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Wednesday, May 31, 2000 |
Computer Gaming World Spotlights Fan Missions - 2:46:08 PM - Dan |
In the mood for some good news? How about some great news?
Computer Gaming World did a special on fan-made mods in their current issue, and guess who gets mentioned?
Rogue's Honor
Check out the scanned blurb right here. It's a biggie. Here's a huge congratulations to all the authors of the fan missions listed - and a huge thank you to CGW for the publicity!
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TTLG's Reasons for the Fall - 12:11:34 PM - Dan |
As promised, I give you James:
We’ve all been shocked and saddened by the sudden demise of Looking Glass. It seemed that Looking Glass was riding high, with System Shock 2 and the Thief series finally getting it the public acclaim and sales Looking Glass has always deserved. Suddenly, Looking Glass turned out to be dead. Why did this occur? The more I have learnt about this, the more complex the answer has become.And thus opens TTLG's article, Reasons for the Fall: A Post-Mortem On Looking Glass Studios. This article is a comprehensive examination of all the data available (often doing directly to the source of confirmation) regarding the closing of Looking Glass Studios. It examines Looking Glass's long history of cheating death, and the unfortunate events which lead to it's untimely closing. James explains all the causes, all the effects, and all the consequences - while also disproving many of the myths and scapegoats. Above all this is a success story - for Looking Glass was a very successful group.
Thank you James. I'm sure this answers many questions.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2000 |
Interview with LGS on the Thief Series - 11:55:12 PM - Dan |
This is a pre-downfall article. The Oxygen Tank did an interview with Thief 1 & 2 project leads Steven Pearsall and Tim 'EvilSpirit' Stellmach. Though it may sting a little that this was written with the intent that Looking Glass would be around for years to come, it's still a good read. Thanks for the tip, Staffan!
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Calendra's Cistern - Get Ready, It's Gonna Be Big! - 10:54:28 PM - Dan |
" This is your city. A black-caped lord, you survey your domain from the rooftops with pensive, cynical eyes." So begins the description of Calendra's Cistern, a major fan mission project dedicated to the memory of Looking Glass. This looks to be the most ambitious Thief 1 FM since Harlot (or even of all time) so naturally we should have all have an excuse to be excited about it. Here is the latest news on the project:
New Briefing! Well worth the Download!Here's a nice proud thumbs up to your team from TTLG. Good luck guys! For all the screenshots, story info, etc, go on over to The Calendra's Cistern Website. |
Monday, May 29, 2000 |
First Contest FM arrives! - 8:44:46 AM - Jyre/Dash |
*Confidential* has submitted his (or maybe her :) Fan Mission for the trial contest. The mission is entitled Waterlogged and has been made for the first of the two scenarios: The Local Authorities have just finished building a new public swimming baths and are to celebrate its opening this evening with a gala. It weighs in at 1.4 meg and is for Thief 2!
You can find it in the newly revamped Contest Area or download it directly from this link!
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Sunday, May 28, 2000 |
Sign the Jane's Attack Squadron Petition! - 9:08:25 PM - Dan |
Jane's Attack Squadron (WW2 Flight Sim) was very near competition when Looking Glass Studios went out of business. Please come and sign our petition to Electronic Arts to allow LGS finish this program which has been 3 years in the making! And please, spread the word! The Petition may be found here: http://www.ttlg.com/jas/default.asp Thank you!
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Saturday, May 27, 2000 |
Join the CandleFire Team! - 11:56:43 PM - Dan |
Posted on TTLG by Darwin:
While this might not be news to some of you, my fan fiction novel-in-development, Candlefire is, hopefully, going to be made into a Thief partial conversion, like the recently announced CoT campaign (concieved independantly, of course). It will feature a new main character and storyline separate from Thief: The Dark Project and The Metal Age. TTLG has been gracious enough to provide a place on their server for the campaign including art, information, and downloadable missions (when they're done, that is), and is accessible at http://www.thief-thecircle.com/candlefire/index.html. The team is still being formed, so if you think you could help us out, please drop me a line. I hope to be more active on the message boards as well, so if you have any public topics about the campaign to get to me, I'd love to participate. LGS is dead, long live LGS.
