Dark Mod FM: The Glenham Tower by Sotha (2010/07/17) Summer FM Vertical Contest Entry

clearing on 18/7/2010 at 04:13

Excellent creepy mission :thumb: Thanks, Sotha!

MrMunkeepants on 18/7/2010 at 05:47

holy crap! (I think all my posts in this thread will begin this way)
my jaw has dropped several times while playing this FM, about the AI alone - the zombies with weapons stuck in them, carrying items (anyone manage to pickpocket the book?), the flaming revenant... are these DM options, or did Sotha make them for this? the effect is great!
Dark Mod's difficulty of combat has me ghosting past humans a lot more than T2 ever did; with this mission, I just don't want to get close to the AI at all!

two questions:
*how do I destroy the Sphere (please don't tell me I have to take it all the way up to the acid!) EDIT: yes, that is what you must do. be warned though: it acts as an object, not an inventory item, so you'll have to put it down to open doors. double be warned: the blue fire relights itself!
*why are all of the zombies naked? what was going on in this house? :eek: (I know that's a DM thing, but it's kind of strange)

tip: if you're missing loot, visit the bottom of the shaft from the catacombs

downwinder on 18/7/2010 at 05:56

opps my bad i though it was thief 2 fm,no wonder it did not work :P,thank you

Nielsen74 on 18/7/2010 at 07:44

@MrMunkeepants

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*how do I destroy the Sphere (please don't tell me I have to take it all the way up to the acid!)

Yes you hav to :eww:

Fidcal on 18/7/2010 at 10:48

MrM: The only way I managed to get that book was to kill the zombie with holy water arrows. Not easy to get in 2 or 3 hits before he reaches you! Oh yeah and keep fingers crossed no others are passing through.

shadow_ibix on 18/7/2010 at 11:12

Quote Posted by Fidcal

You can pick it up, out of the hands of the zombie as it is standing in the room with the deceased inventor on the bed, as you stand at the foot-end of the bed in shadows :sweat:

Cap on 18/7/2010 at 11:42

Pros: Fun concept, cool design, spooky scripted events

Cons: Got stuck by a couple tables and had to reload. One in the room with the dice in the chest, and the other near the Book I was after.

The first time I played I snuck to the room behind the throne and through the secret door to the wine cellar and the Destroy the Sphere objective vanished. Even after I reloaded in the room behind the throne I didn't get the objective back.

SneakyJack on 18/7/2010 at 12:32

Holy smokes - this is one frightening mission! Brilliant atmosphere, use of sound to trigger fear (the heart beat style ambient music was a great touch) and all the little details that have been mentioned already in this thread with the AI were really great. One of the best Dark Mod missions released thus far!

The only place I had a bit of bother was that I went outside the gates at the very beginning (instead of toward the tower) and for some reason it wouldn't let me back through the gates or over the wall. Not a big deal, but odd regardless.

Quote Posted by Cap

Cons: Got stuck by a couple tables and had to reload. One in the room with the dice in the chest, and the other near the Book I was after.

One of the great things about being on the Doom 3 engine is being able to use cheats for super tough areas (to ease frustration) or to get un-stuck. If you are talking about being stuck in geometry - pop noclip into the console long enough to get yourself unstuck from the table and then disable it - no need to reload unless you've been discovered.

InfinituS on 18/7/2010 at 13:13

Oo yea you made my day again :laff:

JonesCrusher on 18/7/2010 at 13:20

Quote Posted by New Horizon

Perhaps a corrupt download. You're running version 1.02 of TDM? Also, you no longer need to rename it to .pk4. TDM can handle zip files now thanks to our last update.

ok thank you..Hadnt realised,there was no need to rename zips now.I will try another dload,just in case.