Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 8 (edited) The nights are getting colder and you need to pay your rent on time before you get tossed out into the winter air. Luckily, your neighbor told you about a mysterious merchant from faraway shores who has come to the small hamlet of Wilford's Hollow, and he's staying at the inn next door. What's more, he's brought something with him... Gameplay Notes: 1) This is a fairly small map, but I did intend for this map to be a bit harder than normal Dark Mod missions, even on the lowest difficulty setting. But there will certainly be plenty of rewards for the careful thief... 2) This map implements the func_peek mechanic by allowing players to peek through any door that has a keyhole by leaning forward. PLEASE NOTE: This function has been known to cause crashes for players using the 32-bit version of the Dark Mod 2.07 (should be fine for those running the 64-bit version). While this function has worked painlessly for some, please be aware that crashing may occur. At no point in this mission is it required to use the func_peek mechanic, it is purely optional, so feel free to not use it. Download: This FM is available via the in-game downloader FM: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNAirhBAB0MPWaXzQO6crCgJVZeOcFFl/view?usp=sharing Promotional Screenshots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bwuy0QPhaGpV32CgEdXhBIA5KgvcRueN?usp=sharing Credits: A HUGE thanks goes out to JackFarmer, Dragofer, and Bikerdude for scripting, EFX, custom ambient tracks, assets, answering a billion of my questions and doing so, so, so much more to make this mission something special. Thank you! Another GIANT thank you to my beta testers: Jedi_Wannabe, Bienie, Filizitas, joebarnin, bikerdude, Cambridge Spy, STRUNK, Lonewanderer, Rezar. Thank you all very much for your wonderful work and eye for detail! And another thank you goes out to Goldwell and Grayman for scripting help and patient guidance. Assets are from: Springheel's Superb Modules Dragofer's Delightful Assets dmw's Dazzling Textures Spooks' Spectacular Painting for the Loading Screen R Soul's Fantabulous Assets JackFarmer's Miraculous Machines and Sounds Bikerdude's Bountiful Assets ***PLAYER BEWARE*** SPOILERS lie in the depths below. I strongly suggest playing it first so you don't spoil the fun for yourself *** Edited July 12 by Amadeus 10 1 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jedi_Wannabe 153 Report post Posted March 8 Congratulations on your first release! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bienie 382 Report post Posted March 8 Yay! Had a blast beta testing this, I'm sure players will enjoy this one a lot as well! 1 Quote My Fan Missions: Series: Standalone: Chronicles of Skulduggery 1: Pearls and Swine The Night of Reluctant Benefaction Chronicles of Skulduggery 2: A Precarious Position Langhorne Lodge Chronicles of Skulduggery 3: Sacricide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joebarnin 163 Report post Posted March 8 Congratulations Amadeus! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbohr1more 2023 Report post Posted March 9 Added to the mission downloader. 1 Quote Please visit TDM's IndieDB site and help promote the mod: http://www.indiedb.com/mods/the-dark-mod (Yeah, shameless promotion... but traffic is traffic folks...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldwell 2402 Report post Posted March 9 Congratulations on your first FM Amadeus! I just finished playing it, took me just over an hour and damn was it a lot of good classic thieving fun! For a first release you have hit it out of the park, i'm very impressed! The layout and flow of your mission was really well done, you had a good variety of intriguing locations and some very thoughtful puzzles and layouts. Your use of mixing standard assets and combining them into something new stood out to me too, felt very refreshing. The mission ran really well and you could feel it was well optimized, in terms of details and readables you did an excellent job. I found myself immersed in your world and was having so much fun going from location to location just exploring and reading. The mission was also a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be and Spoiler going down into that creepy place under the shop... holy crap! I had goosebumps, very creepy! Well done! All over all this was an excellent mission, and for a first time mission incredibly impressive, thank you! Also do you plan on making a sequel or another mission? because I would love to see more missions from you! 2 Quote Shadows of Northdale Campaign ACT I: A Curious Mind | ACT II: Down The Rabbit Hole Stand Alone Missions Snowed Inn | Accountant 1: Thieves and Heirs | Accountant 