Lost Places Contest: Bertrand's Forgotten Tomb (September 15, 2017) - by trefoilknot
FrogBeast23 on 28/10/2017 at 21:00
What an awesome mission! Especially loved the projection room! The puzzles were tricky, but not impossible. Can't remember the last time I had to use my notes this much.
Those stairs tho... kept making me dizzy!
MOAR PLZ!
trefoilknot on 30/10/2017 at 16:43
Quote Posted by Dead Rat
An enjoyable little mission trefoilknot, well done.
Thanks!
Quote Posted by FrogBeast23
MOAR PLZ!
Working on it ;) But don't expect anything soon.
Orfeus21 on 17/11/2017 at 15:29
where do u hit the rope arrow to get into that chamber behind the gate? i cant touch the rope wherever i hit
baeuchlein on 17/11/2017 at 16:53
Aim for the middle one of the three wooden beams above the floor. Where exactly you have to aim at on that beam, I didn't write down. I think it was somewhere along the rear half of the beam, but I am not sure anymore. So, save your game before shooting the arrow, then hit the beam, and after that go swimming to check out whether you have hit the right spot. If the rope does not go through the opening in the floor, try to find out where you have to aim for, then reload your saved game and try again.
If, however, the rope does extend through the hole in the floor, but you still can't grab it from inside the flooded room below, then something else is wrong here - and I don't know what that could be.
trefoilknot on 17/11/2017 at 19:22
You should be able tell if the rope is in the right spot, from the hallway where you fired from. Just make sure it extends through the cracked floor.
FKenFord on 25/11/2017 at 23:48
Loved this mission. Puzzles were interesting and fun.
I'd like to get above the statue in the big round room. I'm stumped how to do this. I'm guessing I have to combine hopping on the projecting gargoyles(?) with a rope arrow. If so, I also assume I need to start by getting on top of the torch enclosure to start hopping.
Is this correct? If so, how do I get on top of the torch enclosure? Someone mentioned stacking, but I hope this isn't the only way because I tried stacking everything I could find with no luck. I must admit I very rarely stack anything other than crates, so I consider myself a lame stacker.
Is there some other way to get up there? Thanks!
trefoilknot on 26/11/2017 at 00:07
You're exactly right. You should be able to get on the torch enclosure without doing anything fancy. Just jump and mantle straight on, (but a little off center). If you're not having success with this, check to make sure newdark mantling is turned on.
Glad you enjoyed the mission!
FKenFord on 26/11/2017 at 01:37
Doh! new_mantle was commented out in cam_ext.cfg. Turned it back on and, voila, success! I don't remember turning this off, so it must have been gremlins ;-)
Thanks! Now on to find the last 25 loot...
Midgard on 13/2/2018 at 06:36
I was playing this FM today and I learned a very valuable lesson about what can go wrong if you have too high a framerate with the Dark Engine. I uncapped Thief 2 to 120 FPS and discovered that the pressure plate puzzles would only work a very small percentage of the time. I was driving myself crazy trying to figure out why they weren't working and now I know. So, boys n girls: be sure to cap your framerate to at most 100 FPS or else you will be sleeping with grief. Read the comments and warnings in the cam_ext.cfg! They're there for a reason.