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Requires NewDark 1.26 or higher

You should activate "convert ogg to wav" in your FM
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You should also deactivate all mods!!!

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Mission title: The Lord Ashton Series
File name: LordAshtonSerieV4-2026.7z
Author: Christine Schneider
Contact info: zinkchristine@aol.com
Homepage: ---
Date of release: 10/16/2026

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* Game information *

Game: : Thief 2: The Metal Age
Mission titles : A visit to Lord Ashton's/A Night's Stroll/Escape!/Revenge/In Search of Leon/The Secret of Sir Stefan/A Winter's Night/The Wedding of Sir Andre
Filenames : Miss20.mis/Miss21.miss/Miss22.mis/Miss23.miss/Miss24.mis/Miss25.mis/Miss26.mis/Miss27.mis
Difficulty levels : Yes (the usual suspects: Normal, Hard, Expert)
Equipment shop : No
Map /Automap : mostly placeholders
New Graphics : yes
New Sounds : yes
EAX support : No
Multi-Language : Yes, German and English
Briefing movie(s) : No

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Update for V4: Complete "overhaul" of all missions (Brushes and objects, textures, secrets, texts, goals, etc.). New areas and additional goals.

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Visit to Lord Ashton's:
Lord Ashton is one of the richest and highly reputed men of the City. It's about time for a visit to plunder his treasure vault. Gold, silver and numerous artifacts from the Lost City should be present there. Lord Ashton's mansion should offer other opportunities to get rich as well...

A Night's Stroll:
After your lucrative visit at Lord Ashton's, you are en route to your employer, Lady Helena. She's waiting in the nearby village for you...

Escape!
After being caught, there's only one option left for you: Escape!

Revenge:
Once you escaped prison, a vacation of some days would have been welcome, but before that, you have to tend to a little personal matter: Lady Helena shall pay for her treason... Too bad there are wanted posters with your face placed all around the city...

In Search of Leon:
Returning from a well-earned and extended vacation, you find a message from Madame Kira to you. You are to steal a valuable book being in possession of Sir Hrothgar von Hagen. Furthermore, it seems that your pal Leon is in trouble...

The Secret of Sir Stefan:
You are looking for the "Mystic's Soul", supposed to be somewhere in the city, and for the "Mystic's Heart" as well, which is rumoured to be in the possession of Sir Stefan.

A Winter's Night:
You have reached a nice little town where you intend to look for a weapons cache and a valuable diamond...

The Wedding of Sir Andre:

The wedding of Sir Andre and Lady Carla is taking place in Lady Gertrud Ashton's home. Although you are not invited, you still plan to pay the couple a visit. Lady Ashton's offers many lucrative opportunities for you.

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Special thanks:

Update V4:

Many thanks to fibanocci for his help and baeuchlein for the english translation (partially built upon Kyloe's original translation).

Beta testers: baeuchlein, fibanocci and Ionisator.

Thanks to Voodoo47 and ZylonBane for SCP for System Shock 2 and SHTUP, to Olfred for improving rocky objects, and LarryG for the food basket setup.

Textures: Alun Bestor (www.washboardabs.net/thief/), Ar-Zimraton, baeuchlein, Balatro, David Gurrea Hernandez, Hrothgar, I. Keränen, Lemog, Majic and Edward Vaillancourt (whose textures were converted for Thief 2 by Dhin), Xorak. cgtextures.com and goodtextures.com. http://free-texture-site.blogspot.de, cleanpng.com, photorealistic-pack.

Objects/Meshes: Ar-Zimrathon, BlackThief, Christine, Dale_, Daraan, DarkArrow, DarkShadow, Elvis, Eshaktaar, Dhin, Firemage, Flecha das Sombras, gamophyte, G'len, GORT, Greenhorn, Hrothgar, Jonquils, LarryG, mkadlec, Nameless_Voice, raetsel, nicked, Nielsen74, Jason Otto, pdackel, PinkDot, Pistole2k, Purah, Purgator, Rob Hicks, RSoul, Saturnine, Schwaa, Sensut, Sluggs, SoulTear, Targa, TDBonko, Team Cosas, Team Rose Cottage, Team T2X, The Watcher, Vigil, von.Eins, Yandros, Ycatx, Zappenduster, Zontik.

Textures and objects: System Shock 2 and ZylonBanes SHTUP-Mod. Vurt's SS2 Flora Overhaul for SS2. Vurt's Thief2 Graphics Overhaul, NecroAge, Gecko's HD Mod, and Nameless Voice's Enhancement Pack.
Some object's textures are from the Morrowind texture pack from FB55 and others. New Karras picture by Miakhano.

Downloadable objects (converted for Thief by me (in Anim8or und MeshLab)):

https://creazilla.com/de/
shoe-fl, fackel01, kuerbis-pfl/1/2, S1-Dame, S1-King, S1-Bishop, S1-Knight, S1-Rook,

https://www.turbosquid.com
Armchair01 - Row Video games
pot01 - RealBeam
DFount - BekirFreelan
brunnen3 - nestofgames
windm01a - HuNtEr_3DdD
windrad-kl - Membels
teapot1 - joseolmedo
croissant - 3v3r
engel-stat/l - 3dtvd
chevalier - lulujarre
balalaika1 - Stasma
atlblue - mimi3d
bapsword - JacobIsrael
piratma - sintetigraf
barbshield - ringx
dwarf_2 - Andromeda_vfx
chef_hat - Kylieuh
gockel - Artzoom
aschenb1 - HQModel
iron_lp1/2 - nukemut
bear-obj, wolf-obj, boar-obj, deer-obj - WindTrees
creamh - TimurNizamiev
guitartx - 4iiiken
gold_star - Kanal3d
gift/2/3 - ivan222ddd
CHat1/2 - DavidDvorak
glove01a/b - 3DUA

