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Early Access ALPHA 1.11.1 -------------------------------------------------------- Stealth gameplay improved and completely rebalanced. Playing The Tower as a stealth/exploration game should now be far more entertaining than before. Improved soundscapes, polished levels, fixed Shotgun, major bug fi...

Hey Kamroarl ... to which bugs are you referring?

There is something behind this, but... this might be a secret that remains so forever, as we won't be confirming whether any possible answer is the "correct" one.

Ford, a more accurate answer from me would have been "maybe".

By "No", I meant " I choose not to comment on this".

Just for anyone that happens to find this thread - importing Universes from CONSORTIUM is now just a matter of having CONSORTIUM installed and starting a new universe in The Tower. Any end-games from CONSORTIUM will be found automatically.

-Retuned/tweaked/fixed all changes from 1.26 -Civilian Defense - Protective civilian bunker now spawns in much earlier. -Virtual Trainer tutorial - healing nanite tutorial now only requires that you start healing, not finish it. -Basic bullet damage significantly buffed -New / Updated ending message...

Do you recall when you actually made the save? Was it immediately upon waking up or did you wait awhile?

Thank-you! We'll see what we can make of this.

Absolutely it's OK! Please do, our games need all the exposure possible!

Cheers!

BlueShift: It WAS bugged but is fixed now in alphatest.

All of the switches can be reached with super jumping and ledge grabbing. It's true that the two in the water are tricky because of the water and turrets. You don't need the FFS to get out of the water, though - you can ledge grab out of it with the center platform.

Some really great posts above. A bunch of stuff is already on the list but lots of this is exactly what we're looking for, so thanks. The WaterHub is very much supposed to be extremely deadly and difficult. It allows one to bypass things that otherwise require other types of gameplay (combat or dipl...

Tomato: We will fix that area around the tub, for sure. re, subtitles: we have made some improvements to how they work since the first game. It's unclear to me what issues you're having with them. We know there are still issues when multiple people are talking at once. But is there something else th...

NOTE: the following build is now available via syncing to the Steam beta "alphatest". Early Access ALPHA 1.4 (Rev #4778) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- KNOWN ISSUES -There is a known crash that can happen when using “streaming doors” near and around the ...

Prandy, welcome to the Forum! :) I just had a thought about this: rather than "Deep Narrative", I'm thinking that instead this should be called simply "Narrative Web". As in, a game with a narrative web, which both Consortium and The Tower do. I believe any game that was truly built on top of a narr...

Thank-you!

Source, as in source code.

Early Access ALPHA 1.3 (Rev #4681) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIG UPDATES [Update] The “iDGi-1 ending tunnels” now have content! Find an iDGi-1 tunnel (there are 13 of them to be found in the current build…) and walk to the end of them to experience ...

HOTFIX: Early Access ALPHA 1.21.2 (Rev #4604) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (fix also applied to Demo) UPDATES [Update] Health damage feedback improvements - still in tuning process. [Update] Extreme low temperature Util drain rates lowered FIXES [Fix] ...

If you have lost your email and still haven't redeemed your key, simply IM me your email address you used to back us on Fig and I'll get you sorted right away.

HOTFIX: Early Access ALPHA 1.21.1 (Rev #4599) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (fix also applied to Demo) UPDATES [Update] Tweaked new public opinion bonus and penalty values FIXES [Fix] Save sphere removals to prevent horrible bug where Elon appears invis...

Early Access ALPHA 1.21 (Rev #4592) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIG UPDATE [Update] Introducing a completely re-envisioned Agitation and Stealth meter. Now the two are clearly separated which should help make the meters more intuitive. In addition, th...

This version brings a ton more bug fixes, many of which were discovered by many of you awesome people playing out there. Thank-you!! A couple notes and known issues: -The Lobby level is still undergoing fixing, polishing and optimizing. A bunch of improvements to it are included in this version, but...

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Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:34 pm
As I posted in the comments of the latest update on Fig, somebody has claimed my key so I'm unable to play. What now?

PM me the email you used to back us on Fig and we'll get you sorted.