2: New In town | Spring Cleaning | Lord Edgar's Bathhouse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acolyte6 24 Report post Posted March 9 (edited) First of all I would like to thank you for the release of this FM on my 3 year wedding anniversary I love all Swedish names of killed guards (& Stefan) in the game too, since I'm still in Sweden I got one problem though. I hit a snag down in the water room where the guard* patrols in the waterworks. When I go to arm myself with a broad Arrow to shoot him in the face the game justs crashes back to the desktop. Reloaded the whole game 8 times . Glitch? I'm gonna try ghosting down there for now, but I just wanted to let you know. * Spoiler That same guard can't be killed with the sword on the upper floor. It goes right through him. I had to run and back to my courtyard with the statue and climb up on it to get away. He through a rock, missed & said "nice trick", & walked away… Is that supposed to happen? So it took me 4hrs to complete it was awesome! Got only 2.2 k in loot. The only dude left alive is the guy with the pirate sword, oh and the guard in the water room. I wanna go back Spoiler and find whatever is behind the bookcase in the storage room in the Shop. I Believe that Spoiler emerald would bump up the coin score Great Mission, Really enjoyed it Edited March 9 by acolyte6 1 Quote (Not on my machine, In Europé, but it works excellent ) My hobby built desktop is: XFX Play Hard-nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI Onboard is: CPU: Intel Socket 775 VGA: nVidia GeForce EVGA GTX-260 RAM: DDRIII 16Gb HDD: 2 Tb OS: 64bit Win 8.1 All service packs and latest drivers installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acolyte6 24 Report post Posted March 9 9 hours ago, Bienie said: Yay! Had a blast beta testing this, I'm sure players will enjoy this one a lot as well! Now I understand where the Swedish names came from 1 Quote (Not on my machine, In Europé, but it works excellent ) My hobby built desktop is: XFX Play Hard-nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI Onboard is: CPU: Intel Socket 775 VGA: nVidia GeForce EVGA GTX-260 RAM: DDRIII 16Gb HDD: 2 Tb OS: 64bit Win 8.1 All service packs and latest drivers installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 9 (edited) Thank you very much for the kind words, guys!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! To answer you're question @Goldwell I definitely plan on making more missions following this same story/world, but for now I'm gonna take a small break and... I don't know, go outside or something, haha. And @acolyte6, I wanted to the north to to have strong German/Swedish setting, a nice change from the grimy hive of scum and villainy that is Bridgeport. There are a few more references about that you'll be able to find. And... good like finding out what is behind that bookcase. I don't want to spoil the fun just yet Also, I'll take a look at that guard down there.... that is pretty strange Edited March 9 by Amadeus 2 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STRUNK 203 Report post Posted March 9 Very nice mission .. evereything looks just right and has it's own unique "atmosphere", I really like that the most, and the gamplay also very good and adds to that atmosphere and vica versa ofcourse. I have to go back to find 3 more secrets now : ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 9 Thank you very much STRUNK, I certainly tried to get it just right. Good luck on finding the rest 1 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STRUNK 203 Report post Posted March 9 @Amadeus Spoiler Got 2728 worth of loot and 2 secrets but I can't find any more. Got subtile hints maybe? : ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 9 Not bad on the loot count, STRUNK! But I won't be dishing out any juicy tidbits just yet. I want to give players at least solid week to unravel the mysteries/puzzles for themselves before I start giving out hints You'll just have to wipe the dust off your spyglass and look closely 1 1 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STRUNK 203 Report post Posted March 9 @Amadeus Ok then! : D *dusts off spyglass Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrustyCircuits 1 Report post Posted March 10 (edited) Absolutely loving the map! So much I had to make an account just to say so! Had a question though. Spoiler Found the builders note about Ajits' bracelet. Shattering knife and all that. OK, no problem, I'll pickpocket it off him. So i did. Figured that now that his magic macguffin is now in my possession he's no longer immortal and no longer can cast his fireballs. NOPE! picking the bracelet off him does nothing. He still glows green light while searching. Still can't hurt him. And he still throw his fireballs. All the while his do-dad is in my inventory Is this a bug? Or is he supposed to always be in "god" mode? Let me know if that is what I'm supposed to expect. P.S. OK people. Keep looking long and hard in the shopkeeper store. Finding whats behind the bookcase freaked me the "beep" out! Found only 2 out of 5 secrets so far.... Loving it! Edited March 11 by CrustyCircuits Trying to add spoiler tags, so as to not ruin anything for others. