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Thursday, November 29, 2001 |
Stowaway Reviewed - 4:36:42 AM - Elenkis |
Schwaa has reviewed Finial's Stowaway and given the mission a very respectable 7.5 hammers.
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Keeper Theses Update - 3:09:38 AM - Elenkis |
Sneaksie Thiefsie has completely rewritten and improved the History of the Order of the Hammer section of the Keeper Theses. He's put a huge amount of work into his vision of Hammerite history and it's a great read, so be sure to check it out (along with the other sections of his Keeper Theses, if you haven't already)!
Great work!
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Wednesday, November 28, 2001 |
Fanfic: A Thief in the 30's - 4:10:02 PM - Elenkis |
Antonio Salazar has sent us the first four chapters of A Thief in the 30's, his novel in development.
Mercury had seen everything. He was tired of lawful life. Living by the law had killed his wife and his only child. 1,476 miles they had traveled, just to get work. And when they arrived, all they found was misery in their own people and hate in the residents. They had moved from job to job, barely getting enough money to survive. Finally, the winter months had come, and jobs disappeared. He watched as his wife was consumed by fever while he could do nothing. When she had died, he found work again. But malnutrition had taken his only son's strength. And when he caught a cold, his small ten-year-old body could do nothing against it, and so Mercury's son died as well, leaving him utterly alone. |
Fanfic: The Night Before Buildermas - 3:27:13 PM - Elenkis |
To help get some of you taffers into the Christmas spirit; The Night Before Buildermas is a new poem brought to you by CelticThief.
'Twas the night before Buildermas, and all through the yard |
Thursday, November 15, 2001 |
Crom's Blade - 5:53:23 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Schwaa has recently released a Thief 2 FM, Crom's Blade. Here's all the details for you FM craving taffers:
Don't forget, if you're finding it hard to access The Circle due to our current bandwidth limits, you can grab all your FM's direct from Jason's Website. Thanks go once again to Jason for hosting for us!
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FM Updates - 5:43:47 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Two recent FMs have recieved upgrades.
Lord Lomat's Flute by Murray Lorden was upgraded on the 13th to fix the bug that prevented save games from working.
And The Seventh Crystal was also updated, with fixes including one that prevents a stall during the first mission. For those of you who downloaded this FM before the 11th, there is also a patch available.
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Thursday, November 08, 2001 |
Cry Havok! N' Stuff. :) - 11:34:47 PM - Dan |
w00t ... Lots of Thief 3 & Dues Ex 2 love on the Havok Official Site.
Thanks all. :)
Thanks, Nuno!
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New Thief Web Site - 6:37:36 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Darkwarrior has been bevering away on his new website and has asked if he could say a word to you taffers out there. So, without further ado, I give you Darkwarrior...
I know you all probably already seen this on the forums, but I just wanted to make sure. |
The BurgoMaster - 4:19:03 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
We have a second new Fan Mission to delight all you starving Thief fanatics out there. This one is for Thief 1 and comes courtesy of David Webb aka Hengist.
Keep the FMs rolling guys!
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The 7th Crystal - 4:13:25 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Staurine's mission, The 7th Crystal, mentioned by Dan in an early post, is now part of the missions databse. Here be the full details:
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Thief 3 - Randy Speaks! - 12:39:51 PM - Dan |
I'll let the man do the talking. ;)
Randy here. We've made a lot of progress on T3 in the last few months, and we're hoping to give you guys another update soon. We really appreciate all the enthusiasm, and we'll try to put something together as soon as we get a chance! In reference to that PC Zone article - it looks to me like they put it together from my public statement of a few months ago. You guys have already heard everything that PC Zone has heard. I think the 3rd person bit in their article was just a fairly liberal interpretation of "Furthermore, you can be Garrett in the game already; you can sneak him around, hide in shadows, and even shoot arrows."Thanks Randy! :) |
Updated Keeper Thesis - 10:29:03 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Aaron Graham AKA Sneaksie Thiefsie has updated his Thesis 'Life in the City'. The newly renamed The State of the City, can be found in the guides area of the site.
Thanks for the update Aaron!
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Wednesday, November 07, 2001 |
Get Your 7th Crystal - 11:48:15 PM - Dan |
I thought people would like to know, that the Fan Mission 'The 7th Crystal' by Saturnine has been released, and can be gotten from this forum post, along with some opinions of the mission. Look for it in our Missions Database soon. :)
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Havok Physics in Thief 3 - Update - 11:13:31 PM - Dan |
In a brief and to the point blurb on The Adrenaline vault, they say:
Havok has signed a deal with Eidos Interactive's Ion Storm Austin studio to provide real time physics. Ion Storm will be building on the go-anywhere, do-anything theme of Deus Ex and Thief in their next releases to allow even greater interactivity with all objects in a scene. Havok physics will work alongside the ISA-modified Unreal engine in both titles.Niiiice. The rest of the blurb is right here. (Uhm, about one sentence more.) Finally, if you want to know more about this Havok stuff, then take a look at some of their demos right here. Thank you, Orgy and Dalai. :)
You can read more about this here on Gamespot! Thanks, Riddler!
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DromEd Hosted - 3:04:56 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Jason Tibbitts has continued to provide support for The Circle by hosting both Dromed for Thief 1 and the Dromed 1.18 patch for Thief 2. Thank you Jason!
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Lord Lomat's Flute for Thief 2 - 2:50:09 PM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
We have another new Thief 2 mission for you today. This little devil comes from
Murray Lorden.
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New Updates E-Mail - 10:02:06 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
For those of you submitting anything to The Circle you should be aware that we have set up a new e-mail address: thiefnews@ttlg.com to allow you to e-mail all staff members in a single e-mail. Hopefully this will speed up operation of the site.
