Warning: This FM is set in the hills. Please don't climb up the hills or else you
will get massive poly errors. There is nothing to find on the hills anyway.

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Title : Bafford's Last Stand
Author : John Denison
Contact Info :
Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/john9818a/thief2.html
Date Finished : September 5, 2004

Briefing : Tonight you have your work cut out for you. During your last redevous with the Mechanists you overheard a conversation aobut a summit meeting between the Mechanists, the Thieves Guild, and Lord Bafford. Lord Bafford was kind enough to host the meeting at his recently acquired castle. You've never been a favorite of your thieving commrades. If this summit meeting occurs the Thieves' Guild will completely alienate you. Tonight you must gain access to the castle and break the trust that Bafford has gained with the thieves. Lord Bafford cherishes his Traditional War Hammer. Get it and put it in the thieves' lounge locker.

Another part of the conversation mentioned Lady Awen being held captive in the castle's oubliette. She happens to be an old aquaintance of yours, and it seems that you have been in the rescuing business lately, so what is just one more. Find her and set her free.

An unusual interest in burrick recipes has come about in Dayport. Find the burrick recipe book.

The mechanists are hiding a piece of crystal that will pay your rent for a month. Make it your next source of income.

While your in there help yourself to whatever you can get.


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* Playing Information *

Game : Thief 2: The Metal Age
Title : Bafford's Last Stand
File Name : miss29.mis
Difficulty Settings : Yes
Equipment Store : No
Map : No
Auto Map : No
New Graphics : Yes
New Sounds : No
Multi-Language Support : Not yet

Briefing : No
Length : n/a
Size : n/a

Difficulty Level Info : Normal, Hard, and Expert

* Construction *

Base : Started from scratch
Build Time : nine months

Short background of Beaumaris: Beaumaris Castle is located in Beaumaris, Anglesey, North
Wales. It was built by King Edward I in 1295. Actually it was built by 2600 men hired by
the King. This castle is one of the most complete castles still standing, however it was
never actually completed. I've never been to Wales to see the castle, so the FM you are
about to play is my version of Beaumaris and is highly unlikely to be accurate.

I was inspired to build a Welsh castle when I was listening to a Charlotte Church cd. I
chose this castle because I was able to find good photos and a map of the castle on
the internet.

The polys are very high in certain places and will crash the game if you wander
to the tops of the hills. Please don't go up the hills. There is nothing to find
there anyway. I reached object and ambient limits, so it may look sparse in some areas.

The Normal difficulty setting has some objects removed to make framerate faster on
slower PC's as well as easier gameplay. The Hard and Expert settings have more
guards and access is a little bit more limited. The loot total and objetives are
the same for all difficulty settings.


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* Copyright Information *

I only take credit for the design of my mission. All of the original textures, objects, scripts, conversations, etc. are original Looking Glass Studios and/or EIDOS property.

The new textures in this FM are credited to David Gurrea at http://www.davegh.com/blade/davegh.htm

Thanks to Jabberwocky for helping me with a crucial element of the objectives.

Thanks to The Watcher for making the bridge in the oubliette for me.

Thanks to R Soul for making the fireplace logs.

Thanks to Keeper Atrus, nil8hate, Silent_Warrior, Ravenhook, Nightwalker, wild_inferno9,
mardi, and maloo for alpha testing my FM.

Thanks to beta testers Silent_Warrior, Brother Renault, ShadowWolf421, Maloo, Griffin, Dafydd (ghost tester), Slipknot, and Gloria Creep :) I really appreciate everyone's help and suggestions.

Thanks to everyone at the TTLG forums for their help.

Distribution of this FM is allowed as long as the complete zip file remains intact.

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

(This text file was ripped from the alpha version which was ripped from my first FM's FM info that was ripped from somebody else's ripped FM info that was created with the Homemade Mission Text Wizard)