Circle of Strain is a Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age Fan Mission made by Mokkis.
Additional Info[]
Author Info
Jimmy Desiderio(T2 conversion of CoS1)
File Info[]
- cos.zip
- CircleofStrain.zip
- cos2.zip
- CircleofStrain2.zip
- cos3.zip
- CircleofStrain3.zip
- circleofstrain_T2.zip
- CoS1 - cos.zip, CircleofStrain.zip
- CoS2 - cos2.zip, CircleofStrain2.zip
- CoS3 - cos3.zip, CircleofStrain3.zip (fr, gr)
- CoS1 T2 - circleofstrain_T2.zip
Release Info
- CoS1 - 10 Aug 1999
- CoS2 - 18 Oct 1999
- CoS3 - 27 Jan 2000
- CoS1 T2 - 30 Dec 2003
Summary[]
Three separate campaign missions and a T2 conversion of the first.
Sycamoyr's Blog Review / Reactions with Screenshots: CoS1, CoS2, CoS3.
File Locations[]
CoS 1 T1[]
CoS 2 T1[]
CoS 3 T1[]
CoS 1 T2[]
Screen Shots[]
CoS 1[]
CoS 2[]
CoS 3[]
Walkthrough[]
Circle of Strain 1[]
TBA
Circle of Strain 2[]
Walkthrough by the Author, with minor spelling corrections post the poster.
I NOTICED THAT MY FIRST LEVEL CIRCLE OF STRAIN WAS TOO TRICKY, SO I DESIDED TO WRITE A WALKTROUGH FOR MY SECOND LEVEL CIRCLE OF STRAIN 2. THIS WALKTROUGH IS ONLY FOR THE EXPERT MODE AND THIS CONTAINS ALSO PLACEMENT OF ALL LOOT AT EXPERT. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME ASK FROM ME :)
Before starting you should buy at least two moss arrows. I buy usually three of them and then I have only 25 left of 400 what I use at one broadhead arrow. :)
PART1
Starting caverns and breaking in:
You drop at the start to the cavern from the hole of the ceiling. Look right, there is a skeleton and in front of it a footlocker. There you find 125 gold. Go to the north and end of the this cavern, there is a cave corridor to the outside, but be careful, there is lot of spiders in there. Run trough them and you come to the "backyard" of the mansion. Climb up and open the door, but stop now and wait until the guard goes to the right (south). Then go left, you find four doors on the left and one end of the corridor. The last one is locked and you can't open it yet. Go instead to the last door and go in. You are now in one barrack room, pick the lock on the footlocker and you find 12 gold. Stay to the shadow to wait the guard and when he passes trough, take the purse on his belt 100 gold. Next sneak back to the outdoor and now go instead to the right. The last door is also locked, but take the left one.
PART2 Inside of Mansion:
WOW! Looks pretty! Now you come to the yard, listen the servant's conversation and go then to northern part of yard. There is two doors on north side and one on the east. The two doors are kitchen and dinning room doors. Door at the right is locked like the front door to the mansion. Go in the kitchen (same door where the servant went). Look at the right to the sell, there are a vase 100 gold on the sell. Take the basement key from the servants belt.Go now to the left door, now you are in the workers dinning room. Sneak to the drunken guards and snap the coinstack on the table 25 gold. Now return back to out and go back to the stables. There are servant standing to the fireplace. Get the key on his belt and go to the stairs down to the basement at the western wall. Until you come to the long corridor, you heard another conversation between two guards. When they go back to patrolling, go immediately after them. Take the first corridor on left. Be careful the another guard and take the torch off with your waterarrow. Pick the lock on the left one door and go in the electricity control room. Go to the window and take the caretakers MASTERKEY (oh yeah masterkey!). Go back to the yard and go to the door what was next to the kitchen. Open the door with your masterkey and you come to the real rightmost dinning room. Take the two candlesticks 100 gold on the table and go to the another door. Shoot a mossarrow to the noisy part and wait until its not guards. Go to the opposite door, under the stairs and open the footlocker 5 gold. Go back to the dinning room and take the another door. Listen again when the guards walks by and open the door and continue to another door in front of you. (this part you may can need also to use mossarrows. Like you want...) Now you come to the living room (BEAUTIFUL!) Take the loots on the tables 150 gold and look at the fireplace. There are lying the prized silver