AfroTaffer on 7/5/2008 at 17:39

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I do not recommend the neither the texture nor the enhancement patch for Thief Gold.

Thief 2 textures on Thief Gold are weird; there are of course some pretty rooms but some textures were just not meant to be used in Gold.

The ehancement patch makes the doors too hi-res in comparsion to the rest of the world, it feels unbalanced, for the loot it could be acceptable.

The only update I higly recommend is the skins and meshes pack from Thief 2 on Thief Gold, the soldiers and zombies are very cool and don't seem unbalanced with the rest of the world.

I've not yet tried the sound enhancement pack so I couldn't tell you.

Kibou on 7/5/2008 at 21:11

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Thanks! That one really kicks ass! It feels much more "real" than the old bow.

Peanuckle on 7/5/2008 at 22:44

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There's a few different kinds. There's a skin you can download that makes the bow look more realistic and less like a bent stick with a leather handle, or there's the easter-egg that's in the Alarus extension in Thief 1/Gold. It's tricky to get to but if you stick to it, you can get in there and grab a very powerful bow upgrade.

Makes the game alot easier.

doctorfrog on 8/5/2008 at 04:37

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You might be missing a couple. I'm also just starting to draft a list of Thief enhancements. I need to do a little more research, though. Pardon any that duplicate your own list:

Thief G:
- Daemonite Model Patch (don't think this is obsolete)
- Orgy's Texture patch (not sure if this is obsoleted by the currently-developed Thief Enhancement Pack)
- Ultimate Difficulty Mod - old, optional, but still available, and IMO worth it
- Gaylesaver's scripts (not sure if these are necessary, or are they included in Darkloader?)
- Darkloader (which 'optimizes' the game)
- DDFix - (not sure what this is, or if I need it)
- Thief Object (and texture) Enhancement Pack
- Thief 1/2 Sound Effects Enhancement Pack (safe, just a re-encoding of the old sounds, I think)

Thief 2:
- Official Patch
- new, currently developed Thief Texture Enhancement Pack (controversial at the moment, IMO. Might play wait-and-see with this one)
- DDFix? (see above)
- Timeslip's 32 bit texture pack? (same)
- Thief 1/2 Sound Effects Enhancement Pack
- Thief Object and texture enhancement pack (see above)

I think you can only really pick one texture enhancement pack, might want to stick with the "Thief Enhancement Pack" from this thread ((http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118999))

I'm still getting my head around all the options and will be completing a canonical list for my own purposes, I'll share it here as well.

And, to show you where I'm coming from: (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47502)

I didn't stir up much interest then, which is why I'm replying to you now, and intend to get back to the group with a bit more canonical answer. A definitive list belongs in the forum FAQ, if only to show newcomers how good Thief can look these days. It's really miraculous how this board keeps a ten-year old engine alive.

EmperorSteele on 10/5/2008 at 06:16

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This one is wise!

Though I think Peanuckle gave it away with the Alurus extension bit ^_^