chakkman

I just finished this. Nice mission, I really enjoyed it. A few issues, but, overall a very nice experience. So, yeah, nice mission, and, looking forwards to play your other ones now.

Ah, then my memory failed me.

Are you doing a ghost and full loot walkthrough? If so, respect, that's a massive undertaking on this gigantic map. Biggest Dark Mod FM I'm aware of.

Gigantic missions like The Painter's Wife would really benefit from automap. I really liked it in the original Thief games. Very helpful.

"Ignorant" opinion: I doubt that 99,9% of the general population would notice the difference in game, so, this is a bit of a geeked out discussion. Also, if there are some significant downsides which can't be overcome, then I'm always for the solution which offers more and causes less trouble, regardless whether or not it looks 0.001% worse.

Is this a campaign? I mean this one specifically, I know that there are more "Hidden Hands" missions.

Dishonored style. I like it.

That's a great game. Highly recommended.

Well, I wouldn't mind him being here at all. But, that's just me.

You know what I find most significant? That he's still working on missions after all this. That said I can't and won't comment on the decisions made. I'm sure there were good reasons for them, and, I really don't know the people involved in this mod as people who would recklessly exclude someone. I really like bikerdude's work, and, his missions are welcome additions to the mod. I think I played them all by now. Looks like he's in touch with some people here anyway.

Another mission I can highly recommend is The Scarlet Cascabel. Probably even the best of the missions I played. Really great.

It's not that. In some occasions, the blackjack simply went through the NPC without doing anything. No hit, no sound, nothing. It's as if you're sriking through air. That said, I don't know if that happened to @lowenz here.

I think it's an issue with v2.11 (dunno if it's also present with v2.12). For example, I noticed it with the first guard (Builder) in Written in Stone (but also in other missions). I couldn't really successfully replicate it every time though, just sometimes. You blackjack someone, and the blackjack just goes through, without hitting the NPC.

You mean that he isn't K.O.-able, or that the blackjack just goes through him? The latter seems to be a bug with some NPC's since at least 2 TDM versions. At least I've experienced it in quite a few missions now.

First mission in 2024, right? Grats.

I suggest you use the term "I", to make clear that it is something YOU want, and that you speak for yourself. But, as wesp5 mentioned, I don't really know what this is about, at all. And, I'm also wondering about all the newly registered people lately, who just arrived at this forum, and already want to revolutionize this mod. This is a thing I noticed 2 or 3 years ago, and which hasn't been present in the 15 years I play this mod and frequent these forums now. Really seems like a common thing these days, to not knock on the door, but kick it in, and stomp right in.

Sounds good to me.

Freedom is merely a feeling for most. I never understood the coherence with software. A license which allows modification is merely something practical, nothing I'd associate with "freedom" in any way. For some people, this is very political.

It's definitely helpful to sort those limbs out.

A story like that would do nice in such a mission.

Risen 1 definitely is more like Gothic. I also played it through 2 times now, the last time a couple of days ago. Risen 2 is different, but, I find the setting and gameplay very coherent. That pirate stuff fits nicely. I'll probably also play through Risen 3 when I'm finished with part 2. I never played that one through, after always failing at the oracle spider boss last time... By the way, looks like Piranha Bytes are in a lot of trouble, and will probably be closed down: https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/piranha-bytes-gothic-elex-schliessung,3406996.html Unfortunate, but, the whole game industry seems to be quite messed up these days.

I'm replaying this game at the moment (I already played it through once, in 2015), and, I'm absolutely loving it again... Lovely game world, and some really charming characters, and funny quests.

Hey marbleman. Just taking the opportunity to thank you for your walkthrough vids of Thief 1, 2 and TDM missions. I found quite a bit of help with finding stuff in there. Thanks for your missions as well.

In which way do you think that the changes made to mantling and leaning will "encourage new players"? I don't see anything about the old systems which would be a hindrance, or a discourage for people getting into the game. Anyway, my main issue with this and other things which have been pushed here quite aggressively lately is something different. But, that's something the core team of the mod should address (and know), and is probably not something to discuss here in public (and not up to me anyway). I'm in good faith that it will be addressed, because, I don't think it can go on much longer like this.

May I ask where you got that "feedback from players" from, and who the "several mission authors" supporting making mantling faster are exactly?