firepoker 200 gold, stealing it was one of your objectives. Stay to wait the guard behind the fireplace and when he comes back, take then the purse on his belt 100 gold. Now go back to the barracks and go to the another locked door. Open it with your master key and you will find yourself in the library. Go to the door on left and stay to wait the guard. Shoot a moss arrow on the floor and wait until the guard have started another tour. Go now after him, but don't follow him trough the door, take left turn. There is a footlocker pick the lock and go back to the barracks. Go to the another locked door at another side of mansion in same floor. Go inside and take the vase 100 gold on the fireplace. Look up, you see there a door, what leads to the attic. Use ladder and climb up. Go to the opposite side of attic and you see there a footlocker. Pick the lock and take 50 gold. Go down and stay to wait in shadow until guard comes back to the room and after that go to the another door (right) and be careful now. Slide the wall to the table. Crab the three silver coin stacks 36 gold and look carefully to the lobby. Double door at opposite are Lord's bedroom doors where he is. But there is Lord's bodyguards and lobby is anyway too activate. So go back to the yard.
PART3 Getting to the Lord's bedroom and killing Lord:
Go back to the basement and go now to those doors on back what takes you to the cemetery. Watch out, there is one angry zombie patrolling there. When it goes to the left go to the right and go until comes end. End of the room you find a gold picar 25 gold. Stay in the shadow to wait and go after the zombie. Another end there is another picar 25 gold in the "grave" with the skeleton. Go to the dark side of room and there you find a hole in the wall, BUT BE CAREFUL. There is a sleeping zombie on the floor. Slide the wall to the hole. Dive to the tunnel. Go straight down and then up. You will come to the large cavern. Swim to the wooden ramp and you are on dry land. Be careful again, there are lot of spiders again. Now run to the tunnel, until you come to the outside near the manor. And ques what? That balcony is the Lord's bedrooms balcony! Shoot quickly a rope arrow to one of the wooden beams next from the balcony. Then jump to the alcove on the right. Take the gold nugget 100 gold and jump to the water and climb to the alcove under. Jump to the rope and climb to the balcony and don't keep noisy. Look to inside of window. You'll see that Lord are thinking there about his business. Take your broadhead arrow out and shoot it to the Jacobs back when he turns. Cramble! Wait if his bodyguards notices that sounds, if not, then go inside. Now go to the opposite door on the left from fireplace and look right on the table: THE EVIDENCESCROLL!. There are also tiara on the table 125 gold.
PART4 Getting out.
You have to get out trough the Frontgate, because it's certainly only way out, back to the civilization. First look at the Jacob's desk and open the little coffer. You got now the Frontgate key what without you can't get the Frontagte doors open. But now take your masterkey ready and listen carefully: Behind those double doors are two Lord's bodyguards. There are also stairs, what leads to the downstairs and to the front door. If you are quick, you can make it, or then you can always do it on the quietly way the same way you came Lord's room. Anyway, you must get now somehow to the yard. Those other double doors leads to the Frontgate. Use your new key and open the door on the left. Now you are at the gatecontrol room. Pull the lever and the gate opens. Run to the outside, mission ends and you have collected all the 1278 loot. :)
Circle of Strain 3[]
TBA
Loot List[]
TBA
Readme File[]
CoS1[]
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August 10th, 1999
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Title : Circle of Strain
Filename : CoS.zip
Author : Markus "Mokkis" Lappalainen
Contact info : lappalainen_make@REMOVED // or // aku.lappalainen@REMOVED
Date of release : August 10th, 1999
Briefing : Lord Jack the richest man of the town. He owns a very waluable Serpentile
Torc and your objective is to steal it. Serpentile Torc is keeped in the
very high guarded trophy room of Jack's manor. Read Felix's note that
you get started.
