Fan Mission:Dragon's Claw by b1k3rdude (31/10/2011) updated

[SirGen 49]

I just came across some doorways that show the black background void area (I'm too newbie to know the technical term ) from either side. I'll post screenshots, but I need someone to teach me how first. Also...

Are there supposed to be ghosts who flee in terror from me!?

Edited November 10, 2013 by SirGen

[SirGen 49]

I see that the first post has been edited, and that these issues are already known. (At least I think they are )

Edited November 10, 2013 by SirGen

[SirGen 49]

I just saw a ghost pick its nose and wipe it on its armor!

It made me laugh so hard!

[csamba 6]

Bikerdude, do you plan (and have time / energy / inspiration) to update this mission to TDM 2.01 / 2.02 some time in the not too distant future? Does it have to be updated at all? Or is it just missing from the downloadable missions list?

[Bikerdude 3740]

It needs to be updated for 2.02 but also needs an overhaul, but atm I don't have the motivation.

[Summer 38]

It needs to be updated for 2.02 but also needs an overhaul, but atm I don't have the motivation.

 

It's been a couple of months, Bikerdude. Have you, perchance, reconsidered...?

[Bikerdude 3740]

Its one of those things where, it will get done when it gets done I'm afraid.

[Oldjim 154]

How about updating for 2.04

[Anderson 316]

How about updating for 2.04

It's not that easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ6bRVsP9QI

Edited June 29, 2016 by Anderson

[nbohr1more 2089]

Dragon's Claw in TDM 2.06:

 

I was under the impression that this mission was not 2.0 compliant so I decided to take a look

at the mess when installed in 2.06.

 

To my surprise, all textures appear to render, AI are navigating, Objectives complete, etc.

 

This appears to be a fully functional mission?

 

I guess the only thing holding this back from the mission repo are "quality concerns"?

 

The biggest gripe about this mission back pre-2.0 days was performance. Now in 2.06

I'm getting over 100FPS almost everywhere. (Thank goodness for engine improvements.)

 

I understand some of the other complaints about unclear directions, hard to find loot, etc

but I don't think this is in as bad of shape as before, especially since "TDM itself" seems

to be more stable in relation to what's in this mission.

 

(For example: card players were notorious for causing lockups all the way up until 2.04 where

Behind Closed Doors almost atrophied due to lockups caused by them.)

 

Pretty nice.

 

https://www.moddb.com/addons/dragons-claw-hollween-speed-building-contest

[Bikerdude 3740]

I guess the only thing holding this back from the mission repo are "quality concerns"?

I would have to go through this thread and look for the bugs and create a list.

[kingsal 569]

Hello everyone, Bikerdude's made significant updates to this mission and it's now fully playable in 2.08.  Available in the in-game downloader or Download here (v3.1)!

We'll update the OP to reflect this. Thanks!

“I usually welcome the shadows, a place of refuge for a master thief like me. However, there are dark places that even I fear. That place being the plague ward at the edge of town. Rumour has it that it was cursed by a pagan witch and its inhabitants died from an incurable plague..." 

Build Time:  

Update Build Time:  

• Original version - 3-4 weeks. 
•  Updated version - 2 days 

 Credits: 

• Flanders - Prebuilt maps and textures  
• Readables – SirTaffsalot. 
• FieldMedic - ghost begger (which I fixed and updated). 
• Springheel - jack-o-lantern (gotta have them) 

 Thanks:- 
Special thanks to my beta testers: Flanders, SirTaffsAlot, nbhormore, Pranqster, RPGista, Thor, Xarg, Glyph Seeker, Amadeus, Garret42 & Bluerat. 

[nbohr1more 2089]

WOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Silverflame3 10]

One small remark: Is the map supposed to be called "Map of Whatever", or is it some leftover from testing days?

EDIT: I mean the map object in your inventory, not the whole mission.

Edited November 2, 2020 by Silverflame3

[Marbrien 10]

I'm playing the version posted by kingsal above, on Hard.  I can't make the loot total. 

In the plague quarter, there's a

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golden lion statuette in a gully between two roofs

which I can get close to, but cannot frob. 

There's also talk in this thread about loot in

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the canal area

but I can't access that part of the map. There's an unfrobbable iron gate to the east of the Market Place, and I haven't found another way through.

Edited November 2, 2020 by Marbrien

[kingsal 569]

This mission's been updated to fix some of the issues above. Version 1.31 available in the in-game downloader or Here!

[Marbrien 10]

I have just played version 1.31 on Hard. I can now take the lion statuette and made the loot objective, without finding all of it. I still cannot access the canal area - presumably that is deliberate.

[Cambridge Spy 140]

Here's my playthrough video of Dragon's Claw, which happens to be the 900th video currently active on my channel:

 

 

[wesp5 311]

I just played this and loved the spooky atmosphere, a map well made for Halloween! That is I found some minor issues that could be fixed. Like the others I had problems to get the golden lion on the roof because it's rather difficult to crouch out of the window. This could be made easier. Also I found a missing texture at the top of the broken spiral staircase and once you jump there and from there to the top floor, you can see some kind of skybox clipping when looking out. And there were some badly scaled textures on protruding bricks in the sewers. Last not least a problem that might be a TDM issue itself: the volumetric fog used here and in other missions looks very bright but it should be dark. Can this be fixed?

Edited November 8, 2020 by wesp5

[JackFarmer 475]

Great visuals, great mood. However,  I did not find enough loot (lowest difficulty level) to finish the mission. 

I've added this to my FSL (=Favourite Spots List):

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Good job and thank you for the update as otherwise I probably never would have noticed this mission.