T2 FM: Heartcliff Islands (August 21st, 2015)

qolelis on 21/8/2015 at 13:28

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Darkness descends upon you
may the balance in you be strong

After three years in development, I can finally present to you my second and last Thief 2 mission called Heartcliff Islands. It's an open-ended, non-linear mission with lots of water and exploration, some side-quests, a few puzzles (mostly optional unless you play on Expert), and multiple endings (at least 4 and maybe more). Prepare for a pretty long ride if you want the full experience.

Background story:

Quote:

A Lord Rumsworth contacted me about a family heirloom, called the Foreseer, which got stolen when he was just an infant. He wanted me to find it and told me he had tracked it down to a remote pair of islands known as the Heartcliff Islands, where the current owner, a Lord Edwards, was now running a prison.

The islands have tough security and the only way in is as a prisoner, so I pretend to break in at my employer's mansion, get caught, and he handles the rest. Lord Edwards is running a side-operation where he sells prisoners to anyone who is willing to pay, so, once I'm inside, my employer will send someone to act as a potential customer and at the same time smuggle in an extra loaf of bread.

Lord Rumsworth offered to pay me half in advance if I accepted and the rest when I delivered. The only snag was that I would have to trust him to do his part, but that's a risk I was willing to take to get something to do other than simple pickpocketing, so I accepted.

I would no doubt be robbed of any personal belongings, so I didn't bother bringing much equipment, just the basics for show - except the maps provided by a former employee, which I hid in my shoe.

The fine print:
Warning: playing this mission on Expert might cause severe frustration, anger and foul gestures
- unless you enjoy hard puzzles and analyzing everything around you.
Please, check these tips before you get started:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145671&p=2295726&viewfull=1#post2295726) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145671&p=2295726&viewfull=1#post2295726

Download link (~56 MB):

* (http://www.taffersparadise.co.uk/thief2mission/Heartcliff_20150821_v1.zip) Heartcliff Islands (Taffer's Paradise (kindly mirrored by Lord Soth))

System requirements:

* New Dark 1.23+ (anything less won't work)
* FMSel (using any other FM loader is untested and unsupported)
* Latest script modules:

* Public Scripts:
(http://whoopdedo.org/pubscripts21-final.zip)
* TnhScript:
(http://whoopdedo.org/tnhscript21-final.zip)
* NVScript:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134166)

* Disable any mods for the best experience. This mission was designed solely around stock resources and any texture mods will spoil a lot of the secrets. The use of mods is generally unsupported.

Special thanks:

* Alpha/beta testers (in alphabetical order):

* Gloria Creep
* nightshifter
* PotatoGuy
* Ravenhook
* urgrue (including proofreading)

* Custom voices:

* Redleaf as female guard and green ghost
* Saxmeister as Garrett

* L for ideas and support.

Be warned:

* Don't stand on stuff while riding an elevator or you might come to regret it.
* Keep your distance when opening a ventilation gate or you might get stuck or worse.
* Expert is Expert.
* If you are on a low spec machine, you might experience low frame rates up on the rooftops. In that case, consider installing the alternative mission file ("miss20_alt1.mis") found in "Extras.zip" inside the mission zip:

* Install the mission as usual in FMSel. Close FMSel.
* Go to FMSel's Heartcliff install folder, find the alternative mission file and unzip it.
* Rename the original mission file ("miss20.mis") to for example "miss20_original.mis".
* Rename the alternative mission file ("miss20_alt1.mis") to "miss20.mis".
* Restart FMSel and start playing.

* If the text in the ending movies is cropped, then, please, open your "cam_ext.cfg" in a text editor and add a semicolon in front of "crop_movies".

For tips and extensive credits, please, check FMInfo.txt.

Edit:
A few general tips on how to play:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145671&p=2295726&viewfull=1#post2295726) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145671&p=2295726&viewfull=1#post2295726

clearing on 21/8/2015 at 13:35

Congrats on the release, qolelis! :thumb:

nightshifter on 21/8/2015 at 13:45

congrats on release,

:cool:

Bosh on 21/8/2015 at 13:49

YAY! Congrats on the FM qolelis, and thank you. I am stocked up, snacks aplenty, ready for the "full experience" :thumb:

fortuni on 21/8/2015 at 13:52

Yabba Dabba Do....:D

Congratulations on the release, looks great, downloading now

Tannar on 21/8/2015 at 14:10

The good news:

Quote Posted by qolelis

After three years in development, I can finally present to you my second ...

The bad news:

Quote Posted by qolelis

... and last Thief 2 mission

Congrats on the release! It sounds great, but I'm sorry to hear that it's your last one.

redleaf on 21/8/2015 at 14:19

Woohoo! Been looking forward to this! No more T2 missions, really? Are you going over to the Dark(Mod) side then? :ebil:

Dark_Garrett on 21/8/2015 at 15:00

Your Fm sounds awesome:thumb: Congrads, can't wait to get home and play it tonight! I definitely need a break from DromEd. Looking forward to the "Full Experience";)

nickie on 21/8/2015 at 15:55

Quote Posted by Tannar

Congrats on the release! It sounds great, but I'm sorry to hear that it's your last one.

Agree. Really sorry to hear that.

Thanks so much, qolelis. I've been desperate for distraction and here it is. :)

Soldi on 21/8/2015 at 16:13

Congrats on the release, it's great!