T3 FM: The Oldstone Castle released Mar. 30, 2007

shadows on 31/3/2007 at 11:26

Anyone having problems downloading this? I can't get it to work, perhaps someone could mirror it? Thanks. :cool:

clearing on 31/3/2007 at 11:35

(http://www.thief-thecircle.com/download.asp?fid=1047)

Ringer on 31/3/2007 at 11:38

Quote Posted by Judith

3. Lightning (The Library) - it looks really great and this light transition was an excelent idea! But: there are too many lights in there which "efficiently" kills the performance. I don't know what your graphic card is, but on my GF 7900 GT (default developers drivers) the framerate is quite poor in some spots:

I have a 4200+ X2 also with a 7900GT, fraps was telling me the frame rate was down to 10 in some places in the library, that was at 1600 X 1200 resolution, I knocked the res back down to 1280X1024 and lowered all the setting but it was still running at sub 30 levels...It shows how badly optimised the T3 Flesh engine is...

Quote Posted by Tiens

[SPOILER]
The number code is one of five main artefacts of Thief3 - the HEART (one of zombies stops his drunk speech and talkes about it tree times) = 85192 in ABC counting.[/SPOILER]

[SPOILER]I did try that except I put heart to be 8,5,1,18,20, but then realised there is no 0 button so discounted that[/SPOILER]

Judith on 31/3/2007 at 14:37

Quote Posted by Ringer

Um, yes and no in this case. You can render quite complicated things with this engine, yet you have to remember a few things. First general rule is: multiple lights kill performance, badly. In my projects I try not to force player to look at more than 3 lights at once, and it's ok. The same goes for the real time shadows, only really necessary objects should have this feature, not all of them.

Tiens on 31/3/2007 at 20:31

I am going to release v1.1 in Monday. I hope this one will be OK.

Here is the list of testers. Please, tell me if I forgot someone!

[SPOILER]clearing
Judith
Ringer
sbweightman
Krenim
Tazonne
cardia1
SirFreddieM [/SPOILER]

PS Sorry! I really forgot about "spoilers" marks!

Tiens on 1/4/2007 at 00:17

[SPOILER]I did try that except I put heart to be 8,5,1,18,20, but then realised there is no 0 button so discounted that[/SPOILER]

[SPOILER]Look, it does not matter is there 0 button or not. One letter is one number. So we have: 8, 5, 1, 1+8=9, 2+0=2 => 85192 as Heart. :) OK?[/SPOILER]

Tiens on 1/4/2007 at 00:27

Thanks everyone! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

I collected your opinions and MADE CHANGES: :idea:

- Added possibility to move free through all unlocked locations [SPOILER](opened teleporting books are frobable).[/SPOILER]
- Added sounds to last puzzle [SPOILER]with using 5 Keys from 5 rooms.[/SPOILER]
- Aded possibility to fail mission on pushing wrong number button.
- Improved performance in [SPOILER]The Library.[/SPOILER]
- Frobing stuff Garrett talks only once now.
- Flying briges do not stack any more.

I left level transitions where they were because I've got different sky everywhere... :rolleyes:

Anything else? :)

Ringer on 1/4/2007 at 01:20

A few things I found out with the level..

[SPOILER]1. In the drunken pub room it is possible to mantle onto the top of the shelves and jump outside the level which kills you instantly

2.In both the room you start in and the library I found that sometimes if you jump constantly next to the book shelves Garrett animation gets stuck and all he does is glide around on the floor(possibly a game engine quirk though)

3.In the library there is 6 locks but only 5 keys, The library key seems to go into two locks and after it goes into the second lock it appears on the floor next to the lock

4.In drunken pub it does not matter in what order you enter the code, I got the code by trial and error

5. It is possible to get stuck on the top of the ladders in Library room.(rare but it can happen)

6. buttons in church room will fail to work after several cycles.[/SPOILER]

Edit: something else [SPOILER] In the library room once you place one book on a benche you can then move to another item in your inventory and frob it onto the desks and the books appear[/SPOILER]