snobel on 9/8/2012 at 17:55
I think the two projects mostly complement each other. The main purpose of the Upgrade is to make playing T3 (and FMs!) on modern computers a painless experience, the tweaks are really an afterthought.
That said there's certainly an overlap where Minimalist features have general appeal, and I'd love to have e.g. loot glint tweaks in the Upgrade. But time is limited, and for the time being the best solution is to get the two projects to co-exist nicely.
Seckino on 29/9/2012 at 19:58
How can I revert back to default - silent creeping??..would you please tell me which files need to be configured?
Beleg Cúthalion on 1/10/2012 at 10:40
I'm pretty sure I changed it for my FM with ini tweaks (cannot say, though, if done manually or copied from the MP). However, I wasn't able to find it right there. Maybe New Horizon knows.
Seckino on 1/10/2012 at 15:11
Hmm...but apparently,New Horizon doesn't seem to be visiting this topic anymore..I'll try sending a PM if that tweaks thread doesn't provide a solution..thank you folks..
Kethoth on 4/2/2013 at 19:28
When I install new version of minimalist project, the fonts in main menu are horrible, mouse look is too fast, and there is no option for changing mouse speed. Is it because I have Polish version of the game or what?
Beleg Cúthalion on 4/2/2013 at 21:44
I cannot give you clear instructions without having a closer look myself, but:
1. It has nothing to do with language versions. The MP tackles the mission files (gmp/ibt) and ini files to make its changes and there should be nothing really language-related in that (language stuff is in some ini sections and mostly *.sch schema files).
2. The fonts are made smaller to avoid the big xBox/TV look that PC gamers hate. I don't know if it looks weird with some characters used for Polish language, but otherwise it's a standard Thief font and was chosen for that. :erg:
3. The mouse look was one of the things to compensate for the strange body awareness issues when controlling Garrett. I believe there is a ini hack for that (look for one of those huge lists of TDS ini tweaks here on the forum or via Google) so you could decrease its effect after having installed MP. Strictly speaking the fonts could be changed this way, too, but that is quite a bit of work. You'll find instructions in the ini tweaks or on this forum, though.
New Horizon on 15/4/2013 at 12:08
Since I no longer have all of the source files I can't do any 'proper' updates without rebuilding the entire Minimalist Project, however I've found a way to do some minor updates and inject them into the .exe file. Been a lot of complaints about the AI difficulty with Minimalist, so I'm going to release a minor update to fix that issue. I might see if I can tweak anything else, but if not I'll have the update posted in a day or two.
Beleg Cúthalion on 16/4/2013 at 07:10
That's great news. I wonder, though, if we can finally combine all the TDS tweaks into one (except for maybe JohnP textures, that might be difficult for reasons of size). Snobel and I already discussed whether or not to include the combined TDS levels into the Sneaky Upgrade; and this would probably require tweaking all other ibt-altering patches as well like your MP or the JohnP textures.
New Horizon on 17/4/2013 at 01:01
Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion
That's great news. I wonder, though, if we can finally combine all the TDS tweaks into one (except for maybe JohnP textures, that might be difficult for reasons of size). Snobel and I already discussed whether or not to include the combined TDS levels into the Sneaky Upgrade; and this would probably require tweaking all other ibt-altering patches as well like your MP or the JohnP textures.
Turns out it doesn't work. The installer for Minimalist was written by John.P with NSIS installer scripting language. I would have to learn the scripting language and rebuild the entire script from scratch, adding hundreds of files to the script by hand. I've always wanted to know how to write an installer by hand, but I simply don't know if I have the time. I've got two jobs and a kid..so..
