Fan Mission: A House of Locked Secrets by Gelo "Moonbo" Fleisher (2015/05/28)

[Moonbo]

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The guard behavior is intended :-). The issues with dropping into the tunnel with an AI is something other players have noticed (sadly not during testing) but it's probably not something that can be fixed at this point. Live and learn I guess. Thanks again for kicking the tires around, I wish you'd been a beta tester!

 

[DHYCIX]

I really liked this one. Unfortunately I lost my inventory at some point and didn't really notice until I had overwritten all my saves. I had almost 3 out of the 4 "ghost missions" completed and was really looking forward to finish it this evening, but it seems there's nothing I can do to get my stuff back. What a shame. A really well made one, though, considering it's age that's even more impressive.

[snatcher]

May I ask, what do you mean with "I lost my inventory"?

[DHYCIX]

Of course!

There's a bug where you can lose all your items besides the spirit amulet and the guidebook under specific circumstances. I think it happened at some point when I switched between lockpicks while transitioning between spirit world and real world. Don't even know why I did that, to be perfectly honest.

The bug's mentioned some pages ago. I can't recall which and I think it was marked as spoilers, so it's not that easy to find (found it via Google). The author is aware and it was even registered as a resolved issue on some page... I really don't know where I saw this but it's not resolved. I can try and dig it up again for you if you like.

[Moonbo]

Ack, sorry you ran into that. Yeah, the coding for swapping inventories is somewhat complicated, but if you've tracked the bug down to being caused by switching inventory items during the swap then it should be pretty straightforward to finally fix (just disallow item switching during the transition). If anyone wants to fix and test, like any other bugfix they have my blessing!

[datiswous]

This mission just got an update. See mission downloader. It adds subtitles and 2 small fixes.

[Cambridge Spy]

After a long wait, here's the remastered playthrough of the first part of the mission:

 

 

[Cambridge Spy]

And here is the second part:

 

 

[Liana]

Question for all who've played this before!  After

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killing the lich and returning to the real world, I wandered around trying to get back in as I have a lion head and a crown still in my spirit inventory.

But, it seems that

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there's no way to return to the spirit world after killing the lich? All the previously frobbable items when the holy item is equipped are now unfrobbable. Am I missing something or am I locked out of finding any further secrets based in the spirit realm?

I have a save before, but I'd rather not have to do it all over again if I can avoid it. Thank you for any insight or advice!

Edited July 18, 2023 by Liana

[datiswous]

Look at above posted video on minute 53.

[Liana]

17 hours ago, datiswous said:

Look at above posted video on minute 53.

Thanks!  The trouble is that I already

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killed the big bad by destroying the vessel

and now none of the holy objects are frobbable, including the one in the video at minute 53   They do not light up or highlight.

EDIT: loading a save before

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placing the 5th seal

And then went back to the chair with the necklace to get back to the real world. Nothing. Then loaded another save right after picking up the 4th seal but before placing it. Still can't leave as the necklace won't light up.

I had to go to a save before solving the

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last of the four mysteries

I wonder if my save is bugged? Is it supposed to lock you out of the spirit world once the 4th seal is picked up?

Edited July 19, 2023 by Liana

[Liana]

Me again. After returning to an earlier save prior to picking up the fourth seal:

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went to the church and I love what I found in the spirit realm. Except, I'm missing the chalice.

I'd love a hint where to find it? I can't locate any text based walkthroughs, only video and those, of course, aren't searchable. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: nevermind, found it!

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It's in the spirit realm/church to anyone else feeling clueless!

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Liana

[thebigh]

It's been years since I played this and I'd almost forgotten how good it is. I can only aspire to producing something of similar quality some day.

[datiswous]

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Edited October 16, 2024 by datiswous

[CountMorillonite]

Just to remind anybody that this is one of the best FM's out there (though I haven't played all available missions yet).

I couldn't find a link to a "Best Fan Mission" thread or a web page anywhere ranking missions, so I'm left with congratulating the author here. So many thanks to Gelo "Moonbo" Fleisher for their mission.

[Wallace]

Have to confess, I almost bailed on this map as I found the prologue too slow and imagined the map would be a series of puzzles in the monastery, but I stuck with it, and am halfway through the manor, and man this is immersive sim at its finest. The manor is very well designed and feels uncannily like the mansion from the first Resident Evil game. I've solved 2 of the mysteries so far and I can't imagine the work that went into this, coding alone, but the writing and storytelling are top notch. Not one but numerous lengthy books. Simply excellent and I'm not even finished.

[chakkman]

One of the top 3 Dark Mod missions for me.

[Oleron]

There is much to admire here, and I am enjoying the mission overall, but the elemental passcode panels are intensely irritating. I can only (barely) see and interpret slightly less than half of the symbols; there's just not nearly enough contrast to them, and it doesn't improve even when they're highlighted. I stumbled through the one in the first mission (the lighting in that location was better), but the ones guarding...

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...the shroud, holy water and artifact...

...are heavily shadowed and impossible to interpret. I realize that this mission is (for lack of a better phrase at the moment) old news, but can somebody assist in some manner? Going through the threads concerning this mission on various boards, I am apparently the only player who had/has this problem. Puzzling.

 

NM...I forgot I had a lantern...*sigh*

Edited February 1 by Oleron

[Moonbo]

Glad you found something to help Oleron, and sorry if the lack of light caused you some grief :-).