AM16's Thief2 Fixed 1.2d - Bugfixed Original Missions - Updated 2018-06-01

AntiMatter_16 on 11/4/2013 at 02:32

Quote Posted by gnartsch

I see.Thanks a lot !
However, one may find this thread quite confusing whether this should/could be installed on top of TafferPatcher or whether that does not make any sense since it is included there already anyway.
So, clarifying that on the first page would be great.
(IIRC the TP installer did not explain in detail which option would install this package)

I made a note in mentioning it's included in TafferPatcher 210. I believe it's simply called "Fixed Missions 1.0e" in TafferPatcher.

@Muzman
The missions were fixed in Dromed 1.18 and so use 16 bit lighting. After Newdark was released some months ago, I thought about switching, but I discovered that Newdark missions aren't backwards compatible with 1.18. So I decided I'd make the first release compatible with Thief2 1.18 and adhere as closely as possible to bugfix only, no enhancement, and the subsequent releases would be Newdark so the next release will be 1.1a and be optimized for Newdark and include 32bit lighting.

Muzman on 11/4/2013 at 02:50

No, it definitely makes sense to do a regular version first. I was only hoping people weren't doubling up on re-lighting work now that bugfixed missions are here and would probably be the better ones to work on overall.
Sounds like you've got things well in hand anyway. So cheers.

voodoo47 on 11/4/2013 at 07:16

Quote Posted by Muzman

I believe there's a project afoot to update the lighting to Newdark standards. (Part of Tfix I think)

no, not just yet, relights are still on the to do list. as mentioned elsewhere, updating the lighting is not a one-click-and-done operation, as there are many settings that can be tweaked and it's not a trivial task to get everything looking properly. I did some tests, and I still can't say I fully understand how this works.

llanita on 26/4/2013 at 13:42

I'd love to install it, but I'm concerned that it will mess up my game, because to be honest I don't know how I got the game going. I tried tafferpatch and the dark patch, and I had so many problems getting it to start, that I had given up and walked away, and when I went back to the pc later on, the game was up. So I'm concerned that if I add this it will mess something up.

voodoo47 on 26/4/2013 at 14:20

all you need is TafferPatcher, which is extremely user friendly.

AntiMatter_16 on 26/4/2013 at 15:43

Quote Posted by llanita

dark patch

Dark Patch? Did you mean Newdark patch? Newdark is an updated and fixed game engine for thief some French fellow released. AM16's Thief2 Fixed (ATF) includes missions and other resources. They're fully compatible with the original engine, and the updated newdark engine. As Voodoo noted, all you need is to download and run the latest version of (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106) TafferPatcher. It includes Newdark(the updated engine) and ATF (The fixed mission pack). You'll have to mark a check box to install ATF, I believe it's labeled "Thief2 Fixed 1.0e".

Hope this helps, and if anything DOES go wrong, we'll be able to help you get it working. =)

sNeaksieGarrett on 26/4/2013 at 15:44

Also, if you're afraid of messing with an existing install, do as they suggested, OR create a backup of your current install and then try it. If anything, you could restore the old mission files and you'd be back to where you are now.

R Soul on 26/4/2013 at 23:51

This looks like a very good project. Would you like to incorporate these '(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140761) carry body' objects?

AntiMatter_16 on 27/4/2013 at 03:23

Quote Posted by R Soul

This looks like a very good project. Would you like to incorporate these '(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140761) carry body' objects?

Certainly! They look really good, thank you. They should be in the next release, which will also include 32-bit lighting, and higher res lightmaps.

AntiMatter_16 on 16/5/2013 at 09:01

Thief2 Fixed, 1.1c released! Download it in the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141121&p=2173556&viewfull=1#post2173556) original post.

Some of the major changes in this version include 32-bit lighting, lightmapped water, a LOT of room brush/automap fixes for Life of the Party, Soulforge, and Framed. I've fixed so many texture alignments at this point that they've become a near extinct species, at least for the ones that can be aligned without major brushwork changes. Fixed the Library Apparition in Casing the Joint and Masks so it wouldn't walk into solid terrain, disappear and get stuck there forever.

Here's a list things I wrote down to fix while testing. It might be 1/50th of the bugs I fixed in this release:

Quote:

Before release...
Remember:
-Delete the rogue questvar LibBooks that tend to appear in miss12.mis and miss13.mis

Framed
+Add a door that swings up to the Bar in MacDonah's.
+Add a sign to MacDonah's
+Fix floating streetlamps and trees
+Add some walls around the skybox border of the map, in case the player manages to escape it won't look as ugly
+Add room brush on top of the utility building

Ambush!
+Fixed door model with Z-fighting polys

First City Bank & Trust
+Animate Clocks' pendulum
+Carpet texture in doorway of the large hall....
+Tile texture to the right of the bank teller room...
+Wall texture outside staircase with platform room
+Floor texture... wooden...somewhere? By room with two opposite platforms?

Blackmail
+Library secretdoor doorway top texture is books, change to wood
+N Bathroom on top floor automap set somewhere on the lower levels...
+Tile Texture in Truart's bathroom
+Dude on the table near the sheriff's bedroom
+Sunken wine bottle in house

Trace The Courier
+Starting Gear, sword, blackjack...
+"Time to go" plays in gardener's house?
+Rotate door of grounds keeper

Trail of Blood
+Two-way portal
+Map objective can be missed, map can be dropped...?
+Equipment physics controls - in the stone building with circular steps
+Garden shovel near prayer conversation

Life of the Party
+Bounding Box on the Banner on the "space box"
+Automap by lady louisa's place, keeper trigger
+Front doors of angelwatch are wood can be hacked up
+Make the front doors of angelway asplodeable with the sunburst device for fun, and to keep those that liked the original bug happy that they can get out there again
+Elevator shaft texture in angelwatch
+Top floor of angelwatch automap wrong
+Texture on step in karras' office
+Tower Front Door room brush...

Precious Cargo
+Lower room brushes around lighthouse...
+Subaquatic Post 1 set to shanty on automap
+Bedroll in locker in subaquatic post 1?
+Beds in Sub bounding boxes...
+Floating gold goblet in sub
+Change the huge drill's class tags to match that of the turbine, so there's a spindown sound

Kidnap
X-Vine Arrows -> Rope arrows? - Can't fix
+Upper left automap area seems to be set elsewhere.
+Texture behind elevator near "With my own eyes I saw it" conversation

Casing the Joint/Masks
+Make the backdoors open inwards
+Fix the Mech Priestess' patrol route so she doesn't get stuck on a table
+Animate the clocks' pendulums

Soulforge
+Check and fix the bloody automaps

Gamesys
+Animate MechClock
+Candle's Materials need to be changed from metal to carpet, I guess
+Adjust physics dimensions of the hanging signs
+Scarecrow properties are stone... Also adjust physics dimensions
+Lootsounds for plums
+Fix flashbomb collision with object and AI.