New Quake4 Map-Like Thing: "Strombine"

[nbohr1more]

With help from Doom3world and Modwiki luminary Rich_is_Bored I have been compiling a layman's wiki about this technique. Rich even created a demo map and technical illustration:

[lvlshot]http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/images/thumb/5/59/LT_SneaksieDaveScreen.jpg/800px-LT_SneaksieDaveScreen.jpg[/lvlshot]

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Here is my (kinda crappy) projection illustration:

[lvlshot]http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/images/2/25/EnvShot_Projection_LT.JPG[/lvlshot]

Please visit and let me know what you think.

Strombine Tutorial at "The Dark Mod" wiki
http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?ti ... off_Images

Thanks.

nbohr1more

[obsidian]

Whoa! 3 year bump. Good info though, I love how this works on id Tech 4.

[nbohr1more]

Yeah, amongst The Dark Mod mappers there are many who yearn for the look of Light Maps (from Thief) and this is the best solution. It just coincidentally works with the Light Gem...

Even without the Strombine technique The Dark Mod has perty looking missions...

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[obsidian]

How close are you guys towards finishing the game (waits anxiously)?

[dichtfux]

That dark mod screenie looks good.

And bumping the thread made me re-dowload strombine. I haven't fired up Q4 in ages, most likely the last time was when strombine was released.

[nbohr1more]

The Dark Mod is already released.

The original intention was to create a large single-player campaign and then just continue releasing fan missions with help from the community. But the Team is so constrained resource-wise that they have just focused on the Framework and Editor (Dark Radiant). There are over 30 fan missions currently available, you should check them out. The Dark Mod team hopes to someday have as many fan missions as Thief1/2 community (currently over 900!). I will say that there are some snobs over at the forum that scoff at FPS players but most of the community is made of PC gamers who have been around the block and just don't like "console port" or dumbed-down gaming no matter what the genre. Sign-up at the forum and enter the fray!

If you liked Thief, you'll probably love The Dark Mod.

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[Bliccer]

This mod is so cool. I've got it in my moddb watchlist since months. But actually I never had time to play the maps properly...