================================================================================= 14/02/2002 ================================================================================= Title : Father's Pride Filename : fatherspride.zip Author : MaJiC (a.k.a Mark Cole) Contact info : markjcole@cableinet.co.uk Homepage : http://www.mark-cole.co.uk/majic/index.htm Date of release : February 14, 2002 Version : 1.1 (corrected blackjack problem) Description: This mission was designed specificaly for my six year old son who loves watching me play Thief and wanted a not-too-scary and not-too-difficult mission to play. My ten year old son also enjoyed it! Here it is with more challenging options (for you grown-ups!) under 'Normal' and 'Hard' levels. You can customise this level yourself for your kids. The reasons why and the how-to are at the bottom of this text file. Enjoy! The Story: With the Mechanists finished after Karras's failed plot, their collection of arts and treasures at the Tower Gallery in North Quarter has been sold off to wealthy nobles across the city. Only one piece remains: the portrait titled 'Father's Pride'. Thankfully it's one of the most valuable paintings in the City and now it should be one of the easiest to steal because the Mechanists have moved out of the Tower Gallery and its surrounding fort leaving only a small group of poorly paid guards. An old 'friend' of yours, Annie, is seeing one of the guards, Kenny, and has aquired a map for you. Kenny is on front gate duty tonight and, knowing he likes his drink, she has delivered some 'special' wine to him which should have him snoozing like a baby by the time you arrive. On her last visit to Kenny she smuggled in and hid your bulkier equipment so that you don't get any unwanted attention on your way to the Gallery. And all she asks in return is that you don't kill Kenny. Well, that plus twenty percent of your haul! You get to the Tower Gallery without any trouble then sneak in through the front gate a few minutes after the day duty guards go home. Right on time the gate locks automatically sealing you inside! First find your equipment and check on Kenny. Once you have the painting, plus anything else you might find of value, exit the area via the sewers. ================================================================================= * Play Information * Game : Thief 2: The Metal Age Level Names : Father's Pride File names : Miss22.mis Difficulty Settings : Yes Equipment store : No Map/Automap : Yes, No New graphics : Yes New sounds : Yes New conversations : No New models : No EAX Support : No Multi language support : No Briefing : No * Construction * Base : None Map Size : Small Build Time : About a month on and off Build Info : Easy - For kids and those who like an easy life. Normal - More loot to get, No Kills. Hard - As Normal plus even more loot and secondary objective. NB..All AI will die on one arrow shot even if they are alerted! ================================================================================= * Loading information * Use DarkLoader. Put this zip in your missions directory, and let the loader do the rest. * Thanks To * LGS for a fantastic game series! My two sons Rory (6) and Joshua (10) for 'spec-ing' the mission and offering words of encouragement like "Dad, when is our level going to be finished" every five minutes! and YOU for playing it. Oh yeah, and thanks to Taylors of Harrogate for great coffee. * Copyright * Copyright MaJiC (a.k.a. Mark Cole) 2002. For free distribution only! This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive. ================================================================================= * Hints & Tips * STUDY THE MAP and READ ALL SCROLLS AND SIGNS!! Grown-ups - you might have to help with the reading & comprehension. ------------------------------------------------------------- <--DON'T LET YOUR KIDS SEE BELOW THIS LINE! SPOILER INFO!!--> ------------------------------------------------------------- . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Customisation for your kids * The painting 'Father's Pride' is actually a photo of my kids. To replace it with a picture of your own kid(s) do the following: 1. Unzip the mission with Darkloader. 2. Scan in or load a photo. 3. Use your photo editing package to crop/resize it so that it's 256 pixels wide by 128 pixels tall. 4. Convert the file to Indexed (256 colour) mode using the appropriate pallette file that I've included in the zip file (painting.act if you are using Photoshop and painting.pal for most other packages). If you don't do this bit your picture will just look a mess. 5. Save as Ripoff10.gif overwriting the one in the Thief2\obj\txt folder To edit the text on the plaque under the painting: 1. Load Thief2\books\english\fprideplq.str into Notepad, edit and save. Alternatively, if you don't want to add your own photo but you want to get rid of mine, simply delete the file ripoff10.gif in the Thief2\obj\txt folder and you'll get the original picture. =================================================================================