Picked up the series again, what have I missed?

june gloom on 20/9/2008 at 21:39

So with the death of my Geforce 7600GT last month, I put in my old 6200TC and realized that it gets along just fine with Thief, so I decided to fire up the trilogy again.

It's been a couple years since I played, so obviously I've missed a few things. I know Mission X is out- and I definitely picked that up. I've a close eye on the WIP stuff as well, and I did look for a few new FMs and snapped them up, but what I really want to know is:

What's out there for Thief 3?

I pretty much use Minimalist with Thief 3- has that been updated? I also have the excellent FM The Bridge included in my playthrough; is there anything else as amazing? And whatever happened to that Enforcer mod? Is it finished? And is it compatable with Minimalist?

It's been way too long since I peeked in here, so help a brother out.

jtr7 on 21/9/2008 at 00:49

Do you have the most recent version of the Minimalist Mod, 1.4.1, from two years ago?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103273)

Thief Enhancement Packs:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118999)

Remade Keeper Assassins/Enforcers news (the gist: never implemented): :(
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1505548#post1505548)

For T3, functional Rope Arrows have been made, though they could be refined, and are included in a couple of FMs.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khPWcMmMmxQ)

Available T3 FMs (More on the way!):
(http://www.shadowdarkkeep.com/fmarchive.htm)

And most recently, there's the DDFix widescreen support:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449)

There's a T2 Muliplayer mod in progress. They have a ways to go, but they've come so far!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ4kBC-F6TU)

And there's always T2X.

EvaUnit02 on 21/9/2008 at 00:59

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) DDfix - compatibility with modern drivers and GPUs, 32bit colours, starry skies on Nvidia cards, fixes bad dither effects on DX10 cards, true T2 fog.

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122400) The widescreen patches.

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118999) T1/2 objects Enhancement Pack.

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119451) NTEX texture packs for T2, I recommend running both. Hi-res pack requires DDfix.

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119405) T1/2 sound effects enhancement packs.

june gloom on 21/9/2008 at 01:19

DDfix looks like just the thing I'll need when I get my new card up and running (waiting on a PSU for it.) Thanks!

It's too bad the Enforcer update never got finished, but what can you do?

As for the T3 FMs, can anyone recommened the one or two best ones (besides The Bridge)?

jtr7 on 21/9/2008 at 01:34

A recent thread:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1762001#post1762001)

bikerdude on 21/9/2008 at 01:41

Quote Posted by EvaUnit02

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122400) The widescreen patches. DDfix is required for the T1/2 solution.

The WS patch with work on vanilla Thief 1/G/2

DDfix is only required when running thief on contemporary gfx cards, so ati X2000 or nVidia 8000 or higher.

biker