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08/25/02
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Author : Paul D Rotter (eepcat)
Contact Info : eepcat@aol.com
Homepage : none
Date of Release : August 25, 2002

Title : Best Defense

Description : Thief 2 Fan Mission

Story: You received a frantic visit from your old associate "Tricky" Nick. He
informed you that the newly-elected sheriff is going to arrest you in
order to gain some quick respect among his peers. Unfortunately, for
the good sheriff, he's got his own skeletons in the closet. You need
to dig up some dirt before dawn, or else you'll be finding out if the
city dungeon is as awful as legend says.

Bugs &
Tips: 1. High polygon count outdoors will drop frame rate on slower machines.
2. I've learned some hard lessons in this (my first) mission. The outdoor
area is really lame...use your imagination.
3. There will be two follow-up missions to this in the future and will be
much higher quality...I hope you enjoy this one.
4. For those who despise no-kill objectives, two of the innocents in this
mission will figure in the follow-up missions...so I had to make sure
they lived to see another sunrise (without dreaming up some miraculous
reanimation as seen in the Friday the 13th movie series).

Briefing(s) : Yes
Cutscene : No
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* Playing Information *

Game : Thief 2 TMA
Mission Title : Best Defense
File Name : Miss 20
Difficulty Settings : Yes
Equipment Store : Yes
Map : No
Auto Map : No
New Graphics : No
New Sounds : Yes
Multi-Language Support : No
EAX Support : No
Briefing(s) : Yes
Length : 60 seconds
Size : 14M

Difficulty Level Info : Easy - main objectives + 3000 loot + no kill innocents
Normal - main objectives + 4500 loot + no kill innocents
Hard - main objectives + 5500 loot + no kill anyone
+ extra objective

* Construction *

Base : From Scratch
Build Time : 106 hours 8 minutes

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* Loading Information *

This mission will work fine with DarkLoader. Just place in your missions folder.

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* Thanks To *

Many thanks to all of the tutorial authors and all of those who lend their expertise
in the editor forums. Special thanks to Schwaa, Charon, Hit Deity, and Komag who
answered many of my questions which kept me from giving up in frustration. My wife
deserves much credit for not smashing the computer after spending over 100 hours on
this mission when I should be building a deck (during daylight hours anyway).

I would also like to thank my beta testers for their thorough testing and constructive
comments:
Rob_Beddall
Silent_Warrior
gsclark
Charon
I hope I didn't miss anyone.

Thanks also to Jason Tibbetts for hosting.

A heartfelt thanks to Joy for bringing a beautiful daughter into our lives. Your
gift has changed us forever and our gratitude is immeasurable.

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* Credits *

The following credits go out for music:
Frank Zappa "Bow Tie Daddy"
Primus "De Anza Jig"

The following credits go out for literature:
Pink Floyd "Julia Dream"
Syd Barrett "Birdie Hop"

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* Copyright Information *

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package
is kept intact. Feel free to include this mission in FM collection disks as
long as they are not intended to generate profit.

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