Darwin (or Darwin2)
shoda@mindspring.com
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The Taffer's Post - Looking to the Future - 6:38:47 PM - Dan |
The Taffer's Post
Wow, what a week. With the server going up and down like this I haven't been able to do as much as I'd hoped. I've been spending lots of time in the chatroom though, and am glad to see the way everyone has been sticking together and still finding reasons to laugh and smile. :)
I thought I'd give a little status update as to what's going on at this end. Here's a few handy bullet points for you:
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Friday, May 26, 2000 |
New Fan Mission Screens - 11:18:10 AM - Jyre/Dash |
6 new Fan Mission Screen shots have been posted up. The first three are of Bloodstone prison and can be found in the A-E section. The second set of screens are for Wrichards mission in progress Grave Mistake and are located in (can you guess?) the F-J section.
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Thursday, May 25, 2000 |
New FM: Turning The Tables - 8:46:33 PM - Jyre/Dash |
The latest Thief FM, Turning the Tables, by Daniel Corder is now available for download from the new missions section. Details as follows:
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Assasins and Sausages? - 5:38:56 PM - Jyre/Dash |
It seems a funny combination but both are contained within the new fanfic The Assassin and the Sausages which was written by Saigo. Hopefully that should be enough to get you all interested enough to have a read.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2000 |
We are the heirs to the worlds of Looking Glass. - 9:34:24 PM - Dan |
You've read the news, you've heard the sad testimonies and the heartfelt farewells. This is not one of them.
As much as I'd like to describe the slow sickening feeling that swept me when I heard the news, now is not the time to revel in sorrow. Never before has the role of this community, Through the Looking Glass, been more important. It is here in which the legacy of Looking Glass Studios shall live on. On these pages, and in the hearts and minds of the thousands of people who are members of the community we have built - Looking Glass Studios shall never truly die. This is not the end, but rather a totally new beginning. There is no doubt in my mind that many of the talented visionaries who put so much soul into these creations will move on, in spite of taking their separate paths, to other things - and TTLG will be with them along the way. True, we may never see Thief 3, System Shock 3, Underworld 3, Terra Nova 2... the list goes on.. but like flaming branches carried by the wind, the spark of Looking Glass Studios shall live on in the companies and studios which these men and women shall travel to. Our task has never been so great - but our cause has never been so vital. And the world of Thief will never die. Dromed will always be in our hands, and as long as taffers spin tales of shadows and adventure, The City will always live on, Garrett will always be among us. The only limit is our own creativity. Thief-TheCircle.com shall continue to host and promote fan missions and fan fiction - and in that, we will always have the world of Thief.
Through the Looking Glass's legs are gone. It is time to unfold our wings and fly. It's time to hold our heads proud and know that we are the lasting legacy of something which this industry will never forget. We are the heirs to the worlds of Looking Glass, and through the Looking Glass, we shall become more then Saam and I ever dreamed possible
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Salting the Fries -- Looking Glass is No More - 6:19:02 PM - Saam |
All the rumors you have been hearing today are unfortunately true. Looking Glass is shutting its doors, once and for all. This is truly a surprise for me, I thought things were going great, in fact, better than most years I've been in 'contact' with Looking Glass.
But I guess shit happens in this industry. Why did it have to happen to the best damn game developers in the world I don't know. Why did it have to happen to the people we have come to know and love, I have no idea, yet again. I guess stuff like this happens. My condolences go to the entire Looking Glass team, I am pretty damn positive that neither Dan nor I will lose contact with any of them. Who knows, perhaps a few of them will team up and create a start-up company of their own, sort of like a spin-off of Looking Glass. Looking Glass has been my inspiration for quite some time now, as you can see. I'm sure Dan feels the same way as well. I don't know where I would be without these guys, really! One thing is for certain though -- no matter where everyone at LG ends up, you can be sure we'll be right there with them.
Stay tuned for more info on this, I am talking with a few people from LG as I type this. This is truly a sad day for the TTLG Network.
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Taffer's Post - 2:25:35 AM - Dan |
I haven't been this busy in a long, long time. But I also have never enjoyed it as much as I am now.
I got a huge amount done today, with the help of Saam and Jyre. I still have plenty more to take care of as far as the site merger, but I'm rather certain that we broke the back of the task today. It's all downhill from here, and then smooth sailing. I underestimated how valuable organization was going to be - with the new ASP format, and with all the pages using one uniform template, the transition of the content from the Thief 2 site went -much- smoother then I anticipated. I am actually a full day ahead of schedule as a result of the painstaking organization I did to the site when I renovated it about six months ago. Once the merger of the content is done, so begins the ad-nauseum task of going through each asp file one by one to replace all mention of the former URL with the new one. But I have something to look forward to when that is done - because next I get to play around with the images on the front page to add a more Thief 1 / 2 theme to the site. I doubt much will change, but enough will change. In other site related news, the guides portion of the site will soon be getting a flood of new content. Dave Johnson, also known as fett, has joined the T-dp.com staff, and is bringing with him all the content from his Thief 1 and 2 walkthrough site, The Keepers' Chapel. I'd provide a link, but the site is currently hosted on Xoom, and it's not loading for me right now, and I'm not sure if it's even online there anymore. Not only that, but Jacob Wilson, aka BoneChill, is donating his entire thief 1/2 fansite to The Circle. Called The Keepers' Compound, his website features an indepth cataloging of enemies, characters, history, and equipment. I am very excited to have the quality work of these two men added to the archives here at The Circle.
