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Thief the Dark Project Manual.Pdf EPILEPSY WARNING IMPORTANT - LIMITED WARRANTY Please read before using this video game system or allowing your Eidos Interactive Ltd reserves the right to make changes and improvements to this product at children to use it. any time and without notice. Eidos Interactive Ltd warrants to the original purchaser of this product that the physical medium on which the software program in this product is recorded will under normal use and conditions be free from material defects in materials and Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase. The entire liability of certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while Eidos Interactive Ltd under the limited warranty set out above will be at its sole option either watching certain television images or playing certain video games. This may happen even if to repair or to replace free of charge the product provided you return it in its original condition the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has never had any epileptic seizures. If you to the point of purchase with a copy of your receipt. or anyone in your family has ever had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of consciousness) when exposed to flashing lights, consult your doctor prior to playing. We THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS. SUBJECT TO advise that parents should monitor the use of video games by their children. If you or your THE LIMITED WARRANTY ABOVE, THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE child experience any of the following symptoms: dizziness, blurred vision, eye or muscle LAW, EIDOS INTERACTIVE LTD FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES (INCLUDING, twitches, loss of consciousness, disorientation, any involuntary movement or convulsion, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE IMPLIED BY LAW, STATUTE, CUSTOM OR OTHERWISE) while playing a video game, IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor. RELATING TO MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCT. NEED HELP WITH THIEF Then call our gamplay helpline number on 09067 535 060 Please note that this call is charged at 75 pence per minute at all times. Callers must legally be aged over 16 and seek the permission of the bill payer. This service is provided in the UK by Eidos Interactive Limited, Unit 2, Holford Way, Holford, Birmingham, B6 7AX. 2 35 NOTES CONTENTS INSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT 4 COMBAT 15 UN-INSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT 5 The Sword 16 The Bow 16 INTRODUCTION 7 The Blackjack 17 Your Health 17 GAME SCREENS 8 Player Tools 18 Main Menu 8 New Game Screen 8 ARROWS 18 Options Screen 8 THE FINE ART OF LOCKPICKING 20 In-Mission Menu 10 BOMBS AND MINES 21 Difficulty level and mission objectives 10 POTIONS 21 Loadout 11 THE COMPASS 22 THE VISIBILITY GEM 22 MOVEMENT 12 HINTS/TACTICS 23 Walking and Running 12 DEFAULT CONTROL Climbing 12 CONFIGURATION SUMMARY 25 Swimming 13 THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT CONTROLS 27 PREPARING YOUR HARD DRIVE 28 INTERACTING WITH THE WORLD 13 INSTALLATION/SET-UP 29 Using objects in general 13 CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT 30 Using objects in the world 14 THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT CREDITS 31 Using objects in your general inventory 14 LIMITED WARRANTY 35 Using inventory objects with objects in the world 15 Picking pockets 15 34 3 INSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT Manual Eidos Credits Installing Thief: The Dark Project is easy. Simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM Text Dorian Hart Producer Jonas Eneroth drive. After a few seconds, the Sold Out Installer will appear: Illustrations Daniel Thron Localisation Manager Flavia Timiani NOTE: In the event the Launch Panel does not appear when you insert the CD: Website Jennifer Hrabota QA Manager Tony Bourne Josh Randall Double-click on the My Computer icon, then double-click on the CD-ROM icon, and lastly Steve Pearsall Marketing Manager Karen Ridley double-click on the SETUP.NOW.EXE file to bring up the launch panel OR: 1. Click on the START button. Network Public Relations Jonathan Rosenblatt 2. Choose Run from the ensuing pop-up menu. Administration Rob Meffan 3. Type d:\setup.now.exe in the box provided (where d: designates your CD-ROM drive letter). Andy Meuse Special Thanks MS-MBK! 4. Click on the OK button to begin the install program. Customer Service Rob Caminos Click on the Install button to begin the installer. The Welcome Panel will then appear. Jason Jope Click on the Next button to proceed with the installation. The program will guide you Looking Glass through the remaining process via onscreen prompts. Management Paul Neurath You will initially be prompted to select the path and directory to which you wish to install the Erik Gloersen game on your hard drive. Michael Alexander The default is C:\Thief. Click on the Next button to accept the default destination, or click on Motion Capture the Browse button to type in a new location in the box provided. Adaptive Optics Dean Wormell Liz Hincks You will be prompted to enter the name of the Programme Folder you wish to create if you do not want the default “Thief” folder. Special Thanks The installer will check to see if your machine requires the Intel Codec 5 to be installed. If it is determined that this Codec is not installed, the Intel Codec 5 installer will be Warren Spector, Constantine Hantzopoulos, invoked. Follow the prompts to install the Intel Codec 5. Sandra Smith, TTLG, Liz Hincks, Bill Carlson. 