Water Contest - In These Enlightened Times Sept. 22/06

Arrowgrab on 16/8/2010 at 17:26

I've just stumbled across this very nice mission, and I have the same problem with the sapphire not working at all. I suspect it might have to do with newer graphics card drivers not being able to do something properly. I do know that a few years ago my installation of Thief Gold suddenly developed a bug where the screen would turn entirely black if I was underwater and and certain other conditions prevailed - I think the conditions were A, no water surface visible on the screen and/or B, view below horizontal. Or somesuch. Anyway, the only two computer changes I had before this was getting a new screen (LCD instead od CRT) and updating DirectX drivers.

bobber on 17/8/2010 at 16:26

I went ahead and reinstalled GayleSaver's custom scripts and that fixed my problem. Try it, it may work for you too.

metal dawn on 15/8/2014 at 23:09

I apologize for the thread necromancy, but I seem to have run into a problem. The ankhs that are supposed to be on the ghosts' belts are completely absent. I can't figure out what the deal is, though it's possible that there is a conflict with NewDark. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Dahenjo on 16/8/2014 at 02:10

Yes, same problem for me using NewDark 1.22 with the T2 HD Mod. Don't know which would cause it, but maybe someone else will. Otherwise it played and looked great, but now I can't finish.

Yandros on 16/8/2014 at 05:09

Looking in Dromed, the ankhs are there and I can't figure out why they disappear when I go in game, but I can confirm that they do.

Dahenjo on 16/8/2014 at 19:12

Did a fresh T2 install using latest Tafferpatcher and enabling all fixes/mods, updated to NewDark 1.22, but didn't add the HD Mod yet, and the ankhs are still missing, so it seems like something incompatible from NewDark with the way the ankhs are implemented in this FM.

Unna Oertdottir on 19/5/2017 at 11:49

We tried to fix this mission. It's difficult, since some can see the ankhs, some don't. I hope this dml is working for everyone.
Note, there are old scripts in the mission zip (NVScript. script.osm)
I recommend to replace the scripts with new ones. Download it here
(http://www.mediafire.com/file/429s0fxwddbp2tr/T2-Scripts_Bundle1.1.zip)

save this as miss21.mis.dml

Code:

DML1
//Fixed mages and ankhs in In These Enlightened Times//miss21.mis.dml

#script squirrel

+ObjProp 30 "AI_NGOBB"
{
"" true
}

+ObjProp 30 "AI_ObjPathable"
{
"" true
}
+ObjProp 30 "AI_ObjAvoid"
{
"Flags" Block pathfind,Repel
}
+ObjProp 467 "Position"
{
"Location" 529.65, 505.00, 503.11
"Heading" 0
"Pitch" 0
"Bank" 0
}
+ObjProp 416 "HasRefs"
{
"" true
}
+ObjProp 580 "HasRefs"
{
"" true
}
+ObjProp 211 "HasRefs"
{
"" true
}
//ankh
-ObjProp 211 "PhysType"
+ObjProp 211 "PhysType"
{
"Type" None
"# Submodels" 0
}
-ObjProp 416 "PhysType"
+ObjProp 416 "PhysType"
{
"Type" None
"# Submodels" 0
}
-ObjProp 580 "PhysType"
+ObjProp 580 "PhysType"
{
"Type" None
"# Submodels" 0
}

-ObjProp 227 "PhysType"
+ObjProp 227 "PhysType"
{
"Type" None
"# Submodels" 0
}
-ObjProp 227 "Position"
+ObjProp 227 "Position"
{
"Location" 473.61,465.90,488.77
"Heading" 2830
"Pitch" 0
"Bank" 4000
}
+ObjProp 550 "CfgTweqDelete"
{
"Halt" "Destroy Obj"
"AnimC" "Sim"
"MiscC" "[None]"
"CurveC" "[None]"
"Rate" 0
}
+ObjProp 550 "StTweqDelete"
{
"AnimS" "On"
"MiscS" "[None]"
"Cur Time" 0
"Frame #" 0
}
+Receptron 551 "PingStim"
{
Min 3
Max 7

Target -3132
Agent 0

Effect "create_obj"
{
"Position" 512.89, 518.38, 510.0
"Heading" 0
"Pitch" 0
"Bank" 0
}
}

+StimSource 551 "PingStim"
{
Intensity 5

Propagator "Radius"
{
Life
{
"Flags" "[None]"
"Period" 5000
"Max Firings" 1
"Intensity Slope" 0.00
}

Shape
{
"Radius" 10.00
"Flags" "[None]"
"Dispersion" "Linear"
}
}
}
+Receptron 421 "PingStim"
{
Min 3
Max 7

