Fms that won't work properly with New Dark - Summary of Issues in OP

fortuni on 8/5/2015 at 02:01

hi Voodoo
Ranstall Keep T1.....scrunched up AI's and footlockers

i remember reading a post about this somewhere but i cant remember which thread it was in, i don't think it was a Newdark issue but you suggested to the other person it was an Thief instal issue ( i think).....so not sure if this is a dml fix issue, mainly curious as to why this is happening in this mission, certainly not a deal breaker, but am interested as to whether this is an issue at my end or is an FM issue

Scrunched up zombie screenie (http://www.imagebam.com/image/f84306408276459)
scrunched up zombie save (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2WGFBQ0xuM0JpRlk/view?usp=sharing)

scrunched up footlocker screenie (http://www.imagebam.com/image/aae8e9408276871)
scrunched up footlocker save (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2TFpFVlpjTXVZbTQ/view?usp=sharing)

edit: should have said these scrunched up footlockers are happening all over the map as are scrunched up chests, but have only come across 1 scrunched up zombie....so far

@csamber...yes sorry i did mean to say Calendra not Mercedes :tsktsk:

Edit 2: just looked in dromED and all these obj are scrunched up in solid world, so i guess the author either wanted them scrunched up intentionally or did some bad droming, but its obviously not my end. as i said not a deal breaker so need for a fix unless you want to..:cheeky:

voodoo47 on 8/5/2015 at 14:41

the footlockers look intentional, and so does the zombie. anyway, if the zombie bothers you too much, a dml is in the repository (not a NewDark issue, but was easy enough to fix).

fortuni on 8/5/2015 at 18:03

zombie looks so much better...but this has caused another issue, the red knobs on the all switches have disappeared (yeah weird)....if a pain / too difficult to separate just delete dml from repository and ill put an explanation in my walkthrough as to the reason the zombie is an ankle biter

(somehow i suspect the author came across this cross over bug and decided to leave the zombie as is for a bit of fun)

ps the red knob appears after you frob the 'knobless' switch....see the cell switch near where you revamped zombie is walking past

save (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2UVZtLXgzY3c4Nzg/view?usp=sharing)
screenie (http://www.imagebam.com/image/995bd2408420391)

and another screenie (http://www.imagebam.com/image/c7bdb4408420005)
another save (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2VHNHOEF1X1VndDA/view?usp=sharing)

voodoo47 on 8/5/2015 at 19:19

not sure what is causing the switches, but definitely not the dml. also, looks like this FM is incompatible with mods that update the AI meshes, as the author used an umm, unique way of setting up his custom resources (using such a mod will make the insectoid guards look like hammers, for example).

//ok, both problems fixed, orig stuff.

fortuni on 10/5/2015 at 13:18

found another one for you Voodoo.....and this time it's a deal breaker

Returning a Favour
once you have read this scroll the Engineer is mean't to enter the hammer compound and it is off him that you can frob the key to the Engineer's quarter...see post from author
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78279&p=954652&viewfull=1#post954652)

however with Newdark the Engineer is not triggered thus preventing you progressing any further

here's a save on expert....i have purposely not KOd anyone in the mission at all
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2Z3lXV1JZenlEaU0/view?usp=sharing)

and here's a save after i have knocked everyone out, except for the guard in the library if you want to run around the mission that is ....the save is at the library door
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2NVUzbzlielNrVHc/view?usp=sharing)

goal objective.... text_6: "Find the notes from Lukas' mistress and destroy them."

A HamMetDoor (307) is a lock for region 1 lock id 14
opened by A Key4 (210) A Key4 (659) A Key4 (852) MarvigelEngineersKey (893)

keys 210,659 and 852 are on the other side of the locked door you need to get through....the trigger key is
MarvigelEngineersKey (893).....

on normal there is no 'find the note objective', so the note is not in the secret hideaway, but there is still no hammer wandering around with the engineers key, so im guessing NewDark breaks the trigger for this hammer be it from the start of the mission or when you achieve goal target 6

normal quicksave (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UExWqHXPI2cFZUeGR1aXAyZ2M/view?usp=sharing)
saved outside engineers door

fortuni on 10/5/2015 at 13:22

Quote Posted by voodoo47

using such a mod will make the insectoid guards look like hammers, for example.

btw what are insectoid guard ??

are they hammer guards with haunt looking face such as
(http://www.imagebam.com/image/76ecfa408744349)

voodoo47 on 10/5/2015 at 13:46

play the mission with the latest patch and you'll see how they are supposed to look like.

fortuni on 10/5/2015 at 13:53

that screenie was taken from Returning the Favor, but there were similar strange looking hammer/haunts in Ranstall Keep as well....does that mean Returning the Favor also does not like texture packs ?

voodoo47 on 10/5/2015 at 15:08

if it's from the same author, then probably yes. would have to check.

voodoo47 on 10/5/2015 at 21:09

Quote Posted by fortuni

Returning a Favour
once you have read this scroll the Engineer is mean't to enter the hammer compound

no, the goal specifically states you need to destroy it, and the setup confirms that. and as far as I can see, it's working properly.

what's supposed to be wrong with the keys?