Thank-you Tomato78!

You said "Another" secret thing you couldn't take. Have their been others you couldn't take?

Early Access ALPHA 1.1 (Rev #4487 ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- So this version is mostly a big bug fixing and existing content/mechanics polishing and revision patch based on all of the feedback from new players that have dived in as well as our back...

Also, @Mykll - incredible video and bug reports. Thank-you.

BlueShiftRecall: Thank-you so much for the bug reports, we're putting these to the top of our list to fix! - Not a bug just a story observation. In this quest line I took the option of discovering the gun had been tampered and went back to Odin, after this and some talking with him he told me to sti...

Thank-you so much, Jed Parry, for sharing your honest and candid thoughts on the game as it is now. We deeply appreciate hearing some honest criticism, these kind of posts help us the most! :) Hello! I'd like to share my thought about The Tower. Long ramblings ahead!) Allright. Not I've ever been a ...

Fascinating discussion and one I am keen to chime in on. I think one of the aspects that drew me to the "Deep Narrative" moniker that Ford invented is the gameworld itself. This is in addition to the points Ford raises about deeply layered choices and consequences throughout the narrative, effective...

We added a front-end feature for this, will be in the next update.

Hey Odin is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me....oh it's just a gun. :lol: This has happened to me a few times now. How broken does he become when this occurs? Can he still fight/equip his gun normally, or no? Also, any ideas on how to replicate this? Is it only after loadin...

Send us a saved game that is ideally very close to where you crash. In other words, if you crash while getting into an elevator, say, then save your game near that elevator (the closest save sphere). Attach your saved game to a post here along with instructions on what needs doing to cause the crash.

This thread is for constructive feedback or general thoughts on our game. Please avoid posting about bugs in here, or we might miss them! Early Access ALPHA 1.0 (Rev #4370) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING / DISCLAIMER / KNOWN ISSUES -This game is ...

Post your bugs here. Text reports are awesome, but if possible screenshots to help convey the bug are even more awesome, and videos are downright spectacular. If you get crashes, please post your "crash dump" if one exists (i.e the text box that shows up after the game crashes).

Squee: Did you find your key? Just shoot me a private message on here with your Fig email address and I'll get you into the backer section!

Great suggestion. We are working on this problem right now in fact!

Did you ever find a way around this? A bunch of us have Rifts and have not seen this issue occur....although there do seem to be quite a few cases where SteamVR and the Oculus software do annoying things...

Scratch that, all fixed! Turns out it was an incompatibility with one of the extensions that was introduced when upgrading to v3.2 of phpBB.

hmmmm......this may take some time to track down. Sorry about that. Sucks that email notifications don't work, that's kind of key to livening this place up I think!

Due to a driver incompatibility issue with the "Dream Warping", some folks can't see anything when shunted into Quantum Limbo at the end. They see a roughly oval shape. A future patch will probably remove this, but to fix this when it occurs: 1) Make sure the developer console is enabled from the ma...

Ford, it will be awhile until the importing interface is given another pass...

Drog, email support@interdimensionalgames.com or just private message me here and we'll get you sorted.

Great work, Ford!! So cool of you to do this for everyone.

Silenthunder : Check that you didn't accidentally paste in the "/" at the end of the URL when copy/pasting it from the browser address bar ...

Try Alt-Enter .

Step 1) Locate the EndGame_# files found in your Consortium/SAVE folder. Step 2) Make a new folder in Consortium The Tower/thetower/Saved called "c1saves" (no quotes) Step 3) Copy any EndGame saved game files into c1saves. Step 4) Run game normally and after selecting "Access Quantum Stream", you sh...

Wrong game? :-)

We really, deeply appreciate your concerns about our wellbeing. Truly!! :D

However, in the grand scheme of things, things really are going according to plans put down in early 2016. Game is coming together like a massive jigsaw puzzle, at this point. :)

The short answer, Mykll, is have no fear - Fig has our backs. They've been supporting us with their own funds due to the extreme reservation collecting delays, so from our point of view everything is on track as originally planned. It has indeed been a long road to opening the unaccredited investmen...

