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Fan Mission: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day [TDM 2.10 ONLY] (2022/2/8)


Jedi_Wannabe

How would you rate Moving Day? (vote after playing)  

21 members have voted

  1. 1. Story (briefing, readables, etc.)

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    • 4
      8
    • 3
      7
    • 2
      2
    • 1
      0
  2. 2. Visuals (graphics, atmosphere, architecture)

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      7
    • 4
      7
    • 3
      7
    • 2
      0
    • 1
      0
  3. 3. Gameplay (immersion, flow, believability, etc.)

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    • 4
      9
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      5
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      0
    • 1
      1


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43 minutes ago, nbohr1more said:

The mission requires 2.10 beta, so it cannot be added to the mission database yet.

If @Jedi_Wannabe gives me permission, I will add it anyway.

It will just throw an error about needing 2.10 for all 2.09 players who try to play it.

Sounds good to me! Please and thank you!

As my father used to say, "A grenade a day, keeps the enemy at bay!"

My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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2 hours ago, nbohr1more said:

Blessed be The Builder! Humbled to be in the running.

I’ve been downloading mods and add-ons for years from ModDB but never had one of my own up there 🤩.  2 downloads already haha!

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2 hours ago, datiswous said:

I added it to the mission database on the wiki:

https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Fan_Missions_for_The_Dark_Mod

Does this have EFX?

Yes, but I’ve been made aware it’s broken in an area or two

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My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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I loved the trip up to the mansion, including paying a quick visit to the pagan cave.

Running around the huge interior hoovering up loot was a lot of fun as well, and getting inside the Lord's chambers was just hard enough to be challenging without becoming a frustrating key hunt.

I did think going aaaaalllll the way back to the start was anticlimactic, since all the challenges had already been dealt with.

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                                      Down and Out on Newford Road              the Factory Heist

                                                                                                  A House Call

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8 hours ago, thebigh said:

I loved the trip up to the mansion, including paying a quick visit to the pagan cave.

Running around the huge interior hoovering up loot was a lot of fun as well, and getting inside the Lord's chambers was just hard enough to be challenging without becoming a frustrating key hunt.

I did think going aaaaalllll the way back to the start was anticlimactic, since all the challenges had already been dealt with.

Thanks for playing! I’m glad you had fun. Hopefully I constructed it in a way a second play through on higher difficulty will still be fun.

I agree with your last statement. If the pagan cave was already discovered on your way up, then there’s little excitement left on your way back, other than an opportunity to grab loot you missed. When I update, I plan to have the gate by the stables be an alternate exit point, once all objectives are completed. That would really help I think, thoughts?

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My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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Sounds like a good plan.

 

If you do end up updating, there's also these tiny issues I saw while playing:

 

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My missions:           Stand-alone                                                      Duncan Lynch series                              

                                      Down and Out on Newford Road              the Factory Heist

                                                                                                  A House Call

                                                                                                  The House of deLisle                                                                                                  

                              

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I think what I've got is the official release from the downloader, but after the briefing it dumps me at the console, having apparently tried to load an incorrect map name (startingmap.txt says movingday31, the files provided are movingday54).

Edit: ah, I think I've found the problem. At some point I must have downloaded a prerelease version called movingday; the final version is called ptb0; therefore the earlier one didn't get overwritten. False alarm then, sorry.

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- louder scream when you're dying

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I’m really blown away with the number of 5’s I’ve gotten in my poll thus far. Glad folks seem to be enjoying my mission overall.

As for the 1 in gameplay, I am not butthurt. But if the user who cast that vote would like to share why, either publicly here, or privately in DM, I’d greatly appreciate it. All criticism is constructive for me as a newb mapper. 

Thanks, taffers!

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My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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Yeah... that rating of 1 sticks out like a sore thumb. I think it is completely unfair.

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My missions:           Stand-alone                                                      Duncan Lynch series                              

                                      Down and Out on Newford Road              the Factory Heist

                                                                                                  A House Call

                                                                                                  The House of deLisle                                                                                                  

                              

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On 3/17/2022 at 8:27 AM, Jedi_Wannabe said:

I’m really blown away with the number of 5’s I’ve gotten in my poll thus far. Glad folks seem to be enjoying my mission overall.

