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Iris (2022) TDM FM

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City Fog Miscellaneous Buildings Phobic (Spiders/Heights) Ruins Surreal/Bizarre Thieves Highway/Rooftop

That night, dreaming - I reached the end - The door of an ivy ruin - From which we ran - And I never stopped - And you, You never left.

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-=IRIS=-
WELLINGTONCRAB

*For Maureen*

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"Carry the light of the Builder, Brother. Unto its end."
-Valediction of the Devoted

"What year is this? Am I dreaming?"
-Plea of the Thief

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Dear Iris,

I am old and broken.

When we were young it felt like the words came easily. Now I find the ink has long dried on the pen and I'm as wanting for words as coin in my purse.

I can tell we are nearing the end of the tale; time enough for one more job before the curtain call...

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WITH LASTING GRATITUDE:

OBSTORTTE - Whose gameplay scripts from his thread laid the foundation which made the mission seem like something I could even pull off at all. Also fantastic tutorial videos!

DRAGOFER - Who built upon that foundation and made it shine even brighter! And whom also provided immeasurable quantities of help and encouragement the past couple years on the TDM discord.

ORBWEAVER & GIGAGOOGA - For generously offering their ambient music up for use.

EPIFIRE - Who lent me his fine trash and trash receptacle models.

AMADEUS - Who was the first person who wasn't me to play the damn thing and provided his excellent editorial services to improving the readers experience playing

TESTERS AND TROUBLESHOOTERS:

AMADEUS * DATISWOUS * SPOOKS * ALUMINUMHASTE * JAXA * JACKFARMER * WESP5 * ATE0ATE * MADTAFFER * STGATILOV * DRAGOFER * KINGSAL * KLATREMUS

- What can I possibly say? Playing this thing over and over again could not have been easy. Deepest thanks and all apologies.

-=THANKS TO ALL ON THE TDM DISCORD AND FORUM=-
==SEE README.TXT FOR ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTIONS & INFORMATION==

HONORABLE MENTION:

GOLDWELL - If I hadn't by chance stumbled into Northdale back in 2018/2019 I would probably still be trying to get this thing to work in TDS, which means it probably would not exist - though more details on that in readme.

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Boring Technical Information:

*This mission makes use of volumetric lighting in several scenes. While optional if you wish to see this feature enable the "maps" lighting model and I recommend you also disable image sharpening. If you do not like the effect or are concerned about performance use stencil shadows*
*Iris is a performance intensive mission and I recommend a GTX 1060 or equivalent. I find the performance similar to other demanding TDM missions on my machine, but mileage may vary and my apologies if this prevents anyone from enjoying the mission.*
*Iris heavily modifies the behavior of AI in the game, how they relate/respond to each other and the player. So they may act even stranger than they do typically in TDM. Feedback on this is useful - as it can potentially be improved and expanded upon in future patches.*

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God Speed.

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That night, dreaming -
I reached the end -
The door of an ivy ruin -
From which we ran -

And I never stopped -
And you, You never left.

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message   Holy Crab... Wellington :)
Mat99    Sept. 28, 2023, 4:32 a.m.

Six years after discovering Thief and its FMs + TDM I finally found that true gem that I soaked in to the ground. Damn... now I think I have to decrease the ratings of all the missions I've ever played by one xD Clearly 11/10 mission for me...

Thanks for many hours of ghosting and busting it by the necessity of killing that ONE guy on the map...

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message   Amazing Map!
BillyGates    July 22, 2023, 5:44 p.m.

This has got to be the best Fan Mission I have ever played for The Dark Mod! You get a whole city to explore and do side quests in. The puzzles are great and some of them really made me think, it felt quite rewarding to solve them by myself. The worldbuilding in the lore notes and books scattered throughout the city and in people's apartments r...

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message   The perfect City mission
ScipiO219    July 8, 2023, 1:56 a.m.

I was extremely impressed by this map, and all of it's details and gameplay flow. I'm not sure where to even begin.

You have a quite a few city blocks to explore, some of which are actually marked as safe to travel through which means you don't have to stick to stealth the whole time (so long as no one catches you looting anything). About 35%...

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message   A city mission of a different kind
DHYCIX    Feb. 19, 2023, 1:16 p.m.

This is the best I've seen in regards to any kind of Thief-like gameplay. You get a gigantic city district with huge verticality (we're talking 7+ layers of substancial range), entrances on every level to I'd say 20+ locations ("friendly" and "hostile"), friendlies reacting to whether your armed or not, clever parcour sections everywhere, deep l...

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message   WOW!
Mr. Ragbag    Nov. 3, 2022, 5:12 a.m.

First time writing a review, I fell in love with this mission. The city layout, attention to detail is great. Each playthrough I found something new or an area I had not seen before. If your a fan of thief and the dark mod you are going to like this, and yes I found Dewdrop.

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