Thief 1 Mission: "Bloodstone Prison"... a Kung Fu Gecko production (Nov 24, 1999) - by kfgecko
Flakeman on 25/11/1999 at 03:41
Woe... totally AWESOME!!! Haven't completed the goal yet... can't find Bandos' wife's brooch?! I think I killed the Jiggiwiddi, but took some life too.
Any clues or hints to get into the vault, or where the key is?
Thanks again.
ps. All enemies dead, can't get into vault.
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kfgecko on 25/11/1999 at 04:50
BTW, you did kill the Jiggiwiggi the way St Judel did, right?
CLUES (SPOILERISH):
- read the note at the vault again (warden or sebatin for key)
- read the warden diary in his bedroom again (warden ain't gonna open it for you, but maybe sebastin?)
- read sebastin's letter... he opened the safe because why?.... can you make the same situation happen again?
Hidden clues: (highlight to see)
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the hammer ghost in the chapel is sebastin
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pinch out his candle or water arrow it out
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follow his ghost to the warden's office safe!
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"gem of a level" "tons of replay" "1.5 to 2 silver" - TDP TEG [This message has been edited by kfgecko (edited November 24, 1999).]
Flakeman on 25/11/1999 at 05:23
kfgecko... you are the man... totally awesome! It's been a while since someone has put out a good SCAREY level. Goals complete.
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gifThanks for the tip. I wasn't sure if that (hidden tip) was actually written in one of the letters or not?! But it does make sense. And the story line was great as well. I think I'm going back for another run. Now that the chill is off a bit. :O Definately SPOOKY. Loved it.
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"I thrive in the darkest of night...
and the depths of hell are my home...
and I shall..." wait... where's my cigarettes?
Wrichards on 26/11/1999 at 22:21
started playing it last night, so far I like what im seeing. your sounds and ambients are VERY well done and layed out naturaly to create an authenitic setting. You tapped into my fears with the haunts
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif Ive only just gotten the hammer in the frog area, I hate frogs. your right about the darkness and the voodoo2 things. but hey, ill deal with it untill feb when I build my new system.
heres a question about how you built your rooms. there are many ways to do this but Id like your input.. rooms with multi brushes to create a "molding" effect. are you stacking brushes on top of each other or are you "laying" them up against the walls of the primary brush? I hope this makes sense, If you use the stacking way you can create this effect with 2 brushes for 1 molding, if you lay them against the way you need 5 brushes for this effect, Im not infront of my computer right now, and I havent had a chance to load you level into dromed yet, can you tell me which way you did this, that is if Im making any sense at this point..
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Viper6 on 26/11/1999 at 22:21
Mr. Kfgecko,
Thanks for the hint's above, I finished the level. Awesome is an understatement!
Played the level on Newbie, but went after the Hard, and Expert goals anyway.
There's a door in a room downstaris on the way from the main castle floor to the prison cells. None of the keys or lockpicks will open it. Intentional? Also, grabbed a couple of broadheads off the shelf, but they did not increase my broadhead inventory.
Did some sniper training on your frogs. Tough! Actually, once one is hit, the rest stop moving around as much and are easier to hit. And read the dead Hammer's book. Am I supposed to do something with the dead Hammer's hammer? St. Constantines Hammer?
Getting to the vault down the c*****r was a stroke! Who would have looked there for an entrance?
One thing I haven't figured out yet though, should I try this on Expert. After getting the "Humoungous Diamond", how do I get back up from the bottom floor? I've tried rope arrowing everything that looks like wood, and nothing sticks.
Another really dumb question that's been bugging me for awhile. Given the extraordinary talent pool of Hobbiests that write these FM's (Bloodstone, Lampfire Hills, Lord Edmund, Death of Garrett, etc., etc.)Howcome you people haven't been approached by LGS, Edios, etc., to do some part time programming and get paid for it? Perhaps it's just envy on my part. I'm an engineer too, but can't program my way out of a paper bag. DOS batch files were a challenge. Hey, I love this stuff. FM's have kept me playing Thief far longer than any other computer game ever. A labor of love because you enjoy doing it, and getting recognized for it is great. But the freebies might be a little sweeter if you were getting paid to help on Theif II, III, IV, Special Operations, Secret Missions, etc. Hope you're at least putting this on your Resume'.
OK, off my soapbox.
kfgecko on 27/11/1999 at 00:23
Door to the prison? If you're talking about the door to cell block 2 from the south hall, then no, it can't be opened, cuz of the cave in from the tree root... (start from the south hall and try going down to cell block 2, you'll see what I mean).
SPOILER!!!
To get back up from where you get the Humungous Diamond, check a flooded cell...
You don't know what to do with the hammer? Uh oh... read the book next to it again... then remember what you read in the Warden's diary... hint... you don't need any arrows at all to kill the Jiggiwiggi (Warden's ghost).
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"gem of a level" "tons of replay" "1.5 to 2 silver" - TDP TEG MaD-SaM on 27/11/1999 at 01:41
Just had a look at the screenys, bloody hell your architectures better than mine!!!
Looks great.
Im gonna go play it now
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Wrichards on 27/11/1999 at 03:04
I havent made it in there yet, ive been doing a little house keeping with the wandering haunts... the temples my next stop...
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