T2 fm - HoC2: the dragon's claw (release 8/30/2010) MISSION 1

gitb on 1/9/2010 at 10:15

I got a problem in the killer-rat area ............. if I went down the slippery floor .......... I can see a ice-panel :confused: in the water and if i went on it breaks .............. an my stats show me that I have lost the Bonus Object : Don`t kill anyone ............. why does it happen .......... how could i pass this panel without breaking it ??? ............. Please Help

Sagittal on 1/9/2010 at 10:35

Quote Posted by Arondil

I've got through the first wall in the sewers and found the secret up to a building. I have a key, but can't open the door. Where is the key (or other way out of this area?

Arondil, did you get into the blue spider rooom? If so look up.

bjack on 1/9/2010 at 14:51

Quote Posted by Sagittal

bjack - you've probably got it now but the key for the door is in the hotel room on the table.

I've restarted at a super early save and found the key was in fact in my inventory already, but last night I could swaer that it was not in my inventory :tsktsk: I guess I am getting old. Thanks Sagittal for waking me up :) Now I can get to enjoying this new FM.

I'm now pretty far in, but I need to be careful not to go too far and not do some other objectives first. I need to slow down. I've been all over the town - upside and down and ready to move on, but I must make sure I am not forgetting something. Great game. Fairly sensitive guards too.

clearing on 1/9/2010 at 15:02

Finished part 1. All objectives completed except Enter the Vault.

The Elusive One on 1/9/2010 at 18:23

Great first mission with lots to explore and i finally managed to finish it but not without help from here, quite hard to figure out without help i would say. Still missing 4 secrets though, but for now i'm moving on.

But i think i have discovered a bug. I purchased a wide variety of weapons before moving on to mission 2, but Thief2 crashed when attempting to start the next mission. On a hunch i had the idea that maybe it was a problem with the fancy new arrows so i started experimenting with wasting them before moving on.

And i found that if i had both a black hole arrow and a hammerite arrow it would crash everytime! Loose one of them before moving on and it would work fine.

I can provide a save with the problem if needed.

Brooklyn on 1/9/2010 at 18:58

Excellent work; and as usual, it is the little touches you throw into your missions that make them so memorable! Thank you so much!

trudnicki on 1/9/2010 at 19:14

great mission !! i got stuck where is that tube key / to unlock that pipe door / and where use the mech cabin room key thanks

rustmite on 1/9/2010 at 20:27

Quote Posted by That Miserable Thief

I have the same problem.

I'm playing on WinXP sp3 and don't have Windows Defender installed.

I initially just let darkloader handle everything - no sparks.

I uninstalled the mission through darkloader, manually overwrote five files(four .osm and one .dlx) with the ones from the mission zip (after backing up my originals to another folder), reinstalled the mission - no sparks.

I uninstalled the mission through darkloader, then deleted the five script files from the Thief2 folder, reinstalled the mission, saw the "new" script files in the Thief2 folder, and I still can't get any kind of spark from the wires after breaking them and flipping the switch on. I've tried every combination of order of hitting pipe, wires, and flipping switch.

Anyone have any ideas? I've had no problems, of which I am aware, with any other FMs.

I guess this is what is called a fatal flaw. I cannot get the sparks either, and others are having the same problem. Guess this mission wasn't meant to be for me and others...shame, it looks like it would be very challenging. Too bad....oh well, onto the next new one, whenever it appears.:(:(:(

bjack on 1/9/2010 at 21:47

Quote Posted by rustmite

Are you guys cutting the cables with your sword? The cables need to be split before they spark. You also have to hit the pipe until it directs a stream of gas directly at the wires. You also have to flip the switch to make sure current is running... If you have already done all of these things, then sorry for the advice :)

redrider on 1/9/2010 at 22:22

Quote Posted by sterlino

[spoiler]you must reach the 'behind shop' area and open the gold chest where inside you will find a couple of grapple arrows that are like rope arrows but they can be used also on stones surfaces. i tryed it now and i succesfull pulled the lever.
Good Luck ! [/spoiler]

I've done everything else but can't figure out how to reach the 'behind shop' area everyone keeps talking about to get the grappling arrows. Can you please give me a very specific hint. Getting tired of running around the map...