DRACULA

(original version 1.4)

Created by Szabo Csaba @ SENSUT


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Contact Info : csabisensut@gmail.com

Homepage : www.sensut.extra.hu

Date of Release : 14. May, 2007.


Playing Information:


Game : Thief II - The Metal Age 1.18

Mission Title: DRACULA v.1.4

File Name: dracula_original_1.4.zip

File info: miss20; miss21; miss22; miss23;miss24;miss25; sensut_dracula.gam

Difficulty Settings: yes

Equipment Store: no

Map: yes

Auto Map: no

New Graphics : yes

New Sounds : yes

EAX : yes

FOG : only in chapter I.

Multi-Language Support : no

Briefing : yes


Requirements :

- Thief II - The Metal Age original PATCHED to 1.18 (otherwise some ojectives don't works!)

- DARKLOADER 4.3 or GARRETTLOADER 1.4 .

- Recommended a system around of 1GHz with 128 Mb video, and 512 RAM.

- Microsoft Windows XP SP2 recommended!

- Indeo 5.11 media codec for briefings (found here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Indeo_Codec.htm)

- A subtitler program like GDivX400 for briefing subtitles (installer included in Movies subdir).

Note: if the briefing movies creates game starting problems, change the "Missflag.str" file from the "Hints/Nomovie" directory in the "Strings" directory.


This project uses custom scripts! If you see this message at the beginning, please install these files (included in the mission package) then try again.


This project is not supported by any unofficial Thief 2 patches, like DDFX or NV’s EP, so to play on modern systems is not recommended.


Scripts:

- Telliamed (tnhScript 1.5.2, version)

- Gaylesaver (script 1.2.0)


Construction:


Base : Romania

Editor : Dromed Deluxe 1.0 (DeDx)

Build Time : 2 years


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Special thanks:


To Nightwalker for the text editions of the Chapter IV,V and bonus; and beta testing!


To Metal Dawn for the greatest mesh skins specially made for the Dracula campaign, text editions (Chapter I-III), and beta testings!


To Hotlyx, Gloria Creep, SneaksieRaven, Jiri Misenka, Turi Robert, T.Nagy Levente, Slipknot, and Sir Balu, for helps and beta testings.


To Rob Hicks and the authors for Dromed Deluxe, the greatest game editor of all times.


To Komag and Spike14 for tutorials, and to everyone who wrote the good tutorials I learned from.


To KOSZEG GYORGY FOR HUNGARIAN TRANSLATION SUPPORT (www.kgysoft.try.hu).


To TELLIAMED, GAYLESAVER,TARGA, SLUGGS, YANDROS, R SOUL, NAMELESS VOICE, JASON OTTO, BALATRO, GORT, TDBONKO, ESHAKTAAR, ALUN BESTOR, CHRISTINE, VIGIL, DARK ARROW, YAMETHA, SYI, DrK, PDACKEL, SHADOWSPAWN, Nielsen74, DLW6, NAKS, RAETSEL, THE WATCHER, ASGAROTH, PURAH, and to everyone who created the rest of the great textures, objects and other resources what I used.


Additional textures from Quake 3 Arena by id Software, jHeretic, jDoom, jHexen, and also thank you for KMAN, NECRO, PIZ and ANTHRAXSCARE (DOOMSDAY) for these textures.


Sky textures (modified by me) from: http://skymatter.thegamecreators.com/?f=sample


Dedicated to my wife Eszter, and my little taffer Gellert, and to all taffers on TTLG and other forums, who are playing this campaign.



Media credits:


WOJCIECH KILAR (Bram Stokers's Dracula movie) main and background music (Ch. I);

SATYRICON (band) main 2 theme, background music (Chapter III, bonus mission);

DISBELIEF (band) intro briefing background music;

DARK PRINCE - THE TRUE STORY OF DRACULA (movie) briefing texts;


DIMMU BORGIR (band) background music (Ch. I);

BATHORY (band - RIP) background music (Ch. I);


ANCIENT (band) background music (Ch. II);

INKUBUS SUKKUBUS (band) background music (Ch. II);

SAMAEL (band) lyrics sequences (Ch. II);

CREMATORY (band) lyrics sequences (Ch. II);


POPOL VUH (Nosferatu'79 movie) background music (Ch. III);

MARCIN "CEDYN" CZARTYNSKI (Painkiller game) background music (Ch. III);

SATYRICON (band) background music (Ch. III);

THEATRES DES VAMPIRES (band) lyrics sequences (Ch. III);


ANTON GARCIA ABRIL (Tombs Of The Blind Dead ’71 movie) background music (Ch. IV);


SATURNUS (band) outro movie music, backround music (Ch. V);

GRAVEWORM (band) background music (Ch. V);

DEAD CAN DANCE (band) background music (Ch. V);


On paints and images:


Wynona Ryder (BS's Dracula),

Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu '79),

SKARLET from the Theatres Of Vampires band.


Story resources:


Bram Stoker's DRACULA movie by Francis Ford Coppola - 1992;

NOSFERATU, THE VAMPYRE movie by Werner Herzog - 1979;

DARK PRINCE - THE TRUE STORY OF DRACULA movie by Joe Chappelle - 2000;

DRACULA book by Bram Stoker;

My and the Romanian people's history.



Copyright Information:


This project is © by Sensut.


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.