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** Play Information **
Game : Thief the Dark project
Level name : Circle of Strain
File name : CoS.zip
Difficulty settings : Yes
Equipment store : Yes
Map / Automap : Yes/No
New graphics : No
EAX Suppport : No
Multi language support : No
Briefing : No
File Size : 1.8MB
Known bugs : NO! If you have have a slow machine, looking at the sky on the streets
can cause some minor problems. Anyway, if you find any bugs, inform me.
Other info : At start you should buy AT LEAST ONE WATER ARROW to finish the level.
I support you to play this level at expert mode and try to play it trough
at "*Lytha way". *= No knockouts, no kills and all loot!
** Construction **
Base : None.
Build time : About 2/5 moths.
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** Loading Information **
This level is Thief Loader combatible, so put CoS.zip file to the x:\Thief\missions and run
the file from Thief Loader.
**************** W A R N I N G ******************
THIS LEVEL IS (C) BY MARKUS LAPPALAINEN 1999.
DISTRIBUTATION 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.
THIS LEVEL WAS NOT MADE AND IS NOT SUPPORTED BY LOOKING GLASS STUDIOS OR EIDOS INTERACTIVE.
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CoS2[]
============================================================================================ August 10th, 1999 Thank you for choosing Circle of Strain 2 ============================================================================================ Title : Circle of Strain 2 Filename : CoS2.zip Author : Markus Lappalainen aka Mokkis Contact info : aku.lappalainen@REMOVED Date of release : August 10th, 1999 Briefing : Dear Garrett: I got yesterday a letter from Lord Jacob. He have got somehow my scroll to you. I think by stealing... That scroll contains very sensitive material of our work and Lord Jacob have find a good tightenway. He lay claim to him self 9000 loot! And if I don't pay, he will going to give that evidence scroll to the Sheriff! That would lead us in HANG. Your job is quite simple, but very important. KILL the Lord and get the scroll back. - Felix ============================================================================================ ** Play Information ** Game : Thief The Dark Project Level name : Circle of Strain 2 File name : CoS2.zip Difficulty settings : Yes, normal, hard and expert Equipment store : Yes Map / Automap : Yes/No New graphics : Yes (thanks to the Banshee for the lion banner) EAX Support : Yes Multi language support : No Briefing : Yes File size : 2.8 MegaBytes Known bugs : Watersplit sounds at the starting water area doesn't work. Sorry I spund lot of time fixin it, but cannot. Other info : None ** Constuction ** Base : None Build time : Over 2 months ============================================================================================ ** Loading Information ** This file is Thief Loader compatible, so put ZIPPED CoS2.zip to the x:\Thief\missions directory and run file from Thief Loader. *************************************** W A R N I N G ************************************** This level is (C) by Markus Lappalainen 1999. Distributation of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept intact. You may not include this level or any map pack without my permission. This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive. ** SPECIAL THANKS TO ** BETA TESTERS ASTRO MAN AND Mr.MOJO! THANKS FOR THE LION BANNER TO BANSHEE SPECIAL THANKS ALSO TO THE TTLG.GAMEFORUM.COM/TEG GUYS. WITHOUT YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT, THIS LEVEL WOULD'T BEEN NEVER MADE FINISH. I WANT ALSO THANK LOOKING GLASS STUDIOS FOR RELEASING DROMED. THIEF HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE TOTALLY. THANK YOU LGLASS. YOU HAVE MADE BEST GAME I EVER PLAYED AND I REALLY MEAN IT! I HOPE ALSO GOOD LUCK FOR THIEF2. *************************************** T H A N K Y O U *********************************** ============================================================================================ ----------------------------------End of Circle of Strain 2.txt----------------------------- ============================================================================================
CoS3[]
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January 27th, 2000 Thank you for choosing Circle of Strain 3 VERSION 1.02!
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NOTE! This is the version 1.02 of Circle of Strain 3. This version contains multi language
support for French and German & few bug fixes!!
