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thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 1 CONTENTS INSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 UNINSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 GAME SCREENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 DIFFICULTY LEVEL AND MISSION OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . .
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 2 INSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT Installing Thief: The Dark Project is a snap. Simply insert the CD into your CDROM drive. After a few seconds, the Launch panel will appear: be installed. If it is determined that this Codec is not installed, the Intel Codec 5 installer will be invoked. Follow the prompts to install the Intel Codec 5.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 4 3) Go to the CONTROL PANEL and choose ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS. Click on Thief: The Dark Project, select the Add/Remove button, and follow the on screen prompts. If you are experiencing difficulties uninstalling Thief: The Dark Project, please consult the Troubleshooting and Performance Issues section of the readme.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 6 A blackjack and a short-bow are also part of your arsenal. Fighting is usually not your first choice, but sometimes it’s the only choice. To remap a control function, click on the function, then press Enter or click Bind, and then press the new key or button. More often, however, the road to riches is dark and silent.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 8 In-Mission Menu You can bring up the following menu of options in the middle of a mission, by pressing the ESC key: CONTINUE OPTIONS SAVE GAME LOAD GAME MAP OBJECTIVES QUIT RESTART go back to playing the mission takes you to the options menu lets you save your game lets you load a previously-saved game brings up your mission map brings up your mission objectives, with information about which objectives you’ve completed. quits the mission. restarts the mission.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 10 To scale, position yourself in front of the rope, ladder or surface you wish to climb, and jump into it. This will “stick” you to that object or surface. To mount a ladder from the top, simply walk carefully over the top of the ladder. Once you are in this climbing mode, the walk and run keys will move you along the rope/ladder/climbable surface, in the direction you are facing. If you want to ascend a ladder or rope, look up, and move forward.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 12 INTERACTING WITH THE WORLD Using objects in general Most objects in Thief can be used in some way. There is a single use button (the default is the right mouse button) which is used on all such objects. What happens when you use an object depends on the object - if you use an unlocked door, the door will open. If you use a piece of treasure, you’ll take it. If you use a book, you’ll read it.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 14 • Picking pockets The great thing about being a thief is that you can pick up things that someone else foolishly thinks they’re hanging on to. Of course, the pocket hasn’t actually been invented yet, but many people will have a key or a purse of coins hanging at their hip. If they don’t know you’re there, you can take their possessions right off their belts! This works just as if the object were sitting out anywhere else.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 16 The Blackjack Arrows The blackjack is a blunt club-like weapon, used for knocking a foe unconscious quickly and quietly. It has the disadvantages that you must get right up behind an enemy to use it, and that it won’t work on alerted and armed foes. Its big advantages are that your target won’t have time to scream and potentially alert other nearby enemies, and using a blackjack won’t leave messy bloodstains, which could be noticed by others.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:32 PM Page 18 Moss Arrow When a moss arrow strikes a surface, it blossoms into a patch of soft moss. When this moss drops to the ground (assuming you didn’t just shoot it at the ground to begin with), it will sprout a number of smaller moss patches in that vicinity. Walking on these moss patches makes almost no noise whatsoever.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:33 PM Page 20 Explosive Mine An explosive mine will sit around waiting for something to wander by, and then explode, doing a great deal of damage and making a great deal of noise. Like fire arrows, they’re not very stealthy, but can be highly effective in the right situations. Gas Mine Gas mines are used just like explosive mines, but instead of exploding when triggered, they release a cloud of potent knockout gas, similar to gas arrows.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:33 PM Page 22 • Stick to the shadows, and avoid brightly-lit places when possible. • You’re more visible when you’re moving than when you’re standing still. • You’re more likely to be seen when you have a weapon drawn. • You’re less likely to be seen if you stick close to walls, than if you’re out in open spaces. Remember, if there’s too much light for comfort in a space you want to cross, you can put out torches with Water Arrows.
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:33 PM Menu Quick Save Quick Load ESC F11 F12 Next Item Previous Item Clear Item Screen Gamma Adjust Tab Shift/Tab Backspace +, - Clear Weapon Sword Blackjack Broadhead Arrow Water Arrow Fire Arrow Moss Arrow Gas Arrow Rope Arrow Noisemaker Arrow select Healing Potion select Breath Potion select Holy Water select Lock Pick 1 select Lock Pick 2 select Flash Bomb select Gas Mine select Mine select Compass take Screenshot ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 Page
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:33 PM Page 26 THIEF CREDITS DEVELOPMENT TEAM Artists Daniel Thron, Robb Waters Leads Lead Audio Eric Brosius Project Leader Greg LoPiccolo Lead Programmer Tom Leonard A/V Support Kemal Amarasingham, Jennifer Hrabota with help from Erin Coughlan, Jennifer Hrabota Marlon Carlo Violette, Nate Wells Robb Waters Renault Dan Thron Voices Motion Capture Actor Jonathon Conant Garrett Steven Russell Constantine Joffrey Spaulding The Eye Dan Thron Marketing Director Michael M
thief manual q1 6/18/02 2:33 PM Motion Capture (Adaptive Optics) Dean Wormell, Liz Hincks Special Thanks Warren Spector, Constantine Hantzopoulos, Sandra Smith, TTLG, Liz Hincks, Bill Carlson.