64 bit, no question.

well the point of the survey was to choose your favourite aspects of the meta fiction. A post that says you wanted to choose all 5 works, though. ;-)

Ah, gotcha Ford. We'll have the "extreme" alignment options in The Tower be quite a bit lower than these values to help ensure it will work.

Amazing work, Ford. To anyone that reads this: If you have Consortium installed and a saved game that is near the end of the game: We would appreciate checking the above numbers and making sure that YOUR alignment numbers with NPCs fall within the above min and max levels....post if you find any iss...

Yep, flying down on Tuesday. No definitive plans for others just yet, curious why you're asking?

Game Developer's Conference ? Happening next week in San Francisco

To comment any further would technically constitute a spoiler...

Yes! Let there be a way to get this forum humming in 2017! :-)

We're still working out what will be the final solution. Luckily, the facial animations and phonemes are basically one of the last things we need to do in producing this, so it's not holding anything back. Also, there's FAR less in-person dialog than C1.

Nope, and we never did that with C1 either.

Starting this thread to post random photos that may arise out of VO recording studio sessions for The Tower!

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Hi there, Great questions. The "love relationship" question is a common one. No promises, but we'll do our best. The reason it's complicated is largely due to the story of The Tower being about a major geopolitical debacle, and all your friends from Consortium being on Zenlil. Kind of hard to have a...

So, there's been some changes to this for story and scope reasons, but continuity is still a super high priority. We're just...changing how Game One will continue for meta-fiction reasons. And this means we don't need to update the entirety of Zenlil for The Tower, which dramatically increases our a...

Black Mirror comes to mind as must-see-TV! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror

That's a good question. It's pretty hard to find the correct answer, however....

My never released Cavedog game "Amen: The Awakening" is the most direct inspiration - that game was 60% done when Cavedog fell apart, forcing the project's cancellation. Do you know who owns Amen: The Awakening now? If The Tower did really well, is that something you'd consider buying rights to and...

Well the underworld games are dungeon crawlers, but there also immersive simulation games that were made by the same studio that went on to make Thief, System Shock, Deus Ex. Consortium and a lot of other games owe quite a bit to Underworld. Absolutely it does! That game, and those others (except D...

Right on fanatictentacle!! We're aiming to apply everything we learned from making the first game, and that's a LOT of stuff.

Well, we are aiming to get the game as polished as possible before release to correct the mistake we made making Game One. So, this means cutting back the number of sheer features and focussing on polishing, balancing and iterating on a finished set of features for as long as possible. The longer we...

Ford, this is certainly a good and valid question. The answer is a little complicated. The Fig total includes most of the PayPal money received, but not quite all, given a few more backers have come onboard over the past couple months. However, we're still technically JUST below the stretch goal amo...

Welcome Hassun from the Discord channel!

This is an open ended poll that I'm curious about, for any and all fans that stop by.

This particular reward is pretty simple. You choose a name you want added to the lore, we make sure it gets added. It can be your name, or someone elses, or any name that isn't obscene or something. :-) Yep you can be sure it will make it into the lore and you will be able to find the article. In Th...

Ha! The hilarious thing is that it was complete fiction in the 80s when that movie was made. :-)

This is such an open ended concept. Take ANY modern tech back in time and it would seriously potentially disrupt tons of industries and fundamentally alter the course of human history. It's almost irrelevant to talk about which particular tech, though the invention of the atom bomb was utterly inevi...

Completely free, held on Discord, lots of great developers are contributing! https://zettabytempr.wordpress.com/conference/ Discord invite link: https://discordapp.com/invite/PUDGC I am speaking twice: 9am PST, Tuesday July 26th. I'll be speaking for an hour to chat generally about my career, what I...

Technically, every single action, or even thought, causes ripples in the timeline. Free will, and all that. We encourage it. :-)

Lurkers R US. ;-)

This is all truly gold, and we will definitely take it all into account when upgrading the info console! :-) Thank-you!

