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09/23/2015
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Title : The Chalice Of Souls
Filename : chalice.zip
Author : Feuillade Industries (FireMage, skacky & Squadafroin)
Contact info : PM on TTLG
Date of release : 23rd of September 2015
Version : 1.01

Description:

"I found some interesting info while raiding Monsegur's palace in Stonemarket.
His ledger seemed to indicate the location of a very curious trinket stashed
somewhere in a place called the Dark Hollow, itself located in Fidgewick's Hollow,
a subdistrict of Downtowne. From what I've managed to gather by pushing my network
of associates, the Dark Hollow is apparently some sort of very high-class brothel,
and its exact location is very well hidden. Even Cutty doesn't know where it is
exactly, and the man knows every place in The City. Looks like I'll have to do my
own scouting. I'm pretty certain I'll find eager pockets ripe for picking inside
the brothel, and if I can't manage that, there is always the neighborhood.

The streets are cold and snow has fallen quite hard these past few days, so I don't
think I'll find many people outside, though the local watchdogs are on the prowl for
these Downwinder amateurs. I doubt they'd appreciate a sneak such as me wandering the
streets and the cold rooftops, so I have to find that brothel quickly. I also doubt
the guards will let me through uninvited so I better find a discreet way inside as well,
and keep a low profile. I have no idea what I?ll find inside but I bet the place will
be crowded and on high security... Let's just hope this chalice is worth it."

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* Play Information *

Game : Thief Gold
Level Names : With The Snow As Sole Witness/Beyond The Secluded Passage
File names : miss20.mis/miss21.mis
Difficulty Settings : Normal/Hard/Expert
Equipment store : Yes (only on miss20)
Map/Automap : Yes/No (map only on miss20)
New graphics : Yes
New sounds : Yes
New conversations : Yes
New models : Yes
EAX Support : No
Multi language support : No (English only)
Briefing : You're reading it!
Subtitles: : No

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* Notes *

New Dark 1.23+ is required. FMSel is strongly recommended.
FMSel users have to MANUALLY EXTRACT the scripts folder from the mission zip file or the companion zip file to their main Thief folder! Darkloader users can safely disregard this.

- DO NOT PLAY WITH MODS! You have to add a semicolon (;) on the mod path line in cam_mod.ini, otherwise the game WILL crash!
- This is essentially a remake/reimagining of Thief 4's House Of Blossoms mission. We liked the idea but were very frustrated with the result. Whether we managed to make a better version is for you to decide!
- The second mission is for mature audiences. It contains some lewd paintings, imagery and reading material. We tried to keep it as tasteful as possible but be warned.
- New Mantling is more than recommended! Remember that you can mantle on objects!
- Enable Weather and Fogging. It's half the mission.
- For obvious reasons it is recommended you play this FM in dark conditions. This is a major part of the experience.
- Make sure to read everything you come across, hints and plot elements may be written somewhere.
- Higher difficulty means less starting gear, less money in the loadout store, less equipment to be found, a higher loot goal and more opponents. More objectives are added on higher difficulties.
- There is a high resolution picture of Garrett's map for Mission 1 in the zip file.

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* Construction *

Base : From scratch
Map Size : Both are large levels
Build Time : A month and a few days

Miss20

Squadafroin: City architecture, additional work in the tunnels, ambient sounds.
FireMage: tunnels architecture, scripting, roombrushing, some ambient sounds.
skacky: additional work in the City, roombrushing, some ambient sounds, patrols, objectives, mission setup.


Miss21
skacky: all of the architecture but the brothel basement, ambient sounds, roombrushing, patrols, objectives, mission setup.
Squadafroin: brothel basement architecture and setup, some ambient sounds, additional work in a few areas.
FireMage: Setup for... something!

Most meshes and pretty much all the scripts courtesy of FireMage.
Writing was handled by all of us.

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* Known Bugs *

- Some AIs can act strangely in Mission 1 due to the high amount of cells.
- Some torches in Mission 1 are possessed by the Trickster when doused.
- Some objects may 'pop up' sometimes in Mission 2 in a certain location depending on where you look.
- An area in Mission 2 looks murkier in DarkLoader.

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* Loading Information *

Runs from FMSel. Leave the file ZIPPED - DO NOT UNZIP this file, but put the whole zip-file
into whatever folder/directory you want to on your hard drive, then in FMSel setup, point to
this folder/directory, and the mission should show up in the FMSel main screen.

Darkloader should work fine with the usual trick (see release thread).

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* Thanks To *

- Textures: The Dark Mod, CGTextures, Purah & Team Calendra, Clive Barker's Undying, Undule, Lady Rowena, Sliptip, Melan, DarkMax, Vigil, Zacharias, DrKubiac, Necrobob
- Objects: Thief 2, CoSaS, R Soul, Elvis, Jason Otto, FireMage
- Meshes: FireMage, Purah & Team Calendra
- Sounds: The Dark Mod, Thief 2, Thief DS, Fornever

* Beta Testers *

- bob_doe_nz
- Dev_Anj
- DrKubiac
- Fortuni
- nickie
- Nightwalker
- Peter Smith
- ValmontPhl

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* Copyright Information *

This level is ? 2015 by FireMage, skacky and Squadafroin

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as the archive
and this file are kept intact.

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

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