raymeld
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Thanks Thiefette !
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Can someone please help me to
get out of the irrigation tunnels. I've reached the skull room and pulled the lever to the right . Now I find that the entrance way is snowed up and the only way out seems to be past a steam pipe where I die every time I try to squeeze past. Is there something to pull to stop the steam? I could hear something opening when I pulled the lever , what am I missing ?
Thanks
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Few questions for those who have played:
The mission has a few little colourful bits that can easily be missed, and I'm curious whether a lot of people saw them or not.
Did people see the archer eating carrots in the kitchen?
How many people were propositioned by the whore?
How many people went through the front door, and which of the three routes did you take to get there?
Missed
the archer and the whore somehow. Went straight in the front door past the fire taking out all the thieves with head shots in the process , got very nifty at that even if I do say so myself !
That's why I intend to play it slowly ( and properly ) next time. Very replayable. Thanks again.
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Now this mission I really loved ! From the slowly reducing candle at startup to
the thief who rushed me at the end when I thought I'd bumped them all off ( maybe it was me but I can't remember seeing him around when I checked out the area he was in )
Brilliant , brilliant mission which I intend to play again
I never was propositioned by the whore , so must have missed an area somewhere
Top marks Springheel , wish I could have got into some of those doors , maybe this mission could be expanded on in the future?
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What I did was douse every other lamp in that hallway on both sides until my water arrows ran out, then performance levelled out a bit.
Interesting , must remember to try that , tried the usual closing all doors trick to no avail.
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Oh no, it's not just you. I had horrible performance issues in certain areas, and I have 2 video cards and 6 gigs of ram and a quad core processor in my laptop.
Well thanks for that , it certainly clarifies it for me. Nice to know it wasn't something I could have tweaked . I don't need extra ram for anything else I use the computer for so don't intend to increase it at this time , anyway you've six gigs and still had issues with the mission. Especially too as other missions have played well. Was looking forward to meeting that robot too , oh well !!
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I had to abandon this mission
when I got to the room after the one where the two guards are playing cards which have a load of chests and a lift in them.
Everything slowed almost to a halt to the extent I couldn't pick the chest locks and even had a job to press the button to summon the lift. When I went to the middle floor the game was just as slow there like moving through treacle. So , a bit disappointed in this one and I think I'll leave it there. I did like the start though with the balloon once I got started. The frame rate was very good early on , so I can't understand why it slowed up so at the point it did. May be my computer , but earlier missions have played o.k including the others recently posted by other members. I didn't appear tobe using up all my ram and the processor wasn't overstretched. It would be churlish to atempt to rate it as my experience has been limited , but I was enjoying it up to the freeze up.
No one picked up on this post. Did anyone else experience the same problem or is is just me and my computer ? Does this sort of mission need a higher end computer ? I've two gigs of ram , does this type of mission need more ? Do I have to tweek my system to play it ? Other missions recently have played o.k.Just trying to be constructive.
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I had to abandon this mission
when I got to the room after the one where the two guards are playing cards which have a load of chests and a lift in them.
Everything slowed almost to a halt to the extent I couldn't pick the chest locks and even had a job to press the button to summon the lift. When I went to the middle floor the game was just as slow there like moving through treacle. So , a bit disappointed in this one and I think I'll leave it there. I did like the start though with the balloon once I got started. The frame rate was very good early on , so I can't understand why it slowed up so at the point it did. May be my computer , but earlier missions have played o.k including the others recently posted by other members. I didn't appear tobe using up all my ram and the processor wasn't overstretched. It would be churlish to atempt to rate it as my experience has been limited , but I was enjoying it up to the freeze up.
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Raymeld, I just went and downloaded the mission (the "hard" way, by the way{!}: see above) to see what the problem might be.
Yes you should very easily see the ladder. Your gamma was way too low (I always adjust the gamma before messing with the brightness, btw, so maybe you should reset the brightness to neutral).
Getting on that ladder should be absolutely "no problem". I could hardly help from attaching to the ladder when I stood below (and, maybe, back a slight bit so I could see it, looking up) and jumped.
Here's what you do to see if you've attached:
- Get your blackjack out.
- Jump.
- If your blackjack gets "pocketed" (disappears, as fi you have your hand{s} otherwise occupied), you have attached to the ladder.
- Climb (if you can't then move a touch right or left to make sure you are able to move your body up the center of the sewer shaft).
Zen, Baby, Zen. You gotta visualize, believe and immerse...
Thanks for all the trouble you've taken on my behalf Aprilsister. After that kindness it wouldn't be right if I didn't give it another chance. You are right of course my gamma was too low , it didn't help not seeing the ladder , and I'll adjust as you've suggested. Also I think trying to 'climb' the wall as it were hasn't helped. Maybe as you say stand back a bit.
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You are only (supposed to be) shin-deep, dude. Of course you can jump.
If you have clipped down below the underlying surface for some reason then restart. Otherwise jump!
And as for not being able to see the ladder, you should be able to see it so leave the gamma where it is for this and all future missions, I'd recommend.
Sorry you are having such a difficult time.
