Fan Mission: A Bridge Too Far

[cugzkani]

A Bridge Too Far (version 1.0, 2023-09-22)
In this small scale mission, you seek to steal the original copy of a book from the boss of a counterfeit crime outfit, which are located on a bridge.

Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IeGCBdiGY9W3k_r5Ip8tGtJq9lo5f_PF/view

 

Much thanks to the beta-testers for all of their feedback (link to beta thread
- @thebigh
- @Cambridge Spy
- @Zerg Rush
- @wesp5
- @Shadow

 

Screenshots:

Edited September 22, 2023 by cugzkani

[Wellingtoncrab]

Congratulations on the release!

[nbohr1more]

The link isn't set for public access?

[cugzkani]

1 minute ago, nbohr1more said:

The link isn't set for public access?

woops lol - fixed

[Amadeus]

Congrats! I'm very much looking forward to playing this. The screenshots look great

Edited September 22, 2023 by Amadeus

[Wellingtoncrab]

@cugzkanias an aside I don’t really want to to steal valor from your testers. My comments in the beta thread were limited to encouraging you to recruit testers in main fan missions forum.

While I appreciate the call out I don’t think it’s fair to receive any credit for testing the mission.

Looking forward to playing it though!

[nbohr1more]

The mission has been added to the mission database.

( LOL! Pretty sneaky way to title the mission so it shows at the top of the missions page. )

[lowenz]

Oh, what a CLASSIC THIEF FEELING FM! Maybe the rooms are a bit too much large (tip: reduce the scale, improve the little details thank to the smaller scale) but the Thief feeling is there!

LOL!

Edited September 22, 2023 by lowenz

[Amadeus]

1 hour ago, nbohr1more said:

( LOL! Pretty sneaky way to title the mission so it shows at the top of the missions page. )

Ha! Looks like A Good Neighbor has finally been dethroned

[thebigh]

Congrats on the release. This one was a lot of fun to test.

[Wellingtoncrab]

Just finished.

Wow this is a fantastic mission. The setting is so cool with an awesome sense of style, scale and atmosphere. Great design to with many avenues of approach and a great sense of interconnectedness and sense of humor.

You did a great job.  

[Daft Mugi]

Played this tonight. Thanks for the mission!

One little issue I had was that

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moving the bridge

would sometimes lock up the mission. I had to force quit a few times.

Overall, it was fun!

[lowenz]

6 hours ago, Daft Mugi said:

Played this tonight. Thanks for the mission!

One little issue I had was that

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moving the bridge

would sometimes lock up the mission. I had to force quit a few times.

Overall, it was fun!

Same for me, some script goes wild!

[kin]

This mission has an amazing architechture true to the orginal thief games. But I feel it needed a bit more optimization.
My rtx 3060 struggles even with stencil shadows on low.

[cugzkani]

8 hours ago, Daft Mugi said:

Played this tonight. Thanks for the mission!

One little issue I had was that

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moving the bridge

would sometimes lock up the mission. I had to force quit a few times.

Overall, it was fun!

 

1 hour ago, lowenz said:

Same for me, some script goes wild!

Oh, that's not great

"lock up" as in the game froze?
Are there like logs written anywhere on script errors that you could send? Because it's never happened to me, not sure how to debug this

[lowenz]

Yes, it freezes "around" the bridge

Edited September 23, 2023 by lowenz

[Daft Mugi]

9 hours ago, cugzkani said:

Are there like logs written anywhere on script errors that you could send? Because it's never happened to me, not sure how to debug this

With extra logging enabled, I tried to reproduce the lock up when moving the bridge. But I wasn't successful. The lock up occurred 2 or 3 times during my first playthrough.

I guess we wait and see if it happens to more players.

[thebigh]

It never happened when I was testing it either.

[Kopfrkingl]

Congrats on releasing your first mission!

You really nailed the atmosphere, I loved the foggy surroundings. The start of the mission in particular was top-notch, great visual treat. After I climbed my way up and started to stealth through the buildings, it gave me a very solid Thief-y experience. Multiple points of entry, several paths to choose from; level design like this is what makes Thief/TDM missions so much fun to play. There were many little touches and details to help with the environmental storytelling, too. 

The only real downside I encountered was the lag on the outside while playing on the highest detail on my old GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

[irisx]

Thanks for this mission! I really enjoyed the atmosphere and architecture, and all the nice original elements that certainly deserve a thorough exploration.

Seeing my fps drop significantly in outdoor areas, even at low settings with an RTX3060, I would also hope that some further optimisation is possible.

I also encountered

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a single "freeze" around the bridge. It happened a couple of seconds after it stopped moving and lasted several seconds before the game un-froze again. I was not able to reproduce it again.

[irisx]

Not directly related to the particular mission, but the existence of large outdoor areas

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with AI patrolling along perpendicular paths

made me realise that my constant inability to hit moving targets with projectiles (when shooting along specific directions) was not due to bad aim but to a 2.11 bug: https://bugs.thedarkmod.com/view.php?id=6292

 

 

[JackFarmer]

Congratulations on the release!

 

[Amadeus]

This was a super fun mission! I love all the detail spent on fleshing out all the little nooks and crannies (very satisfying to find loot in some tricky places) as well as the atmosphere. There is definitely some killer atmosphere here, and in such a unique location no less.  One small critique would just be the performance; for such an ambitious open area, there are some pretty laggy areas, but nothing game-breaking. 

Overall though, this was a ton of fun!

[Melchior]

An impossibly huge stone bridge that only makes sense in a Quasi-Medieval/Steampunk fusion world. (stone is a crappy bridge material) - It does exude that 'TDP' classic feel somehow; not a trait most TDM missions have.

Poor FPS near many upper bridge sections, and a horrible TDM FREEZE!! bug (never seen in any other mission - including a few others that up crash at random), as well as numerous geometry holes in the map...Did I mention the many Free-Runner traps on roof sections?

Quite well-thought out interiors (if kinda HUGE scaled), give this FM one of the old-school'iest play-feels I've done in a while; One to watch for a updated 1.1 version with the bugs fixed... Try it later, is my recommendation.

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I like that multi-level elevator-bridge, nice touch! (didn't NEED it - as there is ~3 paths around...)

 

[jaxa]

This is the first mission I've tried that really slams my i5-6600T potato system down to single digit FPS (720p), probably due to the fog or large outdoor areas at the beginning. I'll try it on my real computer later.

Edited September 24, 2023 by jaxa