Great question. We'll work to get those distributed before the end of this month, possibly quite a bit earlier. We will email All CONSORTIUM ROOKS about this soon...

Except you're squishing it! ;-)

If you wish to be upgraded and gain access to the Backer Only board -- open only to backers of Consortium: The Tower at the "Consortium Initiate" level or higher either via our Fig campaign or our ongoing PayPal campaign -- follow these instructions: 1) Email support@interdimensionalgames.com and wr...

Funny, Ford, you literally stumbled on our EXACT solution for streaming levels on the other side of doors. Except that Rooks do the hacking work, the Bishop just provides the interface. :-) We can't promise it will work for sure, but we feel pretty confident about it!

Actually I'm happy to report that we are aiming to stream everything. We do have some creative transitions planned as streaming time is variable across different machines.

Traditional loading may be required for some parts, but we're hoping our streaming solution will work for the whole game.

Still to be decided. We're settling into production and should have the daily updates and secret forum access ready to go before the end of this month. I could see the first Q&A session coming in July, but an exact date is TBD.

Yes. Progress is being made with the SEC though, so hold onto those reserved funds! We're obviously counting on your investments for a big chunk of our development budget. The timing should all work out well.

Hi there, Our deepest apologies for our not getting back to you! Shoot me a private message on here and I'll get you sorted with a link to the DRM free special edition. Also, if you are a super backer, you get all Consortium games for free, remember? So we can hook you up with a free Steam key as we...

We have a unique approach to how we're going to incorporate new players, but it's one we're not ready to 100% divulge just yet. Details are being finalized though, much of it (as always) based on the story and meta-story elements.

Jito - should be 2 weeks max, we'll go through all paypallers, confirm Super Backer status and send money back to match the Super Backer discounts.

It sounds like it's a pretty small percentage overall, so we should be OK. :-)

Some really good thoughts/ideas in here, we will definitely be taking them into consideration! Thank-you for sharing. :-)

Vennir: Was your game started from scratch after the latest update, or was it loaded from a saved game?

Looks like Alpha Protocol is gonna win this!

Wow, Vennir, your score must be impressive, and certainly could win you a poster! I hope you took a screenshot? That the BUS didn't show is very odd indeed, that's been working fine. You mean guys just stopped spawning...? If you have a saved game I would recommend letting yourself die by the final ...

Yeah, I'm not too surprised that this level is bringing to light some bugs that remained hidden due to the core game not having this much combat. The thing is, we don't want to spend too much time fixing C1 bugs, as we want to focus hard on The Tower! Lots to do...

Vennir: Thanks so much for that, it really helped me see the issues. Should be all fixed now - though no guarantees that saved games will work correctly with the update!! -Fixed BUS inventory -Fixed missing end state when killing BUS - (actually the BUS was blinking away, so fixed that) -Fixed BUS n...

Ford: awesome report, thank-you!! I will happily take a saved game from BEFORE you killed the BUS, and I'll look into what happened at the end.... Because the contest is on now, I won't be adjusting score stuff at all, but will do when integrating it with the game proper and hooking it up to the ste...

The BUS boss will not succumb to incapacitating, you must kill it...and get an extra 1000 points for doing so. So, new version is up: -fixed up game ending for when player or all civies die -fixed player collision issues on grid walls -Added more of a real pause in between waves. Longer pauses for l...

Ford: "I assume that's not true of the BUS or that would be too easy"

You assume correctly.

Ford, you may not realize, but a fully charged CEAR sonic blast can take down even a fully shielded enemy...

New version up. -Moved lower spawners up a level -Fixed failing to reset map a second time? (hopefully should work for multiple plays??) -fixed BUS guy shooting immediately -fixed teleporting guys -fix for guys falling out of the level -add “PERFECT Run!” when incapping all and civies are unharmed a...

Yeah, I am also extremely nitpicky about that sort of stuff, so we should be OK. ;-)

We heartily encourage everyone to help with this effort!! :-) What is the highest alignment you have achieved with all of our characters? B Because of the way we made our game, there actually isn't any painless way to truly figure out what the highest and lowest Alignment values are for all of the c...

