Thief: Deadly Shadows

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Developers   Ion Storm

Publishers   Eidos Interactive   Square Enix

Engines   Unreal Engine 2

Release dates Windows May 25, 2004

Thief

Thief: The Dark Project	1998
Thief Gold	1999
Thief II: The Metal Age	2000
Thief: Deadly Shadows	2004
The Dark Mod (unofficial spin-off)	2009
Thief (2014)	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
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Steam
Retail		DRM: SecuROM disc check.

Essential improvements

v1.1 Patch (retail)

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

Skip intro videos

Change ShowIntroMovies in DEFAULT.INI Go to the installation folder. Go to the System folder and open DEFAULT.INI. Go to the [PCStartup] section. Change ShowIntroMovies=True to ShowIntroMovies=False Save your changes.

Modifications

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

The Minimalist Project

Aims to provide an experience more like Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II.

Make the game more challenging in general.

Adds various game changes, such as fatigue, removal of 3rd person camera, choice of mission play style and various others.

Sneaky Upgrade

Adds native widescreen/multi-monitor support and fixes compatibility issues.

If you have used T3FovPatch, run it again and select 4:3 otherwise the Sneaky Upgrade's changes will be incorrect.

Thief Deadly Shadows Gold

You must first download and install the Sneaky Upgrade in order to use this mod. In the future it will be integrated into the Sneaky Upgrade.

No mod installer.

Gets rid of most of the loading-zones in the levels.

Fixes mission bugs.

Expands some maps.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\Default.ini

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\SaveGames

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Install the Sneaky Upgrade to unlock all resolutions in-game.
Multi-monitor			Install the Sneaky Upgrade to unlock all resolutions in-game.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Called MultiSampling; also see Use MultiSampling and Bloom together.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Disabling can cause lock picking and ladder issues.
High frame rate		Refresh rates above 60Hz cause lock picking and ladder issues.

Field of view (FOV)

Set Sneaky Upgrade VerticalFOV Install the Sneaky Upgrade. Run the game and set your resolution. Go to the SAVES\SaveGames\User Options folder in the installation folder. Open SneakyOptions.ini. Change VerticalFOV to the vertical FOV you want and save your changes. FOV is calculated vertically; use the Battlefield: BC2 FOV Calculator to convert horizontal values.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse speed option in-game. Mouse speed seems to be also dependent on FPS.
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.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles		Subtitles for all speech (disabled by default).
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3, EAX 4

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.

Use Sneaky Upgrade Install the Sneaky Upgrade.

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.

Enable Vsync Enable Vsync in-game. Ensure your in-game resolution has a refresh rate no higher than 60Hz. If problems persist disable Vsync in-game and force in the graphics card control panel instead.

Game freezes or crashes when trying to load a save file

Lower the resolution Lowering the game's resolution is reported to have solved this issue for some users.

Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading

Use Sneaky Upgrade Run the Sneaky Upgrade installer. When shown the installation options, enable the desktop effects fix. Continue installing normally. The game will now load without interruption. A black screen may be seen momentarily at the start of loading a save when switching resolution.

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.

Enable both settings Enable Bloom in-game (leaving MultiSampling disabled). Force anti-aliasing through your graphics card's control panel. Both effects will now display together.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon XP equivalent	Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP equivalent
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 1.1 support	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 1.1 support