KoW - D.R.E.A.M.

King of Worms · Post by **King of Worms** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:31 pm

Seferoth wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:10 pm We can wait! Again, thanks for the new version.

Was my pleasure

its already up for windows, linux will follow today (its uploading and takes hours) OSX tomorrow.

This update will have nice date on it

Seferoth · Post by **Seferoth** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:46 pm

King of Worms wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:31 pm
Seferoth wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:10 pm We can wait! Again, thanks for the new version.
Was my pleasure its already up for windows, linux will follow today (its uploading and takes hours) OSX tomorrow.

This update will have nice date on it

Perfect date indeed. Made a donation for you as well. Merry Christmas and thanks for the wonderful present for us Daggerfall lovers.

King of Worms · Post by **King of Worms** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:51 pm

Wow thats nice of You

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate anyone who actually decides to donate or say something kind back to me. I hope u will enjoy new version! Merry Christmas

emmathepony · Post by **emmathepony** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:52 pm

I had a friend who uses PP to donate on my behalf, too!

Is there a changelog for the new version?

King of Worms · Post by **King of Worms** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:02 pm

Thanks a lot for support

It did not feel like it was actually one year process to release this version, time runs by too fast :X
Ive added change log to the nexus few hours ago, its also added to the downloaded package but will paste it here as well for convenience.

DREAM 2022 v1.0 CHANGELOG

Spoiler!

emmathepony · Post by **emmathepony** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:03 am

So basically lots more content, better and fixed more broken vanilla assets.

Ragavar · Post by **Ragavar** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:41 pm

Woah, grats on the new release KoW! Love the work you've put into this project.

Daedrix · Post by **Daedrix** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 6:50 pm

Hello everyone and thanks to KoW for sharing his D.R.E.A.M. with all of us!

I'm going to post a personal review of DREAM v1.00 with my opinions on what I've found so far, with suggestions on what could be changed or added in the next release.
Please KoW keep in mind that anything I'm going to write I do with my utmost respect towards you and your amazing work.

Textures

First of all, I found a texture bug in the Gaerhalt Vaults in the Daggerfall region:

They look like the new textures used inside the mainland temple type.

Speaking of which, I would have liked if you had given us two versions of the textures, one more vanilla-like, like the one in the 2020 Release, and the 2022 one fully modded, so that we can choose which one to play with.
For now I'm using the 2020 version texture module, but since it was not created with the new linear lighting system in mind, it looks bad in some places, especially with ambient occlusion on.
Still inside the temples, I think the statues of the gods could use an overhaul, since in the current version they just look like normal people

while their vanilla version was more "esoteric" and particular (here I'm using the Pure Vanilla Extract mod)

Still speaking about the statues, some of them look fantastic, a faithful HD representation of their vanilla counterparts

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while others have lost a bit of "character" in the HD transition

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Pink marble was actually historically used

NPCs

This dancer character I'm sure it's not yet finished. You could use her portrait from the dialogue screen to finally give her a face

I like the new faces, but I preferred the old face for this one specific character, it had more personality imo

but that's just me

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HUD and Menu

I like the new "map" background you gave to the local area map,

but I think it would've been cool if you had assigned the vanilla rocky background to another shortkey (F10?) instead of completely replacing it

As of now you can only change the spell icons from the spell book. That doesn't cover the buff and debuff icons though, which remain vanilla and break the coherency of the HUD.
The vanilla interaction icons could also use an HD upscale. Not a full restyle, just a faithful HD recreation, so that they're not the only pixellated element in a pristine HD HUD.
The last HUD nitpick is the Start New Game/Load Game screen. The signature at the bottom kinda breaks the immersion I'm playing a remaster and reminds me I'm playing with a mod. The 2020r version was already perfect imho. It had the intro fmv with your credits, which was skippable, and a clean Start New Game/Load Game screen.

Lastly things that are completely unrelated to DREAM, and depend surely on the new 0.13.4 DFU.
The Anisotropy and Texture Quality settings in the Nvidia Control Panel make no difference in-game. They still worked in 0.12.3. Maybe new Nvidia drivers would fix it??
The Real-Time Reflection mod no longer works in v0.13.4 (I've already posted a message on the mod's Nexus page, as it will surely need an update).
I'm writing these here because you know the inner workings of DFU and what has changed between the old stable version and the new DFU release and why things that used to work no longer do.

Again, I did not write this review with the slightest amount of malice or pretentiousness on your regard.
I'm ever grateful, as everyone here, to you and to your masterful Work.
DREAM is an essential component to spread the knowledge of this wonderful game to the new generations, and to preserve its enjoyability into the coming years.
That's why I wanted to propose my modest opinions on what I think could be done to improve and enrich it even more, giving to those who would prefer a more vanilla-like experience the possibility to enjoy the DREAM to the fullest.

Thank you again

King of Worms · Post by **King of Worms** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 7:15 pm

Hi

Thanks for the feedback!

That wooden texture is a bummer indeed :X Did not realize this change will translate elswhere in the world. Blah.

I might take a look at the statues again.

The dancers are really hard to do, its too much frames, the face is facing multiple directions so you cant just paste a face there. Also there are many dancers. I will pass on this for now or maybe someone will help with this. I did what was possible, they still look much better than originals.

Faces I will think about.

Reverting temples back, dont think so really... maybe someone will create a better ones and u can overwrite mine.

The background - if possible, I might assign to f10 but I have no clue on how to do that, as that requires some coding and that I cant do... its VERY hard to find anyone to help me with the project, cheers to the exceptions. But even this fact, that ppl just kind of seem to dissmiss me and myself asking for help, is quite honestly something removing my will to continue on this.

Those base icons are I believe already modded by someone. Just download his mod. I might ask him to merge. Or make em on my own.

No idea on the anisotropy. Thats completely different ballpark than what Im playing at. Same as real time reflections.

Thanks a lot for feedback, I appreciate it. Im just quite tired with the mod atm... seems like a neverending task

Daedrix · Post by **Daedrix** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:25 pm

Thanks for the answer

Pity about the vanilla upscaled temples. Their 2020r version but with the new lighting adjustments would have been the top.
Bah, no matter. I'll just play with the 2020 textures module

I can hardly imagine how burnt out you must feel after one year of work on the 2022 release. I've worked on the mods of a few games myself, but nothing even remotely as expansive as DREAM. So I feel you if you want to take a break from modding .

I would gladly help if only I had any idea of what to do, but I've zero experience with Unity.

I couldn't find those buff/debuff icons you are talking about. On this forum I found an old topic of what would have become the spell icons already included in DREAM, and on the Nexus I found various icon packs that add, do not replace, the classic icons.
From that same topic I learned how to replace the classic icons though. So, with the HD icons already included in DREAM, I can assemble an icon pack for buffs/debuffs and tune it to my liking.

If anything decent comes out of it, I can post it here XD

This is the "Orc Strenght" buff.
But since that spell slot is used for other effects, many of which totally unrelated to fighting, I'll need to use another, more abstract, icon that goes well with everything.

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