Here would have been fine. :-)

This has been updated with the major issues wiped out. New spawn point higher up added, spawning frequency changed, starting ammo reduced, new end boss added. Looking to officially announce the existence of this level on Monday... no features added/fixed (this isn't a full scale development venture,...

So, one option: we JUST received our Kickstarter backer edition of the Oculus Rift, and I've been dying to play VR Adr1ft - perhaps I could stream myself doing that?

If you guys were to seriously role-play onboard Hesperus, there is a seriously good chance you may influence the real lore of the game. :-) If you strike magic and have awesome stuff happening, that is.... ;-)

Psychophobe : We are 100% on the same wavelength, do not worry. :-) Have you played the original CONSORTIUM? It follows ALL of these rules already.... The primary health mechanic uses what we call Medical Nanites, which are tiny robots that can repair physical damage to yourself, with a very high Ut...

Mykll - I love that idea.

Yep, wait a couple days to get whatever suggestions emerge, then go ahead and make a poll - once the poll is up we'll use our social networks to try and get more folks to vote! :-)

better! https://discordapp.com/invite/0wreWO2NukVU3vSD

Some time well after the dust settles and we've settled into production. Late June may be the first one, possibly July.

We have indeed received your pledge, thank-you! We'll send out an email to all paypal backers soon. And we'll get your super backer discount sorted as well.

Historian: wow!! I loved reading that. It truly sounds authentic...... hmmm.... Well done.

Hmm I missed this. How did you follow R13? Into the elevator?? That should be impossible...

If your rewards include t-shirts, choose the designs and sizes. The reward images on the campaign page show the designs for "Seeker Prophecy" , "Zenlil Backer" and "Tower Backer".

Stargatefreak: Correct! You are a super backer and will receive all of the rewards. Don't worry all of you will start receiving updates and additional confirmations ! :-)

I think something that would be cool (and doable as far as I know) is a quasi-"lobby" where Seekers can sit down and have a nice chat about all the stuff they went through and/or give eachother advice and stuff. Would bring the communiity closer together and give people another reason to boot up th...

The U.S $ to CDN $ exchange rate changed quite a bit from Jan to now. If you ARE a super backer then you get the exchange difference from your original pledge so we just refund you the amount owed if you pledge via PayPal... :-)

Hey folks,

This thread is to tell us of any rewards you would very much like to be made into add-ons. We removed a few that we had during the KS campaign...are there any you would like to see brought back?

Let us know!

Yes! If you're entitled to be super backer, simply put your KS email address into the extra field when pledging, and mention "super backer"

Hmmm - it works for me: are you blocking pop-ups, perchance?

PayPal now online! http://thetowergame.com/

Yes! PayPal is coming...apologies for the delay. Will post here when it's up....

VERY cool to see you here, Spencer (sechastain), after all this time!!

Mighty fine points, Historian. By "simulation", we basically mean anything that makes the world and everything in it more believable and alive. We'll go as far as we can in this aspect with the base funding but the larger our budget, the deeper we'll be able to go. It all comes down to additional fe...

++ What Thriesteve said! The key takeaway for what we definitely want to achieve with The Tower is: while there may be certain key scenes that everyone will have to experience, the theme and specific story content of many of those key scenes may differ quite a bit due to past player decisions and ev...

There MUST be some others that are intrigued about what the message that is buried here is... :D

Yep I noticed that, not sure why - might be how I stopped broadcasting, not really sure of the "correct" way to do that.

Ford: It's uploading to the YouTube archive now...

Brilliant post, Historian. You assume a lot, though. ;-) I quite agree, removing the player triggered events is an interesting idea. Another example in those you listed is having to chat with the Queen to trigger either the Wade incident (if it hasn't been triggered yet) and/or Pawn 64 begging to ta...

This thread is for open ended discussion about our stretch goal which we have yet to reveal - EXPANDED SIMULATION.

Based on just the name, what do you hope/expect it will be? Share your thoughts, opinions and ideas below!

These issues will be fixed in the next version for sure (v1.26)

THANK-YOU TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. We are going to make this game.

