bassmanret on 28/7/2008 at 14:48

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Sorry for the delay (was on vacation last week). Thanks for asking, and I'm glad you liked the 2nd run-through! :D

Here's the latest on "Just Friends":

Part 2 has officially been split into 2 missions (I haven't decided if that will make them 2 & 3, 2a & 2b, B & C, dos & tres, etc...). I tried many "tricks" to keep it all in one, but the demonic beast that is Dromed would have none of it. So, basically, the first part of Part 2 is done and has actually gone through its first round of beta testing. I still need to make some changes based on the testers' comments, some minor adjustments, and possibly some new stuff, but none of these should take very long. I specifically asked the testers if they thought this "first part of Part 2" would work as a stand alone mission so I could release it before the second part was complete, and they agreed with me that it does not and should not be released on its own. So, both parts will be released together as a campaign.

The second part of Part 2 is actually the "meat" of the story I've trying to tell. The architecture is about 95% done (3 rather detailed rooms left). Then I need to "fill in" everything else (some of which I have struggled with already and have put off for later).

If all goes smoothly, it could be released within a few months, so I'm hoping for a worst-case end of the year release. ....the key word here is "hoping"... Not only do I want to finish it for the sheer satisfaction of finishing the story and "giving back" to the community, but since early last year I have vowed not to play any new FM until I finish mine (I felt I was being too lazy and taking too long). So, I AM DYING to play all the awesomely fantastically stupendously freakin' fabulous FMs released since then!!!! ....I hear there have been some good ones... ;)

Thanks again for playing my mission! :)

MrMunkeepants on 13/1/2010 at 01:44

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resurrecting this thread now that part 2 is out!

I played this mission when it came out, and was familiar enough to breeze through most of it this time around... but now I'm 600 short of the loot goal on normal! it may have something to do with skipping the caves at the beginning :o

Garrett's Shadow on 13/1/2010 at 05:05

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After all that interminable rock jumping and slant running, I get to the highest opening AND CAN'T GET ON THE GD VINE! :mad:

I jump, hit the bottom 9 inches or so of the damn vine, ALMOST stick to it, and slide right off it to my death!

WELL, did it - had to shoot my own rope into the tree though, needed more length!
(something NONE of my ladies have EVER said! ;) LOL!!!)
Treebeast was no prob! I just decided that the landing area was'nt big enough for the both of us and suggested (read: pushed) he go visit that lonely little treefrog at the bottom of that shaft!
(tough arse treebeast! actually survived the trip down!!!) :ebil: :cheeky:

Screw the difficult bruhaha about going INTO that blasted slope to get the nugget and then TRYING to climb out on the tree and just MAYBE "fall onto a vine"!
Here's the blazingly simple and obtusely obvious way:
~AHEM~
FIRE A BLINKIN ROPE ARROW INTO THE SIDE OF THE SLOPE NEXT TO THE DAMN NUGGET!
taff it all if ya taffers could'nt figure out THAT! :p :eek: :laff:
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Mrs. Chulentz diary! = OMG! F U N N Y!!!!!!
(though it had me runnin scared at first! THANK GOD it's for the taste of them!!!!!!! :eek: :eww: :eek: :laff:
(though I wonder - is it the taste of them before or after she has used them????)

Build...er, hhhhelp h..er, I ~gasp~ ccca...n't, I ststst...epped ~wheeze~ in-to-to-to the bedr...oom ~coughcough~, I bbbeen gagaga...sssed ~choke/gasp/cough/wheeze~, I am dy..i..i..ing! ~sigh/slump/pass away~

HAH! Mr.Well should'nt complain, Mr.Dowd is making them good money and after all, it IS still plumbing he's taking care of!
(female plumbing! :ebil:)

MrMunkeepants on 13/1/2010 at 19:41

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bassmanret, don't worry about it - I replayed for kicks and to be reminded of the story; my comment about loot was more of a "come on, I've done this once why not now?"

Martek on 14/1/2010 at 00:25

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This is a really fun mission!

I have downloaded part 2, and then checked if I had played part 1 yet; and I had not - so of course I am playing it first. :)

I like the way the buildings and various ways to get in and out of them are arranged. Some pretty tricky ones. :laff: My loot is currently about 2/3 of the necessary total, and I am not done exploring around yet.

Anyways, I am also "stuck" I think. I have not read through this entire thread here to avoid spoilers (I'd have to read each one to see if it covers my issue, and don't want to do that if I don't have to!), so maybe someone can say if this is a problem or if I am missing something.

Early on I found my way into a warehouse, which has an elevator with a "secret door" under it.

Later I found the secret passage from the Doctor's house into his "secret lair", and from there, I used the "escape hatch" into the sewer.

Well, of course you end up back in the warehouse via that route. It seems to be a one-way journey. When I first got into the warehouse I did not know any of that.

The problem is (here is where I am stuck), when I earlier explored the warehouse (at the time not knowing it was connected to the Doctor's secret lair), I had left there after lowering that warehouse elevator.

Now, to continue out from the "secret lair escape route" it seems I must climb out from the "secret door" under that elevator, but the elevator is now down and covering the entry (from my earlier warehouse exploration).

I cannot find a way to raise that elevator from within that "secret" passage below it. I know there are buttons nearby on the first floor and I have tried to scrunch up high enough on that ladder and slide over towards the right to try to blind-frob those first floor buttons; but I am not successful.

How can I raise that elevator? Are there buttons in the ladder-passage that I am not seeing?

Thanks!
Martek