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

Availability [ edit ]

Essential improvements [ edit ]

Patches [ edit ]

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

Skip intro videos [ edit ]

Change ShowIntroMovies in DEFAULT.INI [citation needed] 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 [ edit ]

A detailed tweak guide for gameplay, graphics and other aspects is available.

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.

AI upscaled textures & cinematics for Thief: Deadly Shadows. Requires Sneaky Upgrade to play.

Not only all the textures upscaled, but also modified MatLib (material library) file included to add or restore normal maps for all the materials lacking them.

Comes in two version:

Full pack - all the upscaled textures and modified MatLib. With this pack game became to load very slow

Light pack - downscaled version of the full pack but with all the MatLib and normal files improvements. Loads much faster with better visuals than the original game

Game data [ edit ]

Configuration file(s) location [ edit ]

Save game data location [ edit ]

System Native Notes GOG Galaxy Steam Cloud

Video [ edit ]

Video settings.

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Set Sneaky Upgrade VerticalFOV [citation needed] 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.

Input [ edit ]

Set horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivities Set horizontal and vertical mouse sensitivities Install Sneaky Upgrade. Open the SneakyTweaker and go to Sneaky Upgrade/Tweaks. Change the Mouse Sensitivity Factor to your liking, with 1.0 being the default value. Press Apply and start the game.

Audio [ edit ]

Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes Separate volume controls Sound Effects and Music Surround sound Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. Subtitles Subtitles for all speech (disabled by default). Closed captions Mute on focus lost EAX support EAX 3,[3] EAX 4[4]

Localizations

Issues fixed [ edit ]

Intro movie keeps repeating [ edit ]

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

Use Sneaky Upgrade [citation needed] Use Sneaky Upgrade Install the Sneaky Upgrade.

Garrett gets stuck when lock picking or using ladders [ edit ]

This is caused by high frame rates; enable Vsync and use a refresh rate no higher than 60 Hz.

Enable Vsync[6] 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.[5]

Game freezes or crashes when trying to load a save file [ edit ]

Lower the resolution [citation needed] 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 [ edit ]

Use Sneaky Upgrade [citation needed] 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 [ edit ]

Deadly Shadows doesn't allow you to set both MultiSampling and Bloom in-game; enabling either will disable the other one.

Enable both settings[7] 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.

Use Reshade provided Bloom without original game Bloom bluriness [ edit ]

If you enable Bloom ingame, the image became blurry because of the original shader code. This can be bypassed using ReShade.

Enabling ReShade effect[8] Enabling ReShade effect Install latest d3d8to9. Original games work on DirectX 8. This library translates game API calls to DirectX 9. That will allow ReShade to work.

Install latest ReShade to <Game Directory>\System\ using DX9 API. Download standard shader packages.

using DX9 API. Download standard shader packages. Edit <Game Directory>\System\reshade.ini and edit following parameters [DX9_BUFFER_DETECTION] PreserveDepthBuffer=1 [GENERAL] PreprocessorDefinitions=RESHADE_DEPTH_LINEARIZATION_FAR_PLANE=1000,RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_UPSIDE_DOWN=0,RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_REVERSED=0,RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_LOGARITHMIC=0,RESHADE_DEPTH_MULTIPLIER=2 Enable and tune any Bloom effect you like (PPFX Bloom for example). This will allow to use better quality Bloom without blurring the picture. You can also enable FXAA antialiasing and PPFX SSDO (Ambient Occlusion) in Reshade MXAO, RayTracing and some other shaders crash game. Choose wisely.

Player glides above ground and can't jump [ edit ]

This problem occurs with high frame rates.

Limit frame rate to 45 fps. Limit frame rate to 45 fps. Install the Sneaky Upgrade.

Using SneakyTweaker.exe, set Max Frame Rate to 45 fps under the display tab.

VR support [ edit ]

3D modes Native Notes vorpX G3D

User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution.

Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Other information [ edit ]

Enabling HBAO+ on Nvidia graphics cards [ edit ]

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

Using Ambient Occlusion flag 0x0000001E [9] Using Ambient Occlusion flag Install the Sneaky Upgrade and enable the 'Mouse Improvements' option. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Under Profiles select Thief 3 Deadly Shadows . Under Ambient Occlusion compatibility insert the flag 0x0000001E . Under Ambient Occlusion usage select Enabled . Under Ambient Occlusion setting select a quality level. In order to use HBAO+ you must use Quality or High Quality . Click Apply changes . Introduces "bleeding", which affects certain game/HUD elements.

API [ edit ]

Technical specs Supported Notes Direct3D 8 Shader Model support 1.1

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes Windows

Middleware [ edit ]

Middleware Notes Physics Havok Audio DirectSound3D

System requirements [ edit ]

Windows Minimum Recommended Operating system (OS) 2000 XP Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz 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 Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 device EAX 4 compatible device (SoundBlaster Audigy/X-FI)

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