Target -3132
Agent 0

Effect "create_obj"
{
"Position" 511.89, 518.40, 510.0
"Heading" 0
"Pitch" 0
"Bank" 0
}
}

+StimSource 421 "PingStim"
{
Intensity 5

Propagator "Radius"
{
Life
{
"Flags" "[None]"
"Period" 5000
"Max Firings" 1
"Intensity Slope" 0.00
}

Shape
{
"Radius" 10.00
"Flags" "[None]"
"Dispersion" "Linear"
}
}
}
//loot goals

+ObjProp 33 "Scripts"
{
"Script 0" TrapSetQVar
}
+ObjProp 29 "Scripts"
{
"Script 0" TrapSetQVar
}
+ObjProp 33 "TrapQVar"
{
"" =0:goal_visible_2
}
+ObjProp 29 "TrapQVar"
{
"" =0:goal_visible_3
}
+ObjProp 5 "Scripts"
{
"Script 0" Trigcontained
}
+Link 5 29 "ControlDevice"
{
}
+Link 5 33 "ControlDevice"
{
}
//bat
+ObjProp 60 "AI_ObjPathable"
{
"" true
}
+ObjProp 60 "AI_ObjAvoid"
{
"Flags" Block pathfind, Repel
}
+ObjProp 60 "AI_NGOBB"
{
"" true
}
//bat
+Link 113 113 "AIWatchObj"
{
"Watch kind" "Self entry"
"Priority" "Absolute"
"Trigger: Radius" 5
" Height" 5
" Required awareness" "(0) None"
" Line requirement" "None"
" Minimum alertness" "(0) None"
" Maximum alertness" "(3) High"
"Exit: Link kill option" "Don't kill"
" Kill like links" FALSE
" No test once triggered" TRUE
" Reuse delay" 10
" Reset delay" 10
"Response: Step 1" "Goto object(Object,Speed,Motion Tags)"
" Argument 1" "27"
" Argument 2" "very fast"
" Argument 3" ""
"Response: Step 2" "Goto object(Object,Speed,Motion Tags)"
" Argument 1"[1] "61"
" Argument 2"[1] "very fast"
" Argument 3"[1] ""
"Response: Step 3" "Goto object(Object,Speed,Motion Tags)"
" Argument 1"[2] "257"
" Argument 2"[2] "very fast"
" Argument 3"[2] ""
"Response: Step 4" "Nothing()"
" Argument 1"[3] ""
" Argument 2"[3] ""
" Argument 3"[3] ""
}
+ObjProp 60 "CfgTweqDelete"
{
"Halt" "Destroy Obj"
"AnimC" "Sim"
"MiscC" "[None]"
"CurveC" "[None]"
"Rate" 0
}
+ObjProp 50 "StTweqDelete"
{
"AnimS" "On"
"MiscS" "[None]"
"Cur Time" 0
"Frame #" 0
}
ObjProp 113 "AI_MoveZOffset"
{
"" 24
}
-ObjProp 113 "Position"
+ObjProp 113 "Position"
{
"Location" 528.78,488.29,521.9
"Heading" 0
"Pitch" 0
"Bank" 0
}

fortuni on 19/5/2017 at 12:28

Regarding Unna's post above

The (http://www.mediafire.com/file/429s0fxwddbp2tr/T2-Scripts_Bundle1.1.zip) T2-Scripts_Bundle mentioned in Unna's post above is needed if you find your Sapphire of Water Spirit does not work underwater. I discovered that this bundle, that contains all the up to date scripts, did not work for me when I installed it in my T2 root (main) folder where you would normally install it, but it did work when I installed it in my T2/FMsel/InTheseEnlightenedTimes folder, although it should not make a difference. So if the Sapphire does not work for you, play the mission via FMsel and install the bundle contents in your FM folder.

As for the Ankhs. Some players can't see them as Unna said. When I first played the mission I couldn't see any of them (there are meant to be 3 according to DromEd) but 2 of the ankhs became visible after I killed the 2 mages on land, but because the 3rd ankh on the mage walking on the water was not visible or frobbable it was not possible to kill the mage walking on water.

With Unna's dml I could only see one of the ankhs on one of the mages on the land, but that was ok as I could kill both of those mages. But most importantly I could see and frob the ankh on the mage who was walking on water, and so was able to kill him, thus by killing all 3 mages the blue barrier comes down allowing you to finish the mission.

pwl on 17/8/2019 at 23:18

Thanks fortuni I was trying to replay this awesome mission and I could not get the water gem to work till I saw your post!!:thumb: