JacekA on 24/8/2004 at 12:05

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Thanks, I was either blind or too afraid of cameras. Three more questions:
- where is the treebeast area?
- what some of you mean by "2nd mission" ?
- how to pick two loots (in the catacombs - ceiling trap, in the ghost library-too heavy)?

bdkl on 24/8/2004 at 17:51

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Where did the author go anyway ? I hope he's not too put off by our critiques , this was a great first attempt . It would be nice to finish the beast off .

Sluggs on 24/8/2004 at 18:52

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He's busy making his 2nd FM.

RarRar on 25/8/2004 at 17:54

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This was a pretty fun mission. I had read all the comments here before playing it and I feared the worst but I really really enjoyed it. It was very challenging without being impossible. I have to admit I learned a couple of tricks and secrets here first--I might have had a different, more frustrating experience if I hadn't I suppose.

[SPOILER]Yeah, the no-warning instant death traps were annoying but there were only a couple so it wasn't too bad.

I liked all the marble floors, very challenging, plus they came with a feeling of smug accomplishment whenever I navigated an especially dicey challenge. I think one, single moss arrow would have been nice ... something to hoard and use with care. Maybe show it prominently in a planter box someplace surrounded with marble floors and patrolling guards. A prize to see from a distance and covet hungrily.

The sawblade weapon was amazing. I loved it! I hope we see it again in another FM!! The sword was a blast too. I feel like making my own little mission using the same .gam and darkhooks file, putting in lots of enemies, the sword, then going to town. A super weapon can destroy the challenge of a mission, but provided near the very end, with lots of pesky enemies to mow down ... that's sweet, and a bloody delicious reward for any tenacious thief. I used the sawblade to take out Christine III. I can't imagine how I might have done it otherwise!

For purposes of full disclosure, here are the things I learned in this forum which helped me with the mission, and which very likely would have stymied me had I not known about them before hand:

- The book switches to get into the catacombs
- That the code to the cameras had to do with square roots (I might have gotten that one eventually)
- That you can climb the tree to escape the patrolling bots when the mission starts (what a beginning! Yikes!)
- That a fire arrow was required to open the entrance to the library
- That the key to the gambling room was in the sparring room

But everything else was a lot of patience a lot of creeping, and hiding in the shadows and conking guards as they came by or making a noise to attract them.[/SPOILER]

I played this mission over two evenings and I haven't had so much fun with an FM for quite awhile. I can't wait to see what the author comes up with next.

One odd thing I noticed. As Darkloader was installing the mission I saw a brief bit of text that flashed by on the status bar that looked like a url. Is Darkloader or darkhooks connecting to the internet or something? Maybe for statistics tracking?

maloo on 26/8/2004 at 17:45

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I just heard from Gort and that isn't supposed to be in the zip file, its another fm he's working on.

M