https://www.open3dmodel.com
Klavier/A/B, harfe, horsetoy, seagull, nikolaus, osterhase, spatula_v1, leatherch, goat

https://de.3dexport.com/
tableclock - mikhailkadilnikov
Matreshka, bag101a/b, knife1_low, knife54, sickle_01, flask1_01, pick1_p, holzkuh01/02, flamberg1, planer01, suitcase2a/b, wallbag, sunduk1/2, bag_1a/b, pillar-01 - EmelyaRules
Chaetodon - rembex
well2 - korbtor
battleaxe - Comeback
hosp-bed, hosp-mat, hosp-sheet, curt-hosp1/1a/2a, nightstand, chair-hosp/2/3 - skoch0911
fig-dogLP, fig-papLP - FPSunreal
knife_fr1 - VanBer
Katze1 [a cat] - Ready

https://free3d.com/
bird01a/01b, bird02, hawk01a/b, goldbag, pferd2/3/4/5 [a horse], babushka1-4, aestatue, toydog, buegeisen, boerse1, grmask1, ente2/3/4 - printable_models
bear_blk, goldfish2/2a/2b, bluejay1, cardnl_m, eagle_1, kraehe [crow], redfox1 - umar6419

https://www.cgtrader.com/de/frei-3d-modelle
broccoli01, paprika01/02, kartoffel01/02, kohl01, kuerbis01/02, zwiebel01 - Meerschaum Digital
figur01/06/07/08 - GAF
handwatch - johnyt
loewe01 - tudorfat
brstatue1/2/3/1l/2l/3l - Mikserart
kuechen-set, kuechen-sb [kitchen stuff] - Yaroslav
wmesser, utmesser - xploid
wood_tray - unyxium
3kerzen - EeOne3D
swatter - degaredead
axe0326 - donnicols
bogen02 - goldmanstudio
bogen01, pfeil01 - 3DFish
horn02 - tssrkt
holzpup2 - seshatt99
holzeichh - christopher-s
puppenh04 - koyer
wikshipkl - wugla
toyball1 - GetDeadEntertainment
boots02 - shao-khan
schaufel1 - VagabondGamesStudio
puppenh02a/02b - LowlyPoly
01-shhuna - game-ready
streichh1/1a/1b/1c - tntzoom
dolch01 - ink67
helm11b - ArtLeaving
steak512, steakcut512, bread512, cheese512, tomato512 - YurkYurk
haensch - baqstudio
hammer01/03/04, meisel01/02, schere01, Zange01/02 - JordanHolmes
chair_1_lp, chair_2_lp - dorindmitrii
umbrella3 - 3dka
puppenh01 - kuralemot
chair300 - thankyoujulia
fackel03 - collinjeffreyw
TClock01/01b, TClock2 - AhmetEyupYilmaz
ghuf - dins7
schwan - aniow
laterne01/01c - All-about-Blender-3D
laterne02 - reverp
nussknack/2/3/4, sledge/2/3, candycane/2/3, gifts1/2/3, treedec, treesnowy - brokenvector
pillow1 - Musiiko Roman
plaetz01/02/03 - empire-assets

Scopia Visual Interfaces Systems http://www.scopia.es and Emmanuel PUYBARET/eTeks
katze2 [another cat]

http://borsaci06.com/3d-Source.htm
bananapot, cakedome, cakedome2a/b, kaese1/2/3/4, kaesepl4, kpapier, kwaage, mblock, pouf01/02, pperoni1, spoonhol1/2/3/4

https://www.worldofgothic.de/?go=moddb
mistgabel - faedramas
flammendolch [flaming dagger], bogen03 [bow] - DalaiZoll
eilehelm - BlackBat
prisonbedA/B - SHADOW ASSASSIN

Hygieia by noe-3d.at (sketchfab.com/www.noe-3d.at), Dark Engine port by Soul Tear (lowpoly/UV/material/texture)
jbank, jgatter - http://www.joes3dfantasyworlds.com/ - converted by Zappenduster
woghamm - https://www.worldofgothic.de/?go=moddb - converted by Zappenduster


Sounds: Claus, Dinksmallwood, fibanocci, Hrothgar, SCP and System Shock 2. Some sounds are from Might & Magic, Morrowind and MDK (with some work by fibanocci), Cosas.

A very large "thank you" for von.Eins for his translation of the Dromed tutorial to German, to Kyloe for the original translation of my mission to English (V1/V2) and to Hrothgar, MadBull#34 and Nightwalker for their help and good tips, and to Rob Hicks for Dromed de luxe.
for the gamesys: belboz ("A Night's Stroll" and "Escape!") and Dark Arrow ("Revenge", "In Search of Leon", "The Secret of Sir Stefan") and Rob Hicks ("The Wedding of Sir Andre")

Beta-Tester (V1/2): von.Eins ("A visit to Lord Ashton's"), Karras ("Revenge"), Hrothgar and Pistole2k ("In Search of Leon", "The Secret of Sir Stefan" and "A Winter's Night"), Hrothgar, MadBull#34, Ar-Zimrathon and Pristole2k ("The Wedding of Sir Andre")

...and everyone who helped me.


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* Installation *

This mission pack is FMsel compatible.

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* Copyright *

This mission pack is (c) by Christine Schneider, 2003/2025/2026

Redistributing this mission pack is allowed as long as it is not done for profit. Use at your own risk.
This mission is neither made by nor supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.


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