UPDATE - first 3 levels - viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8816&p=64675#p64675

 

As said above, I need ideas for a dropquest-style treasure hunt we will be doing for iw5m-day.

 

It will be a simple 'enter the answer to proceed to the next level' type game.

We will could be using stuff from IW4M as the questions, eg. post an .iwd that contains loads of custom made stuff.

 

For the first step, my idea was that somebody was to edit Zer0w's gold skin (zer0w himself, maybe!) and change the zer0w logo to a iw5m word.

 

The question on the game will be something like 'I hate using the UMP.'

the answer will be iw5m

 

I need ideas, maybe stuff like custom achievement sound, so the getting an achievement sound is replaced by somebody saying '1233', then the question would be like, 'Can you get an achivement for me?', answer would be 1233.

 

Fire away.

Could always hide words on the website or have another youtube video with a weird font and have people decipherer it

I wouldn't know, I lack ideas xD

I will have a think about it today

A very small image of iw5m-icon somewhere hidden on the front page.

If you click at it, you'll be forwarded to a simple text-document.

A very small image of iw5m-icon somewhere hidden on the front page.

If you click at it, you'll be forwarded to a simple text-document.

 

containing what?

 

Also, how would you ask the question?

like.. eg. I spy with my little eye, something on the front page? or so?

How about changing the 'Modern Warfare 2' to 'Modern Warfare 3' on:

fourDeltaOne is a community focusing on various projects, currently most prominently IW4M. IW4M is a modification for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 adding various oft-requested features such as dedicated servers, modification support, an in-game console, field of view changing as well as new maps and other features to the game. It is also free of charge.

 

Make the '3' a hyperlink.

A very small image of iw5m-icon somewhere hidden on the front page.

If you click at it, you'll be forwarded to a simple text-document.

 

containing what?

 

Dunno - Maybe "Hey, you found the secret!"

 

And yes, that would be a suitable question.

Well that part is done

 

Well that part is done

 

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Yap, that's nice, but I wouldn't use the UMP for it. Rather a less used weapon, with a link under IW5M tag. Like someone noticing the logo and being like "wtf!? what's that over there?"

Then the page from that link would contain the next piece of the puzzle

The reason why I think it shouldn't be UMP is that most players use the UMP. And the idea of "treasure hunting" is to not expose everything TOO much. Putting it on a less used weapon would cause players to talk about it with eachother and bring them gradually, rather than having everyone looking at it right away.

Well that part is done

 

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Yap, that's nice, but I wouldn't use the UMP for it. Rather a less used weapon, with a link under IW5M tag. Like someone noticing the logo and being like "wtf!? what's that over there?"

Then the page from that link would contain the next piece of the puzzle

The reason why I think it shouldn't be UMP is that most players use the UMP. And the idea of "treasure hunting" is to not expose everything TOO much. Putting it on a less used weapon would cause players to talk about it with eachother and bring them gradually, rather than having everyone looking at it right away.

 

Good idea.

EDIT: we could always have another weapon as another step... Thinking of that, what about the lens cap on WA2000?

 

Also keep in mind that this will all be packaged in an .iwd file, available for those who WANT to participate in the treasure hunt; it will not be a global update, so people will be actively looking out for those, I don't expect 'wtfs' to happen.

I would rather go for an update. Packing it on an IWD will spoil all the fun. People will know why they're downloading the IWD even before playing, and they'll know wich weapon has the clue, just by looking at the file name inside the IWD.

I would go for an IWD that would come silently with an update. People would only notice once they seen it on the weapon. And after the hunt finishes, we can just remove the IWD from the updater and people can go back to the original skin by deleting the IWD.

I think the fun would be for them to find out without expecting it to be there.

Actually the secondary weapon should have the IW5M tag.

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Much better.

About Flashback's idea: The text document could have some hex text.

It could be a part of a link (like fourdeltaone.net/blabla). And then... idk.

I would rather go for an update. Packing it on an IWD will spoil all the fun. People will know why they're downloading the IWD even before playing, and they'll know wich weapon has the clue, just by looking at the file name inside the IWD.

