T2 FM: From Beneath The Sands 09/05/06

nicked on 15/7/2006 at 09:59

one of these days I might just do a loot list, but you know how it is when you finish a mission - by that time, you're absolutely sick of the sight of it and virtually vow to never play it again. Have you got all the secrets? I think there's loot in all the secrets. Secret locations can be found in this thread, page 5 (i think?).

Also, have you done the puzzle where a plaque on the floor says "Don't look down"?

Yandros on 15/7/2006 at 11:40

I don't know if it helps much since it only gives Dromed coordinates, but here's the lootlist generated by (http://thiefmissions.com/telliamed/lazytaffer.zip) Telliamed's lootlist tool:

[SPOILER]Loot:
A MaskDemon (498) (goods: 50) {397.99,629.99,453.60}
A GoldNugget (590) (gold: 100) {722.78,547.45,425.42}
Contained by: A LC_Chest (583) {736.95,539.98,424.82}
A SilverNugget (592) (gold: 50) {723.17,545.73,425.42}
Contained by: A LC_Chest (589) {750.72,539.99,424.82}
A LC_Jar1 (603) (goods: 20) {417.25,339.89,460.48}
A LC_CanopicJar (604) (goods: 75) {390.84,340.14,461.02}
A LC_Jar2 (605) (goods: 20) {390.88,337.51,459.96}
A LC_Jar3 (606) (goods: 20) {390.79,342.71,460.04}
A LC_Tapestry (607) (goods: 100) {395.94,358.83,448.26}
A TrVaseIndigo (618) (goods: 100) {667.33,366.93,420.58}
A MaskNoh (621) (goods: 50) {524.00,549.17,466.55}
A GoldGoblet (624) (goods: 250) {627.78,654.16,428.24}
A stat1 (628) (goods: 15) {388.35,421.93,379.04}
A stat2 (629) (goods: 15) {388.05,409.10,379.04}
A TrVaseGreen (839) (goods: 50) {691.87,493.88,428.92}
A TrVaseGreen (840) (goods: 50) {691.82,474.01,428.65}
A GoldCStick (852) (gold: 50) {506.02,464.84,480.04}
A MaskMonster (866) (goods: 50) {535.03,485.96,428.86}
A Gemstone (871) (gems: 100) {597.51,395.12,468.15}
A Tiara (873) (gold: 75; gems: 50) {569.57,490.10,459.73}
A SerpentileTorc (891) (gold: 100; gems: 50) {611.28,591.61,459.88}
Contained by: A SeaChest (889) {616.59,591.84,458.58}
A MaskWhite (1065) (goods: 50) {614.77,323.04,428.21}
A stat6 (1066) (goods: 15) {741.96,444.03,428.53}
A stat4 (1067) (goods: 15) {723.15,443.93,428.53}
A Purse (1072) (gold: 100) {763.86,291.90,427.98}
A Tiara (1073) (gold: 75; gems: 50) {569.79,502.00,459.68}
A MaskBugaku (1074) (goods: 50) {503.93,431.33,456.56}
A Purse (1075) (gold: 100) {448.64,511.71,472.22}
A LC_Gem (1079) (gems: 15) {388.18,529.77,474.77}
A LC_Gem (1080) (gems: 15) {388.25,525.98,474.77}
A LC_Gem (1081) (gems: 15) {391.15,522.91,464.16}
A LC_Gem (1082) (gems: 15) {388.20,517.94,474.77}
A LC_Gem (1083) (gems: 15) {411.77,518.25,474.77}
A LC_Gem (1084) (gems: 15) {411.71,522.04,474.77}
A LC_Gem (1085) (gems: 15) {411.75,526.30,474.77}
A LC_Gem (1090) (gems: 15) {411.75,530.08,474.77}
A GoldEyeglasses (1094) (gold: 50) {471.99,566.11,452.02}
A LC_CanopicJar (1100) (goods: 75) {471.68,628.94,464.05}
A Purse (1103) (gold: 100) {790.23,573.58,404.22}
A GoldRing (1204) (goods: 1300) {524.35,530.68,497.83}
Contained by: StartingPoint (14) {577.27,492.64,497.83}
Total loot:
Normal: 3540 (gold: 800; gems: 370; goods: 2370)
Hard: 3540 (gold: 800; gems: 370; goods: 2370)
Expert: 3540 (gold: 800; gems: 370; goods: 2370)

Secrets:
A 4x8secret-door (214) {408.00,621.00,452.00}
A 4x4SecretDoor (962) {573.99,396.00,474.00}
A FindSecretTrap (1004) {508.32,471.16,480.09}
Controlled by: A LC_Scroll (849) {505.89,467.24,478.67}
A FindSecretTrap (1076) {448.68,509.84,476.52}
Controlled by: A Papyrus (471) {445.75,512.84,472.24}[/SPOILER]

Clock on 15/7/2006 at 13:57

Quote Posted by nicked

Yes, I got all the secrets and all the puzzles. Sometimes I miss blue gems planted on the walls because they resemble lighting, but I got those as well. If I was short by under 100 I wouldn't bother, but it looks like I may have missed something bigger.

