Guide To Setting Up Thief Gold For New Players (including improved controls!)

New to Thief Gold? This guide will help you install the unofficial patch as well as a custom keybind file that improves the controls to be more like modern first person games.

Setting up Thief Gold

1. Install the game.
2. Right-click on Thief Gold in your Steam library and click Properties.
3. Click on updates and turn off automatic updates.
4. Shut down Steam (click on the Steam menu in the upper left and then exit).
5. Download Tfix from here http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733
6. Run the Tfix installer. Make sure to select the directory where Thief is installed when prompted (default is C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\thief_gold)
7. Once Tfix has been installed relaunch Steam.
8. Right-click on Thief Gold and click Properties.
9. Click on Local Files and then Browse Local Files.
10. Download my keybinds files from here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3dNtPWPkqQ0aVhEallwTVhHTDQ/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-xZmVMMujjBZSRgjfaXWYCQ
11. Open the zip file and copy both files into the SAVES folder inside of the thief_gold folder.
12. Go back to Steam and launch Thief Gold. If everything worked then you should see the intro cutscenes playing.
13. Once the main menu appears; select options, customize controls, and then load. Select either Thief Modern Binds or Thief Ultimate Binds depending on your preference.
14. Play the game!

Controls

Just want to jump in and start playing? The Thief Modern Controls are for you! These are the keybinds originally included in this guide.

Click image to see full size.


Already played Thief 2 or System Shock 2? Want the full experience but with a more familiar control layout? Check out the Thief Ultimate Controls!

Click image to see full size.


Hopefully this guide will help some new players to get into Thief as it is a great game. The default keybinds can be confusing and outdated but with a little tweaking it is still a fantastic experience. Happy thieving!

[Johnr9]

No I don't but you should be able to use the same file with Thief 2. Both games use the same engine and keybind formats.

[Criceto]

Do you have a version of the Modern Controls keybinds available for Thief 2?

[Hay it's Richie !!]

This worked PERFECTLY! The main thing I was dreading with starting this great game again was configuring controls and your binds are awesome! Oh and the images you included are super handy as well ya taffer!

[Wickie]

Thanks for this! The TFix and control file worked perfectly!

[All glory to God]

Can you repost the images on imgbb?

[TheAxolotlGod]

ah alrighty thank you :D

[Johnr9]

Thanks for pointing that out it is broken for me as well but I'm not sure how to fix it. I have added the images to the zip file download if you want the full size images.

[TheAxolotlGod]

Is it just me or do the images go to a broken link?

[kitten2021]

Thank you so much for this! No matter what I did, I could not get the game to set my mouse up correctly, it was driving me nuts! Your "Thief Modern Binds" is exactly how I enjoy playing my games - you're a hero~ ^u^

[Johnr9]

I'm really not sure about that. You should just be able to pick up the bow like the sword and then press 3 to equip it.