Lord Ashton Series FM 2: A Night's Stroll (V2: Aug 16, 2002)

Christine on 10/6/2002 at 09:40

Hallo oldgeezer,

In Leon's hideout is[SPOILER]a secret door, use the candlestick upon the fireplace, and the door will open.[/SPOILER] I hope you'll find it:D

oldgeezer on 10/6/2002 at 11:32

Christine,
Many,Many Thanks !! Finished it and it was great --Can't wait to try the 3rd one.(can't pronounce it !!!!!!!!!!!! lol --Take care and keep up the good work --The Geez (Tom Schuman,Cincinnati,Ohio)

Christine on 10/6/2002 at 11:52

Thanks oldgeezer, I'm glad that you like the mission. :) , hope you'll enjoy Escape too... :D

Christine on 10/6/2002 at 21:52

I have fixed the problem with the well, now there is a way back...[SPOILER]Leon's door is now pickable, and if you have something missed you can open the gate and walk back[/SPOILER] Special Thanks to Nightwalker for her help.:)
The new version is availabe at (http://thief1.math.uh.edu/thief/missions) Epithumia's Site Thank you :thumb:

Ethne on 17/6/2002 at 19:00

Would someone be so kind as to tell me where to find that damned rosary? I have found pretty much everything else...
any help would be appreciated.

Christine on 17/6/2002 at 19:06

The rosary is in[SPOILER]Lord Ashton's hunting longe, it is on a wood beam, you need your rope arrow to get it.[/SPOILER] I hope it helpes you:thumb:

Ethne on 17/6/2002 at 20:08

thank you for saving my sanity... :)

Norman Druart on 20/6/2002 at 18:25

Well, the other thread is longer but this thread is newer so...

I finished this one on Expert and enjoyed it, especially all the custom objects; the original items were getting rather dull at this late date. I really liked [SPOILER]the basement at Madam Kira's. Totally psychedelic![/SPOILER]I have 3 key related observations: [SPOILER]First, I find it odd that the key marked "Front Door" that I pickpocketed from Tanja doesn't seem to open any doors at all, just the front gate and the window; a mistranslation into English? Second, I had some trouble with the "Main Key." Several times I had to use it twice to open a lock; was that intentional? Third, I know that Christine reworked the well/Leon's Hideout area because people kept getting stuck down there. IMHO though, due to the town's layout and the wording of the objectives, most players will go to the hideout before tackling Madam Kira's. Because of this, I would have kept Leon's door unpickable and made the well escapable so that finding Leon's key would be more important. Perhaps that's just something to keep in mind for the sequencing of future mission designs.[/SPOILER]Couple of non-essential questions: [SPOILER]Is there a way into the house that is adjoined to the apothecary's shop? The door is frobable but not pickable. I was hoping the key would be in Madam Kira's but I didn't find it.[/SPOILER][SPOILER]I think I found all the main caches of treasure plus some of the stashed items like the hammer and coins on the church rafter but I'm still have only 8332 out of 9387 gold. I never found the ring at Lord Ashton's lodge. Any hints where that might be?[/SPOILER]
Thanks!

Norman Druart on 22/6/2002 at 04:45

OK, maybe they are essential questions after all.

Hints or solutions appreciated!

[SPOILER]Is there a way into the house that is adjoined to the apothecary's shop? The door is frobable but not pickable. I was hoping the key would be in Madam Kira's but I didn't find it.

I think I found all the main caches of treasure plus some of the stashed items like the hammer and coins on the church rafter but I'm still have only 8332 out of 9387 gold. I never found the ring at Lord Ashton's lodge. Any hints where that might be?[/SPOILER]

Thanks!

Nightwalker on 22/6/2002 at 13:53

Ring: [SPOILER]It's on the bottom of the pond just outside the tunnel you crawl through into the grounds of the hunting lodge. It's really tiny, so you have to look carefully.[/SPOILER]

Do you mean the house to the right of the apothecary shop or the door in the garden? If you mean the house that's attached to the right (when you're facing the front door of the shop), then [SPOILER]the man in the shop is wearing a key that opens the front door. That same key also opens the house door.[/SPOILER] If you mean the door in the garden, [SPOILER]there is a frobbable torch on the wall inside the garden that opens that door. [/SPOILER] :)