Fan Mission: The Tears of St. Lucia (2008/10/21)

[Springheel]

Directly to his left is a bookshelf - on top of this bookshelf is a scroll which can be picked up - the scroll itself has no text and when used locks up the users ability to frob or equip items

 

Yes, thanks. Others have reported this too.

[sesobebo]

What better way to dig up from it's rest a deeply buried thread, than with an embarasingly noobish question?

 

But You see, I, for the life of me, can't find a key that would unlock the

locked chest hidden behind a secret door in the priest's room, that - I presume - contains the relic that I must steal in order to fulfill the mission's contract.

 

 

So,,, help, please? (:

[simplen00b]

 

Try your lockpicks.

 

Pretty sure that's right; post back if I've got confused about which chest you're referring to.

[sesobebo]

I...

I have no idea, how I've missed that...

Thanks*!

 

* That's "Thanks for making me feel even more embarased." thanks.

 

But really, much obliged!

 

[Digi]

There’s not much to say about this mission that hasn’t already been said. I do think some newcomers to Thief games might be a bit frustrated by it; but as a veteran of every Thief game (including T2X) I knew what I was getting into when I loaded this up as my first mission.

The note trail leading to the underground entrance is fun (though perhaps not quite obvious enough for newbies; thus my earlier comment).

 

In a similar vein, it took me a comparatively long time to unearth the lever in the Priest’s room that led to the relic. There’s a readable that mentions it, but it mentions the priest by name, if memory serves. The map’s general notation of “priest’s room” left me thinking that the relic-hoarding priest’s room was elsewhere. Maybe I’m alone in this.

 

 

There are visual things going on in this level that I have yet to see elsewhere. And fun mechanics like pushing the giant hammer and the mechanical elevator lift, that add a ton of flavor to the level. From the intro to the finish, it screams “polished” which I suppose is what you want from TDM’s flagship level. And I suppose not too many complete newcomers to Thief will be playing the TDM before any of the other games, so my earlier criticisms may be unfounded.

 

I’m just amazed by the community’s vast talent and dedication. I remember hearing about T2X probably a decade ago and being amazed. And it’s still going on, now with a new engine and massive community support! That TDM exists, and is such a professional-level accomplishment, cannot be understated. I realize I’m late to the party here, but a massive congratulations to all involved in TDM, St. Lucia, and the many other missions.

[Twitch]

 

Another level defeated by the power of mantling

[lowenz]

!

[Bikerdude]

Twich, the master mantler strikes again!

[Springheel]

Just out of curiosity, would you want to see areas like that blocked off with invisible walls? Or is it the kind of thing that some players actually enjoy trying to find?

[lowenz]

Or is it the kind of thing that some players actually enjoy trying to find?

This

[Melan]

Just out of curiosity, would you want to see areas like that blocked off with invisible walls?

Absolutely not.

[VanishedOne]

I knew I'd seen a poll on this somewhere: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/16168-getting-on-the-roof-tops/?mode=show

 

"is_mantleable" "0" on tall fences and the like can be subtler than playerclip. It won't defeat crate-stackers, but if that's how they get their fun...

[Anderson]

Just out of curiosity, would you want to see areas like that blocked off with invisible walls? Or is it the kind of thing that some players actually enjoy trying to find?

I think invisible walls is too cheap.

The ideal options is not to make the levels reachable from the start to see beyond what you are supposed to see.

 

Some multiplayer games even change the levels - adding/removing walls, windows changing the place to avoid exploits obviously.

 

For The Dark Mod it's not bad but St. Lucia in general could use an update ( not necesarily in this).

 

But, YES sometimes people love to feel smarter than the mapper and the developer

[Bikerdude]

The ideal options is not to make the levels reachable from the start to see beyond what you are supposed to see.

Well I lay a challenge to Twitch to try the same thing in BCD, I have allowed the player to get up to some locations but a lot of location simply arent accessable because of the way I have had to use caulk for perf. reasons.

[Melan]

Well I lay a challenge to Twitch to try the same thing in BCD, I have allowed the player to get up to some locations but a lot of location simply arent accessable because of the way I have had to use caulk for perf. reasons.

Oh, there are a zillion ways you can break BCD. Trust me on this.

[Twitch]

Well I lay a challenge to Twitch to try the same thing in BCD, I have allowed the player to get up to some locations but a lot of location simply arent accessable because of the way I have had to use caulk for perf. reasons.

Challenge accepted

[Oktokolo]

I just replayed this well made mission and found some minor stuff to fix in the next update. Tried to chose good names for the screenshots.

Edited June 25, 2018 by Abusimplea

[Anderson]

Is EAX planned to be added for Mission 2: The Tears of St. Lucia?