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  1. Exceptional mission... I just never wanted to find the edge of the map because I wanted to keep exploring! The details were great and the objectives each had a fun little twist. I also liked that you didn't get bogged down in some epic story... the the title says, it was just a night in the life of a thief! Like the old T1/T2 missions, there were times when the map felt bigger than it was, and that's a great feature. Wonderful work on this! Business as Usual is in my top 5 for sure.
  2. I think I had played this one when it first came out, but that was when I was a younger taffer! I decided to start playing TDM again after a long (new child related) hiatus, starting alphabetically. I loaded this one up and got the "Press Attack to Start Mission" dialogue... and TDM locked solid. I had to end the process to get back to Windows. Tried a couple more times and the dialogue didn't even come up. Darndest thing. I had just downloaded all of my missions from a clean slate about a month ago, too. Any ideas?
  3. I don't get to play games much these days, but when I do, I play Dark Mod! Just played through this one and liked it very much. The atmosphere was good, there didn't seem to be too many or too few AIs walking about. Rooms felt thoughtfully done, guidance was not overdone or too vague. One minor thing I noted:
  4. Yep, that's the one! I just did a search of all .PK4 files and found the only two that took identical memory. Thanks for the explanation... it really was very helpful.
  5. Thanks, gnartsch, that's kind of what I wondered, but I didn't want to start doing a lot of folder surgery if I didn't have to. Besides, some missions have sequels, and I didn't want to delete any potential "part two" missions. *edit* Cleaned up everything but I am left with one mystery... "Sneak & Destroy" still shows up twice, but has one folder. Both missions state 159MB. I noticed several other missions became duplicated because the new versions had entirely different folder names ("Rift" v. "The Rift", "Awaiting_the_Storm" v. "Storm"). That sort of thing.
  6. Doesn't seem so. The file size discrepancy alone makes me wonder what is going on. How can one FM have 18MB of data and another 54MB, but both still run? It's very strange!
  7. So I just decided to sorta start clean (that is, download the latest edition of TDM which, since it really isn't a mod but a stand alone game could just be called, "The Dark Stand Alone" but that would be rather awkward... but I digress). After loading it up I went in and updated all of the available missions, and this is when I made an interesting discovery. MFMF! So I have two and sometimes three instances of the same mission in my directory. Some of them have a check for having been completed, others of the same name do not. A few are obviously updated versions, but several have identical file names with no indication of a version number. The real treat, however, is file size. I have three versions of "Somewhere Above the City"; one is an update, two are not, and all three have vastly different file sizes. When I run into these duplicates I have some that read 18MB right alongside a version reading 226MB! While I'm guessing the easiest thing to do is wipe entirely and use the downloader to rebuild my list, I was wondering what could cause the huge discrepancy in file sizes (yes, each version seems to work, even if one is lacking 100MB in content) and is there a way to prevent TDM from downloading duplicates in the future?
  8. Happy anniversary, TDM! And congrats and thanks to the incredible community that has made TDM what it is... basically, what the new Thief is not.
  9. One day, I'll find some soft-soled boots....

    1. nbohr1more
    2. Sir Taffsalot

      Sir Taffsalot

      I wear New Rocks. Knee high leather boots with steel vampire buckles all over them. I'm the worlds noisiest thief. I may be evil and steal all that you hold dear but you cant say that I don't give you a fair chance.

    3. SteveL
  10. I don't know why this just popped into my head; probably reading about the new AI and sound features. I was wondering if there would be any merit to a new inventory item; a slingshot. Hear me out before using a gas arrow on me! Basically this would be a small, lightweight tool for use in distraction. Now, yes, the player can have noisemaker arrows, but they are expensive and, let's face it, a guard is going to see the thing and be alerted right away. A slingshot, however, could allow the player to target a plate across the room, snipe a metal cup from a table, causing it to fall with a clink. It would allow for a different kind of distraction that left much less of a trace... a small pebble. Just a thought. On to reading more about the great improvements to TDM!
  11. To me consitency of the environmental elements is pretty important; it doesn't matter if a vine "goes somewhere" or just leads up into a dead-end tree. If I see ropes, vines, and chains I always want to see if I can climb them just to see where they go. If the element is always up to the mapper it can be confusing, but if the interaction is "always on" I can see mappers will have to be careful sometimes or they could map a route right around (or over) their plot line. Still, my vote is Yes/Yes/Yes.
  12. A lot of input on this thread about using a campaign to fill out the world, and I just thought I would drop one of my two cents here about that. Think about such, eh, similar titles, such as TDP. The first game WAS a tour through the world. It set up the environment of the City, outlined the factions and let the player see how they interacted, touched on the Precursors and other historic concepts, gave a sampling of the bestiary, demonstrated how majic worked, revealed the antagonist, and resolved the central plot while leaving the whole world open. TDMA was not so much about new factions as an historic turning point in that world; a new antagonist and new technologies, to be sure, but by this point the world was very well established. The player is experienceing changes that are only impactful because he knows the world... "the Hammers are divided?!" mixed with a little, "oh, crap... more metal flooring...." Dark Mod has set up some nice factions and the wiki has some good details, and the campaign is a great way to see how they interact in story. It would be a good chance to just glimpse at a few protagonist/antagonist and supporting characters... even when you can't see the dark enemy in LOTR, we know his name. Even when we didn't know his proper name or read about any specific events dealing with him in The Hobbit, we heard of "the Necromancer." As I see it, the campagin is the community's chance to fill out a rich world: Levels = a physical view of the architecture and different locations. In Theif we were introduced to the City, the underground, the forest, etc. Many folks were disappointed in TDS because it felt like a different world. Lesson? TDM needs to cement the feel for places in its physical world. Dialogue = a taste of the cultures. This can be really challenging (especially for voice actors). I have written quite a bit of fantasy fiction with heavy cultural influences, and it can be difficult to really use terms, spellings, idoms, and slang that represent a multicultural experience. How can you get a feel from one or two dock workers that there is another country across the sea, and meet someone ten maps later that just their inflection tells you they are from that distant land? "Tellin' you, Carver, those who crossin' the Daeks float the waters... best you watch where'n your foot falls." TDM needs to define some dialog for its city and for any foreigners to add a sense that the world is larger than what we see. Plots = our steady story that guides as through the other elements. The plot is there to devolop and resolve itself, yes, but it is also the tool used to introduce the player to the physical locations, meet the characters, and see how it all interacts. In this when the campaign is being outlined the developers need to be aware of splashes of content they can add; foreshadowings of possible future events, characters, technologies, etc. The exciting part of such a project is that the community gets to define this world! The daunting work of this project... is that the community gets to define this world! I just wish I had a bit more time to get involved.
  13. Hm. This topic deserves to have a poll stuck on it, don't you think? Of course it would boil down to 1 vote in 5... unless you can vote for everything.
  14. I always found the TTC hammer method helpful, but people play for different reasons. Some don't like the larger, vague exploration missions, and others love 'em. Some like undead missions, others hate 'em. Might help to have a system similar to the polls, but how it would translate would require an admin to update it. I'm not sure how the hammer score system was updated over time... or it if was.
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