"Must play" Thief or Thief 2 fan missions?

[chakkman]

Another mission I can highly recommend is The Scarlet Cascabel. Probably even the best of the missions I played. Really great.

[jaxa]

Now that I've finished The Black Parade, I'm definitely open to checking out more NewDark era missions. I want to see what other ideas are possible now that the Dark Engine has been unchained.

[chakkman]

Another nice one, from the current Thief 3 Anniversary contest: https://www.thiefguild.com/fanmissions/67224/a-shadow-on-the-water

Even looks like Thief 3.

[Amadeus]

I just finished that FM last night, and it was very good. I thought Nicked did a great job capturing TDS vibes using the Dark Engine. I have no idea how that mapper keeps pumping out maps so fast, he is basically a one-man FM factory 

[Arden]

Ascend The Dim Valley
Trail of Blood 2
The Last Lighthouse Keeper
Snobs series
Pirate's Ahoy
Lady Lisa's Harbor
Firefly
Compulsory Egress

[demagogue]

For T2 FMs, this list from a post is pretty good, starting with the ones in bold, but it leaves out a lot of the top rated ones on CheapThiefMissions, which covers classic FMs. At least the top 10 on that site are also must plays. (I think the link already takes you to the ordered list, but click the "Rating" button to make sure it's ordered by rating if it's not already.) And for recent FMs, there's the Thief Guild's top rated list.

[taffernicus]

bathory campaign, the seven sisters, dracula reloaded, violent end of duncan malveine, calendra legacy/cistern

 

i bump up these FMs to top

[Taquito]

I'm starting the Black Parade now but I would like to add a few mods to it like the Lantern mod and automatic key, I tried moving the files to the FM folder but nothing. Anyone has an idea if this is possible and how?

[Fidcal]

http://thiefmissions.com/m/Nightwatch by erm... me.

[chakkman]

On 7/23/2024 at 2:51 AM, Fidcal said:

http://thiefmissions.com/m/Nightwatch by erm... me.

I'll check it out.  

Last missions I really enjoyed (top notch): Behind Closed Doors (no, not the TDM one...) and Death's Turbid Veil (very interesting story and gameplay). Also played The Cinder Notes (nice one as well), and Heart and Soul (rather so-so, considering the IMO too high difficulty, and some scripting bugs).

[chakkman]

https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153139

 

Edited November 15, 2025 by chakkman

[SeriousToni]

On 11/15/2025 at 8:13 PM, chakkman said:

https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153139

 

When will they finally update their forums to a mobile friendly version.. 

[chakkman]

I think they're using a very antique forum software. Might not even be possible for them to provide a mobile template with that software.

[SeriousToni]

7 hours ago, chakkman said:

I think they're using a very antique forum software. Might not even be possible for them to provide a mobile template with that software.

Well at least it has that early Y2K retro vibe which I like. But the scaling is very bad on mobile - maybe some day I'll apply custom css via browser plugins if I'm bored lol

[datiswous]

7 hours ago, SeriousToni said:

But the scaling is very bad on mobile

There is a mobile theme, but it's very ugly. I'm never there, otherwise I would already customize it with stylus plugin.

Edit: There are actualy 2 mobile versions.

1. The one you can access in the menu top-right. It links to http://ttlg.mobi/
2. The one you can activate bottom-left in the main forum.

Edited November 20, 2025 by datiswous

[chakkman]

This will surely become fantastic: https://nickdablin.wordpress.com/thief-ghosts-of-winter/

 

[chakkman]

Isn't that a tad overdramatic?

[Wellingtoncrab]

No, I would be sympathetic as it is something directly threatening his livelihood and has caused thousands of his colleagues to lose their jobs. It’s ok to have strong feelings about that.

[chakkman]

We're talking about something concerning his hobby though, and, I don't think you really have control over what others do, or should have control over that. Just do your own thing, and don't mind what others do. I don't see the problem.

You won't be able to prevent the use of A.I. anyway. It's everywhere these days, and, it's already been heavily used for TDM missions as well.

Walking away like he does, announcing it big and fat on social media rather shows a strong case of hubris, more than anything else.

[Wellingtoncrab]

You aren't required to participate, either.

Being sympathetic is not the same as agreeing 100%, it's just recognizing when it’s not hard to see where someone is coming from. And it’s not hard here.

[chakkman]

nevermind

Edited August 31 by chakkman

[Wellingtoncrab]

I don’t get it, is your stance then that he is required to participate in any hobby? Are you reading the *you* in that statement as literally you?

I don’t know why seemingly you get so upset when people reply to your posts.

I usually don’t bother anymore.

[chakkman]

5 minutes ago, Wellingtoncrab said:

I don’t know why seemingly you get so upset when people reply to your posts.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought it was you who got upset about my post.

[Wellingtoncrab]

Yes I am so fired up with rage that I am encouraging sympathy and understanding.

This is clearly a waste of time. You do you brother

[chakkman]

Thanks, we surely can discuss this without people with "strong feelings about it".  

I have a feeling you have strong feelings about a lot of things anyway, at least when you try to be contrary again.