<Username> on 13/11/2021 at 18:06
Created by Ziemanskye, this was the first T3 FM to be released. Garrett's equipment has been stolen. With the City Watch closing in on him, he finds himself in a small inn. His only chance is an escape via the rooftop. Maybe he can also pick up some loot while he is here.
I was pleasantly surprised by this FM. Given that this is the very first one for T3, I expected broken game mechanics and problems with layout or textures. But the mission, while small, was solidly built. The only issue I noticed was that at that point, authors had not yet figured out a way to prevent the game from loading Garrett's South Quarter apartment after the mission completion screens.
Stats:
Difficulty: Expert
Game time: 10 minutes
Loot: 300 out of 300 (100%)
Things I liked:
* Working light switches!
* Guards react to doors being opened and lights being turned off.
* Advancing to higher floors triggers the City Watch to first enter the inn and later to appear on the second floor.
Things that could be improved:
* Maybe the mission could be a bit bigger, but for the first T3 FM, the size was quite alright.
* Not all candles could be extinguished. This was probably a deliberated choice by the author though.
<Username> on 19/7/2022 at 03:50
Can't uninstall Two Steps. It is the only T3 mission I encountered so far that cannot be uninstalled via FMSel.
The mission readme says you need to unpack ResetToDefault.zip from the mission archive to the Thief: Deadly Shadows folder. This is supposed to overwrite all modified files with the original versions shipped with the game. But after I did that, "tds_townhouse_v3" still shows up in the list of missions of FMSel. I tried twice.
In a test, I was able to load Two Steps via FMSel 1.1.2 and complete it. The mission is still installed. In another test, I loaded a different mission via FMSel. That still seems to work, thankfully.
