Bikerdude on 22/9/2024 at 18:54

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The Imperial Sword

https://i.imgur.com/DrN43NE.jpg

By: Bikerdude

"When passing through the small town of Brouften, the locals mentioned that the Town Council have been having issues with one of the local nobels. One Lord Drafferi, who has been interrupting Town Council meetings and claiming that nobody on the council has any authority on town matters..."

Notes:

- TDM 2.12 or later is REQUIRED to play this mission.
- This FM is based on an abandoned old version of The Elixir that doesn't resemble the current mission at all as a base for town of Brouften.
- This FM should play on the vast majority of systems. I have perf tweaked this thing to within an inch of its life. And have moved almost all of the VL ligh effects to the ‘ better' LOD level.
- min recommended spec (as per beta testing) Intel Core i7(3rd gen), nvidia 1030 4gb (GDDR5), will get you 60fps inside and 45fps outside.
- Various areas will look better with shadow maps enabled (SoftShadows set to medium/high, Shadows Softness set to zero and LOD set to 'better'), at the possible expense of performance depending on your system specs.

Brunting Steel:

The sword in this mission is made of Brunting Steel which is a semi-mythical metal in the TDM universe. It is similar to Damascus Steel which was famed for it's strength in comparison to other steel swords. In TDM mythology, it was originally forged on an island utopia, similar to the fabled metal "Orichalcum" crafted in Atlantis.

The first mission to mention Brunting Steel is "Crucible of Omens: Behind Closed Doors"

Download Link:

- (v1.4) - (https://drive.google.com/file/d/132dGFQu03VRslwi4ilRiEXdTjlR1KM2D/view?usp=sharing)

Credits:

A big thanks goes to -

- nbhor1more for his fantastic story and readables.
- WellingtonCrab for the fantastic signs, plaques, decals & other textures.
- Mortem desino, Narrator for their awesome and subtle custom dialog.
- Goldwell, for his grumpy old man :-)
- Kingsal for the awesome new grass and flowers.
- Flanders and Melan for their excellent models and textures.
- Nobiax for his excellent small plants - nobiax.deviantart.com.
- kyyrma and GigaGooga for thier ever-handy sounds packs.
- Obstortte for the custom frob script.
- Jackfarmer for the brilliant custom briefing.
- freesound.org for ambient tracks, further details in sndshd file.
- Beta testers: Mat99 (star tester), Nbhormore, Amadeus, Xak, Jackfarmer, MikeA1 and S1lverwolf.

Teaser:

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15yr Anniversary Contest Thread:

- (https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/22413-the-dark-mod-15th-anniversary-contest-entry-thread/)

Bikerdude on 25/9/2024 at 19:43

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I've just uploaded v1.3.4, every bug report to-date has been fixed, now have working sub-titles for the custom audio & briefing and the FM archive size is a bit smaller.

pwl on 5/10/2024 at 14:31

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Finished, it was an amazing mission Thanks Bikerdude!!

pwl

Bikerdude on 10/10/2024 at 19:46

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Evening all

I have uploaded an update (v1.3.6, final version) of the FM, see the OP for the link.

- The briefing has been tweaked to remove some of the confusing aspects, aswell as the audio, so the narration easier to understand.
- There is now more than one exit point to complete then mission.
- A number of annoyances that some players reported have been tweaked or outright changed.
- In game map :-)

Discendo Vox on 12/10/2024 at 01:59

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Once again I find myself in the embarrassing situation of "okay, I can see the secret door, how the heck do I open it?"