The Five Tigers: Eye of the Tiger (Release 1.01)

Author: W. Scott Thune (Catman)
Contact info: catman@catmanofiowa.com
Website: http://catmanofiowa.com/ThiefII/FiveTigers/

Date of release: April 11, 2008

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Gameplay Notes

The maps and journal provided by your employer contain helpful information for planning your night's work.

A loot list has been included in the Books folder.

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Known Bugs

There is a remote chance that the doors associated with a particular elevator will fail to open, and if you try to ride the elevator down, you will die. If this happens, sending the elevator down and using the same call button again will correct the problem.

Sleepers in the barracks cannot be wakened by any means. This was a design choice to correct a fatal pathfinding problem.

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Bug Fixes

An objective would not check off if you did things slightly out of order.

An objective would disappear under some circumstances.

Fire arrows would fail to work under some circumstances.

Text in one book has been clarified to avoid confusion about an object not included.

One loot item has been moved to make it more readily visible.

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Backstory

After the fall of the Mechanists, not all of their technologies were destroyed. Some nobles gathered and protected Mechanist scientists, including those connected with the Cetus Amicus project. Using those technologies, they have built the world's first steam ship, the Iron Butterfly. This ship provides the setting for the beginning of this story.

You are a master thief known as Nekosan. Like most professionals, you use whatever Mechanist technologies you can get your hands on. For example, you have had a set of special glasses fashioned which allow you to use scouting orbs as well as zoom in to observe your surroundings.

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Story for Eye of the Tiger

You have been hired to steal the set of gemstones known as the Five Tigers. Each stone is held by a different noble family: Eye of the Tiger by the Walkers, Claw of the Tiger by the Evans, Heart of the Tiger by the James, Shadow of the Tiger by the Agees, and Soul of the Tiger by the Boles. Each family has the gem locked in a vault which cannot be picked, and the lords keep the only key with them at all times.

You made wax copies of the Walker, Evans, James, and Agee keys by boarding the HBS Iron Butterfly two nights ago. With an exact duplicate of the Walker key in hand, you?re ready to steal the Eye of the Tiger.

Your employer has provided you with a rather detailed set of maps plus a set of notes to help you complete your tasks. You should study them carefully before you begin.

Of course, as long as you?re breaking into a wealthy lord?s mansion, you'll want to help yourself to whatever else you can find.

This is the second of a six-mission pack.

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Special Thanks

Silent_Warrior, prjames, Queue, Hotlyx, and Undead Gamer for their help betatesting the mission.

All the helpful folks at the TTLG forums.

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Play Information

Game: Thief2
Mission Title: Five Tigers: Eye of the Tiger
File name: miss21.mis
Difficulty Settings: Yes (normal, hard, expert -- loot requirements only)
Equipment store: No
Map / automap: Yes / No
New graphics: Yes
New sounds: No
Briefing: No

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Construction

Original Design by Catman
Build Time: Twelve Months

Copyright (C) 2008 - W. Scott Thune

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept intact. You may not include this level in any map pack without my permission. No one may edit and re-distribute this mission without my express permission.

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