Island of Iron pt 2: CONFRONTATION ================================================= April 2003 ================================================= Author : Dark Assassin Homepage : None Date of Release : May 2003 Description : My 5th T2 FM! Story: (sequel to Island Pt 1-the end of this series) Later that night after you infiltrated the Fortress of Steel...... A cold wind whips through your cloak as you paddle hard, in a few more weeks temperatures will drop even lower as winter arrives. But you dont intend to be sticking around that long! Even with the currents in your favor, getting to the opposite end of the Haunted Isle of Iron has taken longer than you planned. In fact you hadnt plannned on coming this way at all, thinking Friend Arbez was at the fortress you had planned to quietly assassinate him there-only to discover the military progress of the Mechanist Army had been far greater than originally anticipated. Somewhere in the upper stories of the great Old Santuary of the Hammerites, Arbez reigns supreme over the Mechanist Sixth Army which recently fought its way into the area and stormed the haunted complex. Despite the setback, you threw the Mechanists into chaos by switching off the great network of metal faces and turrets they were using to help gain progressivley more control over the island. With a little luck, most of the fighting strength of Sixth Army should be out trying to rescue their beleaugerd comrades fighting for their lives in the outposts scattered throughout the island. Over the last hour as you paddle you've been hearing the sounds of tremendous battles in the distance. Still you know getting inside wont be easy....and you still have to find Friend Arbez's location within the complex. In the distance you can see the walls rise from a hilltop near the sea...no way to scale them that you can see..perhaps there's a way around.. or under them.. There's no time to waste..in a few hours the sun will rise and you'll have to get off the island, any shadowy place you could hide in might contain some resident horror you would rather not meet, so It's time to get the job done..TONIGHT! As you approach the rocky shoreline, you spot what appears to be some kind of drainage tunnel jutting out of the side of a rocky valley by the sea...perhaps this is the entrance you've been looking for! There's just one problem, sitting right beside the tunnel is what appears to be one of the forts of a Mechansit outpost. Pulling your boat on a rock and tying in down, you wonder if you can sneak around it's lights to enter the tunnel...but then you notice... there's no one watching from the walls...... ================================================== *Playing Information* Game : Thief 2 TMA Mission Title : Island of Iron pt 2 File name : miss20 Difficulty Settings : Yes Equipment Store : No Map : Yes (extremely crude since I dont have photoshop) Auto Map : No New Graphics : HELL YES! From Dromed Deluxe! Some textures from Undulation too! New Sounds : Yes for the new characters. Garrett voice by SlyFoxx! Multiple Languages : Not yet Briefing : No ================================================== *Construction* Base : From Scratch (from my evil thoughts hehe) Build Time : Just over 4 months ======================================================== *Loading Info* Copy into FM folder and run Darkloader (need at least ver 4.1) ======================================================== *Special Thanks* To EVERYONE who has given me support and encouragement by TTLG forum or E-mail! To the guys at the TTLG editing forum a BIG THANK YOU! There have been literally dozens of people who have given me helpful tips there! Without your help THIS LEVEL WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE! THANK YOU! =========================================================== Before I forget! This mission was created with the Help of Rob Hicks Dromed Deluxe! I used many textures and objects from DEDx in this mission, Since I didnt really keep track of what all I used, I'm just going to put the full credit list right here! Antonio Salazar - Web Master and Goad AWang - Sounds BlackRuin - Sculptor Clichéman - Unknown Contribution Daemonite - Sculptor and Artist DarkArrow - Sculptor and Artist DemonReaver - Artist Dhin - Texture Converter Epithumia - Web Host Ernie - Sculptor and Artist Gaylesaver - Script Guru Nameless Voice - Sculptor and Artist Phantom - Sculptor and Artist Schwaa - Sculptor Guru and Artist ShadowTemplar - Sculptor and Artist Von Eins - Sculptor and Artist YcatX - Sculptor, Artist and Inspirational Madman Thanks Guys! I also used several models created by TARGA! Awesome stuff!! Models for Maniacs! Some sounds from AVP 2 and System Shock 2 were used. Thanks to AslyuM for permission to use his Hidden Agenda skins! Beware of the coming of the MechSoldiers! Three cheers for LJT!! YAY!! for such a wonderful job on the lead villian! (you'll know him when you see him!) ============================================================ *Tips and Bugs* Best to be quiet....making a lot of noise is a quick way to die! Are you a Ghost? Do you like to move through a mission and leave it looking like no one was ever there? Hehe this is the wrong mission! (Being quiet and avoiding KO's IS a good idea in the early phase though! It'll pay off later!) On the subject of kills/ko's. If you do take someone out, try to stuff the body in an unoccupied room or have some sort of physical barrier between it and other ai's. One of my nastier innovations is making ai's able to see each other better. (Dont worry, you're still pretty hard to spot) This helps them find each other in the darkness *evil laugh* Watch out for the MechSoldiers! (Look similar to Karras, but with metal faces) they are robots so they cannot be blackjacked or gassed, fast as Haunts, packs one hellva punch..in other words if they see or hear you-you die real fast! You should have a item in your inventory, flash arrows!, to access them you have to use the weapon select keys. (mine are set to - and + keys) If you're easily disturbed..don't read Friend Arbez's diary..he's rather mean! ============================================================ Special thanks to all of my betatesters! Big round of applause for... Nightwalker SlyFoxx Dinksmallwood Thanks guys! :) ============================================================ *Copyright Information* Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package kept intact. You may not include this level to any map pack without my permission (Komag is free to put it on his FM CD's though) No one may edit and re-distribute this mission without my express permission. If permission is given, full credit must be given to the people who produced the artwork and models used from DEDx as well as the authors. This level was not made and is not suported by Looking Glass Studios or Edios Interactive USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!....If you wake up in a cold sweat late at night from some terrible nightmare and you hear a strange noise in the room....dont worry... IT'S JUST THE ZOMBIE UNDER YOUR BED THATS ABOUT TO EAT YOU!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!