As I have said before - this site would be nothing, and worth nothing to anyone, without the contributions of the community. Here's a big thank you to everyone who's ever sent me anything to add to the site. :)
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The New Thief 1 & 2 Media Gallery - 1:54:54 AM - Dan |
Working, literally, from dawn 'til dusk, the revised Thief Media Gallery has been completed. While much has stayed the same, much has changed. Behold:
The Metal Age Screenshot Archive
Fan Mission Screenshot Archive
Paintings Archive
Concept Artwork Archive
Promotional Images Archive The Patches and Movies sections have also received minor updates, with Thief 2 content added (obviously).
So don't make all of our work in vain! Please browse the new galleries, enjoy the images, and feel free to take what you like for your own personal use - that's what they're here for.
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Welcome to the New Home of the Circle of Stone and Shadow - 1:31:36 AM - Dan |
If all went well, you should have only barely noticed the change.
The Circle of Stone and Shadow has finally moved to it's new home. Why the move? Well in the short term logic, this is now a Thief 1 & 2 fansite. In the long-term logic, this site is now a Thief 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc fansite. :) But really? Why the change? Was it in some twisted plot to save the rain forest or promote baby seals as the diet of choice? Why force stubborn people who are set in their ways to go to a different domain? You don't have to. Go to www.thief-darkproject.com/missions/silver/. Where do you end up? Why, right to www.thief- thecircle.com/missions/silver/ of course! Both domains are on the same server, so forwarding from one to the other is simple and instantaneous. If you don't want to, you don't even have to acknowledge the fact that there's been a change. Http://www.thief-darkproject.com will be active, and will take you to this site, indefinitely. Shortly, going to thief2-metalage.com will do the same. Due to the obveous differences in directory structure, going to that domain will always forward you to The Circle's front page. That site is still active while I am in the proccess of moving over all Thief 2 content.
So there you have it! Aside from a shorter URL to type (thecircle vs darkproject), and the inclusion of Thief 2 media in the archives, nothing has changed. All is as it was written. Beware the dawn of The Metal Age Gold. ;)
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Monday, May 22, 2000 |
'Tuttocomb's Tomb' Reviewed - 2.5 Silver - 11:31:55 PM - Dan |
The Fan Mission Tuttocomb's Tomb by Asymuth & Red Rogue has been granted a review by none other then Avalon. Here is his synopsis, in short:
The mission was awarded the very handsom prize of 2.5 silver hammers. Congrats to both Asymuth and Red Rogue for a very nice fan mission! |
Talisman of the Keepers Reviewed - 3.5 Bronze Hammers - 11:06:41 PM - Dan |
Kozmala's fan mission Talisman of the Keepers has been reviewed. I give you the brief:
In all, the fan mission was granted three and a half bronze hammers. Not bad at all for the author's first mission! The full review, written by Andrew Dagilis, may be read here. |
Dockland Reviewed - 7:18:31 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Another review from Andrew Dagilis. This one looks at Dockland. The mission was credited with 2 bronze hammers.
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Cult of the Resurrection Reviwed - 6:35:49 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Andrew Dagilis has sent in a review of Cult of the Resurrection. This mission recieved 4 silver hammers. Congratulations go to the mission author Sledge.
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Thief 2 German Patch - 4:42:17 PM - Dan |
I don't remember if I mentioned this before (I could check the news archive, but I'm feeling lazy) but the patch for the German dubbed version of Thief 2 is out, and you can get it here.
Thanks, Tels!
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A Mission Builder Mailing List - 4:38:39 PM - Dan |
Here's a bit of interesting news for all of our camel-training taffers. A word from Bejoscha:
Being in the TTLG-formus for a while I came up with the idea to create an email-group for Thief FM-announcments, so that people who don't have the time to surf the net nevetheless can get informed quickly. I alreay created such an list and promoted it at the forum. (thread) |
Fissure Promo Teaser Trailer! - 4:34:25 PM - Dan |
Care for some hype? Sean Adams and the team behind the Thief 2 fan mission 'Fissure' have put together a very nice teaser-trailer movie to give you mad rushes of adrenaline... or, at the very least, get your attention.
