T2 FM: The Seven Shades of Mercury (Hammerite Imperium #1) - 20 May 2009 - by Yandros
Yandros on 20/5/2009 at 19:59
After many years of off and on work by a very talented team, followed by about a year of off and on work by a small group of folks dedicated to getting the first mission released to the public, I'm very pleased to announce that the first mission of the Hammerite Imperium project is now available!
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http://www.wearytaffer.com/test/7SoM/7som_announce.jpgQuote Posted by "Alexius"
After what has seemed like centuries, the day of release has come. There have been many people involved in the project and many have disappeared without a trace, leaving only their small contribution in an idea, artwork, texture or a sound.
Perhaps they evolved into giant moths or were eaten by slugs. We’ll never know, but nevertheless I’d like to thank everyone involved for their grand contribution - for without the hard work and immense collaboration this monster would never see daylight.
We sincerely hope that you'll enjoy this first (and sadly also last) mission of what was to become the Hammerite Imperium. May the builder be with you!
~ Alexius, founder and project lead
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http://7shades.southquarter.com/) Redface of Southquarter has graciously made a home page for the mission, here.
There are two versions, with movies (187MB) and without (94MB). The size difference is immense because there are four amazing movies, and all are encoded using Indeo, the codec used by LGS (to insure that most players will be able to see the movies) and Indeo's compression rate is poor by today's standards. They're much too good not to be enjoyed by all, so I encourage everyone to wait patiently for the larger archive to download. Versions of the movies with modern encoding will be made available shortly online, and perhaps for download as well.
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to create such an amazing work of art! We hope you enjoy it!
Please post all comments and questions in this thread.
Note: Mission updated to v1.1 on 23 May 2009.The links below will be updated as soon as each mirror site makes them available.
MirrorsFull version with movies (187MB)
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http://7shades.southquarter.com/download/7SoM_v10.zip) Southquarter (v1.0)
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http://thiefmissions.com/info.cgi?m=SevenShadesOfMercury) Thiefmissions (v1.1)
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http://www.darklurker.com/fghi/7SoM_v11.zip) Darklurker.com (v1.1)
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http://www.darklurker.org/fghi/7SoM_v11.zip) Darklurker.org (v1.1)
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http://downloads.ttlg.com/download.aspx?id=2181) The Circle (v1.1)
No movies version (94MB)
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http://www.shalebridge.com/fms/7SoM_v10_NoMovies.zip) Shalebridge (v1.0)
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http://thiefmissions.com/info.cgi?m=SevenShadesOfMercuryNB) Thiefmissions (v1.1)
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http://www.darklurker.com/fghi/7SoM_v11_NoMovies.zip) Darklurker.com (v1.1)
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http://www.darklurker.org/fghi/7SoM_v11_NoMovies.zip) Darklurker.org (v1.1)
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http://downloads.ttlg.com/download.aspx?id=2182) The Circle (v1.1)
If you downloaded v1.0 and want to patch it to v1.1, you can use this patch:
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http://thiefmissions.com/info.cgi?m=SevenShadesOfMercuryPatch) Thiefmissions
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http://www.darklurker.com/fghi/7SoM_patch_v11.zip) Darklurker.com
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http://www.darklurker.org/fghi/7SoM_patch_v11.zip) Darklurker.org
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http://downloads.ttlg.com/download.aspx?id=2186) The Circle
Installation instructions for the patch are included in the patch readme file.
Version 1.1 Change InfoAll these changes are present in the patch and both updated ZIP files:
* The broken final secret is now accessible.
* The spell scrolls, which were all originally in the Grand Library, were not of much use since many people go to that location last. They have been relocated.
* Additionally, the Hammer Spell scrolls, which killed AI and failed the No Kill objective, were thus useless. They now knockout AI, except for those AI which are impervious to knockout.
* Finally, the ice bombs have been removed as they were causing too many problems.
These additional changes are only included in the updated ZIP files:
* About 10 book texts had formatting issues and are now fixed.
* Tannar was added to the credits in the readme.
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http://www.thiefmissions.com/walkthroughs/SevenShadesOfMercury.html) Walkthrough at Thiefmissions by FreddyFox and Nightwalker
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVsl2eL5oqI) Video walkthrough of first few minutes on YouTube
mabsy on 20/5/2009 at 20:03
DLing now. Thank you, thank you, thank you.:D
No sleep for me tonight:tsktsk:
Shimonhead on 20/5/2009 at 20:05
Thank you so much for this!!
epithumia on 20/5/2009 at 20:05
Might I add that this is freaking awesome? I've been playing it for a couple of hours now and it feels like I've only scratched the surface. The views both inside and outside of the cathedral are terribly impressive.
PotatoGuy on 20/5/2009 at 20:08
1. A mission with briefing
2. A mission with several FM authors, the best of the best.
3. Hammerites!!!
Thank you! Thank You! Bless the Builder(s)!
Thor on 20/5/2009 at 20:09
YEAAAAHH!!!!!
*SCREAMS LIKE A WACKO!!!*
The Phantom on 20/5/2009 at 20:18
How great to see it's finally ready :D
A BIG THANKS to everyone involved!
ASHASSIN on 20/5/2009 at 20:22
Awesome! dl'ing now :thumb:
denizen23 on 20/5/2009 at 20:23
Someone pinch me!!! :eek: :cool: ;) :wot: :) :cheeky:
redface on 20/5/2009 at 20:24
I'd just like to point out that this is a really hard mission, with tons of tiled surface and unforgiving enemies, so don't waste your resources too early. It's a long way to go ;)