4 An a.c.e. manual 33 Additional Art Steve Caniff Servants Dorian Hart The installer will check to see if your machine requires DirectX 6.0 to be installed. If it is Erin Coughlan Sara Verrilli determined that the DirectX 6.0 installation is required, the Install DirectX Information Panel Brennan Priest will appear. Marlon Carlo Violette Prisoners Geoffrey Stewart Nate Wells Andy Meuse Click on the Install DirectX button to proceed with the installation. (You may also elect to not install DirectX, but you will not be able to play the game). The installer will automatically check Cutscenes ApeBeasts Dan Thron to check to see if DirectShow is needed, and install it if needed. Keeper Nate Wells Direction, art, animation Daniel Thron Cutty Dan Thron If you are experiencing difficulties installing Thief: The Dark Project, please consult the Co-Direction and editing Josh Randall Murus Randy Smith Troubleshooting and Performance Issues section of the ReadMe File. Music and audio Eric Brosius Ramirez Dan Thron Screenplay Terri Brosius Renault Dan Thron The Eye Dan Thron UN-INSTALLING THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT with help from Erin Coughlan Jennifer Hrabota Motion Capture Actor Jonathon Conant If you need to un-install Thief: The Dark Project, you may do any of the following three things: Marlon Carlo Violette Robb Waters Marketing Director Michael Malizola 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive to activate the AutoPlay feature. This will bring up Nate Wells the Launch Panel. Click on the un-install button and follow the prompts. QA Manager Steve Pearsall Voices 2. Click on the START button from the Windows 95 taskbar. Choose Programs from the Lead Tester Michael J. Steinkrauss pop-up menu. Drag your mouse to the right and click on “Thief”, or the folder name you Garrett Steven Russell choose at install time. Click on un-install Shield from the ensuing pop-up menu and follow Constantine Joffrey Spaulding Testers David Sax the onscreen instructions. Viktoria Terri Brosius Kevin Callow Tom Grealy 3. Go to the Control Panel and choose Add/Remove Programs. Click on Thief: The Dark Project, Guards Steven Russell Alexx Kay select the Add/Remove button, and follow the onscreen prompts. If you are experiencing Geoffrey Stewart Lulu Lamer difficulties un-installing Thief: The Dark Project, please consult the Troubleshooting and Mike Romatelli Performance Issues section of the ReadMe File. Hammers Stephen Russell Chris Siegal Joffrey Spaulding Natasha Swift 32 5 THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT THIEF: THE DARK PROJECT CREDITS “Dig your hands into the earth, and then let the clay and dirt Development Team Initial Design and fall to the ground. After a year's passing, can you find that Story Concepts Ken Levine clay again? But drop a stone block, a beam, a fired brick; it Leads will persist a year, and another hundred years beside.” Greg LoPiccolo Project Leader Artists Daniel Thron Robb Waters The Book of the Hammer Tom Leonard Lead Programmer Mark Lizotte Lead Artist Tim Stellmach Lead Designer Lead Audio Eric Brosius Doug Church as Himself A/V Support Kemal Amarasingham “Vines will twine to drink out the life of the manfools, and Jennifer Hrabota where the blood of trees is spilled the Leaf-man rises and Executive topples the towers. His will make the trees to grow again, his Producer Joseph Gilby Additional roots and branches thirsting and blood to drink in the joy of Programming: Dan Schmidt open sky.” Producer Josh Randall Briscoe Rogers unattributed Trickster scroll Programmers Chris Carollo Jon Chey Kate Jenkins James Fleming Marc “Mahk” LeBlanc Cynthia Monter Mat MacKenzie Darren LaFreniere “The world is a great scale, which must stay in balance, in Mark Justin Waks the face of forces seeking to skew its arms. A collection of Renderer: Sean Barrett Rob “Xemu” Fermier knowledge is a set of weights, to be added to one side of the Zarko Bizaca scale or the other, as necessary. Our task is to place the Hardware Pat McElhatton weights, slowly, carefully, over centuries, in order that the Rendering and balance be preserved.” D3D Support: Kevin Wasserman Build Engineer David Teichholtz excerpt from the lectures of the Keeper Loremaster Designers Laura Baldwin Additional Design Peggy O'Connell Dorian Hart Ian Vogel Mike Ryan Nate Wells Randy Smith Jeff Yaus 6 Sara Verrilli 31 CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT INTRODUCTION In Thief: The Dark Project you play the character of Garrett, a hardened thief of the highest If you require technical assistance, call the Technical Support helpline on: calibre.
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