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  1. What are considered the best missions TDM has to offer?

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    8 hours ago, Obsttorte said:

    Do you mean that only one door requires a key or that all doors require a key except for one? As it reads as if you meant the latter, which isn't what I would consider good. (It's been ages since I've last played the mission, but I remember it to be very good, too).

    OOF sorry, mistyped that, meant only one door needs a key. 
    Everything else can be picked

  2. What are considered the best missions TDM has to offer?

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    Posted · Edited by Kukutoo

    Not sure if I posted here before, but for a simple strait forward favorite that I can always go back to,
    its: Alberics Curse
    to me its one of the best uses of the game. Its a pure list of objectives that can be done in any order. a open church with 50 ways in and out, and lot of hostile activity that makes it where you have to rely on stealth, and with the undead enemies, in order to dispatch them you need to have a good escape plan. 
    Its a brilliant use of space, the layout of the church all makes sense, it feels genuine and solid, and I cant profess enough that its a sandbox with objectives, all but one door requires a key, everywhere else is a jungle gym, all inter connected, and all crafted with so much care that the only times I have ever gotten stuck it was of my own doing by goofing around. 

    So much replay value, so many ways to achieve all of the objectives, and so many ways to play it. 

    I love so many of these missions, I could list over half of them for the pros, 

    but for me, in the rawest sense of a DM mission, Alberics Curse is peak. 

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  4. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    Now if we talk about culture, while Bridge port is not comparable to anyone in particular (due to it being ficticuous and the largest city in the world), it reminds me most of high medieval Italy. With the super Urban city life, and the manors and estates built into the cities, looming tower houses that reflect the wealth of families like the Voltas. (the neighborhoods in Volta do give off Venice vibes) much like the nobility of the Ghibellines, or the Guelphs, the only affairs that matter to them are within the city of Bridgeport for most matters. 
    The arts, and Inventions of Bridgeport are vast, as the Inventors guild is more or less barred to stay within the city as to not compromise the inventions that allow the Empire to hold its ground against Menoa and other threats. 
    Guilds and Unions are powerful within the Western Empire, England was for the most of its history not nearly as fond of unions or guilds as Italians were. 
    The many musicians and writers that are name dropped within the many fan mission:
    Ludwig Prinn, Olaf Olafson, Le Strange, De Malyns, Wolfram, Nigel G Manton, Drae Gof’ Erre, Castaigne, Mary Chambers, Gelo Fleisher come from vast and wide western origins, which gives off a central feeling to the city itself where the people of the world flock to it, for its accessibility and its possible safety for arts. (if the Builders allow certain things) But once again give me heavy High medieval Italian vibes, or the separate independent city and how it is its own governor. 

    If anything I think of Bridge port like a colder, bloated, polluted, creaking industrial Venice more then a London or Bristol. 

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  6. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    I think while the coastline is the same, the weather and the mountains are vastly different. 
    The mountain range in the Lich Queens demise are insane! And they take place not but a few miles north of Glenham which is only a few miles north of Braeden. Which puts it about center of the Western Empire. 
    While in France there are no intense mountain ranges comparable to Glenhams, in the Western empire there is. 

    Also someone stated that the Western Empire has giant mushrooms and glowing crystals. 

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  7. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    As I was saying, I am doing this out of my own love for the DM and all the work people have given it over the years, my main passions are history and demography. I felt that I could put my love to work and just give a silly little gift that is not meant to be taken seriously. 

    The map of Europe being used for the universe is based off of maps that have appeared in dozens of DM levels, and if a DM level ever places a area on a map in relation to Bridgeport I would reference that in particular. 
    I know Sam Wilson: Eastbound had a map that I used to place a half dozen locations. The Accountant series also has a few new maps that confirmed locations too. 

    But I really do find a lot of charm in this low fantasy world, where things are recognizable but very different. 
    In Iris, we get confirmation that there is a island known as Corsica, and in Down by the river side we hear of Newfoundland, and in general the Arabian men are known as Moors. 
    So its a pleasant mix of oddities and supernatural things, and subjects that we can draw a lot of relation too. It may be my favorite fantasy universe of all time. But a lot of that comes from the absolute community effort made to create it. 
     

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  8. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    It does not seem to be France though, thanks be to the builder. 
    But by the names it seems there are Italians, Germans, Danes, English, and Frenchmen. 
    The western empire, or Bridgeport, seems to be a collection of countless manors and fifes of varying cultural origin. 
    I am composing a list of every named person in the dark mod as well. It is as much a wip as the rest of this stuff. 

  9. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    First I have to say, I Love your maps, they are amazing and through the Bank robbery maps I got one of my friends hooked for life in the DM. 
    Second, I feel intimidated coming up with the cities lay out as of right now, I feel I need to learn all the names of the wards first still. 
    BUT then I will totally give it a try. 

    But yeah! I love though, that Bridgeport is the center of the world, how often we leave her to see other corners of the empire. 

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  11. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    Thank you! 
    Its been a little tedious, I have a paint.net doc with 12 layers because I find places make more sense in other locations down the line! lol 

    I see the Empire as slowly reaching but over all neglecting its land boarders, being more interested and self centered on Bridgeport. 
    It has occurred to me as of last night I should start a catalog of every mentioned battle within the universe and mark where they happened as well. 

    I am considering doing the dreaded bridgeport. As of right now I am just making a list of all the wards and areas that are mentioned within. 
    |More or less a in depth catalog and survey of the empire.