Yes , sorry to be a bit grouchy about this one , it's just I got a bit frustrated not being able to even start no matter what I do. For an idiot like me a ladder all the way down might be easier!? Guess I'm more into the Bikerdude and Sotha missions you can get straight on with.
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Have adjusted my video settings to lighter now
and see that there is a ladder up the side of the shaft. However I obviously can't jump up when in the water and cannot apparently climb the wall to the ladder.So how on earth does one start this mission.
Are there supposed to be hand holds on the wall or something / or am I missing some equipment to get me started ? Has to be one of the most frustrating Thief missions for me I'm afraid and I'm not going to waste any more time on it as I've spent an hour trying to get up the shaft , the only fun I've had is shooting the two rats?! Would like to give it a total crap rating but that wouldn't be fair , sorry to be so negative but.... Very , very frustrating when you can't get started , seems like others are playing a different mission to me. p.s can some kind person tell me the 'normal' gamma and brightness settings on DM so I can reset mine for another mission.
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You need to look up while you're in the main tunnel (not with the rats). There should be a ladder to climb with a hatch to open at the top. Don't give up. Enjoy. Also the balloon will be outside when you get there.
Thank you for your kind reply
my screen must be a little dark as I can't see the ladder just a shaft too high up!
Will adjust and try again. I won't give up , but I get a bit impatient at times because I have a pain problem with the hands which spoils my concentration a bit and I therefore try to do things in a rush ! Thanks again Thiefette.
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Can't even get started ! Am I supposed to have an air balloon or somesuch in the inventory to get me up the shaft at the start? For some reason too the water stops me getting up the tunnel where the rats are because i can't get onto firm ground. tried to shoot a rope arrow up too. Must be getting too old for these puzzles !
Think I'll leave it for now then as no replies , must be something obvious but it's getting boring trying to get out of the cellar or whatever it is , I'll move on to another mission.
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not the snow on the bed
the ice on the lever, can be melted
Thanks ! Trust me to be on the wrong track.
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Just spent half an hour of my life ( sad old man that I am )
waving a candle over the heap of snow on the bed in that bedroom. Is it supposed to melt or something? Is there a particular spot / way you put the candle on?
thanks for any help.
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Thanks Chiron and Glyph Seeker ! I got there and completed fairly quickly after Chiron's reply. What didn't help though was that I was trying to interact the skull with the mouse button rather than using R as per your helpful post GS. I 'd done this on all the pools I'd found
including the pond at the start area
!? Doesn't help being too old and a little thick I guess , made the mission more frustrating due to my own errors !! anyway , thanks again for all your efforts Bikerdude.
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If I remember correctly you need to drop it into a pool upstairs. It has to be a pool with
a white "Aura" !
Ah.
Upstairs in the cathedral eh? I tried around the ' church' area to no avail.Thought I'd tried every ' pool' within reach and some of them that didn't look like pools. I suppose you just 'use' the skull on the pool? Guess that's why I got frustrated with the mission what with the doors and all!
Thanks Chiron anyway.
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So , can someone online put me out of my misery regarding the pool then?
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'Finished' , but too many doors for me ! Thanks though Bikerdude for a fun mission. Never did lift the curse on the skull , out of interest can someone walk me through where the pool etc is , it was driving me insane looking for it what with all those doors but I'd be interested to know! ? Thanks
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Thanks for that Chiron !
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So how do you actually start the mission , there seem to be barriers to stop you going in any direction ?
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Thank you Melan. Completed the mission the 'proper' way first by
climbing from the beginning
and finished it in 47 minutes. Then for a bit of fun I also completed the mission mob handed by picking off the guards with arrows and
going in through the front door the hard way and doing it back to front
. So I had double the fun on what was a short mission ! Top marks , very enjoyable.
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Many thanks to Bikerdude , Shadowhide and New Horizon for all your great help. Using all that information I'm sure I can improve things when I play again later. Just like to say what a friendly forum this is ! thank's for your help , I'm an old gamer ,
started first playing Thief in my late fifties so you gan guess how old I am now ! Means I'm not so quick on the uptake as the rest of you sometimes but I get there in the end ! Wonder how many other old 'thieves' there are about ? -
try to turn off v-sync
Thanks for the advice.Tried but couldn't find a way to do it. Maybe more RAM is required but it seems daft as it's only Melan's missions that don't work for some reason. As I said , other missions work smoothly enough on my system. Sadly may have to dip out on this one.
Fan Mission: Reap as you sow by Fieldmedic (2011/06/19)
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Posted · Edited by raymeld
Help I've lost the plot !
In spite of the kind help from Thiefette , I was unable to beat the skull to the hatch in the irrigation tunnels probably because I have a hand problem and can't move the keys fast enough ( that's my excuse anyway !) So I noclipped up and found myself inside the maze. Needless to say I didn't use the gates , they were closed.
Can I still finish from here , or won't i complete some objective because of noclipping. If that's the case I'll have to surrender and leave it here !!O.K now answered it myself and finished.
Thought
the maze bit too hard ( for me anyway ) , too many AIs wandering around. Maybe more knockouts should be permitted on a lower level. a couple of gas arrows would have come in handy.