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Weather in Thief 1! You Can Do it! - 4:30:51 PM - Dan |
"Alright, alright, I hear you from here. "What!? There's no rain in Thief 1!" Well, you're right. there isn't. But there ARE particle effects that can look like rain. That said, here goes. Bear with me, because it's my first tutorial for anything. I found it by buggering with the particle effects while trying to make a fountain. I assume you've already made your starting stuff."
And thus begins the Thief 1 weather tutorial. Download it below:
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Sunday, May 21, 2000 |
DarkLoader v2.3 released! - 4:34:21 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Björn Henke has been busy working on improving the DarkLoader (FM loader for the Thief series) and today released his latest version. Improvments are:
You can nab it here.
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Saturday, May 20, 2000 |
Ranstall Keep: Second Review - 5:38:18 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Andrew Dagilis has been hard at work again. This time the mission that came under the microscope was Ranstall Keep. It was done as a private review at first (I bugged him for it) so does contain spoilers. These spoilers are, however, unreadable unless you choose to hilight them.
Overall Andrew awarded the mission 3 silver hammers (*grins*). And whilst I'm on the subject of reviews I'd like to give an Andrew a huge thank you for doing all the reviews that he has. It was good of you to devote so much of your free time to help out.
Thank You!
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Submissions Page Updated - 12:50:16 PM - Jyre/Dash |
The Fan Missions Submissions Instructions page has been updated to reflect the release of T2 (yeah, I know, we're a little slow).
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Friday, May 19, 2000 |
Updated Once More - Cult of the Resurrection! - 7:06:09 PM - Dan |
Perhaps in a plot to promote utter confusion and mass hysteria, Cult of the Resurrection has again been updated! This is the last time - we promise! The final update was inspired by input from our esteemed mission reviewer Andrew Dagilis, and reflects his suggested improvements. The Thief Gold only version has been done away with (again to promote panic) with only a version compatible with both The Dark Project and Gold remaining.
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Update: ShockEd NDA Project - 2:46:44 PM - Saam |
Okay folks, here's the scoop:
We've been talking with Looking Glass recently, and here is the current situation: ShockEd is vastly different than DromEd, mainly because unlike Thief (which is mission-based and linear), System Shock 2 has a lot of missions, all of which are linked to each other, via the bulkhead doors in the game. You can't just create one level and play it -- your level has to know what other level(s) to load when you approach a bulkhead, where to start off in the newly loaded level, etc. Now, Looking Glass doesn't want to spend their time or resources on figuring out a way to insert in user missions into their mission1.mis, mission2.mis, etc files, and linking them in the editor, so they are handing the job to us. Basically, we need to find out a way to create a "mission loader", so they've asked us to gather a group of 4 or 5 people to become involved in this project in order to figure out a way to make the editor actually "useful". If we succeed, then ShockEd will be released to the public. If we don't..then ShockEd is no more. It's as simple as that. I'm going to be heading up this project, and also note that if you get accepted in this project, you will be under an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement), meaning that you cannot share/talk about ShockEd, distribute the editor, etc -- you will have to sign an agreement and give it to me so that I can send it to LG, and then the editor will be yours to do as you wish. So, if you think you are able to figure out this problem we have with Shock2 and the mission loading situation, then please email me with the following information:
Name: Remember, I don't want applicants that don't know anything about how Shock2 works, how the files are used, etc.. I need some techie people, folks! :) The sooner we get this project up and running, the sooner we can get the editor out to the public. So.. start sending those applications right away, I'll be viewing them in the next few days, and if you get selected, you will receive an email from me, giving you further instructions and details on this project.
Good luck!
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Update - Cult of the Resurrection Re-Release - 12:51:03 PM - Dan |
Nothing to see here. Look a little higher. :)
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Thursday, May 18, 2000 |
Fan Site: The Keepers' Library - 10:51:05 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Keeper Anders Hällzon has sent us word that he has a new Thief 2 fansite The Keepers' Library available for all you Taffers to browse out. Currently under construction, it contains information on all the enemies in Thief 2, as well as links to a number of revies. The link has been placed in the Walkthroughs, Guides and Stratigies section.
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'Metal Twilight' Updated - 10:33:57 PM - Jyre/Dash |
The novel in developement Metal Twilight By Ross "Keeper Garrett" McLennan. Has recieved its first update. He notes that he has made several tweaks to the earlier chapters and also asks that you send him any feedback you may have.
