TDP20AC Mission — The Lost City of Gazing Glass (11/30/2018)

Yandros on 30/11/2018 at 18:53

This thread is for any discussion or questions related to the mission The Lost City of Gazing Glass by mtk.
You can download the mission (http://www.southquarter.com/tdp20ac/) HERE or (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ADZuEeiDtpjvo9fGf3-wcYTkLcedukKe) HERE.
The contest thread is (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149369) HERE.

Please give clues instead of outright solutions when helping others and use the spoiler tag when you do this.

Remember that this mission, and by extension every mission made for the contest, is for THIEF GOLD. As such, do not load it with Thief 2! It is highly recommended you do not use the Enhancement Pack and/or HD texture packs to play this mission. It is also recommended you uncheck all optional features TFix comes with if you update to the latest version of the full executable.

Aemanyl on 1/12/2018 at 19:57

I am stuck in the flooded area. Is it possible to reach the top of the building? How do I open the sealed passage underwater?

I've also been to the cave with Raoul and I put the Fire Key in the lock.

mtk on 1/12/2018 at 20:13

Quote Posted by Aemanyl

no, it's actually just a scrapped secret, it's only purpose really is to give a nice light effect.
about the passage, if you mean the locked gate under the pipe, its a way back up opened by the very rusted key, just in case you miss one of the main keys (out of 4)

downwinder on 1/12/2018 at 20:15

where is the water and air key?

mtk on 1/12/2018 at 20:21

Quote Posted by downwinder

where is the water and air key?

hints
water one wasn't stolen, its hidden inside the water temple

air one also wasnt stolen. It is in the first part right after the tomb and pillars, before you reach the stairs up with the webbed body

straight spoiler if you're still stuck
water one is inside the sunken temple in the dried out area up the 2 ramps, but it only opens with the button which is in one of the chambers in the sunken temple, ground floor, hidden on a wall

air one, in that part where you go down the ramp with broken torch on the ground, you see two round textures on the ceiling.

Lord Soth on 1/12/2018 at 20:59

Link

(http://www.taffersparadise.co.uk/thief1mission/TDP20AC_The_Lost_City_of_Gazing_Glass.zip)

marbleman on 2/12/2018 at 21:35

Interesting mission this one! :)
The surreal bits got me hooked right away, and there are some really clever things implemented. The way to reach the pyramid is very well done. That said, some segments don't work too well. The water temple is far too big and confusing. Apart from the surreal areas, the architecture is mostly comprised of corridors. There's too few enemies as well. I think the concept could be developed further into a more complex mission. :thumb:
Also, do I really need to hold the Disc to finish the mission? As soon as I drop it, the objective unchecks.

fortuni on 2/12/2018 at 22:18

Just finished this one, and yes I agree with most of what Marbleman said.

It is a tomb exploration mission with a lot of yellow stone corridors linking the various different zones but finding all the loot and keys is quite a challenge, but I managed it. :D

There are a number of clever designs in this FM that impressed me, even if I had seen variants in other missions, so nothing so ground-breaking as to be OMG, but overall the style and layout worked well. I was a little surprised at the loot, the total loot available is only 119g, with most items only being 1g in value, so unless you find most of the hidden rooms, where some of the higher value items are, you may struggle to achieve your loot objective.

It's a lot bigger than mtk's other contest entry The Madness of Wolfgang Handspiegel which I thought was a lot more accomplished, but this mission has a bigger and better plot fleshed out via well thought out readables.

Thank you mtk for both of your missions. :D

Marzec on 3/12/2018 at 11:36

FM entry in the directory:
(https://www.thiefguild.com/fanmissions/7560/the-lost-city-of-gazing-glass)

Mat99 on 4/12/2018 at 02:37

Quote Posted by Aemanyl

I am stuck in the flooded area. Is it possible to reach the top of the building?

Actually, there is a way... I took three crates (2 of them are in machinery room, and one is inside the water-temple) and just mantle on the crates and jump over. Even a roof is accessible. But... there is nothing there. The hole in the floor behind one of the collumn looked very promising. I was so sure for a hidden loot or some easteregg there :/ But no :(

I just jump inside and stuck forever because there is no way out :D

mtk - You could drop there a note/scroll like: "No way out from this place?... Yesss... You've been warned in the first readable by end-sentence: "Why was I so greedy...". Now... You will die like a rat to rot! as the author of the sentence"

Also - instead of it - just a LADDER and one/two pieces of loot (increasing it to 121 ;) would be sooo nice :) and cool for the effort with 3 crates ;) Maybe version 1.1 in the future? :)