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Revision as of 08:41, 14 April 2019

Thief: Deadly Shadows
Thief: Deadly Shadows cover
Developers
Ion Storm
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Square Enix
Engines
Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows May 25, 2004
Thief: Deadly Shadows on Wikipedia
Thief
Thief: The Dark Project 1998
Thief II: The Metal Age 2000
Thief: Deadly Shadows 2004
The Dark Mod (unofficial spin-off) 2009
Thief 2014

Key points

The Sneaky Upgrade adds widescreen/multi-monitor support and fixes various issues. Includes the Gold Mod, which removes loading zones and fixes mission bugs.

General information

TTLG Forums - Thief Series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
A wiki for the classic Thief games

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM disc check.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

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]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Go to the System folder and open DEFAULT.INI.
  3. Go to the [PCStartup] section.
  4. Change ShowIntroMovies=True to ShowIntroMovies=False
  5. Save your changes.

Modifications

A detailed tweak guide for gameplay, graphics and other aspects is available.

Sneaky Upgrade

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

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System\Default.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6980/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save\SaveGames[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6980/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Set Sneaky Upgrade VerticalFOV[citation needed]
  1. Install the Sneaky Upgrade.
  2. Run the game and set your resolution.
  3. Go to the SAVES\SaveGames\User Options folder in the installation folder.
  4. Open SneakyOptions.ini.
  5. Change VerticalFOV to the vertical FOV you want and save your changes.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Mouse sensitivity

Set horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivities
  1. Install Sneaky Upgrade.
  2. Open the SneakyTweaker and go to Sneaky Upgrade/Tweaks.
  3. Change the Mouse Sensitivity Factor to your liking, with 1.0 being the default value.
  4. Press Apply and start the game.

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spanish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation by «Dark Fate Team» and «S.Siamsky, Xionus»

Issues fixed

Intro movie keeps repeating

This problem occurs on multi-core systems and is fixed by the Sneaky Upgrade.
Use Sneaky Upgrade[citation needed]

Install the Sneaky Upgrade.

Garrett gets stuck when lock picking or using ladders

This is caused by high frame rates; enable Vsync and use a refresh rate no higher than 60 Hz.
Enable Vsync[1]
  1. Enable Vsync in-game.
  2. Ensure your in-game resolution has a refresh rate no higher than 60Hz.
  3. If problems persist disable Vsync in-game and force in the graphics card control panel instead.[2]

Game freezes or crashes when trying to load a save file

Lower the resolution[citation needed]
  • Lowering the game's resolution is reported to have solved this issue for some users.

Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading

Use Sneaky Upgrade[citation needed]
  1. Run the Sneaky Upgrade installer.
  2. When shown the installation options, enable the desktop effects fix.
  3. 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.

Use MultiSampling and Bloom together

Deadly Shadows doesn't allow you to set both MultiSampling and Bloom in-game; enabling either will disable the other one.
Enable both settings[3]
  1. Enable Bloom in-game (leaving MultiSampling disabled).
  2. Force anti-aliasing through your graphics card's control panel. Both effects will now display together.

Other information

Enabling HBAO+ on Nvidia graphics cards

Use the Ambient Occlusion flag 0x0000001E with Quality or High Quality.
Using Ambient Occlusion flag 0x0000001E[4]
  1. Install the Sneaky Upgrade and enable the 'Mouse Improvements' option.
  2. Download and run NVIDIA Profile Inspector.
  3. Under Profiles select Thief 3 Deadly Shadows.
  4. Under Ambient Occlusion compatibility insert the flag 0x0000001E.
  5. Under Ambient Occlusion usage select Enabled.
  6. Under Ambient Occlusion setting select a quality level. In order to use HBAO+ you must use Quality or High Quality.
  7. Click Apply changes.
Introduces "bleeding", which affects certain game/HUD elements.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Shader Model support 1.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Shader model 1.1 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References