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Stowaway/Montrose Gets Second Review - 10:02:25 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Myoldnamebroke has submitted a second review for the Stowaway and Hunt for Montrose mission pack. This time the mission recieved 5 bronze hammers:
In all, this pair shows us what Apache can do - giving us glimpses of a great designer. But that's all we get - glimpses. The day when he gets everything to come together will be a great one for Thief players, but it looks like that's not going to be today. |
Update on Oblivion - 9:16:30 PM - Dan |
Oblivion, a fan mission created months ago by Wrichards but never officially released on this site, will be put up for download in beta form within the next few days. Due to problems with the mission design, it malfunctioned badly on some systems while it worked fine on others, I never posted it here for download. The author planned to do a complete revision of Oblivion by breaking it into several smaller chapters, but was placed on the back-burner while he began work on his Thief 2 mission. Today it was decided, however, to place the beta up for download so that taffers could 'play at their own risk'.
Wrichard's T2 mission, entitled "grave mistake" (working title) is well underway, and he promises some screenshots soon.
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The Semi-Complete Listing of Dromed Command Descriptions - 7:38:52 PM - Dan |
Zail has completed version 5 of his Semi-Complete Guide to Dromed Commands. This guide is a basic listing of dromed commands and their function. Dromed can be made to drop a list of commands into a text file, but only here can you read a description of what most of those commands actually do. A rich text format version is available as well. Thank you, Zail!
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Absynthe Completes Walkthrough - 1:56:16 PM - James |
Absynthe's walkthrough is complete - so says the author! Thanks Absynthe, for letting me know!
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Tuesday, May 16, 2000 |
New FM - The Keep - 3:08:14 PM - Jyre/Dash |
NativeArt Design has released their new FM The Keep, last in the four part series to Ramirez's Revnger, Stowaway and the Hunt for Montrose
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Stowaway / Hunt for Montrose Reviewed - 2:08:14 PM - Dan |
Our one and only mission pack, Stowaway and Hunt for (of?) Montrose has been reviewed. Andrew Dagilis's comments, in short:
Overall the mission is awarded 2.5 bronze hammers The full text of the review may be read here. Look for the missions sequel (which from what I have heard is much, much better), 'The Keep' to be released on this site later today. |
Review of 'Hush... Hush, Sweet Harlot" - 1:37:23 PM - Dan |
Hush... Hush, Sweet Harlot now joins the ranks of the silver. Andrew Dagilis writes:
Overall the mission is awarded 3 silver hammers - an honored prize indeed! The full text of the review may be read here. The review does contain some minor spoilers. |
New Artwork From Karras - 12:46:48 PM - Dan |
Once again we are graced by the very nice artwork of Karras. Today we have two new renderings, the first is a simple image called Sigil of Karras. The second work, also rather simple, is called Keeper Scroll.
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Contest Update - Entry Closed - 4:01:01 AM - Jyre/Dash |
Entry for the Fan Mission Design contest is now closed. A total of 21 people applied to enter. Details of all entrants can be found here.
The main contest page has also been updated with details of the two scenarios the entrants may work on and a brief description of what will be done with each FM that is entered. The two scenarios are:
Fixed Objective: Get the gala trophies
Best of luck to everyone who has entered!
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Monday, May 15, 2000 |
News on Calendra's Cistern from the Dev Team - 6:50:04 PM - Dan |
I've got a bit of news regarding one of the most anticipated fan missions yet:
I have gotten half a dozen e-mails w/in the past week asking about Calendra's Cistern. Here is the scoop:So hurry up and get this thing playtested! :) |
Sunday, May 14, 2000 |
PC Gamer's Awards for 2000 - 9:33:37 PM - James |
Jyre/Dash discovered that PC Gamer had the temerity to set up its Year 2000 Top 100 Awards. In the Achievement section, Thief II won the award for Sound, and System Shock 2 won the award for Game Narrative. The print version includes the all-time 100 Top Games, according to PC Gamer. System Shock & System Shock 2 pulled into 5th Place, while Thief and Thief II snuck into 10th. Half-Life apparently waltzed into the top spot with help from mad scientists. The fact that Jyre knows what is in the print edition may indicate she has read it, which is cause for concern. (grin)
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3D Gaming Daily: Thief II 4.5/5 - 2:19:16 PM - James |
Jared Taylor of 3D Gaming Daily has posted up a glowing review of Thief II/. His only complaints are mild niggles on the graphics, and a sigh over the lack of multiplayer. Thief II pulls in a 4.5 out of 5: "more of a great thing".
