I will add it is kind of a beast of a game graphics-wise. Make sure you have a card and system that can support it before buying. I personally love seeing Thief rendered in the great graphics of today.

What do you see as the minimum video card standard to play T1, T2, and Deadly Shadows? I have an X800 GTO 256 mb with DDR3 memory. My cpu is an Atlon 3200+ and I have 2 gigs of RAM.

You will be fine with that card for T3. The game has been out awhile now but it still seems to run my cards quite hot compared to some newer games. I guess it's all the real-time shadowing etc. But yeah, you will run fine. I am using a 6800 Nvidia and have ran it on a 6600 gt and ti4600 also. The higher ones ran it well but the ti barely ran the game and even then I had to tweak settings to make it smooth.

As for Thief 1 and 2 well most cards nowadays can easily run them.

Ok SW, i'm still having trouble getting T3 to work. The quickfix mentioned in your link above is not an option as neither alt-tab nor ctrl-alt-del will give me access to the desktop once the game has started. The permanent fix doesn't appear to cater for T3 and i'm pretty sure i can't guess the correct syntax. The only games listed are T1, T2, SS2 and GF. ( [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] ).

Is there any way i can set the program's affinity without actually having it running?

You can actually have task manager open before you run and catch it fast as the game is booting up but before it takes over the screen. Mine doesn't minimize either, I always disliked that.

Anyways, you can still do the perma. solution just substitute the Thief exe with the Thief 3 exe and there you have the syntax for a long-term fix :D .

Catch it before it boots? I dunno... Mine boots bloody fast! :D

I didn't know the edit for Thief 3 was the same as thief, though. I'll try that and hopefully i might be able to play it. :fingerscrossed:

Yeah the t3.exe task will appear in taskmanager before the game maximizes. That's when you can ninja in the changes if you want.

Ninja be true. I tried it last night - too quick for me...

I still bust Thief 2 out now and again, great game series!

Shadowhound, what about Thief 1? Ever get that out periodically? Man, the Bonehoard still gives me the shudders! I could not wait to get back to the "surface" if you know what I mean? I never had a game give me a sense of clastrophobia like Thief 1 did in the Bonehoard chapter. And the zombies! The zombies! It has been years since I've played but I can still hear their rasping breath.

Let's not even talk about the Haunted Cathedral...