T2 FM - Ashcombe House by Baron de Veraux [June 23, 2025] (UPDATE: English version) - by Marzec
A.Stahl on 5/7/2025 at 07:16
Out of the context of this thread, it looks like it is an old FM. And it really gives those 2005 vibes. You know, the times when FMs became significantly better aesthetically than the original, but were still limited to the basic engine abilities.
radogoal on 5/7/2025 at 11:45
please i need a hint for the painting
solved
Cardia on 5/7/2025 at 11:54
Thanks for this mission, finished it in 12 minutes playing on 'normal', the house is well built, but I feel like there could have been more to explore , the readables make the mission longer and are interesting to read, written in a very accessible german, specially for someone like me who is still trying to master this language. For a first mission it's a good production, and I hope to see more from you, and if possibly with larger maps to 'erkunden' next time :-).
baeuchlein on 5/7/2025 at 13:00
Quote Posted by downwinder
i noticed the german version had english npc's is that common in german fan missions, i would figure the npc's would be talking in german
If an FM author does not include the voice recordings of the german Thief 2 version, the game uses the available recordings. Thus, if you play this mission with an english version of the game, the guards will be talking english.
Since voice recordings produce somewhat large file sizes, authors tend not to include the standard voice sets of the game, and instead rely on people coping with such slight difficulties as german texts and english voices and such.
downwinder on 5/7/2025 at 14:40
thank you baeuchiein
pwl on 5/7/2025 at 18:10
A very good first mission the architecture of the rooms looked great nothing out of place.
Thanks for this and I hope you continue making missions. :thumb::thumb:
pwl
MrMunkeepants on 5/7/2025 at 21:26
this was a fun, small mission; I appreciate it!
there were some translation/text issues - it seems some punctuation has been replaced by accented vowels, and the note about a dinner party cuts off unexpectedly.
I probably wasn't supposed to be able to climb on top of the garden maze walls, but I could do so (from the statue, and from the stair railing) and bypass a lot of it.
I appreciated the light switches in rooms with electric lights! Power ain't cheap, and you don't stay rich by spending money
bjack on 5/7/2025 at 22:37
A fun quick FM. I played the German version and my German is Zer Schelct. If that is misspelled, then that shows I am not too good at German. I resorted to opening up the readable files and copy pasted them into Google translator. Glad to see someone took the time to provide those translations to everyone. Fun little FM. Pretty easy, but still fun playing on expert. I think it would make a good training FM for ghosting possibly.
bjack on 5/7/2025 at 22:41
Quote Posted by MrMunkeepants
I probably wasn't supposed to be able to climb on top of the garden maze walls,
I used the hedge to climb over and get to the exit to end the mission. This saved me from navigating the maze again.