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Games Extreme Reviews Thief II - 1:30:42 PM - James |
Benjamin Jones of Games Extreme confessed that his site had posted up DAPsycho's review of Thief II. It's yet another positive review (have we yet seen a really negative one? I hope not!): "I can definitely recommend this to everyone", DAP says, and even likes the graphics! My only complaint is that DAP recommends buying Thief II before Thief I... we must of course suggest everyone buy both, and then give all their money, posessions, and the still-beating heart of their first-born child to LGS to encourage them to make Thief III.... 8)
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Friday, May 12, 2000 |
Sky, Weather, and Menus - 10:19:40 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Robert Caminos from LGS has sent us some useful stuff for DromEd 2. Before I tell you exactly what, here's what he had to say:
As usual, we don't support them and I didn't exactly go over these with a fine tooth comb either so they may have errors on them. I figured the Editor's Guild would appreciate this stuff. I wish I had the time to be more thorough but they have us designers busy around here :) And now to the contents of the little goodie bundle
And that, as they say, is yer lot. Thanks Robert!
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Rate the Fan Missions - 4:08:17 PM - Dan |
I've added a link to Tels' Fan Mission Voting Booth on the left side menu, right under the new missions download links. Please drop in and rate all (or at least most) of the fan missions you've played.
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Thursday, May 11, 2000 |
Short Tale: The Dark Project - 7:03:17 AM - Jyre/Dash |
Chris Sawyer has submitted a tale called "The Dark Project" for your enjotment.
Appologies for the short post. I need to sleep.
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Catalyst's Thief 1 Rare and Unused Items - 1:31:13 AM - Dan |
Sadly overdue, I just added Catalyst's Thief 1 Rare and Unused Items demo mission (version 2) into the archive. Take a look - there is some freaky stuff in there. This demo mission is for Dromed 1 users only (non TL or DL compatible).
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T1 -> T2 Creature Conversion Tutorial Udated - 1:28:30 AM - Dan |
Arcsim has sent in an update to his creature conversion tutorial. As described, this tutorial provides instructions on how to import creatures from Thief 1 absent from Thief 2 into your T2 FM. Thanks for your work, Arcsim!
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Review of 'The Careless Hand' - 3.5 Bronze - 12:27:10 AM - Dan |
Finally for tonight is Andrew Dagilis' review of Paul Buckley's The Careless Hand. On with the usual:
In the end, the mission was awarded three and a half bronze hammers. The full text of the review may be found here. |
Wednesday, May 10, 2000 |
Review of 'Lady Whitman's Disease' - 4 Bronze - 11:53:19 PM - Dan |
Andrew Dagilis has written up yet another review, this time of of Robin Garcia's Lady Whitman's Disease. The review, in short:
In the end, the mission was awarded four bronze hammers, which is not bad at all. The review, in its entirety, may be read here. |
Guardhouse 2 Reviewed - 2 Silver Hammers - 11:38:00 PM - Dan |
Jussi "Banshee" Lehtinen's fan mission Guardhouse 2 has been reviewed by Andrew Dagilis. His comments are as follows:
The mission was awarded two silver hammers. Congrats, Banshee! The complete text of the review has been posted here. |
Review of 'A Secret Affair' - 2.5 Bronze Hammers - 10:41:12 PM - Dan |
Andrew Dagilis has written up a review of Aisha's A Secret Affair. The details are as follows:
Overall, the mission was awarded two and a half bronze hammers. The full review text may be found here. Thank you for your mission submission, Aisha, and I look forward to your Thief 2 mission.
For a bit of clarity on this subject, the previous review of this mission was taken down not because of the score or the opinions of the author, but because of the way the review was written. I did not approve of the way the review resorted to insults and explanations of un-met personal expectations rather then providing a concise unbiased evaluation. It was an error on my part for allowing the review to be posted, not the fault of the reviewer.
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Taffer's Post - 10:05:54 PM - Dan |
For the past week or so I have been plagued by a strange illness. It was flu-like, but lacked any of the more common cold symptoms. Even without an irritated nose or chest, weakness, dizziness, lack of appetite and a perpetual cold sweat can still put you out of commission. I'm not totally well yet, but am feeling much better.
