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A Visit to the Baron
Author: Master of Dromed
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Credits: A Great Thankyou to all of my great beta and alpha testers: my brothers Tumpi
and Paul, Ballzy, Tony166, Avenger

Beta Testers: Tumpi, Paul, Ballzy, Tony166, Avenger
Contact info: florin651@yahoo.com
Version: 1.0
Date of release: February, 2023

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Description:

This mission is part of my campaign Dark Age Memories-Life of a Thief, but the action
takes place way before the events in A Tough Night and Into the Dark Forest, so you don't
need to play those missions before this to understand what is happening. Just read Garrett's
Journal in your inventory at start. It contains all the story lines and all you need to
know in order to play this mission.

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Briefing:

"I have to do some kind of stupid job tonight.. Ballsy, one of the Baron's workers,
disappeared last night and rumors said that he went to explore the catacombs beneath
his lord's castle. His mother Nelly, a close friend of mine, asked me a favor: find
his son or find whatever information I can about his fate. I rather not do this job,
but I heard a huge and rather unique gem is hidden in the catacombs: The Tears of the
Trickster. Also, the Baron is in possession of an expensive crown named The Crown of
Saint Edgar which I intend to steal for a long time. So it's not such a bad idea to pay
the Baron a visit. His castle, a mighty fortress situated in the mountains is famous
for his riches. In times of war like these, the Baron is departed with his followers
on the front so the castle is not that heavily guarded as it should be. Might be an
interesting opportunity for me. I decided to start in the sewers where Ballsy used to
work. The sewers are located under a hammerite factory. The workers are friendly but the
hammers not so much.. Hopefully I can find there some information to help me in my
search. The rent is late as always, so let's not waste any time and get to work."

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* Play Information *

Game: Thief: The Metal Age (New Dark version 1.27 or newer)
Mission Title: A Visit To The Baron
File names: miss20.mis, visit.gam
Difficulty Settings: yes
Equipment store: yes
Map / automap: map
New graphics: no
New sounds: no
New monsters: yes
EAX support: no
Multi language support: no

Briefing : no briefing video

Playing Styles: Normal, Hard, Expert

* Construction *

Base: Inspired from Mont Saint Michel and its bay, Cragscleft Prison,
Down in the Bonehoard, Precious Cargo, The Haunted Cathedral, Caverns
Build Time: 1 year
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DIFFICULTY SETTINGS

Normal Thief 2 difficulty setting.

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Known Bugs:

Has a few minor bugs, some sound rooms not propagate sound very well. Some fps drops
in the outside area and other few places, that are annoying on older computers.
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CREDITS:

If you recognise any assets whose credits I have missed or mistaken, please let me know.
It's the first time i used custom objects so i hope i made all things right..

Objects:

- Water Towers by Ottoj55 files jotwr001.bin, jotwr002.bin, jotwr003.bin, jotwr004.bin
- Big Cisterns by Lord Alan files cisterna.bin, cisternb.bin
- Book Collection by Team 2X files book1.bin, book2.bin, ... book24.bin. Total 24 bin files.
- Demijohn by vigil file chianti.bin
- Electrical Machinery by OttoJ55 files jobigen.bin, jobigtr.bin, jotrans2.bin, jotrans3.bin
- Flowers by Team CoSaS files cosF1.bin... cosF6.bin, total 6 files, cosFPlant1.bin...
cosFPlant8.bin, total 8 files, cosPFPlant1.bin... cosPFPlant8.bin, total 8 files, cosPlant1,
... cosPlant8.bin, total 8 files, cosPot.bin, cosPPlant1.bin ... cosPPlant8.bin, total
8 files, longpot.bin
- Full Trays & Full Goblet by Yandros files fdtray01.bin, fdtray02.bin, fdtray03.bin, pgobwinr.bin
- Olive oil bottle by Vigil file oliveoil.bin
- Open books by Team T2X files booko1.bin, booko2.bin, ... booko6.bin, total 6 files
- Papers by Eshaktaar files keppage.bin, keppages.bin
- Pile of books by R Soul file bookpile.bin
- Piles of Newspaper by team Rose Cottage files rcpap1.bin, rcpap2.bin, ... rcpap5.bin, total 5 files
- Post it board by T2X file postit.bin
- Pub Set by Team CoSaS files whiskey1.bin, whiskey2.bin, whiskey3.bin, wrack1.bin
- Shelved Books Pack by Nielsen74 files 3boogry74.bin, 5boogry74.bin, 10boogry74.bin,
3LCBoo74.bin, 5LCBoo74.bin, 10LCBoo74.bin, 3BooRed74.bin, 5BooRed74.bin, 10BooRed74.bin
- TG-like Machines by FireMage files machine01.bin, machine02.bin, ... machine05.bin, total 5 files
- Tool Cases by OttoJ55 files tools1.bin, tools2.bin
- Files ZHmBild.bin, ZHmBild1.bin, ZHmBild2.bin from Meisterdieb-Seite - several paintings and portraits

All the new paintings are made with the help of WomboDream AI generator site.

* Copyright *

This level is ? 2023 by Master of Dromed.

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as the archive and this file are kept intact.

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

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Special Thanks: Paul, Tumpi, Ballzy, Tony166, Avenger

- Master of Dromed -