nicked on 24/4/2021 at 10:42
CATACOMBS OF KNOSS
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REMASTEREDI have been hard at work updating my Thief: The Dark Project 20th Anniversary Contest mission, Catacombs of Knoss. The mission originally placed fourth in the contest, and this new version attempts to address some of the problems and criticisms of the original.
The remastered version is now available and can be downloaded here:
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Google Drive: (
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ulfRc-XhGkihRSbzPG9fVeNwtrVwKp6s/view?usp=sharing) Download v2.0
Mirrors are welcome - just let me know the download link and I'll add it to this first post.
Here's the changelist for this new version:
* Rerelease Changes *General:- New readables translated into French, German and Russian.
- All readables translated into Spanish.
Mission 1:- Increased ambient light levels.
- Expanded and restructured a number of building interiors.
- Added additional detail to many areas.
- Changed layout to aid platforming in a few areas.
- Added some additional readables.
- Lightmapped water added.
- More loot added in a few places.
- Fixed a couple of doors that liked flying away.
- Loot goals updated and values fixed in French text.
- Tweaked ambient sounds to be slightly less jarring throughout the church.
- Various minor tweaks and fixes.
Mission 2:- Increased ambient light levels.
- Added workarounds for various un-ghostable sections. Both missions should now be ghostable (albeit with a lot of effort). Supreme Ghost, probably not.
- Made an important key more visible.
- Added reset buttons and improved audio messaging of Mathematician's Tomb puzzle.
- Prevented a few blind frob exploits.
- Added a bit more signposting in the burrick caves.
- Replaced some boundstriggers with more reliable roombrush triggers.
- Prevented AI entering the Tower of Knoss and potentially breaking progression.
- Fixed lava that didn't hurt the player.
- Various minor tweaks and fixes.
Cardia on 24/4/2021 at 11:22
Thank you for this major update, will play it this week-end. This is one of my top Thief 1 missions.
Purgator on 24/4/2021 at 16:42
Nice one! Thanks for this, nicked.
Saturnyne on 24/4/2021 at 17:21
I'm stoked to play this for the first time! Thank you :)
Ravenus1 on 24/4/2021 at 22:12
I loved CATACOMBS OF KNOSS so that settles what I'm playing tonight.
Thank You nicked
Nark on 24/4/2021 at 23:30
Ah, just my luck. I reinstall TG to play some of the FMs I missed from the past few years a few days ago, I install a bunch of them and finally get around to playing Catacombs of Knoss tonight and finish it, I check in on ttlg and as it happens a new and improved version is posted the day I play the original version. I probably won't be playing the new version any time soon because there's so many FMs for me to get to but I did love playing the original so I'm sure plenty of people will be pleased with any improvements.
Kerrle on 25/4/2021 at 03:09
Awesome, I'll definitely check this out.
Lord Taffer on 25/4/2021 at 07:41
Time to replay this gem soon! Catacombs of Knoss was my personal favorite in the contest.
Samantha1 on 25/4/2021 at 08:50
Oh wow thank you so much for this nicked!! It´s not long ago that I played through all of the contest missions and catacombs of knoss was one of my favourites :) Will be the next misison to play again.
Dardo on 25/4/2021 at 10:43
Thanks for letting me translate your mission! Excited for the next one.