As for the 1 in gameplay, I am not butthurt. But if the user who cast that vote would like to share why, either publicly here, or privately in DM, I’d greatly appreciate it. All criticism is constructive for me as a newb mapper. 

Thanks, taffers!

Haters gonna hate. Never mind them.

I didn't play your mission yet. Is it in beta still?

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19 minutes ago, Anderson said:

Haters gonna hate. Never mind them.

I didn't play your mission yet. Is it in beta still?

I’m not sweating it, just a missed opportunity to learn something, is all.

This mission is finished and released! Version 2 gets some work when I need a break from PtB:1.

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My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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Wow. I played this but never commented on it or voted on it. Just did.

Very late, but Congratulations on the release. It's so satisfying to finally get your masterpiece

out that you've been crawling all over for months. This was a very good mission. I quite

enjoyed it, and the mansion was gorgeous, though awfully big. I loved the little detail

on the masters bed. lol Very well made mission. Congrats Jedi. I know this mission being released means a lot to you. :D

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Awesome post Jedi. I get all of that. When I was younger I lived and breathed games. Every time I bought a new game, I had to sit down and read the manual (you got manuals back then usually 1/2 inch thick). Then if it was a new subject, I'd books to learn about that subject. Gaming has always been a huge stress release. Only now as I'm getting older has my passion for it begun to dwindle as there's so little new ideas for games, and it's all starting to look very formulaic like movies. Ubisoft is king of formula games, which is why I don't play them anymore. TDM though has gotten better and better with every passing year. More complex, more possibilities for creativity which is where I get my gaming jollies today. :)

 

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On 3/23/2022 at 4:24 PM, Jedi_Wannabe said:

Tru dat!

My first ever Thief experience was in 5th grade, when my older brother brought home a PC game magazine that had an Eidos demo disc with it. Included were demos for Tomb Raider 1 & 2, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Omicron: The Nomad Soul (wasn't effin' David Bowie in that game?!), Revenant, Commandos, and lastsly TDP. Some were just cutscenes, some were playable demos of the first level, so obviously I must have played Bafford's Manor about 200 times.

It's simply incredible how the story it's pretty the same worldwide :D

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13 hours ago, NeonsStyle said:

Awesome post Jedi. I get all of that. When I was younger I lived and breathed games. Every time I bought a new game, I had to sit down and read the manual (you got manuals back then usually 1/2 inch thick).

 

I used to love opening the manual for the first time and flipping the pages real quick in front of my face whilst taking a big nasal inhale. Nothing better than new game manual smell. You just don’t get that anymore.

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As my father used to say, "A grenade a day, keeps the enemy at bay!"

My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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Behold! A video playthrough.

 

Playthrough

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My missions:           Stand-alone                                                      Duncan Lynch series                              

                                      Down and Out on Newford Road              the Factory Heist

                                                                                                  A House Call

                                                                                                  The House of deLisle                                                                                                  

                              

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12 hours ago, thebigh said:

Behold! A video playthrough.

 

Playthrough

Thanks for that! I love watching other people play.

How embarrassing that first chokepoint is borked, no one reported the first lantern guard in the forest having a broken path. (when you looped back around and saw him again "Oh he's back to his old tricks!" made me chuckle.) On the list now obviously lol. Still watching the vid; 3 hrs might take me a while to get through

A few quotes: 

"Alright horse gimme ur money. Oh what? I just robbed a horse!"

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As my father used to say, "A grenade a day, keeps the enemy at bay!"

My one FM so far: Paying the Bills: 0 - Moving Day

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That isn't me playing, it's just one of the playlists I keep an eye on

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My missions:           Stand-alone                                                      Duncan Lynch series                              

                                      Down and Out on Newford Road              the Factory Heist

                                                                                                  A House Call

                                                                                                  The House of deLisle                                                                                                  

                              

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