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Just for Show Preview - 8:59:33 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Tumbleweed has released promotional shots of his mission-in-the-make Just for Show. The full promo can be found right here. Here's a couple of peeks to wet your appetite.
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T2 FM: Karrassinian Threat - 8:09:08 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
The newest FM to hit The Circle's shelves is Karrassinian Threat, by Paul Buckley. Full mission details follow:
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Destiny of the Eye - 7:20:58 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Sion Phillpott has become the latest contributor to the fanworks section with the start of his novel Destiny of the Eye. Here's the introduction to it:-
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The Haunting of St.Belen - 7:07:36 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Scott McCarty has released the second chapter of his growing tale, The Haunting of St.Belen. Here's a peek!
Natalie was breathless as the idea of the Mechanist right beneath them suddenly stirred in her gut. She had no time to act when suddenly there was a yell outside, and an odd tapping/clicking noise. Mace raised high, the Mechanist quickly departed the Chapel. And only the sound of their breath could be heard along with the chirping of the crickets. |
CD Case Art - 6:53:07 AM - Alex/Jyre/Dash |
Hanse has sent in scans of the CD box art for Thief Gold and Thief 2. That's the American card cases, for those of you wondering why your case looks different. You can find the scans in the paintings section of our multimedia archive.
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Sunday, November 04, 2001 |
Thievery UT Update - 3:54:28 PM - Dan |
If they keep pulling these updates, we may start to think they are almost done. ;)
The Thievery UT site has been updated with information on the types of weapons which will be avaliable to the players - both Guards and Thieves. It also points to a place where you can discuss it. :) I won't give you the discussion link, because you're supposed to read the summary before you go barging in trying to discuss something. ;)
Thanks Dalai!
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New Thief Desktop Themes - 10:37:59 AM - James |
Andy Lindemann has posted up some new Thief desktop themes, using both original and borrowed elements. Note that it's eating up nearly half of his "teensy webspace", so this set will only be on offer until January 1, 2002.
UPDATE: The files are now hosted in a more permanent location, so there's no longer an expiry date.
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Friday, November 02, 2001 |
Durant Finally Finished! - 11:09:28 PM - Dan |
Durant has been a beta mission in our archive for ... uhm ... a long time. Well not any more! Yes. Mazur has released the final version of this Fan Mission. It's right here.
Oie ... there has got to be a better way of doing that ...
So yes, enjoy, and congrats Maz, for a finished FM. :)
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Oh Goodie! More Thief for WAP! - 4:12:00 PM - Dan |
Those wacky boys at Iomo have put up a website for their mobile phone game, Thief: Constantine's Sword. This website features screenshots of both gameplay and cinematics (*snickers*) all presented at maximum resolution (those aren't thumbnails, kids).
And I am sure that this game's resemblance to the old Infiltrator game, by the same company, is totally a coincidence. ;)
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Updated Texture Indices - 12:57:18 AM - James |
Omega informs us he has updated his texture indices, which can be found: here for Thief 1 (updated), and here for Thief Gold (new), and last but not least, here for Thief 2.
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Thursday, November 01, 2001 |
Taffer's Post - Rough, Rough Time ... Ugh - 11:36:33 PM - Dan |
I'm not having an easy time here, so please bear with me. There are updates all piled up, and I'm going to get to them, but I need to pull back and regroup for a bit.
Ever try running an extremely active website, writing a novel, designing a computer game, having a day job, and a social life, all at once? Thank god I am not going to school right now. But hey, I am not complaining. Digi drops to his knees and thanks God, and begs for mercy ... please, don't make these projects kill me!
Urg. By the way, my PC is still screwed up. So that, + life = stress. I don't need a vacation. I need a crackshake.
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Shoalsgate Mp3 - 11:27:16 PM - Dan |
Shoalsgate is an mp3 created by a fellow named Calvin. He claims that it is the background music to Shoalsgate station, the featured location of Framed from Thief 2. But I seem to think that it sounds a good bit like the music from the Thief 2 German credits.
Thanks, Calvin! :)
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Spooky Door Demo! - 11:11:03 PM - Dan |
You want a spooky door in your Fan Mission? We've got your spooky door right here. William the Taffer will teach you, yes he will. ;)
Check it out at the top of the Demo Mission Archive.
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Darkloader 3.08 Again - 10:50:55 PM - Dan |
A quick note to say that Darkloader 3.08 is now being mirrored, and download links for it are now avaliable on this page's side menu, the Fan Mission Archive (in two places), as well as the TEG area.
And if you can't find it, then one of us has problems. ;)
The source code has also been released. But if you are smart enough to use it, and not so lazy that you actually have a reason to, then I bet you can find the download link all by yourself. ;)
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A Path Not Taken - Chapter 2 - 10:18:19 PM - Dan |
Additionally, Aaron Graham's novel in development, A Path Not Taken, a tale which experiments with what may have happened has Garrett refused Constantine's offer, has entered into its second chapter. Expect the same studious attention to detail (and conjecture) seen in Aaron's Theses to be present in this fan fic. Enjoy!
The guard walked silently past the shadowed alcove, neither looking right nor left as he murmured to himself. On his head was a dull metal helmet, while under his surcoat he wore a tunic of rusty chain mail that clinked and shook as he walked. He was armed with a sword.Continue the tale or start from the beginning. |
History of The City, by Aaron Graham - 10:04:29 PM - Dan |
Aaron Graham has returned to present an updated version of his Keeper Thesis, History of The City. This document has been updated to include new conjectures, additional information, and altogether a new level of polish.
If you are unfamiliar with the Keeper Theses, Aaron suggests you read his FAQ on that very topic, and don't forget to read the rest, here.
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