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Revision as of 17:02, 6 December 2016

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
Steam Users' Forums for game series
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)
DRM: SecuROM disc check.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
DRM details are not known
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

Instructions

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

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6980/pfx/[Note 1]

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.
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Intro movie keeps repeating

This problem occurs on multi-core systems and is fixed by the Sneaky Upgrade.
Instructions

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.
Instructions

Game freezes or crashes when trying to load a save file

Instructions

Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading

Instructions

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.
Instructions

Other information

Enabling HBAO+ on NVIDIA graphics cards

Use the Ambient Occlusion flag 0x0000001E with Quality or High Quality.
Instructions

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 IV 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 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