lost_soul on 19/12/2010 at 23:30
I would suggest "The Knighton Manor". It isn't too tough and it gives you that open-ended experience. However you choose to infiltrate the place and complete the objectives is up to you. There are multiple entrances.
There were some great early missions too, like Living Expenses and The Chalice of Kings.
Springheel on 20/12/2010 at 03:36
Definitely start with the Training Mission so you can try out many of the new features. After that, I'd recommend starting with a small, simple mission to get your feet wet. The following are good candidates:
Outpost
Too Late
Thieves
The Parcel
Melan on 20/12/2010 at 17:47
Special Delivery is also a small mission I find myself replaying with some regularity.
STiFU on 20/12/2010 at 22:56
I would consider "Special Delivery" of higher difficulty though compared to the rest. "Pandora's Box" is also pretty small and rather easy.
"Living Expenses" feels pretty big and has a couple of harder difficulty moments, but also features some really classic thief gameplay. I really love that mission. If it had been up to me, there would still be no winner to the Grand Christmas Contest 2009. It was really a close call between Melan's "Return to the City" and Sonosuke's "Living Expenses" to me.
clearing on 22/12/2010 at 09:51
GREAT! :thumb:
New Horizon on 22/12/2010 at 12:29
At long last The Dark Mod version 1.03 is available for download!To get the update,
just run your tdm_update.exe file or see our website for more info: (
http://www.thedarkmod.com.) http://www.thedarkmod.com. With the new updater the download size for upgrading 1.02 to 1.03 is about 210 MB. A fresh download will weigh about 1.8 GB.
Ultra-short summary- Graphic overhaul: New Ambient method, Interaction Shader and HDR-Lite Post-Processing
- Various code changes with regards to AI, physics, sound, location system, inventory
- New textures (lilies, skyboxes, metal, roof and brick textures)
- New female AI including two new vocal sets "Wench" and "Lady"
- A couple of new models, fixed a few fixed issues with existing models
- Built-in Mission Downloader, plus some changes to the settings GUI
- Added Werebeast and Horse AI, spiders upgraded
- New update system supporting differential downloads
- A couple of new systems are still in preparation, so expect more goodness to come in TDM 1.04 (Overhauled Level of Detail system, AI pathing upgrades and more)
The full changelog can be found on our wiki: (
http://modetwo.net/darkmod/wiki/index.php?title=What%27s_new_in_TDM_1.03) http://modetwo.net/d...new_in_TDM_1.03
Note: While missions are fully compatible with this release, you can NOT load any previously saved games after updating to 1.03. If you're in the middle of playing a mission, you might want to finish it before updating.
A torrent of the full TDM 1.03 whopper will be available soon.
Malleus on 22/12/2010 at 14:11
Is it possible to sort the missions in the Built-in Mission Downloader by release date?
New Horizon on 22/12/2010 at 14:32
Quote Posted by Malleus
Is it possible to sort the missions in the Built-in Mission Downloader by release date?
I don't think we can do that yet, but I can propose it for a future update.
Yandros on 22/12/2010 at 15:07
I'll second that request. I often sort by date in Darkloader to pull the most recent missions to the top.
