What's new in TDM 1.05

See also the changelog on our bugtracker page: Roadmap

Version 1.05 of The Dark Mod is currently in freeze/testing and is expected to be released in the near future.

Changes / Features / Issues fixed

• #720: Guards can be made to repeat their door-closing cycle (AI)
• #1145: AI trying doors they cannot open (AI)
• #1330: weapons sometimes hover in midair after AI goes ragdoll (AI)
• #2209: Alert entity proposal (Coding)
• #2283: Playing cards have invalid mass (Coding)
• #2468: monsters immune to gas arrows (AI)
• #2469: Werebeast not affected by flashbomb (AI)
• #2560: AI Freezing during search (AI)
• #2568: Rats push heavy moveables too powerfully (Physics)
• #2578: SEED: Make sure we do not combine entities which cannot be combined (SEED)
• #2604: AI do not play "gassed" bark (AI)

• #2621: Add Boost 1.45 static libs for VC++ 2010 (Coding)
• #2632: add hide_distance support to func_smoke (Coding)
• #2634: Need a way for the mapper to prevent lod_bias hiding important entities (Coding)
• #2635: hide_distance < lod_distance is ignored (Coding)
• #2637: triplet down models/darkmod/architecture/chimneys/square_stone (Models)
• #2640: Searching AI will freeze long distances from a stim point if they can see the point (AI)
• #2646: WARNING: Door XYZ is not within a valid AAS area (Coding)
• #2650: Rats close doors (AI)
• #2654: Map start triggered cutscenes kill floating AI's (AI)
• #2659: Rotating doors with (tiny) translation incorrectly clear the "first_frob_open" flag (Coding)
• #2661: Shop item description display sometimes missing/wrong (GUI)
• #2662: models/darkmod/architecture/awnings_ roofs/awning_cloth_01_large.lwo has some stray verts (Models)
• #2664: invert_on_trigger on func_rotating bug (Coding)
• #2667: AI Moving Untouched Movables (Physics)
• #2668: Combat State 'unhelmeted' AI are blackjackable from any angle. (AI)
• #2669: A patrolling AI blocked by movables can get stuck treadmilling. (AI)
• #2670: Running AIs should not close doors behind them. (AI)
• #2672: Ingame objectives scroll arrows overlap text (GUI)
• #2673: KO fails if player steps too close to AI, despite blackjack visually making contact. (Def / Setup)
• #2674: Blackjack collision box not properly aligned to blackjack (Def / Setup)
• #2676: Lighting lights does not activate binarymovers (Script / Def)
• #2680: Need a LOD data manager (SEED)
• #2683: Crash when starting The Thieves (AI)
• #2684: Rats cause assertion failures when using debug DLL (Coding)
• #2685: Chalice of Kings tickles an assert when using a Debug DLL (AI)
• #2690: AI become confused when chasing player through a door (AI)
• #2691: AI open prefab doors when searching or when chasing the player (AI)
• #2692: AI sometimes block a door they're opening (AI)
• #2694: An AI running toward a closed door can fall into circling behavior at the door (AI)
• #2700: An AI using a door can get blocked and hold up the entire door queue. (AI)

AI

• Significant improvements to Blackjack mechanics and functionality.
• More AI pathfinding and door handling enhancements

Entities

• New alert sound entity
• New Loot entities
• "func_emitter" entities can have multiple particles at once
• Keys and important small items like loot purses are now a bit brighter than before, and should be more easy to see

LOD (Level of Detail)

• A new memory manager to keep track of LOD entities
• Enhanced hide_distance control options
• Enhanced LOD Bias control
• "func_smoke" has hide_distance support

See also

• What's new in TDM 2.12 (Older releases: What's new in TDM 2.11, What's new in TDM 2.10, What's new in TDM 2.09, v2.08, v2.07, v2.06, v2.05, v2.04, v2.03, v2.02, v2.01, v2.00, v1.08, v1.07, v1.06, v1.05, v1.04, v1.03, v1.02, v1.01)
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