T2 FM... A Servant's Life by John Denison (05/09/06) - by Sluggs
john9818a on 14/9/2006 at 21:21
Unless it happens consistently, or at least more than once in the same scenario, I don't think so. I've had Thief crash for no reason before. I had any program crash before. Sometimes going in and out of the same program was bad for Windows, which deserves a high-five for occuring. :p
cavador_8 on 15/9/2006 at 03:25
OK, John, one last post from me. I love this mission! I downloaded the updated 1.1 version and started to play it and couldn't stop until I played through the entire thing again. It didn't crash at all this time and I completed all the objectives. The censored version is so good that I'm not sure if I should play the non-censored. Thanks for a very creative and enjoyable mission! I'll leave ya alone now. Oh yeh, thanks for not putting a firestim on the sword in version 1.1... hee hee, that would have hurt like hell.
john9818a on 15/9/2006 at 04:06
Quote Posted by cavador_8
I love this mission!
Well there's one. ;)
I even resorted to removing the stims from the swords, but then the guards caused no damage. :)
Actually it is quite easy to ghost this mission (even though there are some busts) but at least it can be played without being seen. The one exception is at the end. Even so, the sword wasn't necessary. I wonder if someone wants to start a Thief playing school.
cavador_8 on 15/9/2006 at 04:44
You're right. After I played it through again and learned the layout of the mansion pretty well, I found that I didn't need the sword. It's always good to have just in case though.
karstenpontoppi on 16/9/2006 at 08:08
john9818a,
What a great mission. What a design. And the size. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Thanx for making such an incrediable mission. (I'm not worthy):D
ganac on 16/9/2006 at 20:37
What is up with the little guy and the burrik keeper?
and how do I play the hidden level in dromed?
john9818a on 17/9/2006 at 02:00
Thank you Karstenpontoppi :)
The little guy is Sarah's pet servant. Since she had to go to the hospital, she put a rat in the cage to protect the little servant. :joke:
The old decrepid man in the barn is the previous imprisoned servant. That is what Mr. Oh Dear would have looked like had he stayed another five years.
You can play the hidden mission by exiting Thief, don't uninstall the FM, go into dromed and load miss35.mis.
There are also some readables that didn't make it into the mission because they were either TOO MUCH or redundant material, but are still in the zip file. :)
pavlovscat on 17/9/2006 at 15:12
Quote Posted by majikku
Interesting mission:laff: The architecture (cant spell) was very good as were the ingame cutscenes or whatever theyre called. It was a bit too much for me to find humourous but that might be because Im female.
I wonder what Freud would think?:weird:
I am also female, but I enjoyed the hell out of this and will play again. Somebody earlier said it was more like redneck rampage which i also like...with the cuss pack of course.
John-
Thanks for making a mission to make people think, whatever their opinion. My dad & I had an hysterical conversation about this mission. We laughed until we both choked. He was disappointed there weren't any gaseous sound effects. Maybe you could borrow Mr. Vlad Chulentz in Just Friends, Pt 1 from bassmanret?
I encountered 2 glitches. I was carrying around the manor lord looking for the cess pool. I put him down outside near the sewer pipe pouring into a stone hole in the ground. After that, I couldn't pick him up at all, so I missed that objective. Also, on my way back to the bedroom to get him, coming up the inside stairs the game kept crashing when I entered the hall. I had to go around. Later, the same thing happened on the other side of those stairs. Once I came back the other way on both sides, everything was fine, no glitches. Weird. Otherwise, loved it.
Thanks again!
john9818a on 17/9/2006 at 18:29
I don't think the theme was too terrible, but it's just not expected in a video game. There's a lot worse out there, but no one complains. :) Anyway if I hadn't put all of the poo on the floor and in the readables then the exact treatment this servant was receiving would not have been conveyed to the player.
That Miserable Thief on 17/9/2006 at 19:33
I've completed the mission on expert (great mission, John), but I had to skip dropping the lord in the cesspool because I can't find his room. I was in a section earlier where there were a man and a woman (who had written something about Jack trying on her dresses) and I knocked them both out. I'm assuming that was the lord's room, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I've been wandering around for far too long trying to find my way back there.
Any help would be appreciated. I'd like to load an earlier save and complete the lord/cesspool objective.
I also haven't been able to open the locked metal door outside that's near the door to the area by the gallery. Can it be opened?