I have several topics to cover tonight. The first, but not the least of which, is my graduation from Brevard Community College (BCC). I graduated with honors (GPA 3.7 IIRC*) on the 9th, with an Associate of Arts degree in General Education. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the American College system, that means I have finished my first two years of college. What's next? Well that all depends on where I decide to take my next two years. (BCC is a two year school.) Thankfully due to the extreme success of this site and the forums (thank you all) my financial situation is still stable enough to allow me to continue being a full-time student and full-time Webmaster. As far as majors are concerned, I suppose that I have decided to major in liberal arts with minors in creative writing and computer graphics. That's still vague enough to keep me from pigeon-holing myself, but still definitely more narrowed down then a General Ed. degree. I'd like to give a huge thanks to Alex (Jyre) for all the work she has done. Not only has she done a remarkable job of setting up and launching the fan mission competition, but she is well on her way in her training to become my assistant, capable of performing the majority of this site's operations. The main reason for this is due to a very much looked forward to trip across the continent this summer. I'll be spending 6 weeks in July-August on a family trip to visit my mother's brothers and their families up in Washington state, and seeing all the country in between. During those 6 months the only access to the web I will have will be via an old laptop occasionally jacked into a hotel room's phone connection to check email and the forums. Thanks to her, site operation should move along totally uninterrupted (and with better spelling) while I am gone. The other major reason is so that I will basically have someone always on call to help me out when I have to make that insane choice between uploading a new fan mission or working on a term paper. Thanks Alex. And finally I'd like to thank Andrew Dagilis. His very well written reviews and professional attitude had been a very large help and a much needed breath of fresh air. I would like for everyone who is interested in writing reviews (which I shall post up in a moment) to take note of his style. This is the way I would like the reviews on my site to be written. Again, thank you.
Now it's time to actually post those reviews. Thank you, and Goodnight.
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DarkLoader updated - 1:19:29 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Björn Henke has released an update to DarkLoader (v2.2) -(324k) It is no longer beta and has had the following improvments added:
Thanks Björn!
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Ranstall Keep Briefing Fixed - 1:08:36 PM - Jyre/Dash |
The copy of the briefing for Ranstall Keep available for download here was, unfortunately, corrupt. It appears that the second briefing uploaded to remedie this was also corrupt. I've just uploaded a third copy here. This copy works. Appologies to anyone who was affected by this.
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Taffer Apprentice's Post - 10:23:18 AM - Jyre/Dash |
Things have been quiet here the last couple of days. I've been busy doing what I had presumed was going to be a straightforward software install. Three major patches (along with lots of repatches due to errors) later, I'm finally back.
Update on the contest - we now have 13 declared entrants which isn't bad going for a new competition that's only been open for 2 days. It's even generated a thread on the TEG forum depating the pros and cons.
Elsewhere on the forums there is a debate as to the whether or not the Thief 2 ending worked (contains SPOILERS) and yet another 1000 reasons... type thread has been born, this one entitled "You Know You Need a Break From Thief When... "
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Monday, May 08, 2000 |
Reminder about the contest - 6:08:27 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Just a quick reminder that the T-DP.com contest is now up and running. Details here
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Playing T2 FMs - Update - 8:45:47 AM - Jyre/Dash |
Something I forgot to mention when posting about DarkLoader. Due to a pathfinding problem with the DromEd that came with Thief 2 anyone wisheing to play T2 FMs will have to have the patched version of T2
Update 9th May Since making the above post, David Cornish sent me this:
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Sunday, May 07, 2000 |
More New Artwork from Karras - 11:00:20 PM - Jyre/Dash |
Karras has been kind enough to grace us with two more pieces of artwork. Metal Face and The Servants. They've been housed at the art section Both well worth a peek.
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DarkLoader Now Available - 7:10:34 PM - Jyre/Dash |
DarkLoader v2.1 beta for Thief, Thief Gold and Thief 2 is now available. It's author, Björn Henke , had this to say about it.
DarkLoader enables you to quickly and easily play thief fan mission archives. DarkLoader is tested with the 1.33 patched version of Thief and the 1.37 version of Thief Gold. It has been pre-tested with Thief 2, too. DarkLoader is an enhancement of the ThiefLoader created by Andrew Bednarz and provides full compatibility to existing ThiefLoader installations.
He also asked me to give you a little link to his site. So here it is A Little Link!
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T-DP.com's Fan Mission Contest - Trial - 5:47:55 PM - Jyre/Dash |
The Thief-Darkproject website is pleased to announce its first Fan Mission contest for users of Dromed for either T:TDP, TG or T:TMA. This first contest is intended to be a trial so that we may evaluate the suitability or the rules and judging criteria. It will also give us the opportunity to judge the interest in such a contest. Please note: Anyone interested in participating in the full contest should also enter this one. Lack of interest now will mean there will be no main contest later! Anyone who has access to, and knows how to use DromED is welcome to enter.