The dromed loot list says the total on expert is 3540 but the staus menu at the conclusion of the game says 2240!!
I thought I was out by a couple of hundred, but am I really missing 1515 in loot??

Yandros on 15/7/2006 at 14:33

No, trust the total given by the game and not the tool, I'd say.

TheNightTerror on 5/9/2006 at 07:31

Can somebody slap me around with some spoilers? I'm running around trying to find The Book of the Dead, as it seems to be the one item I've missed so far, and it's holding me back from getting any further now. :sweat: I hunted through the thread and it seems I misunderstood the hint regarding the wheel, I thought that once the door was open, the bearer of the book, (or rather, a big statue with the book in its hands) would be on the other side. :o

I'm loving this mission so far, though. :thumb::thumb: That trick of turning lava into water was awesome, I thought some seamless teleportation was in play, but I'm not sure now. :o

Can't wait to see the next one! :D:thumb::thumb:

nicked on 5/9/2006 at 12:05

OK, the bearer of the book is you, the player. (i.e. you have to have the book, and have turned the wheel before that door opens.

Have you found the map of the Lower levels yet? If so, the Book is marked on the map! :cheeky:

But if you're still stuck:

[SPOILER]the book is at the northern-most room on the lower levels. You can get there by going north in the big room with the swinging pendulum in it. If you can see two reskinned haunts guarding a big golden cylinder, you're in the right place.[/SPOILER]

Scroll down if you're still stuck.

And after that:
[SPOILER]shoot a water arrow into both the flames behind the haunts. Their life forces are tied to the flames so they will die. Then pull both levers behind the haunts to open a couple of doors. The book is inside. [/SPOILER] :ebil:

TheNightTerror on 5/9/2006 at 19:39

D'oh! :o I actually tried that earlier -- and the flames didn't go out, there was steam, but they kept burning. I tried again and it seems I aimed a little too high. I'm in the clear now, I beat the mission. It was damned fun, even though I got stuck. :thumb::thumb:

I had fun with a few little things in the mission that were probably both . . . accidents. ;) You know where the number pad is that opens the way to the staff? There was a skeleton lying on a wall beside a sarcophagus near there, and I accidentally bumped into him. Now, his head is spinning a full 360 degrees, on a continuous loop. I don't remember his head doing that before I came in there, but it's rather creepy. :o

And, I managed to scale the walls around the beginning of the mission and wander up where I shouldn't have been, and actually found the exit that way. :angel: I even managed to wriggle past the invisible walls there and find myself trapped there. :angel:

So, when can we expect the next one? ;)

nicked on 6/9/2006 at 08:17

the next one is winging it's way across the void of cyberspace to some hungry betatesters as we speak. ;)

It's called A Pirate's Downfall, and it's a big old mansion mission involving smugglers and dodgy double-crossing... :ebil:

The skeletons do that because I didn't know at the time how to set things to be non-physical. It's literally got 0 gravity on it, so blasting a fire arrow will send spinning bones through the air like a space skeleton. ;)

DOH! I don't believe it! Where did you manage to get up the sides? I actually put loads of gigantic invisible water tanks all round the edges so the player couldn't get up! :rolleyes:

Glad you enjoyed it!

TheNightTerror on 6/9/2006 at 20:45

. . . :o damn it! I'm probably too late to jump into testing, aren't I? :( Unless you want a fresh pair of eyes for a new beta . . . :D

I think I'll have to try that with the head, could be interesting to watch. :ebil:

Well, you'll be happy to know I didn't just breeze up there. ;) I more or less just went around trying all the sides and found the one place you seemed to have missed -- I could tell you where, but (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/TheNightTerror/way_up_wall.jpg) that would be too easy . . . :ebil:

See the little dip in the wall? You can jump and mantle up there without too much trouble. :angel: I'm not normally much of a climber, but if I see something within reach I go for it. :D

nicked on 6/9/2006 at 22:48

ah well, at least it's obvious it is supposed to be offlimits I suppose!

As far betatesting, sure, I will PM you a link. The mission is big and complicated and I could use as many pairs of eyes as are offering! ;)