Thief: Deadly Shadows
Developers | |
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Ion Storm | |
Publishers | |
2004-2009 | Eidos Interactive |
2009-2023 | Square Enix |
2023-present | Eidos-Montréal |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Russia | Noviy Disk |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 25, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Stealth, Immersive sim |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Steampunk, Fantasy, Medieval, Victorian |
Series | Thief |
Thief | |
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Thief: The Dark Project | 1998 |
Thief II: The Metal Age | 2000 |
Thief: Deadly Shadows | 2004 |
The Dark Mod (unofficial spin-off) | 2009 |
Thief | 2014 |
Thief: Deadly Shadows is a singleplayer third-person and first-person stealth and immersive sim game in the Thief series.
The game was briefly developed by Looking Glass Studios in the few months between finishing Thief II: The Metal Age and the studio's shutdown in May 2000, and was picked up by Ion Storm Austin to which some of the original developers have moved. After release, the game received a single official patch.
The game does not suffer from significant issues when running out-of-the-box, but a set of community fixes and mods exists as part of the Sneaky Upgrade, which has become the de facto way of playing for most users.
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
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 5 DRM disc check. The official editor contains the 1.1 executable with removed DRM. Sneaky Upgrade Removes The DRM | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GOG.com | Manual, wallpapers, soundtrack, avatars and design sketches included. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [1] |
- 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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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
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 |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\System\Default.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6980/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\SaveGames[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6980/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Install the Sneaky Upgrade to unlock all resolutions in-game. | ||
Multi-monitor | Install the Sneaky Upgrade to unlock all resolutions in-game. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Install the Sneaky Upgrade and set SneakyTweaker HUD Width to 1.0 .[2] |
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4K Ultra HD | use Sneaky Upgrade | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Called MultiSampling (causes crashing and hanging); causes major visual issues even with bloom enabled could hang the game on all levels at least or forcing a hard reset on the pc, force externally via control panel instead. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | causes lag. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 38fps cap required to prevent major issues frame rates above 38 cause various issues |
Field of view (FOV)
- This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Set Sneaky Upgrade VerticalFOV[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | negative mouse acceleration can be disabled with sneaky upgrade. | |
Mouse sensitivity | See Mouse sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Set in Options, Control. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | If plugged in, a controller can occasionally cause auto-walking. Additionally, a plugged in controller may crash the game if you rebind keys. |
Controller types |
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Mouse sensitivity
Set horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivities |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound Effects and Music | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | Subtitles for all speech (disabled by default). | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3,[3] EAX 4[4] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Included in digital versions but needs this package to enable. | |||
German | Included in digital versions but needs this package to enable. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation by KGy. | |||
Italian | Included in digital versions but needs this package to enable. | |||
Polish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only; CD Expert. Translation. | |||
Russian | Official localization by Noviy Disk; local retail only. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download. | |||
Turkish | 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.
Use Sneaky Upgrade[citation needed] |
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Install 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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high frame rate issues
- higher frame rates above 38fps causes crashing physics issues and even major script issues that makes the game unplayable and unfinishable due to the scripts begin designed for a lower frame rate however mouse speed can be fixed by going to mouse-sensitivity.com to calculate the sensitivity
cap the frame rate at 38fps to fix this
Game freezes or crashes when trying to load a save file
Limit the fps to 38[citation needed] |
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Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading
Use Sneaky Upgrade[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires dgVoodoo 2, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | |
Shader Model support | 1.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | DirectSound3D |
Modifications
Thief: Deadly Shadows ESRGAN Pack
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
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Thief: Deadly Shadows - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Thief: Deadly Shadows | WSGF
- ↑ GameSpy: Thief: Deadly Shadows - Volume I - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Discovering EAX® 4.0 ADVANCED HD™ in Thief: Deadly Shadows™ - SoundBlaster.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023