[Firefly Trooper]

The Kins, on 18 July 2019 - 11:49 PM, said:

I'm not sure why this thread needed to be bumped... but let's make some actual use out of it: Are there any cool TCs, mods or custom maps that aim to polish any of the released prototype stuff up into a more final form? I know there's some cleaned up weapon and enemy sprites by Cage out there, but I was wondering about playable things rather than standalone assets. An updated, retail-ified version of L6 from LameDuke would kick ass, as unrealistic as it is to ask of anyone on account of it being fuck-off huge. Yeah, I know bits of it made it into the final game, but you know what I mean...

A mod or TC to refine the prototype, apart from LameDuke, I do not see anything else. If not, a mod or TC that enhances the original game, yes absolutely.

[Fantinaikos]

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I'm talking about Beta Enforcer.

I've recreated the Beta Enforcer at my best some time ago (an edited version got a role in AMC TC). The chaingun still vanilla. https://forums.duke4...post__p__291686

[Firefly Trooper]

Fantinaikos, on 19 July 2019 - 07:26 AM, said:

I've recreated the Beta Enforcer at my best some time ago (an edited version got a role in AMC TC). The chaingun still vanilla. https://forums.duke4...post__p__291686

Yes, I had seen it. The work is very good.

[The Kins]

Firefly_Trooper, on 19 July 2019 - 06:28 AM, said:

A mod or TC to refine the prototype, apart from LameDuke, I do not see anything else. If not, a mod or TC that enhances the original game, yes absolutely.

...what?

[Jim Rockford]

Almost everything he posts is some kind of word salad, man.

[Firefly Trooper]

A good meal from Duke, with scripting sauce.

[Altered Reality]

 The Kins, on 18 July 2019 - 11:49 PM, said:

An updated, retail-ified version of L6 from LameDuke would kick ass

I was experimenting with that concept last year. I gave up, due to the Polymer lights I had added randomly disappearing. https://forums.duke4...656#entry295656

[MusicallyInspired]

That happens when there are too many at once. I discovered that in my Black Mesa remake map I never finished. If you don't know, you can set the priority of Polymer lights with the 3 transparency settings of the SE sprite. Higher priority lights will pushed to the top of the list of Polymer lights to keep and lower priority will be removed (deactivated) first.

[Altered Reality]

How many is too many? So far, this is what I have.

In the street:
- 14 white lights for the lampposts
- one more white light for the bar entrance
- two red lights for the bar and cinema signs
- a gray light for the big screen on the building wall

In the bar:
- a gray light for the TV
- a blue light for the cocktail glass neon sign
- one more blue light, and a red light, for the dancing floor

The only lights that disappear are the white lights on the street.

[MusicallyInspired]

I'm not sure. I think it's possibly dependent on hardware performance? I'm not sure what governs it. I think it's also only true for lights that are visible at any one time.

[Firefly Trooper]

I myself tested LameDuke with Dosbox and that is really fascinating.

[Altered Reality]

MusicallyInspired, on 22 July 2019 - 08:50 AM, said:

I'm not sure. I think it's possibly dependent on hardware performance? I'm not sure what governs it. I think it's also only true for lights that are visible at any one time.

My PC is not exactly underperforming (i7 2600 @ 3.4 GHz, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 10 GB of RAM) so I'll write it down to Polymer's lack of optimization.

Meanwhile, with Darkplaces...

Spoiler

https://i.imgur.com/LGQ83zz.jpg

[MusicallyInspired]

I do know I didn't even have 14 lights in my map and they were disappearing.