The Scarlet Cascabel (v2)
A Thief Gold fan mission
Originally released for the Thief: The Dark Project 20^th Anniversary Contest 

Requires NewDark 1.26  
Authors: PukeyBrunster and Tannar
Original release date:  November 2018
Version 2 release date:  February 2020

STORY:

It's about time I visited an old friend of mine.

I received a letter from Wendolyn who used to run with Basso and me back in the old days.  She's been lying low for the past few years, running a modest operation near the borders of Wychwood.

She has reason to believe a famed artifact can be found there, and not just your average, dusty relic.    

It's a long road through Wychwood. Superstition prevails that the woods are evil, filled with devils and spooks... you know, the usual.  But I could use some quiet time in the country for a change, and the deep woods have plenty of shadows for me to feel... at home in.

KNOWN ISSUES:
DO NOT PLAY WITH MODS INSTALLED!  Playing this mission with mods installed may make it extremely difficult to navigate parts of the mission.
Some effects, if viewed from a certain angle, may seem to disappear. Despite our best efforts, some AI may occasionally behave strangely. You may find one or two spots where mantling is difficult or impossible, but in each case you can get up to the same place in other ways. The final objective in Mission 2 may be missing the green checkmark in the objectives screen when completed, but the mission will still end.

DIFFICULTY: 
Normal: Fewer AI, more equipment.
Hard: Fewer AI, more equipment.
Expert: More AI, less equipment.

PLAY INFORMATION: 
Game:				Thief Gold
File name:			TSCv2 (miss20.mis and miss21.mis)
Difficulty Settings:		Yes
Equipment store:		Yes
Map/Automap:			Yes/No
New graphics:			No
New sounds:			No
New models:			No
EAX Support:			No
Multi language support:		English & French (Germam & Russian pending)
Briefing:			Yes

CONSTRUCTION: 
Base:				From scratch
Map Size:			Large
Build Time:			1 year for the new release, 4-5 months for the original release

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
NV custom scripts need to be installed for game to work properly (included with zip).  

CREDITS   

TESTERS:              
marbleman, DarkMax, Mat99, Nickie, Nightwalker, ffox, Yandros, Fortuni, Apiai, John9818a

TRANSLATORS: 
Apiai, michael a, Mira S, Schelfia, blackmarketbertha, Taffy

BRIEFING:
Yandros

VOICE ACTORS:
Andros the Oxen as Garrett
Leigh Catlin as Elizabeth
Yandros as the Hotel Proprietor
PukeyBrunster as Wend and Charlet
Tannar as Hotel Head of Staff

SCRIPTING, CONSULTING, ENDLESS TROUBLESHOOTING:
YANDROS

TEXTURES & OBJECTS:
All textures and objects are from the original Thief Gold fam, mesh, and obj folders.  Some of these were recolored, decolored, contrasted, combined, etc. Some textures were provided by DrK and Yandros included in their contest shared resources package.

MUSIC AND SOUND:
Created by some seriously talented folks at LGS. Some stock sounds were mixed or altered for new effects.

CASCABEL POEM:
Poem about the Ourobori derived from the series Twelve Monkeys.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
First and foremost we'd like to thank Yandros for his tireless efforts to get many of the technical aspects working and polished. He provided endless advice and support as well as constant encouragement.  He was always available to answer questions, and slaved over this with as much passion as we had.  This wouldn't be what it is without him.

A huge thank you to our testers who all went above and beyond to be sure the mission was as bug free as possible.  Marbleman and DarkMax gave till they bled, especially under a severe time constraint for the original release.

A special thank you to skacky for making this contest happen. His encouragement to the community and his passion for the anniversary contest made it a huge success. He inspired many authors, old and new, and we felt honored to be a part of it.

Thanks to Nickie for correcting our texts, as usual.

Thanks to Andros the Oxen and Leigh Catlin for stepping in at the last minute and delivering superlative voice lines.  They truly brought our main characters to life.  

We could not have done it without any of you, and you have our heartfelt thanks and appreciation.

Additional thanks to FenPhoenix, Minin, and The Count for publishing Let's Plays of our original contest entry.  They were a great help in identifying bugs and seeing our mission through the players' eyes.

Copyright Information:
This level was made by PukeyBrunster and Tannar.  Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept intact. 

This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.