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jtr7 on 29/6/2006 at 00:25

Ha ha! Oh the irony.

And yet, the rope arrows, once mastered:p, allowed one access to some crazy places. With multiple rope arrows you can play Tarzan and jump from rope to rope high above the floor.

Can you carry crates, boulders, and bodies while using the climbing gloves?

:cool:

The hotdog man on 29/6/2006 at 00:32

I love doing that! I was in bonehoard for the first time and I started to experement with the rope arrows. I lined up three or four to try to get onto a ledge across the way and boy howdy was it fun swingin' around. Oh Oh oh this one time I shot a rope arrow a bit away from the ledge and I tried to make it anyway so I jump from the rope arrow and it looks like i'm not gonna make it but then at the last second Garrett mantals the ledge oh god was it awesome. I was never able to do that again. To say I felt like Indiana Jones the rest of the evening is an understatement.

Komag on 29/6/2006 at 00:46

The whole design of my mission The Great Tree is meant to have a blast exploring with rope arrows. A lot of the hidden "loot" fruits can only be gotten to by way of rope arrow tarzan manuevers

jtr7 on 29/6/2006 at 00:55

Ooo, Komag, I'll have to remember that.

The hotdog man on 29/6/2006 at 02:07

Is your mod for T1 or 2?

Goldmoon Dawn on 29/6/2006 at 02:07

Quote Posted by Komag

Maybe I just never noticed it, or got lucky, or maybe something changed in our computers.

For me it was a AMD-K6III 350 with the Trident 4MB AGP. I never had any problems with game, except of course for treating it initially like a shooter.

I always thought that the quirks of the physics were entertaining in that they *could* be mastered, with patience and trial and error.

Unrelated, the term Action must not always mean combat, because it certainly could mean lots of running, jumping, swinging, and climbing.

The hotdog man on 29/6/2006 at 02:10

Oh man, when I first saw Thief I too treated it like any old shooter. In Bafford's I rushed the front guards and I was like where's my BFG??? Heh, but that was years ago and now that i've got my own copy (and a brain) I see there's much more to Thief then I first precieved.

Komag on 29/6/2006 at 02:40

Quote Posted by The hotdog man

Is your mod for T1 or 2?

If you're asking about The Great Tree it's for Thief 2, you can get it here:
(http://www.komag.net/missionst2/GreatTree,The.zip)

You can see some screenshots of it here:
(http://www.keepofmetalandgold.com/ej/greattree)

Palantir on 29/6/2006 at 13:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony
Wait for the rope arrow to settle down before jumping. In Thief Gold, when the rope arrow is still moving from the deployment, you will be much more likely to be bounced off of it when you jump on to it.

Thanks, now I got the rope right.

Quote:

Originally Posted By Holywhippet
True. And the problem gets even more severe when you can't afford to fail - like scaling the tower that the fire talisman is in. Failing to stay on the rope ~= failing to stay alive.

Thanks for telling me, I'm in the Mage's Towers now.

Martek on 1/7/2006 at 00:34

I basically quicksave before climbing on ropes or ladders. Too often they screw up and leave me dead or making craploads of noise because I got thrown 100 feet or something.

Cheers,
Martek