Winter Shadows
Mission 1: Secrets of a City

Version 1.1

Suselsahne's Thief 2 Fan Mission
Released december 2025

Game Information:

Game: Thief 2 - The Metal Age (Version New Dark 1.27)
Mission Names: Secrets of a City
Mission Files: miss20.mis, miss20.gam
Script Files: convict.osm, gen.osm, miss16.osm, tnhScript.osm
Difficulty Levels: Normal, Hard, Expert
Equipment Shop: No
Map/Automap: Yes/No
New Graphics: Yes
New Sounds: Yes
New Objects: Yes
EAX: No
Multilingual: DE, EN, FR
Opening/Closing Credits: Yes

Construction:

Base: From the Beginning
Map Size: Huge
Construction Period: 2008 - 2025, with several long Interruptions

Plot:

This mission takes place several years after Thief: Deadly Shadows.

It's the dead of winter. You, a young thief, raised by the Guardians under Garrett's wing, but just as stubborn and headstrong, just want to spend the evening cozying up in your hideout and plan your next raid. Unsuspectingly, you examine the loot from the last break-in until you sense that something is wrong... someone has broken into YOUR house.

What follows requires starting a new adventure... and clicking "Play Mission."


Notes:

You can move freely among civilians. But be wary of guards!

Copyright:

This FM was not produced or endorsed by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive. It may be freely redistributed as long as it remains unaltered and is not sold commercially.

Words of Acknowledgement

This mission was created under difficult circumstances because my building creativity ran out of control and I lacked sufficient knowledge of the technical aspects of Dromed. I could never have completed it alone, as I lacked the essential know-how, which is why my...

...SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO:

...the Thief community and especially those who enhanced Thief with New Dark, making my mission playable!

A huge thank goes to Zappenduster, who actively supported me for many years and helped me immensely with his knowledge. Without him, this mission would not exist. I thank him for his patience, his ideas, and the time he invested in this mission. Thanks to him, I always had the motivation to finally complete this mission, which was sometimes quite a struggle over the years. He got it working and never tired of answering my questions.

… fibanocci for bug fixing, scripting, technical support, and patience with all my technical questions and problems.

… PsymH for technical support and the foundation of the story.

… Random_Taffer and trefoilknot from ttlg.com, who initially offered to help me with the missions back in 2017. Unfortunately, this fell through due to lack of time, but they still supported me whenever I had questions.

… the members of ttlg.de and ttlg.com for their help with questions.

… all FM authors, as I got ideas and inspiration from so many of them.

… ChildofKarras for the sounds and music.

Many thanks to my friends Isa and Marko for their acting.

Finally, I also thank the beta testers for their careful observation, corrections, and tips.

Beta Testers:

German: Bäuchlein, Intruder, Ionisator, fibanocci
English: urgrue
French: Athalle, Apiai

Translation/Text Corrections FR/EN

Suselsahne/Urgrue (EN), Zappenduster/Athalle (FR)

Thanks to the object creators...

Ottoj55, BlackThief, Christine, pdackel, Syi, Team CoSaS, Team T2X, NamelessVoice, Dark Arrow, Dhin, Schwaa, von.Eins, Zappenduster, The Well-Equipped Thief (http://thief.washboardabs.net), yandros (http://www.wearytaffer.com), Alun Bestor and so many more ...

Unfortunately I can no longer trace all the sources. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone, and if I have, please feel free to send me a message at Susel-Sahne@web.de, and I'll include you in the credits!
Textures:

Team T2X, Team CoSaS, The Well-Equipped Thief, Various FMs

Music:

ChildofKarras, The Dark Mod, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Netflix's The Witcher, Atrium Carceri, Thief Deadly Shadows, Dishonored 1

Video Footage:

videvo.net (Creator: Beachfront (Lightning Strikes in Slow Motion), Creator: Videvo (CU Raining on Window))

Voices: Suselsahne (DE/EN), Gaëtane (FR)

Images made by Suselsahne