Hidden Hands: The Anomaly

[JackFarmer]

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Title: Hidden Hands: The Anomaly
Filename : hhta.pk4
Author: Jack Farmer
Date of release: 01.05.2021 (version: 1) - 08.05.2021 (version 2)  16.03.2022 (version 3)

EFX: Yes

Version 2 available via the DM mission downloader  (see subsequent post below for changes)

Mission does not run under 2.08 due to missing new core assets - please update to 2.09

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Hidden Hands series:

I - Initiation
II - Vitalic Fever
III - The Lost Citadel
IV - The Anomaly

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Jack Farmer:    mapping & drafts
Amadeus:        revision/editing of all texts for readables, narration and dialogues, design consultation ("The walls are ugly!"...and your were right! )
Joebarnin:       consultation for a custom script enabling a crucial in-game event
Dragofer:        consultation for custom scripts and S/R events, extraction & prefab packaging of Sotha's robots, bug fixes
Destined:         consultation for custom scripts and...fixing JacK's wrong custom scripts!

Very special thanks go out to Geep for updating the Wiki helping me to solve several GUI problems within -literally - seconds!

 

Beta testers:

Joebarnin (lead)
ate0ate
Zerg Rush
wesp5
datiswous

 

Voice actors (in order of appearance):

Malasdair             The Thief
AndrosTheOxen    Jonus
New Horizon        Desmond

 

Pilfered items:

- portal sky with trees originally developed and arranged by Dragofer for "Down By The Riverside"
- fireflies originally developed by Bikerdude for "Alberic's Curse"
- floating boat set up (this time used for a different..."object") originally developed by Bikerdude for one of his missions
- robots originally developed by Sotha for "Ulysses: Genesis"
- new electric door move sound based on one of Sotha's robot sounds
- selected cave architecture originally developed by Johannes Burock taken from the abandoned WIP thread

- waterdrops sound taken from freesound.org produced by nicstage
- custom machine sound taken from freesound.org produced by deleted-user4401185
- forest at night taken from freesound.org produced by felix-blume
- machine3 sound taken from freesound.org produced by lupalenzuela
- tape-deck-startup taken from freesound.org produced by soundjoao
- electric-zap-electricity taken from freesound.org produced by wakerone
- static_stylophone_a taken from freesound.org produced by inspectorj
- steady-machine-with-hum taken from freesound.org produced by craigsmith
- radio_noise taken from freesound.org produced by inspectorj
- chain-rustling taken from freesound.org produced by nathanmanaker
- wind_turbin taken from freesound.org produced by dommygee
- selected guitar_feedback taken from freesound.org originally produced by oymaldonado
- stream-water-c taken from freesound.org produced by inspectorj
- mic-feedback-fx-short-mid-2 taken from freesound.org produced by chimerical
- megaphone-feedback taken from freesound.org produced by deleted-user-2104797

All other new fx sound created by Jack Farmer using a Korg M1 synth, kitchen equipment and his weird voice

 

All new ambient tracks produced and mixed by Jack Farmer sometimes with additional ambient sound samples originally produced by gigagooga

 

Briefing video by SirSmokeALot

 

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Edited March 16, 2022 by JackFarmer

[JackFarmer]

Change log

Version 2 (see op for download information):

a. removed dust fog particle effects for enhanced performance and to prevent game crashes on certain configurations. ( thank you @Bluehawk)

b. fixed the non-solid cave rocks in the final cave after the explosion ( thank you @STRUNK)

If you have further crashes in game during certain events, please make sure that nothing is equipped in the right hand (loot, keys, scrolls etc.). This problem will be fixed with the next release version of the mod.

 

Version 3 (see op for download information):

a.  several lights updated with volumetric dust
b.  changed the stairs geometry in one of the staircases that leads to the pools
c. the water pools now have stairs for noice reduction in case the player enters them
d. replaced a Jonus phonogram recording with a new take (great work, doctors)

Edited March 16, 2022 by JackFarmer

[Amadeus]

Congratulations on release, my friend! You are a mapping machine

[kin]

Serious skills

[joebarnin]

Congrats! This is an excellent mission - enjoy, everyone!

[ate0ate]

Congratulations on the release! One of the most beautifully lit missions I've ever played.

[Hotlyx]

Looks and sounds like a great mission, but unfortunately it won't load for me. I get the following error...

IDANIMATED 'FIREFLY_STATIONARY_ANIM_16' AT (2878 1666 - 1937): CANNOT FIND ANIM 'IDLE_04'

Could someone please help me to resolve what I'm missing? Thank you!

[JackFarmer]

1 hour ago, Hotlyx said:

Looks and sounds like a great mission, but unfortunately it won't load for me. I get the following error...

