Dale_ on 5/4/2014 at 20:30
I think it'd be great to have a thread dedicated to gaming tips and tricks in Thief. I remember when I was first playing the game(s), there were so many things I had no idea existed. But even now, I keep noticing more and more little tricks that can make so much difference when playing a difficult mission on expert, and I'd love to discover more of these since I'm sure there are still many that I'm not aware of.
So without further ado, I'd like to encourage everybody to share their knowledge of how to play the game. There aren't really any limits, it can range from what kind of weapons to use (and how to use them) on particular enemies to how to effectively scale walls or do platforming and even how to exploit certain shortcomings of the game.
PS. I tried searching the forums first but couldn't find any threads of this type, hope I didn't miss something :)
downwinder on 6/4/2014 at 04:59
i will post some tips but i will had spoiler tags as the are ways to take out enemys way easy and what ever else i remember as i post this
tip #1 leaning forward in the dark is a amazing way to knock out enemy's before they notice
tip #2 if you get behind a door,and open it into you a tiny bit the enemy a.i can leek through door so all you have to do it black jack any part of them to knock them out
tip#3 when you need to run faster always use forward and one of the left or right key while going in a diagonal direction to move a bit faster,also doing this while jumping means you can jump bigger distances
tip#4 get taffer/newdark patch so you can get the better climbing abilty/etc
Dale_ on 6/4/2014 at 06:19
Thanks for these! I recently found out about the door blackjack but haven't tried it yet. I recall often getting hit by AI through doors though.
Also interesting styles there Goldmoon Dawn, I should try some of these at some point.
Recently I heard about how you can get off a ledge/floor onto a lower floor with lower chances of hurting yourself, when you crouch and tiptoe to the edge until you end up in a narrow recess from which you then skid off. Again, haven't tried myself but that's something that could be very helpful.
downwinder on 6/4/2014 at 12:10
Quote Posted by Dale_
Thanks for these!
I recently found out about the door blackjack but haven't tried it yet. I recall often getting hit by AI through doors though.Also interesting styles there Goldmoon Dawn, I should try some of these at some point.
Recently I heard about how you can get off a ledge/floor onto a lower floor with lower chances of hurting yourself, when you crouch and tiptoe to the edge until you end up in a narrow recess from which you then skid off. Again, haven't tried myself but that's something that could be very helpful.
on fall damage you can lessen it ,but it depends on how high you are,most of the time i do this
i look for a sign or lamp to land on on land on a patrolling guys head and with some luck you can land behind him and not be seen and take no damagei been on thief since 1998 demo's,i think i know all the tricks now,only trick i never used is the
one where you can bind a item and use it to lift yourself out of any situationRenault on 6/4/2014 at 21:21
Quote Posted by Goldmoon Dawn
Obviously, other than the usual game play styles, Azal did a wonderful service to the community with his (
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/guides/unusual/) Strange And Unusual. It is an absolute must for any serious Taffer.
Actually, the original is by Thumper (the one you linked to), and it covers The Dark Project. Azal did one for Thief 2, it can be found (
http://thief.nov.ru/azal/) here.
downwinder on 7/4/2014 at 04:15
i am going to name my style of play "airing it out" that means you knock everyone possible person out,loot all item but dont use any that means food and items not needed to complete mission,make sure all doors are open,to show you been there/exclude doors that automatically close,and complete all objectives on expert
Esme on 8/4/2014 at 11:26
A thing to note about doors.
When they are closed the door handling script adds an opaque flat plate inside the door which extends into the walls around the door so there are no gaps through which you can be seen.
Open the door even a tiny bit, say by standing behind it and frobbing, and this flat plate is removed, effectively making the door transparent to the AI, you however still can't see through it, so the AI can become alerted even though you can't see them because you are effectively standing in the middle of an open doorway.
You can't normally see this flat plate as it's centred within the door but if you wake up dromed and make a door floating in space you can see the plate appear and disappear when you frob the door.
AI vision is different to yours, a lot of the objects are invisible to them, so hiding behind a bush or a table just means you are crouching in plain sight
Cigam on 8/4/2014 at 16:05
One idea is the very simple "No alerts" style. No idea if it has an official name as such, but if not, then call it "The Phantom Menace" style.
Not an official "ghost" style as you can kill or KO enemies if you want, just as long as they never see it coming. And no-one else sees the body afterwards. And no alarms are set off, and so on.
ZylonBane on 8/4/2014 at 18:12
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