bikerdude on 13/2/2014 at 01:35

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Announcing the release of the second William Steele mission!

http://i.minus.com/iz0IjfwZ9MboJ.jpg

Summary

Home Again takes place in Bridgeport when Steele returns home from the north. He finds that something terrible has happened, and he must begin a quest to find the perpetrator and why he did it. Most of this mission is spent on the rooftops.

The William Steele Missions

Home Again is the second of several Steele missions. Altogether they'll tell a story of corruption, greed, and revenge. At some point, I'll start packaging them as a campaign, in addition to the single missions.

If you haven't played WS1: In the North, I suggest you (http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/14214-fan-mission-in-the-north-by-grayman-20121020/) start with that, then come here.

Download
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/umv498bxp8tkemx/ws2_homeagain.zip) -dropbox
(http://darkfate.org/view/details/files/projects/darkmod/fm/home_again/ws2_homeagain.zip.url) -Darkfate
- will be available on the official mirrors shortly.

Create a folder named "fms/ws2_homeagain/" in your TDM folder and unzip the two files into that folder. WS2: Home Again will then appear on TDM's "New Mission" page.

Build Time
16 months.
I18n
Home Again is ready for translation.

Thanks

to the TDM team for creating a terrific platform for storytelling and stealth gaming.
to my beta testers: AluminumHaste, Bikerdude, Mr. Tibbs, Xarg, lowenz, Lux, plotzzz, and Deadlove.
to Goldwell for providing voice work for a key part of the story.
And thanks to YOU, for playing!

Known Issues

This is a large mission. To ease the burden on older systems, consider shutting doors and windows behind you as you go.

Some players have experienced save-game crashes when playing large missions with TDM 2.01. This problem is under investigation. Until it's corrected, I suggest you make frequent saves. There are a few spots where long sight lines will cause framerate drops, possibly even pauses. My apologies to anyone who experiences these. If you experience low frame rates, please consult the Performance Tweaks page on the Wiki.

Performance Tweaks

For very low end PCs I recommend the following settings:


* V-sync is off
* AA is off
* Aniso is 4x or lower
* Advanced settings are simple/default
* Post processing is disabled


Anyone having performance issues with TDM missions can put the following cvars into their Darkmod.cfg file. This will improve the framerate and stutter/chop when in-game, but may increase loading times a little.



Important

This mission requires TDM 2.01 or later. I rely heavily on readables to tell Steele's story. Please try to read every readable you find. Most Importantly, Enjoy!

WS3: Cleighmoor

Cleighmoor will be released in 2 weeks.

Screenshots

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Videos

- 5 parts that were recorded @ 5140*1040 but youtube dumbed down to 1440p.

[video=youtube;B_TpGQLoIjg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga50TQjcoEg[/video]

Ravenus1 on 13/2/2014 at 04:01

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I've been so waiting for this. Thank you grayman

InfinituS on 13/2/2014 at 09:48

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Congrats :eek: Looks freakin' amazing! I loved "In the North" and i'm sure i'll love this one too :thumb:

fortuni on 13/2/2014 at 16:09

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2 William Steele fms in 2 weeks......when am i meant to get any sleep ? The best news since the release of the 1st Wm Steele, my favorite TDM fm .......BIG BIG THANKS Grayman

pwl on 14/2/2014 at 02:00

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This was an awesome next mission in the series!!!!!! :cool: Once I started I had to finish. :eek:

Thank you so much!!