This page is for the original game. For the 2014 reboot, see Thief (2014).
Key points
- TFix fixes problems running the game on modern systems.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Thief: The Circle - Contains several patches and user-made content, including general modifications.
Availability
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| Amazon.com |
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Almost exclusively available as part of the Complete Collection which also includes Thief II and Thief: Deadly Shadows. |
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| Amazon.com |
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Sold as Thief: Gold, an enhanced version with additional extra features. |
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| GamersGate |
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Sold as Thief: Gold, an enhanced version with additional extra features. |
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| Green Man Gaming |
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Sold as Thief: Gold, an enhanced version with additional extra features. |
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| GOG.com |
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Sold as Thief: Gold, an enhanced version with additional extra features. |
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| Steam |
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Sold as Thief: Gold, an enhanced version with additional extra features. |
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| Humble Store |
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Sold as Thief: Gold, an enhanced version with additional extra features. |
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- Thief Gold includes extra missions and some other enhancements.
- Two demo versions are available (mirror1/mirror2/mirror3)
- An unified demo version patched with NewDark is also available
Essential improvements
TFix
TFix updates the game for modern systems. Using it is highly recommended. The GOG.com version already includes some TFix changes.
Enhancement Pack
The Enhancement Pack replaces low quality objects and textures with versions that have higher polygon counts and texture resolutions. It is already included in TFix.
Thief Gold HD Texture Mod
The Thief Gold HD Texture Mod is a pack with HD textures and new effects. It is only compatible with Thief Gold.
What adds the HD Mod to the game?: HD textures for all original missions, new vegetation, new water and lava textures, new torch and fire flames, new Fog FX, new Bugbeast HD skin, new Burrick HD skin, new Zombie HD skin, new skies, "NewDark Graphics Settings Tool" - use this tool to config your Thief Gold graphics settings (Anti-Aliasing, Bloom FX...), "Water Mod Tool" - use this tool to choose your own favorite water mod!
Note: Makes the game more de-saturated and changes its graphical style in a way some may not like (far more than the Enhancement Pack 2.0 does). A FAQ with installation steps is available.
GoldToDark
The GoldToDark is a downgrade patch that will downgrade your Thief Gold into the original Thief The Dark Project, this must be used on top of an existing clean valid installation of Thief Gold.
Enhancement Pack 2.0
The Enhancement Pack 2.0 is an improved version of the Enhancement Pack, with better textures and modified terrain textures. It also applies changes to Thief 2.
Skip intro videos
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Configuration files are: cam.cfg (basic settings, resolution), cam_ext.cfg (NewDark config), install.cfg and user.bnd (key bindings).
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
- Installing TFix enables Vsync by default. Vsync can be optionally disabled.
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
EAX support
- Thief 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:
Issues fixed
Crashes on multi-core systems
Videos do not play
Retail version won't install
- Owners of the original disc version may encounter problems when attempting to install on modern operating systems.[1]
System requirements
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz single core | |
| System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
- These are for Thief Gold. The original version of the game may have slightly different requirements.
Notes
- ↑ 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>/211600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (211600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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