TAC Affairs of Wizards Nov.30/08

Jah on 31/12/2008 at 14:52

The conference table is the one in the mages area, where you got the fire key.

Ricebug on 1/1/2009 at 14:59

Finished! (Although I had to walk around the kitchen to find the "sweet spot" to end the mission.)

I think whoever did this must have worked for TTLG. When I went into DromEd, I thought something was wrong. Since I had just installed the NTEX pack, I thought, "I NO! DromEd is screwed up!"

Ricebug

Thelvyn on 1/1/2009 at 17:04

We still don't know who made this one ?

kamyk on 5/1/2009 at 10:06

I had the same issues already reported by most. Couldn't find the ruby, wizard ignored me, had a hell of a time finding the 4th key (which I didn't even have a clue to look for till I was looking in this thread). Downloaded the patch.

Otherwise, everything was great. This definitinely had an FM veteran feel to it. I'm not going to bother looking in dromed, but I assume this level is so innovative because it reuses space over for the various rooms, and that much of the mission is created with objects rather than brushes? It was very well executed, and the mission was a treat to play, except for the objective issues.

I'm guessing NV too... Some of the objects put me in mind of his work, and he always makes such pretty missions. If not him, we have another technical master on the rise.

Nameless Voice on 8/1/2009 at 13:40

Well, now that people know I made it, I just have one thing to say:

The fourth key is an optional secret bonus objective, there aren't meant to be clues because you don't need it to complete the mission!

That Miserable Thief on 8/1/2009 at 14:10

NV, maybe you can answer this question:

Quote Posted by Durinda D'Bry

I noticed one wall in fire "realm" looks as secret I'm unable to open, it is near 2 chests on stone shelves - one with loot, another was unfrobable. Is it secret? On finish statistics shown me 1 secrets from 0:)

When first going upstairs in the fire realm, there seems to be a secret door in the wall on the left, and there seems to be another beside a column on the left at the entrance to the room Durinda mentions. It looks like they both could lead to the same area. Is there any way to open these? I've gone in circles looking for hidden switches.

Nameless Voice on 8/1/2009 at 14:12

That's a messup, I didn't have time to fix it before release. There is only one secret in this mission.

EZ-52 on 8/1/2009 at 14:24

Quote Posted by EZ-52

Before I even started the mission I was about 99% sure the author was Nameless Voice.

Not because of the fact that it caused Thief to crash but something else VERY familiar.

Heh, no matter how much you try to disguise who made a mission you always forget about one thing that instantly identifies it.

But I really enjoyed this mission overall. Good job, Nameless Voice

ASHASSIN on 8/1/2009 at 15:10

i knew you were the culprit behind this mission NV. hats off to one of the masters!!
(now i just need to pull my finger out and make a mission of my own...:sweat: )

AndrewPhD on 8/1/2009 at 19:02

Congratulations once again to Nameless Voice!:thumb:

After playing this awesome mission, I am still wondering about the painting of the bearded man on the stair landing at the top floor. I have mentioned in another post that I have seen it before, and been raking my brains to remember who he is. The other two paintings, I recognized, and they gave me a hint.

Initially, I thought that the author was from Poland, for the following reason: When I saw the painting, and after trying to recall where I saw it, I looked at the zip file for a possible hint. There I saw that the pictures of the bookcases used the Polish word for "book" (I do not speak Polish-I looked it up), so I concluded that the author came from Poland. :)

Best,
AndrewPhD