yandros on 26/3/2003 at 19:00
The caves are wonderful! I can't imagine trying to do that myself in Dromed. Just got out of the sinkhole and can't wait to explore more...
Great job! :cheeky:
bdkl on 27/3/2003 at 05:23
Thanks uncadonego , lots of exploring to do in this one . I will say , however , that I'm glad I'm out of the caves and away from those damn spiders !
Skulduggerist on 27/3/2003 at 15:28
Wow! This is an amazing mission. I just can't get over the amount of detail and thought put into it. Light switches are in logical places. There seems to be the perfect number of guards (also in logical places and patrol routes). I didn't see any objects that looked misaligned or out of place. Object use and placement were absolutely perfect in this mission. IMO, it may be the mission that most closely approaches reality. Sorry about all of the gushing (I'll mop later), but, being a detail man myself, I simply cannot let this mission go by without praise.
Now that I think of it, one thing may have been too perfectly placed. Can anyone tell me where [SPOILER]the key to the kitchen safe is?[/SPOILER] :erm:
Nightwalker on 27/3/2003 at 16:39
Hint - It's in the same room.
Hint 2 - Look high, not low.
spoiler - Use a rope arrow to get up on the mantle on the other side of the fireplace and check there.
Skulduggerist on 27/3/2003 at 16:45
Thanks, NW! I'd already finished all of the objectives except for returning to the sinkhole. I just didn't want to finish the mission without getting into that safe. I'll crack into it when I get home tonight.:thumb:
sexypat on 27/3/2003 at 19:07
i hate that !!
being stuck at the begining of a mission ...
probably because i'm missing something obvious somewhere
but here i am ...
there's a place where two caverns connect i can hear a spider a bit higher
but no way to climb
if i take the other cave there's a dead end
i can climb part of the wall for a while but i can't get high enough to reach somewhere
is there a nother way ?
this place is too big just to be a dead end ...
Goldie81 on 27/3/2003 at 19:32
Those caves are a masterpiece!!
But like sexypat I'm stuck too. I got to the place where there's a beam i can rope arrow up to. I press 8 and find out I don't have any rope arrows! :mad:
Are they close? I'd hate to go through all the caves from the beginning if the rope arrows are close..
Nightwalker on 27/3/2003 at 19:55
Goldie81, you should have had 2 rope arrows in your inventory at the beginning of the mission. If you're hitting the key for them and they aren't appearing, try going into your key bindings and make sure they are still bound to the "8" key. Sometimes, for no apparent reason, Thief will drop one of these. Quite often it seems to be the rope arrows. I have no idea why. If that's not it, then I don't have a clue, I'm afraid.
SexyPat, if I'm right about where you are, then you did the swim through the underwater tunnel, came up, went into a room with some pillars that you could climb up and then you're stuck? If that's where, then the wall that you said you could climb partway up is the right way to go. You can go farther up, but the last shelf is difficult to get up onto. Try taking a tiny step back, so that you're close to the edge of the ledge, then doing the run/mantle thing. You may have to try a couple of times, but you can do it. Make sure you save every time you get past a difficult spot in these caves, because like real caves, it's slippery and dangerous in there! :)
Francine on 27/3/2003 at 20:48
Quote:
Originally posted by Nightwalker You may have to try a couple of times, but you can do it.It's in scenarios like this:
"Up, Garrett, come on you can do it. Darn it don't...Ahhhggghhh!"
(Garrett decks out.)
"Okay, take a few steps back. That's it. Good, Garrett. Now run and...Ahhhggghhh!"
(Garrett == meat bomb)
"Fine. Garrett, you pansy, you're getting up that freaking ledge. It's only a foot taller than you. Just jump and grab and...Ahhhggghhh!"
(Garrett goes splat.)
That I resort to things like this:
"Ahhhggghhh! Garrett, you are such a wuss! Where the taff are my flares?"
(Look down, drop flare.)
"Now just jump up and..."
(Pause)
"Why aren't you standing on that flare?"
(Pick up flare, look down, drop flare.)
"It's supposed to get stuck in your lap you idiot! Garrett, you can't even exploit a bug correctly! You're a pretty taffing lousy thief!"
At which point things evlove into:
"Ahhhggghhh! Garrett, you are the most incompitent thief in the history of the City! You have obviously become fat, lazzy, and inept do to the fact that you probably just sat around at home fantasizing about Vikkie during the two years that elapsed between Thief 1 and Thief 2. Just let me find a mine so that I can blow you up and then you'll be sorry!"
(Poke random keys on keyboard trying to remember what I bound mine to.)
"What the...? How did you get up on that ledge? Whatever, just don't move while I push quicksave."
(Alt + s)
"Nooooooo! Ahhhggghhh! Garrett, you were supposed to save the game not walk backwards! Okay, let's try this one last time. Jump, grab, and..."
(Pause)
"Kaboom! Ahhhggghhh! Garrett, since when did I tell you to drop that mine at the top of the ledge?"
Continue from there. The final result is:
"Okay, Garrett, you finally made it onto this freaking ledge, never mind that you only have two hit points left. Now just turn right down that tunnel. Taff, it's dark in here. Good thing I have a flare left."
(Light flare.)
"Ahhhggghhh! There's a spider! Quick get your bow."
(Flail at keyboard in an effort to remember what key broadheads are bound to.)
"I said your bow not your sword! Now it's too close. Run away! No, not back over the ledge...Ahhhggghhh!"
By the way, uncadonego, both Garrett and I thoroughly enjoyed our explorations of your caves, and the houses beyond the sinkhole were more than enough reward for making it out alive.
Mickyw33 on 27/3/2003 at 21:10
You should have started out with the rope arrows, I did anyway.
Quick question... where the heck is this secret area I hear about? I barely got 1500 in loot and I was practically taking the gold teeth out of the mouths of the gaurds to get that.:erm: So in order to get 5000, yeah... that secret area has to be pretty huge, but where is it? What did I miss? :confused:
