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(much enhanced remake of Deadly Darkness for Thief 2)

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July 13th, 2004
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Author: Tomi V?is?nen
Contact Info: tvaisanen@ebaana.net
Date of Release: July 13th 2004

MISSION DESCRIPTION:
One day you receive a letter from your old friend Lacatar, who you worked for
a long time ago. He's a Grand Master of the Academy of Elemental Sorcerers so he
is a rich man... In the letter he speaks about a terrible accident that has happened in
the Academy. For some reason undead forces have taken over the place - there are
not many guards left after many days of battle. Lacatar needs your help and
you're not going to leave your old friend into a trouble. So you get your gear
and prepare yourself for the journey...


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*** PLAYING INFORMATION ***

Game: THIEF 2
Mission Title: Profane Ascension
File name: miss20.mis
Difficulty Settings: Yes
Equipment store: Yes
Map: Yes (no automap)
New graphics: Yes
New sounds: Yes
New gamesys: Yes
Multi language support: No (if someone wants to do that, let me know!)
EAX support: Yes
Briefing : Yes

Difficulty levels: Easy, Scary, Deadly



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*** PLAYING TIPS & KNOWN BUGS ***
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-READ THE LETTER FROM LACATAR IN THE BEGINNING!! (it's in your inventory)

-IF THE BRIEFING MOVIE DOES NOT WORK, CHECK OUT "Scrooge's Permanent Movie Fix" (below)

-You have a HOLY SWORD that is capable of killing the undead.

-Even though this is an undead mission, don't forget to sneak! Making too much
noise is just a quick way to die.

-Remember to read the letters and books in the mission carefully! They contain a
lot of very useful information, and you will understand the story better as well.

-You don't have to kill everyone.

-Remember that there are also other creatures than undead in the mission. Watch out and don't kill your allies...


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*** BUILDING INFORMATION ***

Base: From scratch.
Build Time: Deadly Darkness (Dec 2000 - Jan 2002)
+ Profane Ascension (Jan 2004 - Jul 2004)
= hundreds of hours!
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*** LOADING INFORMATION ***

Profane Ascension is DarkLoader ready. Just copy 'Profane Ascension.zip' to your
Thief mission directory and run it from DarkLoader. DO NOT UNZIP IT!


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*** CREDITS ***

(read 'credits.str' in the Books folder, or find the Book of Credits in the game!)

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Scrooge's Permanent Movie Fix
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If you have trouble viewing the briefing, try this:

1) Locate (use "Search") the file named "regsvr32.exe". It is located in the Windows SYSTEM directory (if 9x/ME) or SYSTEM32 (if 2K/XP). Copy it in your Thief installation.

2) Create a text document named "RegIndeo.bat" and copy/paste the following text:
"regsvr32.exe /s LGVID.AX" (without quotes)

3) Save it (The file extension must be .bat)

Simply double-click on the file when your movies don't play.



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*** CONTACT INFORMATION ***

If you have any problems with the mission, you can always contact me for help! Just
e-mail me and I'll answer you as soon as I can. All suggestions and any feedback is
also welcome, that's the only way you can (legally!!) 'pay' for me for this mission anyway...
Please e-mail me: tvaisanen@ebaana.net


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*** COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ***

Copyright (c) July 2004 by Tomi V?is?nen

Permission is granted to freely play and distribute this level providing it
remains whole and intact.
This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos
Interactive.


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