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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[]

Loot List[]

FM:T1_Circle of Strain_-_Mokkis/lootlist


Readme File[]

CoS1[]

==========================================================================================
  August 10th, 1999
==========================================================================================

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.

==========================================================================================

** 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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  ------------------------- End of Circle of Strain.txt --------------------------------
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CoS2[]

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  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 ***********************************

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----------------------------------End of Circle of Strain 2.txt-----------------------------
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CoS3[]

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  January 27th, 2000        Thank you for choosing Circle of Strain 3          VERSION 1.02!
============================================================================================

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

============================================================================================

** 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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----------------------------------End of Circle of Strain 3.txt-----------------------------
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CoS1 T2[]

==========================================================================================
  december 30th, 2003
==========================================================================================

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.

==========================================================================================

** 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.

==========================================================================================

** 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.


==========================================================================================
  ------------------------- End of Circle of Strain.txt --------------------------------
==========================================================================================


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