Reunion with Basso

Zappenduster's three-part Thief 2 fan mission
Released in August 2012

Game: Thief 2 - The Metal Age
Mission names: Garrett takes a break / On the trail of the Hammerites / Reunion with Basso
Files: miss24.mis / miss25.mis / miss26.mis / neu.gam
Difficulty levels: Normal, Hard, Expert
Equipment shop: No
Map: Yes (missions 25 and 26)
New graphics: Yes
New sounds: Yes
New objects: Yes
EAX: No
Multilingual: DE, EN, FR, IT, RU
Intro/Outro: b24.avi, b25.avi, b26.avi, cs26.avi

Plot:
The story takes place some time after the incident with Lady Rumford. Basso has moved with his sweetheart Jenivère to live near another city.
Garrett is on his way to visit his old buddy. And as they say, it's not the destination, but the journey that matters...

Hints:
The (hanging) candles in the missions can be extinguished. Candles within reach of the player can be "blown out," otherwise, use a water arrow.
Some guards speak with the voice pack extensions VGuard7 and VDrunk7, now available in DE, FR, and EN. If you're creating a mission with plenty of guard characters, enrich it with these voices...
This FM was not created by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive and is not supported by them.

Dedicated to our long-time TTLG.DE comrade and tester Blackmen, who passed away in 2011.

Beta testers, text corrections:
My thieving daughters, DarkThief, DarthsLair, Gaëtane, Mira, Schelfia, Tannar.

Thanks to...
Alun David Bestor: Textures and cobwebs from http://thief.washboardabs.net
Amazing3D: Objects with kind permission from http://amazing3d.com
Ar-Zimrathon: Towel holder, scrubber from http://zinkchristine.de/Dromed.html
Beauty-Man: Music from http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130428
Christine: Ceiling lamp, trunk, palms, shelves, plates, pottery, door frames from http://zinkchristine.de/Dromed.html
CoSaS Team: AIs, pub furnishings, scrolls, VDrunk2 from http://darklurker.com/cosasobjects.html
Gort: Wheelchair from http://zinkchristine.de/Dromed.html
Greenhorn: Gravestone, loungers, pinboard, lab coat, blackboard from http://zinkchristine.de/Dromed.html
Don Willadsen: Frayed rope, cloak
Elvis: Barrel, stove http://ttlg.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=134139
Eshaktaar: AD-lamp, spooky torch, oil lamp, organ, water texture
Jason Otto: Houses, expansion, pentagram from http://jasonotto.net
Josef Kurz: Loads of great objects from http://joes3dfantasyworlds.com
Krenim: Italian translation ... mille grazie!
LarryG: Ratty
Master_Edd: Pen, lion's head, wine sign from http://dark-zone.npage.de/index.html
NamelessVoice: Bookshelves, corner cabinet, bat, candle holder, cabbage, lamp, replace frame
Nielsen74: Hooks, trumpet, torches, mini barrel
RSoul: Table and chairs
Schwaa: Torch, lute, pillars, quill pen http://thiefmissions.com/lpg/schwaa.htm
Sephy: Music from http://musik.ardw.de/ambience/index.php
Sluggs: Trees and shrubbery
Syi: Table
Targa: Compass, revised AIs, wine barrel from http://thiefmissions.com/targa
Telliamed: tnhScript
Vaughan "Sluggs" Cooper: Terrain
Vigil: Cobwebs
Yandros: Hammerite Mission Development Kit, Hammer Loot Pack from http://wearytaffer.com
Zontik: Flowerbed, fountain, spray from http://ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131911

And then there were...
Programs used:
I wanted to take the time to list the programs I used in connection with this FM series. Oh boy, it's quite a long list!
DromEd118: Of course.
ThiefEdit: Very helpful for viewing/listening to RES files
ObjTree: For easier editing of the Gamesys, it usually ends up smaller than through DromEd after saving.
ObjList: Thorin-Oakenshield's object list - for when searching in the object hierarchy takes a while...
ParchEd98: Tom N. Harris' efficient input program for books and scrolls.
Ulead PhotoImpact: Excellent processing of graphic files.
IrfanView: Irfan Skiljan's program can handle nearly every graphic format...
360g: Converts textures from proprietary VTF format to common image formats.
DXTBmp: Converts textures from proprietary DDS format to common image formats.
Bright183: Erik de Neve's program batch processes BMPs into game-ready graphic families.
XVI32: Christian Maas' Hex Editor for changing BIN files, for example.
Anim8or: For creating/editing 3DS objects.
3DS2BIN: Converts 3DS files to BIN format (by NamelessVoice).
ProgMesh: A handy software for reducing polys in 3DS models as needed.
View: Displays a BIN file, with rotate and zoom functions.
UVMapper: Stephen L. Cox's program allows for alternative total texturing of an object.
Sony SoundForge: Processing of audio files - recording and individual effects.
Audacity: Audio file processing - especially noise reduction.
MS Audiorecorder: Audio file processing - converting to IMA ADPCM 22.050 Hz; 4 bit; mono.
Ulead Movie Factory: Surprisingly suitable for intro AVIs.
And of course Notepad, WinZip, WinRar...