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filizitas 73 Report post Posted March 10 Spoiler Put magic bracelet into holy water at hammerite place. Then black jack magic dude! 1 Quote Can we have more scary Zombie Horror maps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acolyte6 24 Report post Posted March 10 42 minutes ago, CrustyCircuits said: Absolutely loving the map! So much I had to make an account just to say so! Had a question though. Found the builders note about Ajits' bracelet. Shattering knife and all that. OK, no problem, I'll pickpocket it off him. So i did. Figured that now that his magic macguffin is now in my possession he's no longer immortal and no longer can cast his fireballs. NOPE! picking the bracelet off him does nothing. He still glows green light while searching. Still can't hurt him. And he still throw his fireballs. All the while his do-dad is in my inventory. Is this a bug? Or is he supposed to always be in "god" mode? Let me know if that is what I'm supposed to expect. P.S. OK people. Keep looking long and hard in the shopkeeper store. Finding whats behind the bookcase freaked me the "eff" out! Found only 2 out of 5 secrets so far.... Loving it! With the bracelet, go to Spoiler room #3 you'll figure it out. Quote (Not on my machine, In Europé, but it works excellent ) My hobby built desktop is: XFX Play Hard-nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI Onboard is: CPU: Intel Socket 775 VGA: nVidia GeForce EVGA GTX-260 RAM: DDRIII 16Gb HDD: 2 Tb OS: 64bit Win 8.1 All service packs and latest drivers installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acolyte6 24 Report post Posted March 10 24 minutes ago, Filizitas said: Hide contents Put magic bracelet into holy water at hammerite place. Then black jack magic dude! or Spoiler kill him Quote (Not on my machine, In Europé, but it works excellent ) My hobby built desktop is: XFX Play Hard-nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI Onboard is: CPU: Intel Socket 775 VGA: nVidia GeForce EVGA GTX-260 RAM: DDRIII 16Gb HDD: 2 Tb OS: 64bit Win 8.1 All service packs and latest drivers installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 10 (edited) Hey @CrustyCircuits Welcome to the forums! I'm really glad you like the mission, thank you for playing Since other players have answered, I'll just say that it is definitely not a bug! Also, so other players don't accidentally get spoiled would you mind editing your post so that it uses spoiler tags. Thanks, hope you enjoy the rest of it! Edited March 10 by Amadeus 1 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gokudo 8 Report post Posted March 11 Have just started playing but am extremely impressed so far. Some of the effects I've never seen before in TDM missions and they are a definite step up from the norm. If we continue to keep releasing missions of this caliber, 2020 is shaping up nicely! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 11 Thank you for the kind words @gokudo! Hope you have as much fun playing it as I did making it 1 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kin 10 Report post Posted March 11 (edited) Amazing mission! Spoiler Need some help on how to find the key for the small safe upstairs and the code for the big one down stairs Edited March 11 by kin rephrase question Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filizitas 73 Report post Posted March 11 Spoiler Key in the garden ventshaft. 2 Quote Can we have more scary Zombie Horror maps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piotr D. 0 Report post Posted March 11 Hi I need some help. Spoiler I can't figure out what to do in waterworks. I started as it was written in the book, turned main power and door control levers, opened hatch 3, got inside... From there I managed to get to the inns basement where the safe is, but I still don't know how to turn power on to open safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amadeus 292 Report post Posted March 11 Hey Piotr! I'm not gonna give too much away, but the light above the vault should be green, if so, there is yet another step you need to take as per Boris' journal, check there) 1 Quote FMs: A Good Neighbor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
