bukary on 25/10/2005 at 16:35
I've finished this. Great mission!
It convinced me that TDS engine is not that bad. And it reminded me of classic T1/2 missions. And I really liked the old-new way of dealing with keys. Great idea!
It seems that another Slav might win Komag's contest... :) Congrats!
jay pettitt on 27/10/2005 at 00:42
Yep, compact and bijou in a good way. Although trying a bit too hard to be like a LGS era thief mission for my liking. Nothing wrong with the first games of course - far from it; but some things jolt wih T3. Took me a damnable age before I tried using keys like a health potion.
Anyone decipher the runes?
Gestalt on 27/10/2005 at 02:13
I can't get the key from [SPOILER]on top of the shelf[/SPOILER] to actually open anything. Pressing the use item button with the key selected and the locked door (or chest) highlighted doesn't seem to work. Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to reinstall the mission?
The Blob on 27/10/2005 at 05:31
Quote Posted by bukary
I've finished this. Great mission!
It convinced me that TDS engine is not that bad. And it reminded me of classic T1/2 missions. And I really liked the old-new way of dealing with keys. Great idea!
It seems that another Slav might win Komag's contest... :) Congrats!
I liked this mission. It was funny, dark and cool. Say, didn't a crypt mission win the first Komag contest for Thief2?
Komag on 27/10/2005 at 07:00
Quote Posted by The Blob
I liked this mission. It was funny, dark and cool. Say, didn't a crypt mission win the first Komag contest for Thief2?
Yup, that would be Hit Deity's "Escape from Blackstone Crypt". The contest had one Thief 1 mission, but the rest were Thief 2. The only other Thief 1 FM in a contest was "Basic" in Contest 4, and I disallowed them for Contest 5.
242 on 27/10/2005 at 23:25
Just have finished it. Very enjoyable, I think it's a definite candidate for the 1st place :thumb:
The story is just fabulous for such small mission, quite complex and very interesting. Great design and attention to details, some nice scripts. I would love it if there was a full-sized T3Fm with such design and atmosphere. Reminded me of some good T1/2 undead missions.
I didn't liked another C6FM I downloaded - Defender of The Crown - nearly as much, but this one was definitely worth its 30Mb, it feels like it's thought out and planned very well.
PS: This FM requires you to read all readables attentively to finish it, there is lots of useful info.
PPS: Gestalt, the key you found doesn't fit the things you are trying it on. Search further, it will fit something sooner or later :)
Gestalt on 28/10/2005 at 00:18
242: Thanks!
A fair amount of planning must have gone into this, and the readables add a lot to it.
Dark Arrow on 28/10/2005 at 18:30
Took me a while to understand how the keys work. I kept trying to press the left mouse button with no effect.
Good mission.
marycwmbach on 28/10/2005 at 20:58
[SPOILER]I've killed the magician and all the undeads are sorted. Found two special loots. All I need is some more loot to finish. Got 68% and need at least 70%.I've hunted high and low and can see no more. Is there a cache I've missed.[/SPOILER]
GlasWolf on 28/10/2005 at 22:59
Off the top of my head, some places to try:[spoiler]- behind one of the headstones
- the upper row of tombs in the first crypt area (near the podium/writing desk). I spent ages trying to mantle onto the ledge then realised I could just mantle straight up through the arch right beside it...
- in amongst the crates in the laboratory (near the storage area)
- beside the bookshelf in the same room[/spoiler]
I think this was the only C6 mission where I actually got 100% loot.
