General information
- TTLG Forums - Thief Series
- TTLG Forums - modding & mission design
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch v1.1 is the latest retail patch. Digital distribution versions already include this patch.
Skip intro videos
Change ShowIntroMovies in DEFAULT.INI[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\System folder and open DEFAULT.INI .
- Go to the
[PCStartup] section.
- Change
ShowIntroMovies=True to ShowIntroMovies=False
- Save the changes.
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Modifications
- A detailed tweak guide for gameplay, graphics and other aspects is available.
- Archived download for the rare DXtool needed at some point in guide
- Includes "Thief 3 Gold", "The Minimalist Project" and "John P.'s texture pack" (all optional).
- Adds native widescreen/multi-monitor support and fixes compatibility issues.
- Gold mod removes most of the loading zones in the levels, expands maps and fixes bugs.
- Minimalist Project aims to provide an experience more like Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II. Increases the difficulty of the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Set Sneaky Upgrade VerticalFOV[citation needed]
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- Install the Sneaky Upgrade.
- Run the game and set the desired resolution.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\save\Options .
- Open
SneakyOptions.ini .
- Change
VerticalFOV to the desired vertical FOV and save the changes.
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Input
Set horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivities
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- Install Sneaky Upgrade.
- Open the SneakyTweaker and go to Sneaky Upgrade/Tweaks.
- Change the Mouse Sensitivity Factor to your liking, with 1.0 being the default value.
- Press Apply and start the game.
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound Effects and Music |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. |
Subtitles |
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Subtitles for all speech (disabled by default). |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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EAX 3,[4] EAX 4[5] |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Included in digital versions but needs this package to enable. |
German |
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Included in digital versions but needs this package to enable. |
Hungarian |
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Fan translation by KGy. |
Italian |
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Included in digital versions but needs this package to enable. |
Polish |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only; CD Expert. Translation. |
Russian |
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Official localization by Noviy Disk; local retail only. |
Spanish |
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Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download. |
Turkish |
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Fan translation by Dark Glyphs, here. |
Issues fixed
Intro movie keeps repeating
- This problem occurs on multi-core systems and is fixed by the Sneaky Upgrade.
Garrett starts floating in midair
Equip your bow and get ready to fire it, then press space to holster the arrow.
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Garrett gets stuck when lockpicking and trying to ladder
use sneaky upgrade
Game freezes or crashes when trying to load a save file
use sneaky upgrade[citation needed]
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- this is related to the stock executable use sneaky upgrade to avoid this issue.
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[dubious – discuss]
Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading
Use Sneaky Upgrade[citation needed]
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- Run the Sneaky Upgrade installer.
- When shown the installation options, enable the desktop effects fix.
- Continue installing normally. The game will now load without interruption.
- A black screen may be seen momentarily at the start of loading a save when switching resolution.
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Use Multisampling and Bloom together
- MultiSampling and Bloom can't be both on at the same time; enabling either will disable the other one.
Enable both settings[6]
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- Enable Bloom in-game (leaving MultiSampling disabled).
- Force anti-aliasing through the graphics card's control panel. Both effects will now display together.
Notes
- It causes major framerate drops on low-end machines and high end machines, so force bloom externally along with antialiasing through control panel and with reshade for the bloom instead to avoid this issue both are extremely GPU demanding settings.
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Use Reshade's bloom without original game's bloom bluriness
- Bloom is enabled in-game, the image becomes blurry because of the original shader code. This can be bypassed using ReShade.
Enabling ReShade effect[7]
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- Install latest d3d8to9. Original games work on DirectX 8. This library translates game API calls to DirectX 9. That will allow ReShade to work.
- Install latest ReShade to
<path-to-game>\System\ using DX9 API. Download standard shader packages.
- Edit
<path-to-game>\System\reshade.ini and edit following parameters
[DX9_BUFFER_DETECTION]
PreserveDepthBuffer=1
[GENERAL]
PreprocessorDefinitions=RESHADE_DEPTH_LINEARIZATION_FAR_PLANE=1000,RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_UPSIDE_DOWN=0,RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_REVERSED=0,RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_LOGARITHMIC=0,RESHADE_DEPTH_MULTIPLIER=2
- Enable and tune any bloom effect (e.g. PPFX Bloom). This will allow better quality bloom without blurring the picture.
- FXAA antialiasing and PPFX SSDO (Ambient Occlusion) can be enabled Reshade.
- MXAO, ray-tracing and some other shaders can crash the game.
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Vsync option not working
Use dgVoodoo 2
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- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Copy
dgVoodooCpl.exe and D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder into <path-to-game>\System .
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Jittery/Laggy movement
Use D8VK
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- Download latest D8VK.This library translates the game's DirectX 8 API calls to Vulkan.
- Copy
D3D8.DLL from the \x32\ folder to <path-to-game>\system and overwrite any files, if asked.
- Superior performance over d3d8to9.
- Does not fix all jitter, some is unavoidable.
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VR support
Other information
Enabling HBAO+ on Nvidia graphics cards
- Use the Ambient Occlusion flag
0x0000001E
with Quality
or High Quality
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Using Ambient Occlusion flag 0x0000001E [8]
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- Install the Sneaky Upgrade and enable the 'Mouse Improvements' option.
- Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Under
Profiles select Thief 3 Deadly Shadows .
- Under
Ambient Occlusion compatibility insert the flag 0x0000001E .
- Under
Ambient Occlusion usage select Enabled .
- Under
Ambient Occlusion setting select a quality level. In order to use HBAO+ you must use Quality or High Quality .
- Click
Apply changes .
- Introduces "bleeding", which affects certain game/HUD elements.
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API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Shader Model support |
1.1 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
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Audio |
DirectSound3D |
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Modifications
AI upscaled textures & cinematics for Thief: Deadly Shadows. Requires Sneaky Upgrade to play.
Not only all the textures upscaled but also modified MatLib (material library) file included to add or restore normal maps for all the materials lacking them.
Comes in two versions:
- Full pack - all the upscaled textures and modified MatLib. With this pack, the game may be slower to load
- Light pack - downscaled version of the full pack but with all the MatLib and normal files improvements. Loads much faster with better visuals than the original game
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000 |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
| Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
ATI Radeon 9500 Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9 device |
EAX 4 compatible device (SoundBlaster Audigy/X-FI) |
Notes
References