Thief fans, here is something really special for you today. Thief 2: The Metal Age THIEF has turned 20 years old and in order to celebrate the franchise’s 20th Anniversary, modder ‘Bentraxx’ has released version 1.0 of the Thief 2 HD Mod.

This new version of Thief 2 HD Mod adds new grass vegetation, new effects, new textures, implements new graphics settings, adds improved object models, adds new natural HD water mod, fixes a problem with new sky textures and more.

As said, the mod comes with new grass vegetation that gamers can use. In fact, the installer will ask you whether you want to use the New Grass Vegetation (Animated) (this is 5.9GB in size and the new grass and some trees are animated (think of it as wind effects), New Grass Vegetation (Static) (this is 5.5GB in size and has the new grass and trees in static form) and the Original Vegetation (4.8GB in size. It features the original grass).

Those interested can download the mod from here. Do note that Thief 2 HD Mod version 1.0 won’t work correctly if you disable the ‘Enable LAA and higher object counts’ option. As such, make sure to leave it checked.

Last but not least, below you can find the key features of the mod alongside two trailers!

Thief 2 HD Mod V1.0 Release Notes

added ‘Interactive Candles’ to all T2 original missions (candles can have flames now, allow you to douse them with water arrows, snuff by frobbing, and relight with fire arrows or a flare – THX to voodoo47!)

added lightmapped water/lava to all T2 missions

added new grass and tree vegetation in some areas – static or animated – LODs (optional)

added new natural HD water mod

added ‘NewDark Graphics Settings Tool v1.1’ with more options!

added full english subtitles for all characters (enabled by default!)

added carry body mod (THX to R Soul)

added new animation effect on water, fire and gas arrows

added new smoke FX (torches, fireplaces, gas lamps, candles)

added new blood FX for all enemies

added new blood FX for Garrett (optional)

added new moss arrow texture

added new fire flames in some areas

added new waterfall / fountain FX

added new electricity FX

added some new T2 HD textures

added more improved object textures

added more improved object models

added improved AI skins (THX to Necrobob!)

added all Thief 1 HD textures for ‘Fan Mission Mode’

added ‘NewDark v1.26’ (Thief2.exe)

fixed a problem with new sky textures

fixed some textures

fixed a install folder problem with the installer