Title : Circle of Strain 3
Filename : CoS3.zip
Author : Markus "Mokkis" Lappalainen
Contact info : aku.lappalainen@REMOVED / lappalainen_make@REMOVED
Date of release : January 27th 2000
Briefing:
English:
Luke 22: 17-20
And he took the goblet, thanked everyone, and said:
"Take this and share it among yourselves".
"I say this to you: Henceforth, I do not drink the bounty of
the vineyard, before into Gods Kingdom I go.
And he took the bread, thanked everyone, broke the bread, and
gave it to his disciples
and said, "This is my body, that will be given in behalf of you.
Please, do it for my memory."
In the same way he blessed the wine from WOODEN GOBLET. After
the meal he said, "This goblet is a symbol of my blood,
what will be sacrificed on your behalf."
After Jesus death, disciples retained the Holy Grail, for his
memory. Later it becamed the holy symbol of a Christian church.
Now, after 1000 years, the legendary Holy Grail is kept
in the St. Michael's Cathedral. Felix has located the Holy Grail
and he has a customer who would pay so dearly for it that you
could retire as a very wealthy man!
French:
Luke 22: 17-20
Et il prit la coupe, remercia tout le monde, et dit:
"Prenez ceci et partage-le parmi vous".
"Je dis cela à vous: Désormais, je ne boirai plus à la générosité de
la vigne , avant que les palais des dieux j'y entre.
Et il prît le pain, remercia tout le monde, déchira le pain, et
en donna à ces disciples
et dît, "Ceci est mon corps, qui sera donné en votre nom.
S'il vous plaît, faites-le en mémoire de moi."
De la même façon, il bénit le vin de la coupe de bois. Après
le repas il dit, "Cette coupe est un symbole de mon sang,
qui sera sacrifié en votre nom."
Après la morte de Jésus, les disciples gardèrent le "Holy Grail", pour sa
mémoire. Plus tard, il est devenu le "holy" symbole de l'église Chrétienne.
Maintenant, après 1000 ans, le légendaire "Holy Grail" est gardé
dans la cathédrale de St. Michael. Felix a localisé le "Holy Grail"
et il a un client qui voudrait payer vraiment cher pour cela que tu
pourrait te retirer en tant qu'homme très riche!
German:
Luuk 22: 17-20
Und er nahm den Pokal, dankte jedem, und sagte:
"Nehmet hiervon und teilt es unter euch auf".
"Ich sage euch: Von nun an trinke ich nicht mehr die Spende des Weinberges bevor ich
nicht in das göttliche Himmelreich eingegangen bin."
Und er nahm das Brot, dankte jedem, brach das Brot, und
gab es seinen Jüngern
und sagte, " Dies ist mein Körper, der euch zum eurem Vorteil gereichen wird.
Behaltet dies stets im Gedenken".
In der gleichen Weise segnete er den Wein vom HÖLZERNEM POKAL.
Nach der Mahlzeit, sagte er, " Dieser Pokal ist ein Symbol meines Blutes,
was zu eurem Vorteil geopfert werden soll.
Nach Jesus Tod, behielten die Jünger den Heiligen Gral, um seiner zu gedenken.
Später wurde es zum heiligen Symbol einer christlichen Kirche.
Jetzt nach 1000 Jahren ist der legendäre Heilige Gral in der St. Michael´s Kathedrale.
Felix hat den Heiligen Gral gefunden, und er hat einen Kunden, der so teuer dafür
bezahlen würde, daß Sie als ein sehr wohlhabender Mann in Pension gehen könnten!
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** Play Information **
Game : Thief The Dark Project
Level name : Circle of Strain 3
File name : CoS3.zip
Difficulty settings : Yes, normal, hard and expert
Equipment store : Yes
Map / Automap : Yes/No
New graphics : Yes (thanks to the Banshee for the lion banner)
New sounds : Yes (Thanks to the Loanstar for the cool sound)
EAX Support : Yes
Multi language support : Yes, German and French!!