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  12. Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    Dragofer! ITS a honor! I love down by the riverside! I have played that one multiple times! 
    I feel the same thing for Thorton hall! I believe it to be very far from the city! 
    I actually already have it on the map, with its two accompanying manors of West field and Ruthershire! 

    I was wondering about Newfoundland too! at the moment I have a place holder for it (faroe islands) But I am thinking as you said, would work better as Greenland! 

    Have yet to play though one step too far for this survey yet.
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    I just have to say I love how many FM take place outside of bridge port, it really gives so much life to the world! 

    31 minutes ago, Dragofer said:

    This is very cool, I always wanted to see all the FM locations compiled into a single map. I can just about read some of the annotations - maybe try using an image hosting site like Imgur to upload the image in a better resolution?

    For my own FM locations, I have the following to contribute:

    • Wrecker's Reach (Perilous Refuge): I imagined this to lie somewhere along the Atlantic Ocean, probably on its own island. It used to lie along an oceanic trading route that's no longer in use.
    • Newfoundland (One Step Too Far): this would be very far up north somewhere in Northern America, coming close to abutting Greenland. There's even a province with that name in Canada.
    • Thornton Hall (Down by the Riverside): along a river, quite distant from large cities. It takes several days to get there by boat from Bridgeport, having to navigate a labyrinth of inland rivers. It could be near the marshes that border Menoa (aka Marsh of Rahena by ERH+, as well as his Crystal Grave).
    • Knife's Edge, a relatively secluded location along the coast, and not too distant from that Cedar Island, a location out in the Atlantic Ocean - both will be explored in my WIP missions.

     

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    Working on a world map of every named location as well as other things

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    Was just getting excited, over half way through all the Fan missions for this project. Sadly due to forum limits I had to super downsize the map, when I finish I will post a link to a full size. 
    This is all in honor and thanks to you guys for making such amazing content for one of the most amazing fan made projects in all of gaming (in my opinion at least) 

    Let me know if there is any place that seems off, or a place you know for sure needs to be at another location. 

    Thanks again fellas! 
     

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  22. Population of the Dark Mod Universe

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    Just human, I did include an estimation of undead in the Plague ward. Its in the displaced category in purple. Not sure how many beast folk there are. Maybe less then 10,000 due to the secluded and shadowed lives they live. If my memory is correct I think there has only been one mod with beastmen as of yet. I could be wrong though. 
    Not sure on the number of ghosts, that may be a replay through of all the mods just to get a head count on ghosts, spirits and potential specters in bridgeport. That information would only really matter to builders, so I will include that note with the builder stats.

    Thanks for the input. 

  23. Population of the Dark Mod Universe

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    10 hours ago, Bienie said:

    ...I've long wanted to have a map of Bridgeport showing the location of all the different wards and boroughs...

    I'm glad to see my "part of town", Brooksdale and Clifton Grove represented in your statistics. Though I think you overestimate the population by two orders of magnitude ^^.

    ...I would say Langmiller's Ward from the Crucible of Omens mission should be in there, and I'm sure there are others named in other missions as well. Also isn't the Old Quarter and Stone Market from the Thief universe? That said, it's a really interesting population census that you've put together!

    Thank you Bienie! Honored for your attention! I really loved your recent stuff! COS 2 was amazing work! 
    Loved the rat hunting, always thought that would be a fun thing to do as a goal. 

    Sorry, just had all these homes left over at the end and started putting them into wards that were left according to the quality of the homes. Thought that both Brooksdale and Cliften Grove were places that could be supporting communities. 

    Aw, taff! I totally skipped over Langmillers ward somehow. Feel bad about that because Crucible of Omens is an amazing level. It seemed pretty big in the time you were outside, you think it would be fair if I took about 2/3 from Brooksdale/Clifton and shifted them into Langmillers?

    If I missed any others I would not mind if someone will let me know. I was mostly intent on gathering names that represented large parts of town, there were mods where I thought about using a name given, but most of the times the name would only apply to a street or a square with a dozen or so shops around it. 


    Both Stone market and Old quarter are from thief. I had that thought when seeing the names pop up in the mods I played. 

     

    As for the world map,I feel it would be easier to achieve that goal once I have a solid foundation of Bridgeport and surrounding county. Got a screencap of the maps that have shown up in all levels, I plan to trace over it and make a blank template, maybe post it in that thread about the world with a list of all the names that appear on it. 

    Thank you again for both the post, but mostly the levels you have made. 

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  24. Population of the Dark Mod Universe

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    I also am thinking of making a roll of arms (a list of all nobles given thus far in the dark mod) positioned on a rating of power and greatness. 

    Also going to need to find a way or a thread dedicated to naming the Gaulic and Germanic Clans. As of right now between all the Pagan tribes, I am figuring that there is about 2,511,473 (based off of Roman numbers, I may shrink them due to further study) of them spread out over the vast lands of the north. Something like 42 different tribes. 

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  25. Population of the Dark Mod Universe

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    Honored to hear from you Grayman! Just finished the bank level for the first time a few days ago. Amazing work as always. 
    Thanks for the input! did not think about the inventors guild would be interesting trying to come up with a number for them. I actually have a note for the Builders, its a little difficult due to them being all over the empire and not just Bridgeport. but for a sneak peak on what I have gathered is:

    Acolytes/Monks: 5,311

    Soldiers: 1,694

    Priests: 107

    Bishops: 15

    Holy locations (churches/shrines/abbeys/Cathedrals) (need to clean this category for finished project) 605

    I don't know If i will list named churches and locations. But I have a long list of all Builder locations named so far. Including Braeden Church, with the footnote it is no longer active. 

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