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Garrett - for that's the name of the main character, tired by many years of

thieving, mysterious prophecies and Hammers, decided to retire and settle down

at a cosy cottage in some mountain valley. The house, where he's living with his

quite eccentric wife, has quite a rich history. Unfortunately, careless Garrett

is not aware of either who the previous owner was, or what the local rumours say

about this old house. He now lives a rather quiet life, one befitting a mountain dweller.

And so, he comes home once again...



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December 2005.

This mission was made for 'The Contest for the Glyph of Hammer and Trowel'
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file name: firstday.zip
Mission file: miss21.mis
version: 1.2
author: XXXXXXXXXX
building time: 12-13 days (much too short...) from scratch

Thanks to:
- contest organizers for the idea (of contest - not my mission, of course... ;) )
- polish Thief forum community, especially for the ones, who were helping me on my early dromeding way :)
- also many thanks to TTLG community for Dromed advices and tips.
- My Graza - for understanding during nearly two-week existing in virtual reality and also for
some suggestion concernig texturing the rocks. :)
- van Hellsing for translation polish to english

All custom stuff (textures, objects, books etc.) made by author. If you want to use some of my object/texture
please contact me (personal details after contest results).

Some texture resources used by me:
- Mayang Free Textures (http://www.mayang.com/textures/index.htm)
- Animax It (http://www.animax.it/animax/Textures.htm)
- Image After (http://www.imageafter.com/index.php)
- Texture Library (http://textures.forrest.cz/)


Thanks to authors of Tools I was using:
- Nameless Voice for 3dstobin
- Shadowspawn for Free The Objects
- Thorin Oakenshield for Theif 2 Objects List v3.0



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Technical issues:
- please install using Darkloader (do not unzip by yourself)
- possible low framerate at some places because of high polycount and particles effects
- please turn on fog and weather effects
- EAX system may not work properly
- most known annoying bugs were fixed for the english language version but as mission was made in a hurry
some of them may be not discoverd yet...


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Disclaimer:

This level was not made by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos, nor is it supported by them. All of
their copyrights and responsibilities go with this FM as they decree, which isn't much. I give what permission I can to allow it to be freely distributed intact as long as credit is given to them and me.