Application Details:
| Version: | 1.0-1.33 |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://www.eidosinteractive.co... |
| Votes: | 4 |
| Latest Rating: | Garbage |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 6.23 |
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What works
With TFix, everything: audio, cutscenes, graphics, widescreen, controls, load/save.
DromEd seems to be working.
Original CD install works flawlessly.
What does not
GOG setup crashes upon registration at the end: confirming will revert the installation. Killing the GOG setup when the error arises will preserve the installed data and the game will run just fine.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Extended features in DromEd.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
TFix was required for me to run the game. It is not required to install the Intel video codecs, neither the ones on disc nor the ones provided by winetricks. The original installer will prompt a DirectX limitation error when Wine is not running in Win95 or Win98 mode. Running the setup with `-lgntforce` will bypass the error message. Still with the original installer, I copied the THIEF/MOVIES folder to the game installation directory to play the videos without CD. With GOG version TFix will prompt a warning about language options: I ignored it.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | macOS 12 "Monterey" | Feb 16 2022 | 6.23 | No, but has workaround | Yes | Yes | Garbage | John Doe | |
| Show | openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Oct 26 2021 | 6.20-staging | N/A | Yes | No | Silver | Ben Suttor | |
| Show | Pop!_OS 20.10 | Feb 10 2021 | 6.2-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Dylan | |
| Show | Funtoo Linux AMD64 | Jul 11 2017 | 2.10-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Anonymous Anonymous | |
| Current | Arch Linux x86_64 | Feb 07 2017 | 2.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | P. Neidhardt |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 881 | Mouse cursor not blanked | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 5823 | Thief Direct3D renders VERY slowly, with blocks of colour drawn | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 7585 | Thief: the dark project hangs on 'esc' keypress in game if X in 24bpp mode | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 12722 | intel software codecs video not working for thief/system shock | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 13954 | Only top half of screen visible | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 15157 | Thief the dark project crashes on startup. | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 16559 | PixelFormat_WineD3DtoDD Can't translate this Pixelformat | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 17900 | RenderTargetLockMode=disabled required for playable display (ati) | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 24870 | thief gold multiprocessor bug not affected by taskset or schedtool. | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 46429 | Multiple games need IV50 codec to play videos (Thief Gold, Thief II: The Metal Age, Commandos 2: Men of Courage) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 52004 | Thief Gold and Thief II, NewDark engine, mouse lag | UNCONFIRMED | View |
Thief is an old game that will have problems on modern hardware, Windows or Wine. Therefore you must install TFix to run the game.
TFix might prompt a warning on language settings for the GOG version: you can safely ignore it.
It may prompt an error message at the end of the process. Do not confirm or it will revert the install. Kill wine instead.
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