Hidden Hands: Vitalic Fever 20/07/2019

[JackFarmer]

Hidden Hands: Vitalic Fever

Filename : hhvf.pk4
Date of release: 20/07/2019
Latest Version: 3 (17/02/2021)

Download via the in-game downloader or here:

http://www.southquarter.com/tdm/fms/hhvf.pk4
http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/fms/hhvf.pk4
http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/missions/hhvf.pk4

 

Known bugs:

- stencil shadows do not work correctly (version 1)
- sometimes, the character "Applefinger" cannot be knocked out when sitting on the chair without failing the mission. (version 1)

Hidden Hands Series: I. Initation - II. Vitalic Fever

Jack Farmer:     mapping & drafts
Amadeus:         alpha testing, geometry fixes, performance checks, drafts for gameplay and objectives, revision of all readables, dialogues & narrator texts
Grayman:         AI fixes, gameplay fixes, trap fixes
Duzenko:         alpha testing, performance checks and improvement tips

Beta Testers:

- Joebarnin
- Cambridge Spy
- Boiler's Hiss (aka "The architect's darling")
- Jedi_Wannabe (aka "The man of many voices")
- Amadeus (aka "The Writer")

Voice actors:

Malasdair            Narrator
Jedi_Wannabe    All four guards chatting about the guests, chickens, inventions and unusual job interviews
New Horizon      The educated Builder
Goldchocobo     The naive Builder

Special thanks to:

- Springheel, Sotha, and Fidcal for the tutorials.
- VanishedOne, Stumpy, Destined, Grayman, Joebarnin and ERH+ for patiently answering my questions solving all the in-game problems.
- PsymH (aka "Stringer Bell") for connecting me with the right guys on TTLG for additional voice acting.
- Goldwell for teaching me how to integrate a custom video in a fms and helping me with troubleshooting during the integration of one of the Builder's voices.
- all voice actors & beta testers for their great support.
- all others not mentioned here who answered my questions in the Newbie thread or via PM.

Contributors from the Inventor's Guild:

- Destined wrote a new definition for the "spidsey-babsies", enabling those beasts to move through tunnels.
- Grayman wrote a script enabling Halfrid to hold the quill only when it is needed. He also fixed several other AI problems with respect to path finding, damages and interaction with light switches.

Pilfered items:

- Portal sky with hills and trees originally developed and arranged by Sotha for "Thomas Porter: The Transaction".
- Frobbox booster re-created from a map originally developed by Grayman

All new ambient music and sound effects written, performed and mixed by Jack Farmer.
Briefing video by SirSmokeAlot

Pictures

Edited February 17, 2021 by JackFarmer

[Jedi_Wannabe]

Congratulations on the release! 

 

[Goldchocobo]

Congrats JackFarmer!

 

[NeonsStyle]

Congratulations on the release Jack. Downloading now n will go play it in a few  Thanks. 

[joebarnin]

Congratulations Jack! I had a great time with this mission (beta testing).

[Amadeus]

YES! Super excited to see this out the door ! Wunderbar!

Edited July 20, 2019 by Amadeus

[Peanut]

Looks great!

Perhaps it could be useful to add a little synopsis of the plot and/or how it connects with "Initiation"? 

Edited July 20, 2019 by Peanut

[mcmike1489]

I'm having trouble installing this new FM. It doesn't appear in my list of downloadable missions in the main menu. I created a new folder called vitalicfever" in my "fms" folder in my "The Dark Mod" directory and placed the "hhvf.pk4" file in it. What should I do next? 

[Amadeus]

don't put the .pk4 file in the "vitalicfever" folder (delete that folder). Instead just drop the pk4 file into the "fms" folder and the Dark mod should do the rest

[mcmike1489]

Thanks, I just figured out the mistake I made. Sorry about that. It's showing in my mission list now.

[nbohr1more]

I uploaded this to the mirrors:

http://www.southquarter.com/tdm/fms/hhvf.pk4
http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/fms/hhvf.pk4
http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/missions/hhvf.pk4

 

I'll ping taaaki to see if he can create the link to the in-game mission database.

[Dyger]

Thank you very much for this beautyful mission!

 

 I sit here with three people and circle around and search the house already for the 100th time ... to find the grave of the iron spider (hand fountain? faucet?). Do you have a little clue for us? Please ... (**coffee making noises**) 

[Dyger]

OK, found (after the third cup of coffee). Moss had grown over it to make less noise. As a tip, if you are a gamer: Think of the Dwemer.

[JackFarmer]

Hello Dyger,

I am very sorry, I did not foresee this problem during mapping and beta.

The relevant command does not work consistently for reasons I do not understand

sometimes the gem lies on the table, sometime it lies below the table. I did not figure out the reason for that.

However, thank you very much for your feedback and I am glad that you enjoyed. I find it even cooler, that you have played it together with more friends. That's the spirit we need for video games.

Have a nice Sunday!

Jack

[Dyger]

Hi JackFarmer,

the mission is OK, I think. There was a sleeping guard in the same room. I fired a moss arrow on the table so I don't wake him up. All spider parts and of course the gemstone were covered. You can hardly foresee that.

[Goldwell]

Congratulations on your release! Can’t wait to dive into this one tonight

[peter_spy]

On 7/20/2019 at 5:05 PM, JackFarmer said:

- stencil shadows do not work correctly (version 1)

Umm, what do you mean by that? It's like saying that lightgem or AI alert system is not working. That's a core component of the game.

[Kerry000]

Thank you for the mission, Jack. I really enjoyed it

[prjames]

Need a couple hints - playing at Normal difficulty.

Where are AppleFinger's (the Pagan guy's) funds?

How do I incapacitate Gilbert?  (I assume he's the guy in Hammer-land not dressed like the others, who was constantly walking between his room and the little shrine before I blackjacked him. 

- prjames

Edited July 25, 2019 by prjames

[joebarnin]

hint 1a

have you found his notes?

hint 1b

On Applefinger's hip is a document you can swipe. It contains hints for his funds

hint 2

He's incapacitated (since you blackjacked him), you just have to figure out what to do with him now. It wasn't clear to me either

[TerrificTom]

Love the mission - well done. Now this is a mansion mission done right

I'm having trouble with the third gem "where the windsy always plays". I'm assuming this is a reference to the bar with the music, but I can't find anything. Any hints? 

[TerrificTom]

Love the mission - well done. Now this is a mansion mission done right

I'm having trouble with the third gem "where the windsy always plays". I'm assuming this is a reference to the bar with the music, but I can't find anything. Any hints? 

[peispud]

I'm also stuck solid on the first part of Applefinger's funds, and have no idea whatsoever on the Gilbert thing.

[Bluehawk]

Applefinger's note names 3 locations for gems and I found them all, or I think I have, but the objective didn't trigger. 

The pond outside, the freezer box in the basement, and the workshop table next to the sleeping guard.

[JackFarmer]

13 minutes ago, Bluehawk said:

Applefinger's note names 3 locations for gems and I found them all, or I think I have, but the objective didn't trigger. 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

The pond outside, the freezer box in the basement, and the workshop table next to the sleeping guard.

 

The object does not trigger because....

 

...the note tells you about four locations where you can find gems.

Edited July 27, 2019 by JackFarmer