chakkman

Always surprised again how popular action games are. I used to play action games, like, 20 to 25 years ago or something. I've really grown out of them quickly... Well, I still play the occasional Doom 3 or System Shock, or whatever, but, those are hardly sole action games.

I just finished another of skacky's missions, Midsummer Night Heist. Quite nice, and moderately sized mansion mission. And, quite a step up in terms of visuals compared to the Thief Gold missions I played before that. I played the Chalice of Souls before that, but, the snow theme and city design somehow didn't pick me up...

I'm surprised that there can be OS-specific bugs in a mission. The keyhole peeking is just a script, isn't it? Does it make use of OS specific graphical stuff?

Thanks. I think you found my issue. I installed TFix Lite instead of full, as I read that it works better with FMs. I usually installed TFix full, and, I that's probably why I thought Thief Gold always had these sound notifications.

So, it doesn't play sounds when an objective has been completed? I was sure that it at least plays a sound when you meet the loot objective. But, again, totally confused about that now.

So, if I understand you, no Thief Gold FM does sound and text notifications of completed objectives? The missions in The Black Parade surely did. I'm completely confused now. I was sure that original Thief Gold had those objective complete notifications (at least the sound). Reading this thread suggests otherwise though: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132977

Somehow, I didn't get the "Objective complete" sound overlay and text display when I completed an objective with both the Between These Dark Walls and Endless Rain missions. Is that normal, and maybe a side effect of these missions having been developed for older versions of New Dark? I definitely got those in The Black Parade, so, it can't be a general thing.

Thanks. I'm playing Endless Rain at the moment (about 3/4 through), and, it's great. Gigantic, but, great.

Is it still in progress? I.e. not abandoned?

One thing is for sure: The originals are, in general, a lot darker, and more creepy. Sure, also depends on the FM, but, the style of the core assets and the models is surely different.

If I understood @marbleman correctly, he doesn't work for Arkane though?

I just finished Between These Dark Walls. It was very good.

Thanks. I figured out that Thiefs Guild seems to be THE site for browsing these missions. I already found Endless Rain there, when I checked skacky's missions. Looks like it's part of a series of maps, so, I'll probaby start with the prequel, "Between These Dark Walls".

The one issue I have with T2X (heard of that one already in the past) is the female protagonist. Call me old fashioned, but, I only gel with male protagonists, being a male and all that, I can identify better with a male protagonist. One of the few exceptions to that is Tomb Raider. But, especially in a Thief game, I want to play a guy.

I just finished The Black Parade (it was really nice), and, now I kind of tasted blood. You guys know some top notch fan missions for either game, which I should play? They should be of similar quality as the missions in The Black Parade. I frankly have no idea about the mission makers in Thief and Thief 2, so, I have to ask. I know that Melan did some missions for TG and TMA, but, frankly, I liked his TDM missions better. With the other mission authors, I have no idea.

Just FYI: You just replied to a more than 4 and a half year old post. Posted by a member who was last seen online here more than 4 and a half years ago.

I find that pixelated look silly as well. If then do it like Gloomwood: Less detailled graphics. But, not that ridiculous Minecraft look. Don't think it would actually bother me that much in game though.

Is that Thief Gold or Thief 2? Make sure you do the following: Install Thief Gold. Start Thief Gold one time, if you have it on Steam, so that it creates/updates the install.cfg. Install TFix (preferrably the Lite version, as, obviously, some mods don't play well with the full TFix with mods). Set up Thief after that, resolution, control scheme etc. Then open the cam_mod.ini in the Thief Gold root directory, and remove the ";" before "fm" in the "always start the FM Selector (if one is present)" section. Next time you start Thief Gold, it should show you the FMsel loader (and, hopefully that error message is gone), which lets you load the FM.

As far as I understand (and as it is for sale on Steam), it already is released.

I don't see a lot of stealth gameplay either. The graphics are alright, no issue with that. Guess I'll buy it.

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Grats to the release. Will be the next thing I play after I finished The Black Parade.

Sorry, I confused the TTLG users then. I'm about 2/3 of the first mission of this campaign. It's great, fantastic level design. Difficulty is nice, not too hard. Haven't encountered any bugs thus far, although the ability to roll back banners seem a bit glitchy. I guess you have to approach them from a specific angle (to the right of the banner). Overall, really impressive. I have only ever played 2 or 3 Thief 2 fan missions, and, they weren't nearly on this level.

I just found out that this is by the guy who did level design for Dishonored (for the Flooded District levels, I think?), which raised my interest level from low to very high. Never really played FMs on Thief Gold or Thief 2, so, I'll have to check out how it works again...

New vid for some of the upcoming content: