Halloween Contest 2012 - A Better Tomorrow (Nov/12/2012) - CHALLENGES

Vigo on 19/11/2012 at 05:55

I've just started the FM and I'm already unnerved due to that fact that the FM author has murdered every denizen of the city in the first 15 seconds of the mission!

That's one way to get people's attention. :p

shadows on 19/11/2012 at 15:35

Man, this is one scary mission! I am on Expert, have no feasible weapons to speak of. I feel like Ripley after she asks the guard, whether they have any weapons, with which to fight the alien with and he says no. I think perhaps in future, a version should be released with tons of firepower, just for fun of course. For now like me change my pants, haha. :cheeky:

DrK on 19/11/2012 at 18:09

Thanks y'all for the feedbacks and compliments :D

Quote Posted by Yandros

Played this last night since my mission is in test, and it was thoroughly terrifying and awesome, Eric! Thanks for doing it!

Played this last night since my mission is in test

my mission is in test

Death's Cold Embrace !? Mind blown. Thanks taffer.

Quote Posted by Printer's Devil

Another clue! Yours was the only 1.19 mission to work with what I thought was a properly patched New Dark. The game crashed when I tried to get on the rooftops, suggesting it's still 1.18 somehow (it's listed as 1.19 though).

What ?
The mission is 1.18, which means it was made using the classic thief 2 game. It shouldn't be listed as 1.19.
It is compatible with both 1.18 and NewDark.
On rooftops it crashes only with 1.18, yet the easter eggs can be stolen if you make sure to not have large views in sight (watch your feet or something).
No bug at all with NewDark.

Quote Posted by Vigo

the FM author has murdered every denizen of the city in the first 15 seconds of the mission!

:laff: Aw comon, my plot sounds totally silly written that way.

Quote Posted by shadows

I think perhaps in future, a version should be released with tons of firepower, just for fun of course.

There are already tons of firepower. Check out the Army of Darkness in the first post. It's an Easter Egg. ;)

Nightwalker on 19/11/2012 at 22:40

This is the creepiest, scariest FM I've ever played! It took me awhile to get up the nerve to come back to it after the first half hour or so of play but I finally did.

After some really amazing rooftop fun, I've got both the Easter Eggs. :cheeky: I'm still 40g. short of the total loot but that will have to wait for awhile. Thanks for another outstanding mission, Dr.K! :thumb:

edit: Oh, yeah the moving statue scared me to death! That was evil. Those were THE creepiest Dr. Who episodes ever and I never expected to encounter one in an FM. :eek:

Printer's Devil on 20/11/2012 at 01:35

Quote Posted by DrK

I couldn't get the 1.19 patch working properly despite several attempts and thought my FM playing days were done. New Dark FMs failed to launch except through Dromed. The fact your FM worked AND crashed on the rooftop was evidence for a 1.18 executable (despite looking like 1.19), leading me to reinstall again. Third time's the charm! So your mission was great fun AND indirectly solved the mystery.

Azaran on 20/11/2012 at 10:08

I've looked all around the rooftops, but I still can't find the dark grenades :(

SlyFoxx on 20/11/2012 at 12:38

Quote Posted by Azaran

I've looked all around the rooftops, but I still can't find the dark grenades :(

You need to [spoiler]go higher.[/spoiler]

Nightwalker on 20/11/2012 at 15:05

It was posted as a challenge to find them and it REALLY is! I must have spent an hour at least on just the Easter Eggs.

skacky on 20/11/2012 at 15:24

Object stacking is really useful to get the Dark Grenades. :p

DrK on 20/11/2012 at 18:40

Thanks Linda! I already answered your pm :D

I'll post a map in the main post, with the location of the 10 bags and the easter eggs. Just a link to it, so if you don't want spoilers you can ignore it.
When I see Fen struggling, I never thought the bags would be so hard to find...