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English Version
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NewDark update and changes by Soul Tear with Christine's approval (March 2021):

- Fixed sound propagation (Room brushing).
- Added musical and secondary ambients from the original game in areas where it was absent.
- Halved the value of ambient light for better contrast of light and shadow (as in the original games).
- Added secrets where they should be meaningful (added FindSecretTrap objects).
- Added animations for NPCs to improve the atmosphere (they warm their hands by the fireplace, wash the dishes, peer out the window, turn, etc.).
- Fixed distant art in mission 1 (from the roof you could see the bottom under the background).
- Lady Elena is now guarded by two patrolling spider robots. Fire elemental removed (clarification: Lady Elena has nothing to do with mages, but she is loyal to the Mechanists.).
- Now Lady Elena's house is patrolled by two additional guards and one mechanist-crossbowman (previously there was only one guard, which made the gameplay boring.)
- Added patrolling guards in locations where they were not (for example, in a brothel). This makes the game more interesting, but not more difficult.
- Added more guards on Expert in some missions.
- Some light switches on Expert have been removed.
- Reduced the volume of all fireplaces, candles, fountains and pools. Now you can enjoy the original ambient, and not go crazy with deafening secondary sounds.
- Reduced the amount of equipment. No hardcore, just common sense (for example in the original there were 2 gas arrows against one regular guard).
- 8-sided arches are replaced with 16-sided ones.
- 32-bit lightmaps.
- Added additional lights on the windows.
- Fixed shading on custom models (from flat to smooth).
- Fixed UV on custom stove.
- Fixed texture alignment on stairs.
- Fixed collisions of some objects (invisible physical dimensions).
- Replacing the material for red armchairs and sofas (from wood to carpet)
- Sleeping NPCs are almost deaf and do not react to cracking chests, opening doors or moving the player nearby (except jumping and fighting).
- Fixed and improved English version. Thanks for that: urgrue, Mat99 and fortuni.


Filename : Lord_Ashton_Rework.zip

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Mission title : The Lord Ashton Series
File name : Lord_Ashton_SeriesV2.zip
Author : Christine Schneider
Contact info : ZinkChristine@aol.com (English & German)
Homepage : http://www.zinkchristine.de.vu
Date of release : May 12, 2003
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* Play information *

Game : Thief 2 / Dark Project 2
Level names : A Visit to Lord Ashton's
A Night's Stroll
Escape!
Revenge
In Search of Leon
The Secret of Sir Stefan
A Winter's Night
The Wedding of Sir Andr?
File names : Miss20.mis/Miss21.mis/Miss22.mis/Miss23.mis/Miss24.mis/Miss25.mis/Miss26.mis/
Miss27.mis
Difficulty Settings : Yes
Equipment Store : No
Map/Automap : Yes/No placeholder only (Map for Miss27 by MadBull#34)
New Graphics : Yes
New Sounds : No
EAX Support : No
Multi Language : Yes, English and German
English version by Kyloe (kyloe@epost.de) (Miss20-26) and Hrothgar (Miss27)
Briefing : No
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The Lord Ashton Series includes the fanmissions: A Visit to Lord Ashton's, A Night's Stroll, Escape,
Revenge, In Search Leon, The Secret of Sir Stefan, A Winter's Night and The Wedding of Sir Andr?.
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Mission 1: A Visit to Lord Ashton's

Lord Ashton is one of the richest and most respected men of the City. It's about time you paid him
a visit and plundered his treasury. Besides gold and silver, it is said to contain numerous
artefacts from the Lost City. And there are many more lucrative opportunities on the premises.

Lady Helena is a rich noblewoman and a collector of rare artefacts - you have worked for her
a couple of times in the past. She wants you to lift a few things from Lord Ashton's: an antique
navigator's globe, a golden skull, a certain Mask of the Elders, and the Hand of Glory. Once you
have these, head for the family's cemetery where you will receive further instructions from Lady
Helena. In the past, it's always been worthwhile working for her Ladyship...
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Mission 2: A Night's Stroll

After your successful break-in at Lord Ashton's, you're on your way to your 'patron', Lady Helena.
She's waiting for you in the nearby village...
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Mission 3: Escape!

After your arrest, there's only one thing to do: escape!
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Mission 4: Revenge

After your break from prison you really deserve a few days off. Before that, though, you need to
deal with a small personal matter: Lady Helena must pay for her treachery... Too bad your face is
displayed all over town...
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Mission 5: In Search of Leon

After an extensive vacation, you find a message from Madame Kira on your return. You are to steal
a valuable book, currently owned by Sir Hrothgar von Hagen. Also, it looks like your buddy Leon is
in trouble...
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Mission 6: The Secret of Sir Stefan

You're in search of the 'Mystic Soul', said to be somewhere in the City, and the 'Mystic Heart',
which is in the possession of Sir Stefan.
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Mission 7: A Winter's Night

You have arrived in a nice little town and you're looking for a weapons cache and a valuable diamond.
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Mission 8: Sir Andr?'s Wedding

Sir Andr? and Lady Carla are marrying, with the wedding taking place in Lady Gertrud Ashton's manor.
You are not invited but that never kept you from paying a little "visit". There should be plenty of
lucrative opportunities.
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* Construction *

Bugs : None so far...
Build time : Oh, no idea...

Major thanks to : von.Eins for translating the DromEd tutorials into German,
Kyloe for translating the missions into English,
Nightwalker and Hrothgar for their help,
Rob Hicks for Dromed De Luxe.
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* Special thanks *

- For custom objects : Hrothgar, pdackel, Ar-Zimrathon, schwaa, Nameless_Voice, von.Eins, Eshaktaar,
Dhin, Jonquils, Targa, Ycatx and Rob Hicks

- For custom textures : Hrothgar, Ar-Zimrathon, Thorin Oakenshield, Balatro, Majic, I. Ker?nen, David
Gurrea Hernandez and Edward Vaillancourt, whose textures are optimized for
Thief 2 by Dhin.

- For gamesys : belboz (A night's Stroll and Escape!) and Dark Arrow (Revenge and In Search
of Leon, The Secret of Sir Stefan) and Rob Hicks (Sir Andr?'s Wedding)

- For new skins : Pistole2k and Ar-Zimrathon

- For beta-testing : von.Eins (A Visit to Lord Ashton's), Karras (Revenge), Hrothgar and Pistole2k
(In Search of Leon, The Secret of Sir Stefan and A Winter's Night), Hrothgar,
MadBull#34, Ar-Zimrathon and Pristole2k (The Wedding of Sir Andr?)

Special thanks to Saturnine for permitting the use of textures and objects from "The 7th Crystal"
and to Purah for textures and objects from "Calendra's Legacy",

...and everyone else involved with this mission in any way.
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* Loading information *

This mission-pack is compatible with Darkloader, but since we are in 2021 now (and for your own
good), PLEASE use NewDarkLoader, AngelLoader or FMSelector.
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* Copyright *

This Mission-Pack is (c) by Christine Schneider, 2003
Distribution of this Mission-Pack is allowed as long as it is free. Use at your own risk.
This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.
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