I'd love to work a chat room into this forum. We'll investigate that for sure...

The physical Backer Special Edition is also available as an add-on, you can add it when confirming your base pledge. :-)

Yep, Ford, that's our back-up plan in motion.

Fixed that typo, thx Ford. Glad you're all sorted now. The details on that reward are sketchy at this point, because it's very design will be derived from backers collaborating and discussing ideas! We will literally make a special section of this forum that's only accessible to the folks who have t...

Ford: You get to have all of the rewards of your original tier in addition to whatever new stuff is in the Fig tier....

You will see when you redeem the link I just sent you...

Ford: what is your email address? is it @hotmail, perchance? If so, private message me your email and I'll send you your custom link.

fanatictentacle: Your superbacker reward includes everything you pledged for on KS, regardless of the new tiers. So no, you don't need to pledge anymore to get what you previously pledged to get.

Ford: when did you fill out the form?

Yeah that wiki sprang up from our initial burst of public content in 2010. The content slowed after the first couple months, though, and the wiki has been sporadically updated since then. It would truly be awesome if it eventually turned into a comprehensive online lore encyclopedia of sorts (for st...

Ford, do you want a spoiler on where to find the genesis one?

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Ford, yep. We're still working on exactly how to have the pawns involved in the unfolding story of The Tower, but we very much want to allow C1 players to continue ALL relationships started in the first game...

I completed a full playthrough of X-com 1, loved it, but---for some reason I haven't yet felt the urge to play the sequel. Not entirely sure why... re Witcher 3: Some impressive stats, Ford. :-) Yeah, I just love the pacing and variety in the game, it's really staggering. The world-building is also ...

We love our cast, and our cast loves us and their characters. Barring unforeseen circumstances, you can rest assured that the original cast will be back for The Tower and hopefully beyond!

When I actually have time to play games, I'm still making my way through The Witcher 3. Phenomenal game, across almost all categories. It is my personal 2015 Game of The Year but I'll probably still be making my way through it by the end of 2016, heh. For some reason, for this game, I'm feeling the ...

Cool suggestions mattig89ch - we are totally open to expanding the board with more topics like those, if enough folks concur....

I'm just wondering if I have to back IMMEDIATELY to get the super backer, or if I can and not need all those funds in my bank account immediately, due to same thing as Kickstarter. Due to some purchases (primarily a few game things and some commissioned Artwork of an OC) the money that was going to...

Our next Steam update will include a link to the forum. I suppose we should also make a sticky post on the Steam Consortium forum with a link here, as well. Any suggestions on ways to propagate this more out there would be appreciated!

Yeah...sounds like there's a couple things to fix there. Fixing the broken dialog, and making the bus be in the cabin at that point in the game if the player never grabbed it at the beginning. Will do...

Heh. My birthday is on the 23rd, in fact. :-)

Ah - well we can't edit that page now and should have changed that before the KS campaign ended. Everyone who backed us on KS at the Consortium Initiate level and higher is eligable to become a Super Backer when we launch on Fig on March 22nd.

Well, yes, Rook 25 challenges Knight 15 throughout the entire game. The things she says to the Knight would all be considered complete insubordination in a military org, but she's allowed to challenge the Knight in whatever way she sees fit. Technically, Consortium officers ARE supposed to follow or...

Spoilers! Ford, that should really be under a spoiler tag! (the triangle icon with exclamation mark). I fixed that for you - for everyone else, please be aware there is a spoiler feature and to consider using when it when appropriate. :-)

Ford: To dive into the latest ARG content (launched just before the 2015 holidays), go to http://idgi1.net/ and click "v2 console".

Fixed! It was a simple cookie config issue we forgot to do in prepping the forum. :-)

1) Zenlil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlil --- combined with Zen. :-) 2) To reflect the very unique organizational structure of the Consortium. The Consortium is not structured like a military with a strict chain of command. Instead, each officer has a specific role/speciality and they are expec...

Hi! We want this place to be defined entirely by our fans and players. You have the honor making the first ever post. :-)

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