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June 10th, 1999
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Title : Gathering at the bar
Filename : gatbar.zip
Author : Toni "Trimfect" Hollming
Master Nightfall's voice: Daniel "Digital Nightfall" Todd
Sheam's voice & Betatest: Beate "Lytha" Gerwin
Contact info : tosfeol@hotmail.com
http://www.ttlg.com
Date of release : June 10th, 1999
Version : 1.1
Description : "Remember when that Thief Garrett stole the scepter of
fat Lord Bafford? Well I have a place for it in my
circle, and I need you to go get it for me."
-Master Nightfall

Idea was to make a more flexible map than the normal Thief
levels. Whole level is a single building that you can get
in various ways. Its up to you to decide how and from where
you go in.

Briefing :
"If you have followed my instructions, by the time you read this, you should be well
on your way to the Grieving Burrick Inn. Remember when that Thief Garrett stole the
scepter of fat Lord Bafford? Well I have a place for it in my circle, and I need you
to go get it for me.
Garrett peddled it off and it eventually came to the possession of a nobody merchant.
Now, there is going to be some type of scepter convension tomorrow. Some of the
attendees will be staying at the inn tonight. The man who has the Bafford stick will
be there. Grab it, and couple of other scepters to throw everyone off to your true
objective.
You might want to take a souvenier or to two for yourself while you are in there -
just remember the Bafford's scepter is mine. When you have the stick, meet the
courier by the fountain, he'll take it the rest of the way to me.

Oh, one last thing. Killing the power should make things easier, that is, if you like
things easy. I know it's been a while since you've done anything new, so good luck.

Sincerely,
Master Nightfall"

Note: Text differs from the one in the briefing.

Special thanks to Looking Glass Studios for releasing the editor and everyone who
signed the petition.


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* Play Information *

Game : Thief: The Dark Project
Level Name : Gathering at the bar
File name : MISS15.MIS
Difficulty Settings : Yes
Equipment store : No
Map / automap : Yes / No
New graphics : Yes
New sounds : Yes
EAX Support : Yes
Multi language support : No

Briefing : Yes
Total length / size : 1min 12sec / 6.5MB

Difficulty level info : Normal
Get Bafford's scepter
Loot worth 600gp
Return to extraction point
Equipment:
Sword, Blackjack, 12 Broadheads, 7 Water, 2 rope, 4 moss,
2 noise

Hard
Get Bafford's scepter
Loot worth 900gp
Find Golden Scepter
Do not kill anyone
Return to extraction point
Equipment:
Sword, Blackjack, 8 Broadheads, 4 Water, 1 rope, 2 moss,
1 noise

Expert
Get Bafford's scepter
Loot worth 1300gp
Find Golden Scepter
Find jeweled scepter
Do not kill anyone
Return to extraction point
Equipment:
Sword, 4 Broadheads, 2 Water, 1 moss

Known bugs : -When someone bangs the gong, guards might get stuck in the
cellar.
-Assassinating Cedric on "normal", makes the mission
impossible.
-Some doors don't work always.
-Sheam sometimes doesn't turn to face the player when she speeks.

Other info : Just remember, everything that glitters is not gold, and
even if can't see a ladder, it doesn't mean you can't
climb it.

Also note that normal Thief Levels have max of 300-400
polgons simultaneously on screen, this level has a place
where there are over 800 polygons visible, so the system
requirements are higher than normal. High-poly-areas are
not essential, just scenery, so it does not effect the
gameplay itself.

* Construction *

Base : None.
Build Time : About 2 months

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* Loading information with Thief Loader*

Put the gatb11.zip in the thief/missions folder. Rename the file 'Gathering at the Bar.zip'
(without the quotes)
Run Thief Loader, and select it from the list.



* Loading information without Thief Loader*

To load this Thief map:
Unzip files in the archive to ..\thief
Start Thief normally.
Start new game, and select "Gathering at the bar".

To install the 6.5MB briefing, let it overwrite b15.avi in ..\movies -directory.



* Starting up GatB in more detail by Lytha *

Problems starting the GatB? Here is a way described to get it working (at least, how it
worked on my computer)

1.) Download the patch, the dromed, the briefing of the GatB, the GatB. Save them somewhere
in a safe folder on your harddisk.

2.) Go into your Thief-folder, and rescue old savegames into the same safe folder on your
harddisk. If you have already downloaded the items named in top 1, skip this point of the
Howto. The safe folder should *not* be in your Thief-folder. If you have any screenshots in
your Thief-folder, save them, too.

3.) Click in the Windoze-exploder on your CD, find the setup, and install the game in your
former Thief-folder. It will overwrite the entire folder. Make a full installation of the
game, if you have enough free space.

4.) Now you have a new and cool Thief folder. Admire it shortly, and go to the next tops.

5.) Patch the game with the patch, as usual. (patching allows you to sneak perfectly silent,
if you are crouching and speed toggled and walking and moving slowly)

6.) Unzip the dromed into your new Thief-folder. Let it overwrite what it wants to overwrite
(this prevents the bug that you can't use anything or grab the people)

7.) Unzip the gatb.zip into your ..\thief folder. Let it overwrite whatever it wants to.

8.) Unzip the b15.zip into your ..\thief\movie folder.

9.) Start Thief. Click on 'New Game', Click on 'GatB'. Admire it.



* Uninstall information *

Run the "remove_gatbar.bat" to remove all the Gathering at the bar -files.
Note: Directories are not removed.

If you want to keep GatB, but want to play normal Thief Mission, rename the
"\strings\missflag.str" file to something different. To play GatB again, rename the
file back to "missflag.str".
If you don't want to see the "Gathering at the bar" option in New game -menu, rename
file "\intrface\english\newgame.str" to something else.


*** WARNING ***
The archive includes various files that will overwrite the original ones if unzipped
without prompting. Currently, with Thief ver 1.33, there are no files that are
overwritten, so its safe for that version, but future patches might include some of
those files.


* Copyright *

This level is (c) by Toni Hollming 1999.

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and
the package is kept intact. You may not include this level to
any map pack without my permission.

This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos
Interactive.

Keep on thieving...

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