I would go for an IWD that would come silently with an update. People would only notice once they seen it on the weapon. And after the hunt finishes, we can just remove the IWD from the updater and people can go back to the original skin by deleting the IWD.

I think the fun would be for them to find out without expecting it to be there.

 

Not sure if NTA is allowed to distribute MW2 core files through the updater.

Also, you could always pile the .iwd with useless crap (such as default skins for other weapons, sounds, images, etc) so people wouldn't know which file to look for, as there would be hundreds).

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Much better.

About Flashback's idea: The text document could have some hex text.

It could be a part of a link (like fourdeltaone.net/blabla). And then... idk.

 

Oh, could decode the text using something. (zer0w talked of base64? anyone have any ideas on a picture that would hint at decoding using base 64? as normal people wouldn't know to decode by base64 necessarily)..

Nice idea.

I second Zer0w's idea. Have a short link on the front of, maybe lets say, the aa12 maybe? People rarely use it. I mean, not as much as they dont other weapons, but I still think it would be a decent weapon.

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Much better.

About Flashback's idea: The text document could have some hex text.

It could be a part of a link (like fourdeltaone.net/blabla). And then... idk.

 

Oh, could decode the text using something. (zer0w talked of base64? anyone have any ideas on a picture that would hint at decoding using base 64? as normal people wouldn't know to decode by base64 necessarily)..

Nice idea.

That's nice :3

Or the whole staff team edits their sig image and puts "base64" at the bottom left/right.

Like this:

First 3 levels of the treasure hunt are as follow:

 

Level 1

Q: Dump, hump, pump. Rump, thump, ump.

A: IW5M

How?

Zer0w has a custom UMP skin made - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10633539/Gold% ... efeeb0.png

 

Level 2

Q: Revising revisions are good for your health. Paste the ID here.

A: jk1ld2jc (some pastebin ID)

How?

NTAuthority will commit a new revision of IW5M, one of the links will be changed to a pastebin ID. Pastebin will include encrypted message (see level 3). Paste the ID hints at pastebin.

 

Level 3

Q: 2000 snipers hold the key.

A: --decrypted message--

How?

The pastebin from level 2 will contain base64 encoded text, which should be decoded. Decoded text should be ~3 words, not too long.

How will people know to use base64? Well, 2000 snipers --> WA2000 --> Zer0w is designing a lens cap that has the number '64' written on it.

WA2000 done :

 

I second Zer0w's idea. Have a short link on the front of, maybe lets say, the aa12 maybe? People rarely use it. I mean, not as much as they dont other weapons, but I still think it would be a decent weapon.

 

Apart from links, you still have to come with a question/clue and answer, refer to my post about how the levels are going to work.

Good job zer0w :3

Idea of level 3 is really nice, /vote.

Level 3

Q: 2000 snipers hold the key.

A: --decrypted message--

How?

The pastebin from level 2 will contain base64 encoded text, which should be decoded. Decoded text should be ~3 words, not too long.

How will people know to use base64? Well, 2000 snipers --> WA2000 --> Zer0w is designing a lens cap that has the number '64' written on it.

why not base32/base85, or a later challenge could use other weird encodings

Level 3

Q: 2000 snipers hold the key.

A: --decrypted message--

How?

The pastebin from level 2 will contain base64 encoded text, which should be decoded. Decoded text should be ~3 words, not too long.

How will people know to use base64? Well, 2000 snipers --> WA2000 --> Zer0w is designing a lens cap that has the number '64' written on it.

why not base32/base85, or a later challenge could use other weird encodings

Why not base64?

Made changes to first 3 level's questions. I have some poetry skills left in me.

Not really.

Wouldn't that all be to difficult to figure out?

Or I just underestimate the community...

Wouldn't that all be to difficult to figure out?

Or I just underestimate the community...

 

Difficult is good, we don't want then to finish the challenge in a day..

Wouldn't that all be to difficult to figure out?

Or I just underestimate the community...

 

Difficult is good, we don't want then to finish the challenge in a day..

but we don't want to release IW5M too late on