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Game Den Reviews Thief II - 11:31:45 AM - James |
Fuzz of The Game Den has posted up yet another review of Thief II. Fuzz gives it an 88% overall, commenting that "the game falls short on the graphics area, the gameplay actually makes up for it". Actually makes up for it, eh? I think Saam might have something to say about that - his famous: "Good graphics last 6 months - good gameplay lasts forever!"
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No More Judges Please - 8:01:32 AM - Jyre/Dash |
The Judges slots have now all been filled. Thank you to everyone who took an interest. Expect the first contest (hopefully not the last) To go live tomorrow.
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Saturday, May 06, 2000 |
'The Metal Age' - Fan Art by Karras - 7:53:40 PM - Dan |
The topic says it all, except one important thing - It's good! (very). Check out this cool image here. Thanks, Karras!
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'Cult of the Resurrection' and 'The Careless Hand' Released! - 7:34:58 PM - Dan |
Good news! Tonight we have two new fan missions released. The Careless Hand, by Paul Buckley, is a fan mission set between Undercover and Return to Cathedral. Cult of the Resurrection, by Sledge, deals with a new faction surrounding the resurrection of the Trickster, and looks especially good. Enjoy!
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Friday, May 05, 2000 |
A Difference of Opinion - Updated - 3:58:32 PM - Dan |
When accepting reviews from the masses, one must be fair and post the review regardless of our agreement or disagreement.
But that does not stop one from pointing out the disagreement. A Secret Affair is not a bad mission by any means. It is a well done first attempt by a beginning Dromeder. The classic Thief gameplay is there. The architecture is on par with the majority of fan missions. It has a plot. I would rate it as a 4 bronze mission, and definitely give it a higher recommendation as a quick and simple burglary.
Update, 10:38pm EST. After reading this thread and seeing the surge of opinions on the matter, I have decided to take action and remove the review. A Secret Affair has been moved back to the New Missions section and awaits a fair review.
My apologies, Aisha, for this mar against your very decent mission. In the future I shall screen reviews which offer such drastic right-wing opinions.
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A Secret Affair Reviewed - Update - 1:52:54 PM - Dan |
This review has been taken down. It was written unfairly and misrepresents the mission it reviews.
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Two New Fan Fics - 11:22:39 AM - Jyre/Dash |
Darragh Holding has wriiten a new piece of fan fiction entitled Slipping.
Also now available in the fanworks section is the novel Thief: Metal Twilight by Ross "Keeper Garrett" McLennan
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Thursday, May 04, 2000 |
Taffer's Post - I'm Tired - 6:10:48 PM - Dan |
Exams are finally over, which means that it's time once again to get things moving.
But not right now. I'm so tired I can barely type. Expect lots of good updates tomorrow, including some new fan missions.
To all those who emailed me and have yet to hear a reply - fear not, I'll be back on track soon with a responce.
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Thief 2 Rare Items - 6:08:31 PM - Dan |
Catalyst's demo mission Thief 2's rare and unused items is now up for download. It's rather interesting the assortment of odd things created but never used, as well as getting a closer look at some of the rare items.
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Contest Judges Needed! - 4:30:42 PM - Jyre/Dash |
T-DP.com is hoping to soon be able to host a Fan Mission contest but in order to do so it will require a set of judges. Anyone who is interested please either e-mail myself (addy is in the post header) or Dan saying why you think you would make a good judge. Anyone wishing to be a judge must be able to install FMs correctly and have access to both T:DP/TG and T2. Further details will be given if an appropriate response is recieved.
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Thief Walkthrough at GameSpot - 10:18:05 AM - James |
If you're getting stuck in Thief II, try GameSpot's inevitable Thief II Walkthrough, spotted by the tireless Shane McAllen. The walkthrough has all the usual bits; you can read it online for free or download and print a PDF for 5 bucks.
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Second Opinion on Thief II at Games Domain - 10:15:54 AM - James |
James Kay of Games Domain has up a Second Opinion of Thief II. It is fairly short and to the point - graphics sorta bad, gameplay real good.
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Tuesday, May 02, 2000 |
Gamer's Central Reviews Thief II - 10:03:55 AM - James |
AmbushBug of Gamer's Central has posted up a review of Thief II. As usual, it is pretty positive; it gets 4 out of 5 stars despite the only criticism being that it is not especially original, being a sequel. This is a long, in-depth review, though, and if any of you haven't bought the game yet, maybe it will tip your wallet open....
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