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Who else got it during the sale? I did thanks to the spontaneous generosity and franchise enthusiasm of Mr Elysia. I never played these games, so I had it on my wishlist. So far I have played the first level of Thief Gold and it totally kicks ass!
First off, setting up was a total pain to figure out, but I have you covered.
Go here and get DDFIX MOD 1.5.12 for Gold and T2 and install Sneaky Upgrade for T3:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2715838
That should work just fine. Now I'm on a Radeon 5850 and I have a very strange issue. Even though I was maintaining 60fps, I had clunky mouse movement if I ran it in 1080p. This only seemed to go away when I turned on bloom for some reason. The original settings for bloom suck really bad, so here is what to switch in ddfix.ini for something far more reasonable that gives a bit of personality to the visuals without going crazy:
And just so we have some frame of reference on that...
Bloom 45
Bloom 35
As you can see, 35 is the limit for intensity before the very brightest areas of the game start clipping the highlights. However, most areas aren't that bright, and it isn't until 45 that you get a nice little glow on highlighted items.
Some people hate this glow, and I often do in games, but while this game is somewhat realistic it's also somewhat magical, and since I can't turn off texture filtering as I like to with old games like this, I think the bloom suits the overall soft look. And just in general, light feels more dangerous and shadows more safe, which is what you want in this game.
There are enhanced model and texture packs and shit, but I think they look like a garbage mish-mash of things. The game is hella old and was constructed to have a certain look. I think it's best to keep it for the most part.
I also had a chat with someone about good control setup since the default is kind of weird. Here is what I use:
Standard WASD walking movement
Shift for run forward
Q & E for side leaning
F for forward lean
C for toggle crouch
Alt for hold crouch
Space for jump
Ctrl for slow movement
For all weapon and item stuff, I have a gaming mouse that can handle it, so do with that as you will. Generally this isn't the kind of game where you'll ever want to be in high action situations, so you shouldn't have to do many quick switches. Thief 2 adds some much-needed streamlining to the controls, so look forward to that.
Finally, a quick note on leaning: Don't underestimate it! I know in other games it's usually useless, but in this game your visibility is locked to your feet. So you can stand in shadows and peak out and there is zero visibility penalty! This also helps with reaching to knock people out or pickpocket, which you'll be doing a lot.
Let's plaaaaaaay!
First off, setting up was a total pain to figure out, but I have you covered.
Go here and get DDFIX MOD 1.5.12 for Gold and T2 and install Sneaky Upgrade for T3:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2715838
That should work just fine. Now I'm on a Radeon 5850 and I have a very strange issue. Even though I was maintaining 60fps, I had clunky mouse movement if I ran it in 1080p. This only seemed to go away when I turned on bloom for some reason. The original settings for bloom suck really bad, so here is what to switch in ddfix.ini for something far more reasonable that gives a bit of personality to the visuals without going crazy:
Code:
;Enable postprocessing. Boolean.
Enable=1
;Overall saturation. 0-255. (255 = full saturation, 0 = grayscale.)
Saturation=230
;Bloom intensity. 0-255. (0 = disable all bloom processing.)
Bloom=45
;Bloom saturation. 0-255. (255 = full saturation, 0 = grayscale.)
BloomSaturation=220And just so we have some frame of reference on that...
Bloom 45
Bloom 35
As you can see, 35 is the limit for intensity before the very brightest areas of the game start clipping the highlights. However, most areas aren't that bright, and it isn't until 45 that you get a nice little glow on highlighted items.
Some people hate this glow, and I often do in games, but while this game is somewhat realistic it's also somewhat magical, and since I can't turn off texture filtering as I like to with old games like this, I think the bloom suits the overall soft look. And just in general, light feels more dangerous and shadows more safe, which is what you want in this game.
There are enhanced model and texture packs and shit, but I think they look like a garbage mish-mash of things. The game is hella old and was constructed to have a certain look. I think it's best to keep it for the most part.
I also had a chat with someone about good control setup since the default is kind of weird. Here is what I use:
Standard WASD walking movement
Shift for run forward
Q & E for side leaning
F for forward lean
C for toggle crouch
Alt for hold crouch
Space for jump
Ctrl for slow movement
For all weapon and item stuff, I have a gaming mouse that can handle it, so do with that as you will. Generally this isn't the kind of game where you'll ever want to be in high action situations, so you shouldn't have to do many quick switches. Thief 2 adds some much-needed streamlining to the controls, so look forward to that.
Finally, a quick note on leaning: Don't underestimate it! I know in other games it's usually useless, but in this game your visibility is locked to your feet. So you can stand in shadows and peak out and there is zero visibility penalty! This also helps with reaching to knock people out or pickpocket, which you'll be doing a lot.
Let's plaaaaaaay!
