Undead Gamer on 7/1/2006 at 13:17

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Ok in the manual it says if you steal people stuff thats well displayed in plain view guards and npcs will noticed its missing but for some reason they fail to noticed it and even in fm's its the same:tsktsk:

Komag on 7/1/2006 at 13:49

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It happens much more often in Thief 3, just something they implemented more. It's not just a default behavior, it has to be set up somewhat for it to work

mrsmr2 on 7/1/2006 at 17:25

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It's a valid point.

It's one of the few aspects that diminish the reality of the game.

I can understand guards not being too bright just so that we have a chance to sneak by them. But, guards that patrol the same route not noticing that things have moved is a bit odd.

I was just playing Masks and I threw a spade into the main corridor. You would think a guard walking by would think that odd, but no.

Jason

Vigil on 7/1/2006 at 18:01

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Then why the fuck did you ask?
The manual says something about the game that clearly isn't true. That was his point.

For what it's worth I think the reason this isn't implemented more often in FMs is that it's actually pretty annoying for the player, because IIRC by default it will make the AIs that notice something missing go on major alert rather than just "huh, that's odd" like they do in Thief III. This makes it hard to pull off ghosting and 100% loot runs, which people are fond of.

jprobs on 7/1/2006 at 21:24

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It appears the original poster was making an observation, not a point.

And his observation was valid.