nicked on 2/9/2014 at 19:28
I'm happy to announce that my new mission,
Death's Turbid Veil, is available for download.
Version 1.1:My Google Drive: (
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UhLOkH7SZTY0RKTmxzWDR0aTA/view?usp=sharing) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UhLOkH7SZTY0RKTmxzWDR0aTA/view?usp=sharing
Mirror (thanks Derfy): (
http://derfy.net/fms/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip) http://derfy.net/fms/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip
Dark Fate (thanks clearing): (
http://download.darkfate.org/fan-missions/Thief2/deaths_turbid_veil/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip) http://download.darkfate.org/fan-missions/Thief2/deaths_turbid_veil/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip
Southquarter (thanks Brethren): (
http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2014/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip) http://www.southquarter.com/downloads/2014/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip
Taffer's Paradise (thanks Lord Soth): (
http://www.taffersparadise.co.uk/thief2mission/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip) http://www.taffersparadise.co.uk/thief2mission/DeathsTurbidVeil_v11.zip
Anyone who can provide a mirror, please do, and let me know the link so I can add it to this post.
Please note: This mission requires New Dark v1.22 (Download here: (
http://thief.0815x.de/t2_v122.zip) http://thief.0815x.de/t2_v122.zip Thread here: (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144235)).
There is an area of the mission reported to require new_mantle to be enabled in order to progress! If you overwrote your config files when installing v1.22, or you have it disabled, please re-enable new_mantle. To do this, edit cam_ext.cfg in your main Thief2 directory and remove the semicolon in front of new_mantle.Note: If you have trouble with sound effects appearing as static noise, please download the following zip, and replace these sounds in the mission zip file: (
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UhLOkH7SZTMXJQOHJpOFFnU28/edit?usp=sharing) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_UhLOkH7SZTMXJQOHJpOFFnU28/edit?usp=sharing These will be included in a patched version of the mission at a later date.
Note: The patched version should have much better performance than the original 1.0 release. However, if you're still having trouble with low frame rates, try this tip from partol:
Quote:
In case this helps someone ......
In the starting area (in the water), my fps was 5-10 (and occasional crash to desktop).
Reason is because T2 HDmod was enabled.
After disabling the HDmod, my minimum fps (outside) is 30-35 which is playable.
In cam_mod.ini, I put a semi-colon in front of my old mod_path, and added a new mod_path
;mod_path hdmod+hdmod\t2skies+ep2+usermods+patches
mod_path usermods+patches
Screenshots can be found in this thread: (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144130) http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144130
Loot list can be found (
http://www.mediafire.com/view/nts8sm89v3ou1ql/DTV_Loot.xls) here. You can read it online or just click the download button on the top right.
FAQ/Walkthrough by Ricebug can be downloaded from here: (
http://www.bogadocious.com/temp/DTV.zip) http://www.bogadocious.com/temp/DTV.zip
Story:Quote:
"No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be."
- Bram Stoker, Dracula
"Alas! for this gray shadow, once a man--
So glorious in his beauty and thy choice,
Who madest him thy chosen, that he seem'd
To his great heart none other than a God!"
- Alfred Tennyson, Tithonus
I recently paid a visit to an associate of mine, Lyle, who works at the City Museum, in an attempt to find a buyer for some antiquities I happened to have come into possession of. The man has delusions of nobility, and is usually on edge whenever I, a common criminal, go to meet him. This time however, he was clearly deeply worried by something and was acting even more flustered than usual. I wasn't going to pry, but partway through appraising my goods, he appeared to reach a decision, and started begging for my help.
Lyle's daughter, Marianne, recently got a job as a servant at the country estate of Lord Oswin Pavoni, a noble and explorer. Everything had been going fine, and she seemed happy with the work, until five days ago when she didn't come home. When he went to the house to try and find her, they told him she had disappeared and was missing, but would not let him in. Now the Watch have sent a detective to investigate, but no-one is telling Lyle anything.
He wants me to break into the house and find out what happened to her. He didn't have much to offer in return, but to sweeten the deal, he told me about a secret vault rumoured to be hidden somewhere in the house, and provided me with a list of valuable artefacts that I could get a good price for, were they to be liberated from the Pavoni estate.
Lyle's a useful man to know when I need to shift rare antiquities, and it couldn't hurt to have him owe me a favour. He's provided me with a map of the house and an advance on the artefacts I brought him so I can buy equipment. I'll be going in by dropping over the wall near the back of the estate. Once inside, I'll need to find out what happened to Marianne, and of course, locate that vault.
SlyFoxx on 2/9/2014 at 19:42
DL'd in 30 seconds! :D When I first started playing thief that would have taken well over a day. :(
Thanks nicked. I'll enjoy this after darkness falls and the world is silent save a few thiefy noises.
TheDarkOne93 on 2/9/2014 at 19:45
Damn 457MB, this is going to be an epic mission.
Cardia on 2/9/2014 at 19:58
Thank you...downloading now...:D
Mechs Delight on 2/9/2014 at 20:21
I just tried to start this mission, and it crashed right after the Objectives screen!
I tried removing some of my upgrades (NecroAge, HDMOD, ep2) and reinstalling Thief 1.22. Same result.
Renault on 2/9/2014 at 20:24
Awesome, congrats on the release nicked. Mirror on the way, just waiting for the upload to finish.
I noticed the .mis file is 150 MB...is that normal, even in the age of New Dark? Seems huge to me. I have no idea what makes a .mis file large or small, especially considering it doesn't contain any actual assets. Is it just based on the number of objects or brushes or something similar?
Tannar on 2/9/2014 at 20:26
Congrats on the release, Nick!
@ Mechs Delight: I'm sorry it didn't work. I don't know why it didn't but just to be sure it isn't something in the mission archive itself, I downloaded and started it and I was able to get into the mission with no crash. For what it's worth, I don't have any other mods installed, just v1.22.
ticky on 2/9/2014 at 20:31
Quote Posted by Mechs Delight
I just tried to start this mission, and it crashed right after the Objectives screen!
I tried removing some of my upgrades (NecroAge, HDMOD, ep2) and reinstalling Thief 1.22. Same result.
For me, the same happened. I haven't got any enhancement packs installed. I tried it with Darkloader and fmsel too, but it didn't work. Any suggestions?
Renault on 2/9/2014 at 20:42
Works fine for me, on a clean 1.22 install, using Darkloader.
Yandros on 2/9/2014 at 21:04
Congrats Nick! Can't wait to start playing once it's good and dark.
Is there a briefing movie? Perhaps the crash is a codec or video-related issue.
Edit: Never mind, after looking in the ZIP on Drive, I see there's no movie.