Briefing : No
File size : 3.7 MegaBytes
Known bugs : IMPORTANT! READ THIS! I got huge problems with the level ending area, cavern. Problem
was, that in the hardware mode Thief returned to windows and saved games in cave area didn't work at
all! It didn't happen on the software mode, only in hardware! I got fixed it, BUT SAVED
GAMES STILL DO NOT WORK IN CAVE AREA! :(
Other info : There are awailable also my both earlier 2.5 silver hammer rated missions, Circle Of Strain
and Circle Of Strain 2 at www.thief-darkproject.com/teg/missions/silver
** Constuction **
Base : None
Build time : Over 3 months
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** Loading Information **
This file is Thief Loader compatible, so put CoS3.zip to the x:\Thief\missions
directory and run file from Thief Loader.
*************************************** W A R N I N G **************************************
This level is (C) by Markus Lappalainen 2000. CoS, CoS2, CoS3, Circle of Strain, Circle of
Strain 2 and Circle of Strain 3 are all copyright Markus Lappalainen. :)
Distributation of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept
intact. You may not include this level ot any map pack without my permission.
This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.
************************************ SPECIAL THANKS TO *************************************
*** BETATESTERS ***
*JUNKYMAN*
*MAD-SAM*
*NETTIEKE*
*VIPER6*
*JAYLE*
*** TRANSLATORS ***
German translation by *Von.Eins*
French translation by *Dha_thief*
Special thanks also to:
*BANSHEE* by the lion banner (Finland's heraldic animal)
*LOANSTAR* by new cool schema sound
SPECIAL thanks to the : WWW.TTLG.COM/FORUMS/TEG FOLK. WITHOUT YOUR HELP AND
SUPPORT, THIS LEVEL WOULD'T BEEN NEVER FINISHED.
I WANT ALSO THANK LOOKING GLASS STUDIOS FOR RELEASING DROMED. THIEF HAVE TOTALLY CHANGED MY
LIFE. THANK YOU LOOKING GLASS. YOU HAVE MADE BEST GAME I EVER PLAYED AND I REALLY MEAN IT!
************************************* T H A N K Y O U ************************************
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CoS1 T2[]
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december 30th, 2003
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Title : Circle of Strain
Filename : CoS-T2.zip
Author : Markus "Mokkis" Lappalainen
Thief 2 Conversion : Jimmy Desiderio
Contact info : lappalainen_make@REMOVED // or // aku.lappalainen@REMOVED
Date of release : December 30th 2003
Briefing : Lord Jack is the richest man in town. He owns a valuable Serpentile
Torc and your objective is to steal it. The Serpentile Torc is located
in the highly guarded trophy room of Jack's manor. Read Felix's note
before getting started.
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** Play Information **
Game : Thief2:The Metal Age
Level name : Circle of Strain
File name : CoS.zip
Difficulty settings : Yes
Equipment store : Yes
Map / Automap : Yes/No
New graphics : Yes/those from Thief:TDP
EAX Suppport : No
Multi language support : No
Briefing : No
File Size : 3.8MB
Known bugs : The high polycount problem in the Thief:Dark Project version is fixed.
Also, most of the language errors should have been fixed ;)
Other info : Circle of Strain was first released for Thief: The Dark Project, in August
10th, 1999. This level was converted for Thief 2: The Metal Age by Jimmy
Desiderio. Thanks Jimmy!
** Construction **
Base : None.
Build time : About 2/5 moths. Time used for converting the mission unknown.
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** Loading Information **
This level is Thief Loader combatible, so put CoS-T2.zip file to the x:\Thief2\missions and run
the file from Thief Loader.
**************** W A R N I N G ******************
THIS LEVEL IS (C) BY MARKUS LAPPALAINEN 1999.
DISTRIBUTATION 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.
THIS LEVEL WAS NOT MADE AND IS NOT SUPPORTED BY LOOKING GLASS STUDIOS OR EIDOS INTERACTIVE.
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