Lingering Whispers
grapesareyum(at)gmail(dotcom)
Release Date: 9/8/2011
Revision Date: 10/1/2012
Version: 1.0.2
Mission inspired by DarthsLair.
Please feel free to contact me with feedback, including constructive criticism.
Pointing out the flaws is how I improve as a level designer.
Background
Some time has passed since Garrett sabotaged Karras's plans to destroy all life. The loss of their leader and the revealed fanaticism of their faith have caused Mechanists to fall out of favor, allowing the Hammerite faith to rise again. As many Mechanists convert or flee, there are less people to maintain the many complicated security devices around the City. The existence of the Mechanists is being slowly wiped away in the ensuing chaos.
Garrett has been mostly keeping to himself after the incident at Soulforge, resting and so far living on the lucre acquired during his partnership with Viktoria. Now, his funds have once more run dry and he is forced to take to thieving again to support himself. It seems like all of Garrett's efforts to save the City from Constantine and Karras were ultimately pointless when he is again forced to scrounge for coins just to keep his landlord happy and his belly full.
During this needy time, a nobleman, Lord Rein von Krane, has contacted Garrett wishing to hire his expert services. It may not be a choice job, but it's a job.
Mission Info
Game : Thief 2: The Metal Age
Mission : Lingering Whispers
File : miss20.mis
Difficulty Options: Normal, Hard, and Expert
Equipment Store : Full Store
Map/Automap : Yes/No
EAX Support : No
Briefing : Yes
New Graphics : Yes
New Objects : Yes
New Sounds/Music : Yes
New Scripts : Yes
Multilingual : No
DEDX : Yes
Build Time : Approx. 500 hours or about 4 months
Special thanks to ticky, Darthslair, Yandros, prjames, and FenPhoenix.
Instructions
Place .zip file in preferred directory for Darkloader to open. Do not unzip unless you wish to install manually. Darkloader 4.3 recommended. NVScript 1.2.2 and tnhScript 2.1 (included) are highly recommended for play.
DOWNLOAD
Thiefmissions.com
4shared.com
If the intro video does not work for you, it can also be viewed here.
OTHER
Let's Play
YouTube - Blind Let's Play - Lingering Whispers v1.0.1
Huge thanks to FenPhoenix!
Developer Commentary (contains spoilers)
YouTube - Lingering Whispers 1.0.1
Walkthrough
ThiefMissions.com
4shared.com
Ricebug's Website
Thanks to Ricebug!
Loot List
Thiefmissions.com
4shared.com
Thanks to prjames.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Last edited by scarykitties; 3rd Oct 2012 at 18:08.
I'm really mad at you, man. I was just planning to go to sleep. But I can't just leave this FM behind without trying it.
But no, congrats on the release, seriously.
Edit: And remembering the forest section in your project with ticky, I think I'll surely enjoy this one.
Edit2: Yeah, I think I'm gonna love this one. Just got killed by Karras' ghost.
Last edited by PotatoGuy; 8th Sep 2011 at 18:56.
Congrats on another great mission Sk ! You are an amazing and creative level designer ! A natural to Dromed by all means !
Not sure why you couldn't contact me, but I've added your mission: http://thiefmissions.com/info.cgi?m=LingeringWhispers
Thank you very much for the quick work! Appreciated!Originally Posted by epithumia
Haha, you're just glad that, now that testing is over, you don't have to play it again. Me, too.Congrats on another great mission Sk ! You are an amazing and creative level designer ! A natural to Dromed by all means !
Congrats, sk! Sorry I couldn't have been more involved in the testing process, but I'll definitely be finding time to play it this weekend.
Congrats!Thank you!
Yep, at 4 hours a shot, but it was always fun and enjoyable never the less.
A very well done mission !
I am beta testing Cataclysmic Revelations now, just checking game play features, and I am certainly sick of running through on" one hour shots" over and over and over again
Thank thy Builder for thy Beta-Testers !!!!
Congrats on the release
Downloading now.
Congratulations on the release
Cant wait to play.
Good to see the mission released! Nice work!
It was a pleasure to beta-test this one.
Nice mission indeed.
How do you use the chemistry setI have the book, the flasks make the clicking noises but when I highlight the sap tank and click on it nothing happens..it remains with 12 drops....also, is it possible to kill Karrass ghost...
Enjoying this a lot.
To kill Karrass ghost spoiler:You will have the opportunity later if you desire. Later in the mission.Nice mission indeed.
How do you use the chemistry set
Enjoying this a lot.
Oh great...I've just had the royal grots scared out of me by a see through green thing with burning eyes....Does this get any worse...will there be a later.
@ SC, I would post your email address in open forum, due to earch engine spiders and data mining etc.
Re: the chemistry setNice mission indeed.
How do you use the chemistry set
Enjoying this a lot.
Gentle hint: Read the readables carefully. One is on a shelf in the apothecary shop, the other is on a shelf upstairs in the area you go through immediately after starting the mission.
Stronger hint: One readable tells you which bunsen burners to light, the other tells you - obliquely - the order of which 'humors' (bulbs) to frob. You don't need to frob the sap tank at the end to make things.
Giveaway: One of the readables says never to use the same item twice a row. So, for example, if, for a specific item, it tells you to use 1 drop of A, 2 drops of C and 1 drop of B, and says to start with A and end with C, do ACBC. Doing this, and having the right burners lit underneath, should cause one of the empty bottles to morph into your desired concoction, and the amount of drops of sap in the tank to decrease.
Finally, figuring out the apothecary is not required to complete the mission, it's just a help if you need one more healing potion, holy water, etc.
- prjames (a beta-tester of this fine mission)
right at the beginning i mantled on a crate and explored a bit in the heights waiting for the guard to come back and i fell from the crate and a lantern appeared over my head !
I may be blind But I found my way
Thanks! Tweaked appropriately.
Those shadow AI are actually supposed to be black with red eyes. If they look green to you, that means you have your gamma set way too high. If you want the "full experience" (that is, having to use the portable lights given to you), I recommend setting your gamma down to the point where the only part you can see in the dark is the red eyes. You shouldn't be able to see their bodies unless they are between you and a light area.Oh great...
Odd. Not sure where that could have happened. Too bad you don't have a screenshot!
I got the same thing when I jumped to get on a crate, in the room you start in:
Before:
After:
Well obviously there's some favouritism going on here. I don't have a lantern!
Congratulations on the release scarykitties. I'm really enjoying myself though I haven't got very far yet having been distracted by a bit of sport.
Hmm... Now that I see a screenie of the lantern, I know what it is but not why it is there.
Fingers crossed that this does not mean a major bug down the road. Let me know if anyone notices anything else out of the ordinary.
For those who don't see the lantern, be glad. Any others that do, say so.
If you mean that if the lantern appears there, you can't pick up the lantern in the mine - there is no problem there, at least. If you didn't mean that, then I'll just keep playing till I hit against a possible bug.
Nope, that isn't it. Here's hoping that it's nothing.
I did not get the lantern but when I picked up the iron ore and then again when I picked up the copper ore I could no longer run?? I could only walk I have had this happen a long time ago!
I tried getting completely out of Thief and loading save but still only walking speed. I then turned off my PC but still no good, then finally it started working again don't know what I did? Untill I picked up the copper ore??? then it was back to walking
Maybe the ore is heavy? A coupe of FMs in the past slowed you down when you picked up certain objects, usually as a plot point. (Get chased by horrible deadly things while carrying a man-sized bag of gold or something.)
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