gamophyte on 27/8/2024 at 16:23
Work is crazy-busy, so I've just been playing FMs in my free time instead of building. I am playing old but skipped to new with this one and I'm absolutely enthralled.
The attention to detail already in the sewer has me immersed as if I'm in some real place where I can sneak up high and stuff myself into a 1x1 DU corner with clear defined shadows. Love the random but coherent lamp light on dynamic lights the sewer guards carry too.
Many other common sense moments where you're like oh yeah that's not stock behavior, and most people won't notice but really ties the mission together nicely. Anyway, still playing, I just wanted to drop a line. Also very inspiring for me to get back to work!
RippedPhreak on 27/8/2024 at 18:23
Thanks very much for noticing. =)
MayheM on 27/8/2024 at 23:13
Wow, amazing mission. wasn't excepting necroage textures look good in daylight, and the ambient is great too.
I have the second key for the crypt, where is the first?
Edit: Should've visited the apartment first...
gamophyte on 29/8/2024 at 14:02
Just finished. I wish it never ended!
Really fun sneaking around and I appreciate the pro level of stealth needed for daylight. I am the type of player player that take his time, soaking it in, and ropes up and over to drop down and dart into a corner.
That bathhouse was f****** gorgeous :cool:
And I bought into the conspiracy.
The only part I found frustrating was the cemetery because the large cube mausoleum has always been a bit see-through, and if the gameplay was about no shadows and be quick to be on the opposite side of vision blocking objects, it should have blocked more. Especially because there can be up to three AI in the area at a time.
Also a small gripe, the bounding box of columns can be very small, so the player feels like they are gripping them to maneuver around them; even if the it was .5x.5 DU or smaller the camera never clips into the object so it would actually seem like you're just dexterously sliding past them. As a climber I just bounced off seemly open air around them. Again a small thing, and I double design wise there is any reason to climb like I do lol.
RippedPhreak on 29/8/2024 at 15:41
Yeah there are a few places I made them smaller, such as when jumping from certain walls over to balconies. But I'm sure I didn't get them all.
Cardia on 4/9/2024 at 17:57
Nice mission, finished it in one hour on 'normal' difficulty. I enjoyed exploring the church, its very beautiful inside, the exteriors (facades and streets) are not so impressive, and i noticed that the sunlight has a cold temperature color as if it was moonlight, it should be warm , yellowish and the sun behind clouds should emanate orange tons. But overall its a high quality mission that i loved playing. Thank you for this gift !
RippedPhreak on 5/9/2024 at 21:21
It's supposed to be a late Autumn day, hence a bit colder but I admit I didn't think too much about the sunlight other than "it should be bright." =)
McJiggy on 11/9/2024 at 07:33
Is it possible to steal the statue at the pub without setting off the alarm? I can't find any security system anywhere, I'm also trying to do the bonus objective of not knocking anyone out so the only room I haven't checked is the spiral staircase room because there's a guard right inside facing in my direction and I haven't found any other way to sneak up there.
Discendo Vox on 11/9/2024 at 09:06
Yes, there's a way to disable the security system, and a way to completely bypass that spiral staircase. Reexamine the building inside and out; you may need to think laterally, but you don't need to explore the Hammerite campus to resolve this issue.
McJiggy on 13/9/2024 at 04:09
I managed to get up there using a crate and have been going though the mission but there's another spot I can't get in. I can't figure out how to disable to magic trap in the reliquary to steal all the loot in there. Is there some other room to disable the trap at?
