vfig on 16/6/2019 at 13:18
Next year's FM contest: missions designed for multiplayer??
Garrett TMT on 16/6/2019 at 13:38
Quote Posted by vfig
Next year's FM contest: missions designed for multiplayer??
Good Idea! I would be for it :D :eek:
bassoferrol on 16/6/2019 at 14:32
Also included is a slightly patched "motiondb.bin", one for the original T1 release (in "TDP") and one
for Thief Gold (in "TG"). If you put "interface.crf" in a mod dir, then you can copy the correct "motiondb.bin"
in the same dir, otherwise you can replace "motiondb.bin" in the game's root dir.
FenPhoenix on 16/6/2019 at 17:45
Nice! Time to add MP support to AngelLoader.
mcmike1489 on 16/6/2019 at 18:55
So, this is just a beta version of New Dark version 1.27 for Thief 2?
Renault on 16/6/2019 at 21:33
Quote Posted by mcmike1489
So, this is just a beta version of New Dark version 1.27 for Thief 2?
It's as final as version 1.27 will ever get.
sNeaksieGarrett on 16/6/2019 at 22:02
Hold on... did I just read multiplayer support!? :eek:
I must check this out
voodoo47 on 16/6/2019 at 22:40
only for T2 though. anyway, SS2 2.48 is now available via GOG/steam, opt into their respective beta channels.
GOG TG/T2 will have to wait a week or so.
sNeaksieGarrett on 16/6/2019 at 23:47
So, tested the multiplayer part briefly to see how it all works out and here's some notes:
Key differences from Tos' T2MP patch:
- Players have permanent tags above their avatars but you can turn this off, or tell it to hide it based on line of sight.
- Can't see any option to change appearance, unlike Tos' patch. Both players look like Garrett.
- Unlike Tos' patch, when you die, you do not auto respawn. You can click the mouse to spectate remaining living players.
- Further to the above, you can now revive a dead player by frobbing his corpse. Of course, if everyone dies, you have to start over.
- Unlike Tos' patch, you cannot text chat in-game. Readme says you need to use third party apps to communicate.
Additional observations:
- There's a config file you can use to change default server settings such as avatar name. You can also enable the global server.
- Global server is a separate .zip file that comes with this new patch. I can't figure out how to use it though and yes I read the files that come with it.
- There's a special .bnd file for multiplayer that was included with the zip. I've copied it to my thief directory but I can't locate the keybindings in the keybinding load screen. I see my existing keybindings but the new one does not show up. Any ideas?
- I used Hamachi to connect between two PCs in my house. One computer can host but the other cannot.
- Much like Tos' patch, the readme mentions that:
Code:
Issues can range from smaller glitches to certain
mission(s) having special case completion conditions that are not fully multiplayer compatible, resulting
in only the host player having the ability to perform the completing objective.
This makes me wonder if it's possible to use third party scripts but I see no indication that is possible.