Haplo on 21/10/2010 at 09:55

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Hi all

I'd like to announce my new mission Among Two Storms. This one is also based on an abandoned mission by Redface. He kindly gave me the permission to use it as a base for my project.

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* Story *

Since splitting from Donal, Thom has made a name for himself. He has managed to get together a gang of competent thieves as well as building a decent hideout in Dayport.
Last night his men pulled a daring job, stealing a valuable jewelled scepter from Lord Havij's estate.
Tonight it is my turn to pull a daring job and make that scepter mine.

Thom's men are currently in their hideout. The hideout is designed in a way that makes it impossible for a single person to infiltrate it. I always work alone but I think I need to make an exception this time. Therefore I have asked my good friend Palmer for his help. He is a very skilled Thief so I am sure between the two of us we can pull this off. Time to show those men who are the real thieves around here.


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* Important Notes *

- The Normal and Hard difficulties contain considerably more clues than the Expert difficulty. Also there is one extra puzzle on Hard and Expert, with a different amount of clues. The Expert difficulty is basically an adventure game. If you enjoy solving puzzles and would like a good challenge, I strongly recommend you to play the mission on expert.

- Garrett and Palmer have their own weapons and inventory, but I could not come up with a clean way of separating their hit points. Also, switching between the thieves plays the inventory, loot and weapon sounds. I couldn't find a clean way to avoid this either.

- To successfully finish the mission both Garrett and Palmer have to survive, so when switching between the two make sure you don't leave the other one in danger of getting killed (by the guards, drowning etc).
Neither of them would initiate an attack, but they will defend themselves if attacked. If any guards are killed as a result of this, you will fail the "No Kill" objective. Another reason for keeping them out of harm's way.

- To avoid getting stuck, make sure you are not standing too close to a wall or an object when switching between the thieves.


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* Other Notes *

- The AIs will notice if you bump into them.
- The total number of pickpockets could be wrong.


Download it from (http://endings.lemonamiga.com/fm/ats.zip) here.

If you are interested in how this was done, I have posted a tutorial (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133738&p=2026350) here.


Just like my previous missions, I'd like to ask you not to give out outright spoilers when helping the others on the forum. Either point them to the clues they might have missed or elaborate more on the clues if they have trouble understanding them.
Please also be considerate towards the people who are playing the mission on expert. They have significantly less clues at their disposal, therefore take special care not to spoil their enjoyment.


I'd like to thank all the people who helped me, especially the beta testers. I hope you will enjoy the mission. After you've finished it, please post a couple of lines and let me know what you thought of it.


What could be better than playing as a thief?! Playing as two thieves of course!

clearing on 21/10/2010 at 10:30

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Congrats, Haplo! Downloading.

Summer on 21/10/2010 at 10:50

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Congratulations on the release, Haplo :thumb:

Downloading as we speak :cool:

Yandros on 21/10/2010 at 11:06

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Congrats, Ali! This was finished sooner than I expected! I'm beta testing a lengthy campaign right now, but can't wait to play this when I get to a stopping point.

InfinituS on 21/10/2010 at 12:07

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Oh yes :D Congrats on your release Haplo :thumb: Downloading Now!