Fidcal on 2/4/2010 at 05:22

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Enjoy your extended weekend with this monster easter egg! Heart is a full-size Dark Mod FM, the third in the Thief's Den series in which you play (http://modetwo.net/darkmod/wiki/index.php?title=Thief_Characters) Farrell.

Read the notes below while you ... (http://www.mindplaces.com/darkmod/fmdetails.php?id=17) DOWNLOAD HERE.

Not heard from Sam since I turned down the Edridge job as too risky. Now I'm low on funds and have no choice. A gem called the Heart of Lone Salvation which they say brings good luck - but only once. Sounds foolish but who cares? Worth a fortune on the thieves' market if I can get inside Edridge Hall - and Lord Edridge is very wealthy. Sam knew him from the old days as a common lifter who made good when he found the Heart. It's a beautiful night - dank, cold; fog's rolling in; maybe Edridge's luck is about to run out.

STOP PRESS: Just discovered an outrageous logic error that never occurred to me. I have to give a spoiler:

The Heart must NOT be destroyed until you have finished all your other objectives.

If you have then sorry, it may be that you will have to noclip to finish the mission. Nobody, including myself, ever did it that way before. I'll have to find a solution and do an update in the future.



SIZE: ALLOW 5 TO 6 HOURS PLAY FIRST TIME AROUND

PERFORMANCE: Players with low end machines should play this with low settings on Hard-LoPC [difficulty level] with fewer guards. You won't miss anything. I've played it on a 2GB machine with an old FX5900 card. Lag in some areas but tolerable.

SECRETS: There are many 'secrets' in this FM. If you don't like secrets, [then to] turn off 'Found Secret' messages, create/add to autoexec.cfg in doom3/base a line:

seta mvr_show_secrets 0

FOG: Game characters may see through fog better than you. Take extra care.

MATCH: You have a slow match (smouldering splint) and a spare [match] important to this mission so don't lose them. Practice on any candle or torch that is not lit or just as a convenient light in a dark area. Ghosters can use it to relight extinguished flames. Use the drop control to put the match in your hands and move the match so the glowing end is close to the wick, etc. Press the 'Use' control to put the match back in your inventory bag.

BODIES: You need space to shoulder a body as well as drop one so you may need to drag into an open area before trying to shoulder again with the 'use' control.

NEW OBJECTIVES: New objectives go to the top of the list to make them easier to find. Sometimes more than one at once.

BRIEFING: Do not use Esc during the briefing or the cursor becomes invisible. (You can still select blind though looking for highlights.) You can skip the briefing with the left mouse button. If you miss anything you can use the back button to show it again.



pmw57 has now done an excellent walkthrough for this FM for any of you that might have missed anything. :)

(http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/FM:TDM_The_Heart_of_Lone_Salvation_-_Fidcal_%26_Baddcog/walkthrough)

Lady Jo on 2/4/2010 at 07:11

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Downloading now :)

xaussienanny on 2/4/2010 at 08:57

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thanks heaps, downloading now.:D

Shadowhide on 2/4/2010 at 13:31

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First mission of Thief 4 :D :thumb:

piln on 2/4/2010 at 15:08

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Great! I wasn't expecting anything until Goldchocobo's forthcoming missions, so to see this and stumpy's mission available now is a nice surprise. Fidcal's Chalice Of Kings was my favourite of the first batch of missions, so I can't wait to play this. I'm stuck at home working tonight and always like something to distract me from work - this'll do nicely :)



:D This sounds great