jackinthebox on 14/12/2021 at 20:14
Hello everyone,
after a lot of testing I am finally ready to release the 2021 overhaul edition of my mission "Off to Milhorn Manor", which I realeased long ago!
It is a Thief 1 styled mission, a huge manor with a lot of quest items, exploring and loot (the difficulties scale the amount of stuff to do, so feel free to play on normal or hard on your first playthrough). Ghosting is now Possible and there is now an automap.
Back then it was mostly well received but also got some criticism for some annoying quirks and I did my best to make it a more rounded experience and to eliminate these quirks!
The mission was designed to be played with the enhancement pack or original ressource, please respect! :)
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Screenshots(
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pri6VET_fJ8jSJWxqrVHpo2VY-PDXl_Z/view?usp=sharing)
Download(
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Features/Changelog:Features:Automap
Newdark support + mission should work with the Enhancement Pack
Candles can now be doused with a water arrow
Added „Protective Glasses“ to the loadout shop, use them only if your computer cannot manage the particle effects in the caves
The lower difficulties have less keys and quest objects to gather and objects in easier location, for players who want a more straightforward experience (note this when you ask for directions in this post, some items are in different location!)
Mission gameplay:Implemented Special Loot+Secret
Mission should now be ghostable, there are no more forced ghost busts
Removed the Builder 2000 quest object and the backtracking to the alchemist shop outside the mansion
Removed the long spider tunnel towards the end (known ghost bust)
Reduced the amount of guards
Visual + Other:More readables and I tried to add in more storytelling
Added some variance in the basement textures to aid orientation
Big improvement of the city and outside area
Many other minor fixes, improvements, and beautifications
Retextured some areas to give it more a T1-feel
Special thanks for this rerelease go to Pete from Discord for the feedback and betatesting.
ENJOY!!!
fortuni on 14/12/2021 at 20:49
Congratulations on the re-release, I'll certainly enjoy this one as I very much enjoyed v_1.0, IIRC it was an enormous map with so much to do. :D
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Added „Protective Glasses“ to the loadout shop, use them only if your computer cannot manage the particle effects in the caves
Brilliant idea !
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Reduced the amount of guards
Thank you. :laff:
A.Stahl on 15/12/2021 at 09:37
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Reduced the amount of guards
Heh, yeah. I do remember this mission. And the only thing, besides the fact of remembering playing it, I can recall is the ridiculously big number of guards. I believe there were something more than a hundred. Maybe even 2 hundred. They roamed those corridors in big groups and blackjacking them was a crazy boring toil.
I think it is time for a replay :)
A.Stahl on 15/12/2021 at 11:37
In the city part, there is a metal ventilation shaft with a button (near some kind of lift\manhole). This button cannot be pressed. Is it a bug or do I miss something?
A.Stahl on 15/12/2021 at 13:39
The loot goal is 4000 plus some "special loot". I got that but the objective is still active.
jackinthebox on 15/12/2021 at 17:25
You are correct, it works only on 1 of the 3 loot items, will do a hotfix
SirLord Best on 15/12/2021 at 20:46
Just tried the new hotfix and it seems to crash after you select the mission difficulty, you can see some of the shop menu open up and then it's straight back to Desktop. Maybe it's just me...
I'm using Angelloader BTY.
jackinthebox on 15/12/2021 at 21:57
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Just tried the new hotfix and it seems to crash after you select the mission difficulty, you can see some of the shop menu open up and then it's straight back to Desktop. Maybe it's just me...
I'm using Angelloader BTY.
It works with FMsel (the one that ships with the newdark updates). it could be angelloader or another issue.
SirLord Best on 15/12/2021 at 22:19
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It works with FMsel (the one that ships with the newdark updates). it could be angelloader or another issue.
had the same thing with FMsel too, I'll download it again and see if that works...
