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Thief: Deadly Shadows

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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.
The Thief Deadly Shadows Gold Mod removes loading zones, fixes enemy AI and fixes mission bugs.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SecuROM disc check.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

v1.1 Patch (retail)

The latest retail patch is Patch v1.1. Digital distribution versions already include this patch.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Modifications

A detailed forum thread for mods and enhancements is available on the Steam Users' Forums

Sneaky Upgrade

Adds native widescreen/multi-monitor support and fixes compatibility issues.
Aims to provide an experience more like Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II.
Make the game more challenging in general.
Gets rid of most of the loading-zones in the levels.
Fixes mission bugs.
Expands some maps.
Includes both "The Minimalist Project" and "Thief Gold" mods.
Also includes John P.'s texture pack.
If you have used T3FovPatch, run it again and select 4:3 otherwise the Sneaky Upgrade's changes will be incorrect.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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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.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Issues fixed

A detailed forum thread for technical difficulties is available on the Through The Looking Glass forum.
TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon XP equivalent
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