frobbin hood on 30/8/2015 at 11:20
Quote Posted by nightshifter
on what diff. are you playing?
there is a lantern in the mission,where to find is depening on diff. you are playing.
there are several ways to get out of the prison..
the vents are one way.you can focus on the red lights to navigate, but the lantern will make it easier you got the
confescated items key? where you stole that one, that guard is guarding the official way in/out, is a bit of a puzzle to get out Playing on Expert.
Haven't found a
lantern and cant work out how to
open the outer airlock-type door you mention, as the switch is only frobbable from inside the guard room.As usual, just after posting, found
some light in the abandoned area! Thanks nightshifter, I'll see if this helps me.
Oh no! Stuck in the sewers now. I think I've had enough of this one - there is little to guide me on what to do and the loading time is very long. I'll wait for a walkthrough.
prjames on 30/8/2015 at 12:04
Quote Posted by Woodsie1
Q2: Still not found map #3 for the treasure. A hint were given, and I deduced that it may not be wise to hide a map made of paper under water. True, but what would a pirate do then? Perhaps hide it inside a rum bottle because pirates were known to be good at producing empty rum bottles. I have looked high and low but no map #3. (Also: Is the map vital for solving any puzzles?)
Total giveaway:
Where you the underwater passage to area #3 for the treasure, where you normally would go left and slowly up, go straight up. The paper #3 for the Pirates treasure is there.Quote Posted by Woodsie1
Q4: Someone mentioned that Borin's book may hold the answer to the puzzle with the five red diamond on the wall in the red crypt area. The poem perhaps. Or if someone had been at the very bottom of the prison and read the writing on the wall. :confused:
Gentle hint:
Which of the symbols in Borin's book or in the bottom of the prison could be replicated on that diamond puzzle?Stronger hint:
For the location at the bottom of the prison giving a hint, you need to get all the way down to just above the lava, then unlock the door to Cellblock #3 (?) where a paper next to the door says (Paraphrase) "Don't go in here. You don't want to go insane." It's in one of the cells in there.Total giveaway (at least of what I found):
Make these lines on the puzzle appear (order is not important): Left side, top side, right top to center, center to bottom right, then click bottom gem, then make these lines on the puzzle appear: Right side, bottom, bottom left to center, center to upper left. A coffin nearby opens. - prjames
nicked on 30/8/2015 at 14:11
Quote Posted by qolelis
A few things to try:
* uninstall the mission and then install it again.
* uninstall the mission (remove it from the FMSel database if you want (Ctrl+right click)), delete the current zip, and then download the mission zip again (if we're lucky, the first download just got corrupted).
* Go to FMSel's HI install folder, open fm.cfg, comment out the lines "d3d_disp_sw_cc" and "d3d_disp_sw_cc_hwgamma", and see if that changes anything.
* Check your GPU settings and let Thief2 (and DromEd) handle all settings (don't force anything).
* Please, upload your config files (*.cfg (dark.cfg, user.cfg, cam.cfg, cam_ext.cfg) and lg.ini) and your Thief2.log, and I can take a look.
I completely deleted and redownloaded the mission from a different mirror. That made no difference. I've tried changing those lines in fm.cfg but that had no effect. As far as I can tell, my graphics card isn't trying to force anything, and if it was the card, I'd expect other missions to fail.
Here's my T2 settings: (
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UhLOkH7SZTd0pQZlhoVUI0aE0/view?usp=sharing) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UhLOkH7SZTd0pQZlhoVUI0aE0/view?usp=sharing
qolelis on 30/8/2015 at 15:08
I was able to reproduce the issue by trying out the differing settings in your cam_ext.cfg one by one, so try this:
Find the following setting (in your cam_ext.cfg) and enable it (remove the semicolon in front of "min_frame_time 1"):
Quote:
; set minimum frame time value to 1ms to avoid speedups at high framerates, this does NOT cap the framerate
; it only sets the lower frame time limit so that if a frame is shorter than this, the engine will pretend
; that it was this long
;min_frame_time 1
I'm not sure why, but it worked in my tests and hopefully it will work for you too.
Side-note:
I also have the following setting enabled, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the current issue:
Quote:
; cap engine update frequency to 250 Hz (specified as min updated time in ms), for a software framerate cap when
; using "single_display_mode" it's probably better to use "framerate_cap", this is just a last resort cap
;SlowFrame 4
Edit:
Another interesting thing I noticed with having "min_frame_time 1" disabled, is that it makes the loading of missions a lot slower, so if HI loads very slowly, try enabling "min_frame_time 1".
Woodsie1 on 30/8/2015 at 16:30
My patience just ran out, sadly.
I have to bail out of the mission for now - until more help is available (help that I understand)
I usually play on expert, but had to restart on normal to get the mission going, but I newer found a flow in the mission. :(
I do appreciate the help given, not just to me, but I did not understand enough to get it going.
nightshifter on 30/8/2015 at 19:15
Quote Posted by frobbin hood
Playing on Expert.
Haven't found a
lantern and cant work out how to
open the outer airlock-type door you mention, as the switch is only frobbable from inside the guard room.As usual, just after posting, found
some light in the abandoned area! Thanks nightshifter, I'll see if this helps me.
Oh no! Stuck in the sewers now. I think I've had enough of this one - there is little to guide me on what to do and the loading time is very long. I'll wait for a walkthrough.
On getting out with the two doors and switch
you must try to block the first door. If you use the switch the second door won't open untill the fitst door is closedGiveaway
take a crate from the confescated items and place it in the first doorway, then go back and frob the switch. Go through the first doorway and take the crate. First door will close and second open and out you areYou can, with some carefull planning, even do this ghosting:D
nicked on 30/8/2015 at 20:47
Quote Posted by qolelis
I was able to reproduce the issue by trying out the differing settings in your cam_ext.cfg one by one, so try this:
Find the following setting (in your cam_ext.cfg) and enable it (remove the semicolon in front of "min_frame_time 1"):
I'm not sure why, but it worked in my tests and hopefully it will work for you too.
Side-note:
I also have the following setting enabled, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the current issue:
Edit:
Another interesting thing I noticed with having "min_frame_time 1" disabled, is that it makes the loading of missions a lot slower, so if HI loads very slowly, try enabling "min_frame_time 1".
Brilliant, that worked straight away! Don't understand why, but I'm up and running aok now. Thanks a lot for the help!
fxdwg on 30/8/2015 at 20:53
Where might I find that elusive lantern on expert?
frobbin hood on 30/8/2015 at 21:20
Quote Posted by fxdwg
Where might I find that elusive lantern on expert?
I found it
down in the lower levels, where the haunts are. there is a small room with a knocked over table and chairs.
You need to find the
control pedestal to open the gates to the level first.fxdwg on 30/8/2015 at 22:20
Thanks for the info Frobbin Hood.
I was afraid that would be the case.
It looks like I need to head back to the prison area.
