Thief II: The Metal Age
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 |
- Tafferpatcher improves compatibility with modern systems.
Availability
Improvements
Tafferpatcher / Patch V1.19
Tafferpatcher installs Patch V1.19 which improves compatibility on modern systems. It also includes many optional improvements.
Enable EAX 3D sound
- Thief II features enhanced 3D sound effects that originally required a Creative sound card with special EAX drivers. To use EAX effects on modern systems, do the following:
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Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Install Tafferpatcher and set the resolution you want in-game. If your FOV is not detected correctly edit cam_ext.cfg in the install folder and change ;fov 90
to fov ##
, replacing ## with the FOV you want. Save your changes and relaunch the game.
Windowed
Install Tafferpatcher, then edit cam_ext.cfg in the install folder and change ;force_windowed
to force_windowed
. Save your changes and set your chosen resolution in-game.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Install Tafferpatcher, then edit cam_ext.cfg in the install folder and change ;force_windowed
to force_windowed
. Save your changes and set the resolution in-game to the same as your desktop resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Install Tafferpatcher. This enables Vsync. To use Tafferpatcher without Vsync, edit cam_ext.cfg in the install folder and change ;vsync_mode 0
to ;vsync_mode 0
Input settings
Issues fixed
Crashes on multi-core systems
Install Patch V1.19 via Tafferpatcher.
Videos do not play
Install Patch V1.19 via Tafferpatcher.