Fan Mission: Now and Then by joebarnin (2020/09/08)

[joebarnin]

@chakkman Thanks for the detailed feedback, I appreciate it. Your points are well taken. Yeah, I do have a problem with rectilinear design - I just don't think in curves and angles! As for good deeds, my missions usually some form of them. Always optional - don't want to force you to be nice! 

[chakkman]

8 minutes ago, joebarnin said:

As for good deeds, my missions usually some form of them. Always optional - don't want to force you to be nice! 

Somehow I always take the bait... I'm just too nice.

[datiswous]

On 3/17/2023 at 5:06 AM, joebarnin said:

Thanks for the subtitles. I'll add them to the mission, along with fixes for the issues you found.

I was wondering when you plan to include these subtitles + the ones I made for The Heart of Saint Mattis .

 

On 9/8/2020 at 6:23 PM, joebarnin said:

Fun fact: I have released 3 missions, each almost exactly one year apart:

• Mission of Mercy - September 14, 2018
• The Heart of St. Mattis - September 10, 2019
• Now and Then - September 8, 2020.

Not by design, it just worked out that way. So I guess look for my next mission in early September next year!

It didn't work out that way, but still impressive. 5 missions in 6 years.

Edited April 22, 2024 by datiswous

[joebarnin]

4 hours ago, datiswous said:

I was wondering when you plan to include these subtitles + the ones I made for The Heart of Saint Mattis .

 

Oops, sorry, I forgot about those. I'll work on that soon.

[joebarnin]

Version 3 is now available - read the top of this topic for details

On 4/22/2024 at 6:59 AM, datiswous said:

I was wondering when you plan to include these subtitles

I promise they will be available by March 19, 2025. 

[nbohr1more]

Now and Then v3 is now in the mission database.

[datiswous]

17 hours ago, joebarnin said:

Version 3 is now available - read the top of this topic for details

 Just want to mention that (some of) the text is unreadable when the forum's (official) dark theme is activated. Maybe you copy-pasted some text or just accidentally used the wrong text colors.

 

[joebarnin]

5 hours ago, datiswous said:

Just want to mention that (some of) the text is unreadable when the forum's (official) dark theme is activated. Maybe you copy-pasted some text or just accidentally used the wrong text colors.

Thank you for catching that. I just fixed it.

[tapewolf]

Figured it was time I replayed this, with the latest version.

For old time's sake, I

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Brought Lord Clifton back with me

...and was very happy to see the readables change as a result.  Thanks for doing that!

[joebarnin]

6 minutes ago, tapewolf said:

Figured it was time I replayed this, with the latest version.

For old time's sake, I

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Brought Lord Clifton back with me

...and was very happy to see the readables change as a result.  Thanks for doing that!

Excellent! Thanks for reporting that in the first place. I love the way it creates another historical variation, so to speak.

[OnlyTaffingCowardsHide]

After a playing a few dozen missions I've noticed a sad trend, fake doors and unpickable doors.
I'm not talking about the odd door here and there with more advanced security or a number lock, that can add to the gameplay when it's done well and not used all the time, but when nearly every door is either fake or unpickable, I start to wonder if there's something wrong with my lockpicks, or if my thief doesn't know how to "thieve" correctly. 
If Garrett is a Master Thief, I assume the main character in this mission is a random drunk who lost his bottle somewhere, and he's hatched a master plan to stumble around blindly until he finds it and goes back to sleep, leaving lockpicking practice for when he sobers up some day... 
Otherwise, it's a nice locale/mission design, just wish the resident thief had gone to thief school.

 

[tib]

Hi joebarnin, thank you a lot for this excellent mission. That time transportation was something exceptional even in TDM, similarily seen in Moonbo's The House of the Locked secrets, which belongs to my tops so far. That was a really pleasure to play. tib

[joebarnin]

1 minute ago, tib said:

Hi joebarnin, thank you a lot for this excellent mission. That time transportation was something exceptional even in TDM, similarily seen in Moonbo's The House of the Locked secrets, which belongs to my tops so far. That was a really pleasure to play. tib

House of Locked secrets was amazing. It wasn't until I was almost finished making my mission that I discovered it - oops!

Glad you liked my mission. I put a lot of effort into

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modifying the readables (e.g., Newspaper) depending on your actions in the past.

 

[thebigh]

That was a nice touch, agreed. 

[Ansome]

Hey, I adored this FM, it was a blast to play and was quite inspiring for me while I'm working on my current WIP! I couldn't send you a private message so I just wanted to ask here if I could borrow the painting light and spotlight models that Grayman made for this back in 2020 since my WIP features a museum in it and I believe they'd add a lot to the aesthetic.

[joebarnin]

6 hours ago, Ansome said:

Hey, I adored this FM, it was a blast to play and was quite inspiring for me while I'm working on my current WIP! I couldn't send you a private message so I just wanted to ask here if I could borrow the painting light and spotlight models that Grayman made for this back in 2020 since my WIP features a museum in it and I believe they'd add a lot to the aesthetic.

Yes please, use them. Also, I cleaned up by message storage, so PMs to me will work again.

[datiswous]

On 9/8/2020 at 6:23 PM, joebarnin said:

* A new briefing video (courtesy of @JackFarmer)

I just started this mission thinking I already played it, but then I didn't remember the awesome intro video..