IDANIMATED 'FIREFLY_STATIONARY_ANIM_16' AT (2878 1666 - 1937): CANNOT FIND ANIM 'IDLE_04'

Could someone please help me to resolve what I'm missing? Thank you!

Are you using DM 2.09?

[Hotlyx]

I wondered if that was the problem. I'm running DM 2.08

How do I update the version? I'll look for it. Thank you!

[Hotlyx]

Just updated to DM 2.09. Thanks again for the help!

[fllood]

Congrats Jack! Screenshots looks awesome.

Hope I find the time to dig into your work here soon ...

[tapewolf]

Okay, that was a lot of fun.  Love the System Shock 2 vibe the first couple of floors give you, the ambient music worked very well.  (By the way, that's Korg M1, Roland made the D50).

I've completed the mission.  I'm still missing two secret areas somewhere, but what's really bugging me is how to get

Spoiler

the final scroll out of the freezer.  I've not found a switch, can't smash or blast it open, and even out-of-the-box ideas like cutting the power or CO2 line further in the facility have failed to turn up anything.

...so reluctantly I'll have to ask for a hint there.

P.S. Nice record collection in the recreation area, and I particularly loved the power generator.

 

[Heuli]

great mission jack

windows 7 64 bit intel 4 core 16 GB RAM geforce 1050 ti 4 GB RAM

Spoiler

but the game crashes at the two pools where you use the two switches and dive down when I use the switch in the cross aisle, the game crashes. always in the same place

 

[JackFarmer]

33 minutes ago, tapewolf said:

Okay, that was a lot of fun.  Love the System Shock 2 vibe the first couple of floors give you, the ambient music worked very well.  (By the way, that's Korg M1, Roland made the D50).

I've completed the mission.  I'm still missing two secret areas somewhere, but what's really bugging me is how to get

  Reveal hidden contents

the final scroll out of the freezer.  I've not found a switch, can't smash or blast it open, and even out-of-the-box ideas like cutting the power or CO2 line further in the facility have failed to turn up anything.

...so reluctantly I'll have to ask for a hint there.

P.S. Nice record collection in the recreation area, and I particularly loved the power generator.

 

I'll correct the Korg mistake!

As for the last scroll:

Spoiler

Take a closer look at the undead guy patrolling the corridor with the defective robot lying in his recharging chamber...

 

[JackFarmer]

14 minutes ago, Heuli said:

great mission jack

windows 7 64 bit intel 4 core 16 GB RAM geforce 1050 ti 4 GB RAM

  Reveal hidden contents

but the game crashes at the two pools where you use the two switches and dive down when I use the switch in the cross aisle, the game crashes. always in the same place

 

...this switch?

https://streamable.com/z87lhy

 

[Heuli]

Ja immer an der selben stelle

ich habe vor 3 wochen 2.09 installiert ist vileicht ein update

ich habe Dark mod 2 mall 1 mit v 2.09  1 mit v2.08

Edited May 2, 2021 by Heuli

[tapewolf]

44 minutes ago, JackFarmer said:

I'll correct the Korg mistake!

As for the last scroll:

Yeah, I did notice that

Spoiler

one of them had a key, and its resemblance to the freezer was noted.  However I've not been able to find a suitable lock for it.

 

[JackFarmer]

Just now, tapewolf said:

Yeah, I did notice that

  Hide contents

one of them had a key, and its resemblance to the freezer was noted.  However I've not been able to find a suitable lock for it.

 

then:

Spoiler

1. grab the key

2. go back to the first room with the freezer

3. search for a lock on the freezer

 

[Heuli]

jack ich habe alles gestestet  dump konnte ich nicht erstellen im Task-manager war kein dark mod

ich habe ein update gemacht, im Task-manager war gans Oben ein realtec treiber

muss ich in den tunnel rein ist da was wichtiges?

Edited May 2, 2021 by Heuli

[tapewolf]

36 minutes ago, JackFarmer said:

then:

 

Thanks, finally got it.  Yeah, I spent a long long time last night and today looking for something like that, hidden or invisible.  If you do a map revision it might be worth making it just a little more obvious somehow because it's very well hidden.  I was even starting to wonder if the map was corrupted and it had gone missing.

[darksilence]

Congratulations!!

[STRUNK]

It looks very cool but I get between 4 and 10 fps with the settings I always use. Tried some other missions for comparison and they work fine. My settings are already on the low end ...

[fraten]

Just now, STRUNK said:

It looks very cool but I get between 4 and 10 fps with the settings I always use. Tried some other missions for comparison and they work fine. My settings are already on the low end ...

Same for me! (Win10, i7 Processor, 16 GB RAM, Intel(R) UHD Graphics) 

[Zerg Rush]

Works fine and smooth for me, FPS over 40. my sys specs in the signature.

[Bienie]

Congrats on the release! Will be playing this one soon!