EnYB0La on 19/5/2017 at 21:09

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Enhanced Thief Fan Missions Archive

Last update: (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147890&page=3&p=2380000&viewfull=1#post2380000)

I'd like to open this new thread to present you my incoming project I'm working on right now. It's called ETFMA or Enhanced Thief Fan Missions Archive.

The main idea is to have the most complete, visually minimalist, detailed, simple to use and modern web application dedicated to the Thief Fan Missions; a modular platform that can be accessed from a desktop computer (browser) and a smartphone (responsive design) with the most complete database of the existing Thief Fan Missions. It should includes basic information as name, author, version, release and last update date, and then more detailed ones as the category, related contest, description, youtube walkthroughs, loots list, screenshots, rating, a list of custom resources included, ZIP size, download links, if it's Newdark and what's the min required version... etc.

The other idea is to build a public database in JSON/YAML that can be used by every player/developer if they need to use it in their own application(s)/website(s).

Why?

I know there are websites like Southquarter.com, ThiefMissions.com and DarkFate.org, where we can download Fan Missions and have some details about each of the FMs.

I really like them, but I detected some major problems...

1. Most of them are not well updated or don't have the most complete database and details of each available Fan Mission (screenshots, loot list, YT walkthrough, secret places, NewDark or not?, etc...).
2. We don't really know how many FMs have been published since the public release of the first of them.
3. FM makers cannot submit/update their mission(s) on those platforms, and depend on the website creator to do so.
4. Those websites are not really accessible from smartphones or tablets.

A month ago, I asked (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147803&p=2355509&viewfull=1#post2355509) Where can we find the latest and most updated published FMs list? and as a conclusion, we have to combine the information from each of the quoted websites to answer this question... What a mess today!

So, as a profesional Web UI developer and a Thief fan, I decided to create a new platform to fix those main issues and add new modern features.

How?

This platform is build over two main web technologies: (http://www.gohugo.io) Hugo and (https://pages.github.com/) GitHub Pages.
This is an open source project, published on (https://github.com/etfma/etfma-website) GitHub, under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.

When?

2017: Create a modern and responsive website which includes the most updated/detailled database of the published/existing Thief Fan Missions (TDP, TG, TMA). The database can be updated with Git.

2018-2019 (?): Create a desktop app as the NewDarkLoader (or maybe work with the creator) based on this project which can retrieve an updated list of available Fan Missions from the same ETFMA database and then offer to the app user to automatically download and install the FMs in his computer (something as the TDM interface and features).

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[Development thread]
Please, use this thread to comment, suggest and, if you want, participate to this project.

Renault on 19/5/2017 at 22:06

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The first thing that came to mind is: pick an original name.

You don't want to create confusion when there is already a "Cheap Thief Missions" site. Somewhat reminiscent of when the "New Thief Enhancement Pack" was released, people will wonder if it is directly associated with the prior project.

Other than that, this sounds great. Good luck with the project.

TannisRoot on 22/5/2017 at 14:00

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I would personally love a Thief fan mission site that worked like the (http://trle.net/) Tomb Raider fan mission site. It's strength is community integration. It would be so awesome for users to be able to submit reviews, loot lists, and hint guides, etc. It would also be nice to be able tag missions for search clouds.

We constantly see new threads on TTLG from new players asking what the must play fan missions are. On TRLE this isn't a problem as they have a top missions list and a hall of fame that's sorted by year. Sure you can find all you need here with a little determination, but with (1000?) fan missions, it's very daunting for new players to get started.

EnYB0La on 22/5/2017 at 16:58

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Thanks buddy :)



I visited your website and yes, this is basically something like that I'm trying to create. Thanks for the suggestion.

Unna Oertdottir on 22/5/2017 at 17:34

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There's already a Japanese Thief site called Keepers House

(http://www.keepers-house.net/)