UPDATE: Looking for "Thief World Map Project" Images

jtr7 on 3/11/2006 at 01:02

Nevermind! It looks like Mark's responded, and the link:
(http://www.mark-cole.co.uk/thiefmap/index.htm) http://www.mark-cole.co.uk/thiefmap/index.htm
...works again!

Thanks Mark "MaJiC" Cole! Thanks Solabusca!

Solabusca on 3/11/2006 at 09:54

I sent Mark an email - maybe he'll get in touch with the TTLG folk to create an archive through TTLG - or vice versa (hint, hint).

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101910&highlight=world) This isn't the first time it's been swept away, so hopefully Mark allows us access to the great work that he's done.

When I get my own computer up and running once more (RAM burned out during an upgrade... taffin' static) I can supply .jpg's clipped from the site.

.j.

jtr7 on 3/11/2006 at 22:28

Thanks, Solabusca. I, too, think all of that work should be archived, and accessible. Sorry to hear about your RAM burnout.:nono: Good luck!

Doc_Brown on 23/11/2006 at 05:11

*throws up hands*

Oh! Lovely! It's nice to know that though the world map itself may be lost, my crappy original drawings will continue to live on in the public consciousness.

Grumble, grumble...

jtr7 on 23/11/2006 at 05:12

Hey, we've all grown (groan?) since then. Of course, you could always ask for it to be removed!:D

Solabusca on 27/11/2006 at 08:04

You ARE welcome jtr7... a quick email Mark's way is a good thing, you know.

So, is anyone going to take over the Map World Project? Anyone wanna PM the head honchos?

.j.

[EDIT: I sent a heads-up and request to GBM and Digi, is there anyone else I should think of?]

Vhilhu on 27/11/2006 at 15:04

uh?

imo the thief universe is just the City, a few places right near it (eg Cragscleft), Sunnyport and the-egyptian-place-where-Zaya-came-from ? + the Maw of course, which cannot be on a normal map because its in some other realm or something?

but all the other regions, are they just random names and places? because imo almost none of the fan missions have a detailed far-away-from-city description?

Solabusca on 27/11/2006 at 21:20

Quote Posted by Vhilhu

It's extrapolated from a few sources - first off, the globe shown in one of the original Thief cutscenes, second the place names used sporadically through the game on shipping manifests and in books.

It's a fairly extreme extrapolation, however.

Vogelfrei on 28/11/2006 at 18:18

Quote:

imo the thief universe is just the City, a few places right near it (eg Cragscleft), Sunnyport and the-egyptian-place-where-Zaya-came-from ? + the Maw of course, which cannot be on a normal map because its in some other realm or something?

I'm seeing the world rather like a moloch-like city, too, but there are a few hints on other locations. Even inside the games we sometimes leave the city but Garrett usually does not have to travel very long. At least Markham's caves or the pagan woods could be some distance to travel.

Not sure about the place Zaya comes from (ever mentioned in the original games?) though I'd grant it a semi-officialness. However, we do know certainly about the mysterious 'east' where the arabian-like mages come from and about a place called 'overseas' (or something similar, the German name is all I have right now). In Shipping... and Receiving they are sending items to a governor or so living there. [above mentioned manifests]
Plus in Deadly Shadow the land mark thingie said that in the docks was the place where the first settlers set food on. There must be somewhere all the citizens originally come from, and it probably isn't the east - but possibly overseas (or whatever).

jtr7 on 28/11/2006 at 22:47

Quote:

...about a place called 'overseas' (or something similar, the German name is all I have right now). In Shipping... and Receiving they are sending items to a governor or so living there.

Governor Horridge (via the overseas route), but it only gives a street address, not a city.:tsktsk: