Title: Mine Affairs
Filename: Mineaffairs.zip
Author: Michael A. Cleveland (AntiMatter_16)
Contact info: antimatter_16@hotmail.com
Homepage: None
Date of release: March 08, 2009

Please Note: Mission Contains Nudity

Description:
After finally making it back from Darkstone Mine, I contracted Derryn to collect my "service fee". When Derryn learned of the death of his business partner, Cecil, he grew frantic. Apparently, Cecil was the owner of the mine, and in the case of his death, the mine would go to Cecil's next of kin, and any contracts Derryn had regarding the mine would be void. Unfortunately for Derryn, Cecil's next of kin is his older sister Rebecca, who has expressed interest in selling the land the mine is on and any mining rights to a wealthy mining establishment in Dayport, and will likely do so should she find herself holding the deed to the land anytime soon.
She won't be getting that opportunity. Derryn has "persuaded" me to do an additional job for him: Sneak into Cecil's manor, and steal Cecil's ledger containing the deed and any financial records which might reference it, before anyone else learns of Cecil's demise. Derryn can then modify the documents to his own desire. The job should be relatively quick and easy. The manor is small with few guards, but entry will likely be tough. A bolted door and barred windows can be much more effective than any guard.

Additional Note:
I originally intended this mission to be in a 64x64x64 cube, however, I found the layout to be somewhat unsuitable as it seemed to waste a lot of space. So, I changed it to a 64x128x32 cube, keeping the volume, and making the space more useable. Unfortunately, I ended up having to extend the ceiling of the original cube so that the rain would work properly (stupid buggy weather effects... you've no idea how long I spent trying to get the fog and rain to work in this level...) Despite that, nothing leaves the confines of the original 64x128x32 cube, keeping it a genuinely small mission, but I've always found myself enjoying small missions with lots of interesting effects more than expansive missions.
This is my second mission released ever, and it's certainly been an eye opener for me to the work and effort that people put into fan missions. With that in mind, I wish to dedicate this release to those first fan mission creators of Thief: The Dark Project for all their efforts! I stand on the mountains of knowledge and experience that these legends have laid for us all, which made this mission possible. Thank you!

Briefing: None

Credits:
Credit for Toilet Model goes to "GORT"
Credit for Cobwebs goes to "The Well-Equipped Thief" (thief.washboardabs.net)
Credit for Female Skin goes to myself (modified original skins using "The Gimp").
Credit for voice acting also goes to myself (added effects with "Audacity")
Hopefully, I didn't forget anybody...

Beta Testers:
Nickie
Nightshifter
Tannar

A special thanks, to all of you guys!

* Play Information *

Game: Thief II: The Metal Age
Mission Title: Mine Affairs
File name: miss21.mis
Difficulty Settings: yes
Equipment store: yes
Map / automap: yes
New graphics: yes
New sounds: yes
EAX support: yes
Multi language support: no

Difficulty level info: Normal, Hard, Expert

* Construction *

Base: File -> New
Build Time: About 70 hours or more, probably, over one week. Very little sleep...

* Loading information *

Runs from darkloader. Just place the zip in your missions folder.

* Copyright *

This level is (c) by Michael A. Cleveland 2009

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept intact.
You may not include this level to 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.