The Images section is rather full. It's filled with all Thief artwork that is not a screenshot, or a texture. You will not find screen captures from the cutscenes here masquerading as stuff worthy of download. Anyone can steal that stuff. No, we've got good art in here.

The Screenshot archive gives you access to over 50 Thief screenshots, via links to the three main screenshot archives.

The Music section has plenty of good stuff to lift. Along with the music LGS released to the public, there are also a few tracks gotten off the Thief CD, plus other good beats.

The Voice section is mostly empty. Seeing as all the voice files can be gotten off the CD, I really am at a loss for what to do with this page. Any Ideas?

The Sound section is not open at the moment, for the reason stated above.

I have no problem saying "some of us are working on Thief 2" -- designs, schedules, budgets, plans and some coding. We'd be crazy to pass up an opportunity to continue exploring the Thief world.

Our strategic and legal requirements put serious constraints on what we can say. What we can't discuss is the specifics: features, content, release dates or publishers.

Regardless, the management and staff of Looking Glass is committed to doing more with Thief.

-Tom

Well, Tom hasn't said much that I hadn't already said. I never said anyone was actually doing work on Thief 2, but to try to sell any project you need to come up with schedules, budgets, and initial design treatments. And, yeah, we're trying to make a deal for Thief 2, 'cause we'd be fools not to.

You can judge for yourself, but I wouldn't "shout it to the corners of the earth" until it's a done deal. The thing that Tom has confirmed is that we are developing Thief 2 as a project proposal. But right now we're doing that development on LG's nickel, without a publisher's deal to actually do the product. Also, publishers kind of like to make their own announcements about this sort of thing when contracts do finally get inked, so I'm sure the higher-ups would be happier if there wasn't a big foregone-conclusion celebration just yet. We're going ahead with our proposals, and it seems very likely to me that we'll get an agreement on the publishing side. You'll note Tom's post about us actually having hired onto the Thief team, which clearly means someone thinks we're going ahead. But we don't have a deal.

I'd be perfectly happy if you correlated the information we have let slip and drew the obvious conclusion that Thief 2 is forging ahead under the assumption that we will eventually figure out the details. But "everybody at LG believes in Thief 2 and they're going ahead" is different from "there officially will be Thief 2". Which is not to rain on your parade, I just don't want you misstating the case.

New in this version:

Easier installation. Manual wallpaper jpg -> bmp conversion no longer necessary.

Web view decos. (wvleft.bmp, wvline.gif)

Sounds for minimize, maximize, menu popup and menu command.

Sounds for program open/close off as default. Wavs for the events still remain in case someone wants to use them.

Icons. (very cool! - Dan)

xxxx-yyyy is much different from Thief -- it's just eye and ear candy. But Thief is extremely well-integrated, and you literally have to turn out the lights, turn up your speakers, and insist that no noise be made, just so you can make your way through a stronghold without any guards noticing you. And when you run into those situations where you've lost place of where the guards are, or when you're forced to flee into a new area, you get nervous and jumpy, unable to decide what to do, unable to think straight.

One thing everyone forgot to mention (i.e.. me, LGS, eidos, or 3dfiles), is that when you install the patch, your save games will be reset to be beginning of the mission they are on. So if you are in a really tight spot, and don't want to ruin it, I suggest waiting until you finish the mission before installing the patch.

Some people have been having a bit of trouble with the EAX in Thief. Remember, when playing ANY game that uses EAX you must select 'No Effects' in the Environmental Audio proggie (this only affects SBLive/SBlive Value owners). This should clear the problem right up!

"Thief is immediately on my 'all time favourite games' lists, if not purely because of its inventiveness. This is one of those games that is going to have a small but dedicated band of followers who sing its praises wherever they can (like elite...). What an unsung classic this game is" - John Dalton

I suppose I should also make mention of my progress as far as building the site. I've started work on the Foot Pad, building pages such as E-mail and Credits. I've also bee tweaking the design for the File Archive. Seeing as the media section's design will be similar to the File Archive, I think 'twould be best to get that sections layout just so before going on. It's a slow process, but it needs to be slow in order to be as good as all your taffers deserve.

You can view a preview of this theme here. If you like it, then you can get the zipped file from the Themes section in the Files Archive, or you can click right here to download.