bikerdude on 21/10/2012 at 10:35
Announcing the release of the first William Steele mission!Inline Image:
http://www.lookpic.co.uk/pictures/9d2ee8f00497329efcc5c5000ef20427.jpgSummaryIn the North is a mansion heist that takes place outside the town of Braedon, north of Bridgeport. William Steele is an adventurer from Bridgeport who has been away several years, working as a soldier/guard for one Lord Bascombe at his castle in Braedon. Lord Harckoff, a nasty fellow who lives in a renovated Builder church nearby, sees Bascombe as a threat to his shady business, and has put a price on Bascombe's head. Steele decides to visit Harckoff one night to see what he can do to prevent Bascombe's death.
The William Steele MissionsIn the North is the first 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.
Download links(
http://www.bloodgate.com/fms/ws1_north.pk4) -bloodgate.com
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http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/missions/ws1_north.pk4) -fidcal.com
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http://www.mediafire.com/?r2rk4sfr1cvaezp) -mediafire.com
Build Timeabout 1 year
Thanks- The TDM team for creating such a terrific platform for storytelling and stealth gaming.
- Betatesters: Bikerdude, Springheel, and AluminumHaste for beta testing, especially at a time when we were all busy dealing with the final phase of TDM 1.08.
- Translators: (Smallman, Overmann, and Sengu) are hard at work on translations for various languages, so thanks go out to them as well. Localized versions will be available after they're completed and tested.
Known issues- This is a large non-linear mission. To ease the burden on slower systems, consider shutting doors behind you as you go. If you experience low frame rates, please consult the (
http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Performance_Tweaks) 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 of disabled.
- If anyone is having perf. issues with TDM missions, then they 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 -
Code:
image_usePrecompressedTextures "1"
image_useNormalCompression "2"
image_useAllFormats "1"
image_useCompression "1"
image_preload "1"
- This mission requires
TDM 1.08 or later.
- Repeat after me, "Read and explore, Read and explore"
- Most Importantly, Enjoy!
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demagogue on 21/10/2012 at 10:47
Oo, I love that wallpaper.
nickie on 21/10/2012 at 11:00
Congratulations on the release, grayman!
clearing on 21/10/2012 at 11:01
Congrats on the release, grayman!
bikerdude on 21/10/2012 at 11:07
On a personal note I have to say this is a stunning piece of art by Gman, this is by way and a far the best mission for the darkmod I have ever had the distinct pleasure of playing. I won't be surprised if this becomes most people's favourite TDM mission of all time. The bar has been raised again!
pwl on 21/10/2012 at 15:09
I am downloading now I just finished Old Habits that I just found at The Dark Mod, and now I have another one to play!!! YEEHAW!!:D
Supremcee on 21/10/2012 at 20:28
is start it, go through missiondescription & the goal, click start mission, the loading screen appears and then it sends me back to the mission goals but without seeable text, i click again on "start mission" loading screen come up again for some seconds and then sends me back to the goals......i played all dark mod fms and never had a similar problem......can someone help?
Springheel on 21/10/2012 at 20:44
I had the pleasure of beta-testing this mission. Rather than type up a specific recommendation, here's part of the text I sent grayman after finishing it:
Quote:
I have to say that the entire reason I started working on the mod was a selfish desire to play missions like this one. It was incredibly rich and satisfying on several levels. It has the visual beauty of the best of Biker's missions along with gameplay that rivals Sotha's, and a level of immersion and "reality" that I haven't yet seen in any other mission. The moments of discovery, of truly feeling like you're somewhere you're not supposed to be, and of piecing together the lives of the characters around you, are all exceptional.
This mission is going to blow people's socks off, and the idea that it's the beginning of an extended story makes it all the more exciting.
If you've ever even thought about playing TDM, you owe it to yourself to try this mission.
InfinituS on 21/10/2012 at 21:06
Congrats :D Looks really really awesome!
pwl on 21/10/2012 at 21:12
Quote Posted by Supremcee
is start it, go through missiondescription & the goal, click start mission, the loading screen appears and then it sends me back to the mission goals but without seeable text, i click again on "start mission" loading screen come up again for some seconds and then sends me back to the goals......i played all dark mod fms and never had a similar problem......can someone help?
Do you have 1.08? If you don't you will have to update. Everything worked fine for me I just finished and it is AMAZING !!!!!:eek::cheeky:
