/tdm_textures_nature01.pk4 It always stops here or at a cobblestone texture file. Is there maybe an other mirror or has anyone got any other ideas? I'm running the newest version of the installer (v1.13) and I'm on Linux Mint 22.2

Just finished my first semi-thorough run of Displacement v2 on 2.14 beta 3. Quite an experience if I may say so. Congrats, Wellingtoncrab and Amadeus! Found 5,256 loot, and that was with buying the gilded dagger. I guess it's easier to say I am missing 1,205. I assume quite a bit of that is in the two safes I wasn't able to open, in the head historian's office, and the inner safe at the baker's. Hints on these combinations would be appreciated. I was able to open the safe in the cat shrine attic by accident, but I have no idea why that combination is correct, so info on this too please. I found 6 special loot items, and I think that is all as it filled up the entire shelving unit. I found 4 out of 6 relic fragments. The ones I did find was: Hints to the remaining ones are also welcome. One more question, what is the purpose of buying the Jacknall's Paw? I only noticed one smaller mistake. In the manor's first floor dining room, there is texture missing on both sides of the fireplace. At the foot of each pillar, the sloping part is missing texture and you can see straight through it. Thanks again