I have plans for a World War One stealth game...

[Petike]

It would actually be a total conversion mod of Thief II.

More about my idea here.

What do you think ?

[Petike]

No opinions ? :undecided: :

[Kedjane]

I've never played Thief. Missed the entire series.

[WindexGlow]

Good luck with that.

[spukrian]

Well, I think it sounds like a great idea. Good luck!

Hey BTW and OffT: have you played a lot of Thief fanmissions? Any in particular you would recommend?

I´ve only played "Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age"... it was quite awesome! I recommend it.

[Petike]

Hey BTW and OffT: have you played a lot of Thief fanmissions? Any in particular you would recommend? I´ve only played "Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age"... it was quite awesome! I recommend it.

I hope you mean it's the only fan mod of Thief, that you ever played. :

There are tons of FMs for Thief II, and somewhat less for Thief I and III.
Thief III missions are overall high quality ones. FMs for the first two games are a more mixed bag : Some are total amateurish crap, some are standard, but fun... and some are bloody brilliant and absurdly detailed, even surpassing many of the original missions (as long as level design and features go).

I think the best you can do, is visit some of the sites dedicated to Thief FMs and choose something that could appeal to you. Practically all of these sites offer up to date fan mission reviews as well, so your chance of downloading a quality mission is pretty much guaranteed.

Here's a useful list of FM sites :

http://www.thief-thecircle.com/
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=100
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/missions/2007fms.asp
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120908
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121972
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123356
http://www.keepofmetalandgold.com/
http://www.thiefmissions.com/
http://southquarter.com/

And you'll need to download and install the GarrettLoader program to play FMs :
http://www.potterdevelopments.org.uk/fm/main.pl

Everything's for free, Garrettloader doesn't require much space, just pay attention to the manuals and readmes and if you're in doubt, visit the appropriate Thief forum on TTLG.com.

And enjoy. :

[Klayman]

It would actually be a total conversion mod of Thief II.

More about my idea here.

What do you think ?

It is interesing idea. But you must have crystal clear vision about your mod so it can be awsome! Good luck!
I have never played Thief

[Petike]

It is interesing idea. But you must have crystal clear vision about your mod so it can be awsome! Good luck!

Thanks. The overall vision for the project would be a general sence of realism and historical accuracy. You'd also play for different agents/soldiers on different fronts (with appropriately varying weapons), to show a more broader and detailed look at the conflict from several sides, in order to avert the usual "WWI was only fought in the trenches" stereotype. Missions would be based on or inspired by real historical ones.

As far as the HUD, controls and style of gameplay go, most of it would be recycled from Thief - just re-skinned (like everything else, from the landscape to NPCs) or altered to fit the different setting. The biggest change would be replacing the bow with firearms (two classes - handguns and rifles), using the scripting for guns from Thief's sister game, System Shock 2 (which used the same engine). Fencing and blackjacking would be kept and throwing knives would be probably added (there are already mods for nearly anything in Thief, since there are lots of fan missions based on the original games).

As for the weapons...

Melee and stealth :

Blackjack - or in the mod's case, a "trench-raiding club" (carried over from Thief, used for non-lethally knocking out people)
Short infantry sabre (instead of the sword from Thief, serves as the main melee weapon)
Throwing knives (exist in a mod created by one of the Thief fans - they could be pretty interesting to use)

Firearms :

Class 1 : Handguns (pistols and revolvers)
Class 2 : Rifles (usual and sniper version)

Explosives :

Hand grenades (based partly on the small explosive mines from the original games)
Proximity mines (based on the small explosive mines from the original games)
Mustard gas grenades (based partly on the gas bombs and gas mines from the original games)

Tools :

Lockpicks (carried over from Thief)
Compass (carried over from Thief)
A rag dipped in chlorofolm (a new addition to the arsenal, used for non-lethal neutralization of foes)
Field flask (weaker healing utility, but it's primary function is dousing out open fires and creating additional shadows to hide in - it's essentialy a simpler substitute for the water arrows from the original games)
First aid and medicine kit (main healing utility, partly based on the health potions from the original games)

More will probably be added, but this is the basic idea.

[Tommy Gun]

You have definately got my interests on this one, but try and make it different from all the shabby medal of honour style games out there, its been overdone so many times.

[spukrian]

I hope you mean it's the only fan mod of Thief, that you ever played. :

Yeah doh! : I´ve played Thief 1 & 2 more times than I can count. I will replay Thief 3 this summer I think.

And enjoy. :

Thanks for all the links! Well, I already knew about TTLG but they will still be helpful.