Comments on: Getting Thief: Deadly Shadows to run in Vista

By: yuval

yuval — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:37:38 +0000

really weird it worked BEFORE i rebooted my computer and AFTER i rebooted it didnt…..
and also i couldnt patch it (before and after)

By: david hudson

david hudson — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:40:58 +0000

thank you so much for the help. some steps like the UAC and DEP are not needed. I just followed all your other steps and im running it with no problems on vista. thx again

By: André Sargento

André Sargento — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:20:38 +0000

Thanks
I’ve followed all of of your steps and finally i’m running Thief Deadly Shadows on my Vista!

Amazing
Greetings from Portugal

By: Jockem

Jockem — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:27:19 +0000

thanks Rahul

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:58:37 +0000

EUREKA…….

Finally got Thief 3 to run on vista….

I’ll share the magic…

1) Download the unprotected exe file from gamecopyworld.com and replace ur t3.exe with it.

2) You need to change your save directory settings in the registry. Eidos didn figure that microsoft would change the user directories in vista
Here’s what to do.

Hit Windows Symbol + R on keyboard to bring up the run dialog

type in: regedit

hit control + F to perform a search

search for: Ion Storm

expand the Thief - Deadly Shadows folder, right click SaveGamePath, and select Modify… option

select a location ( I created a folder in users\Saved Games )

game was released well before Vista, obviously, so the default save game path was pointing to a location you didn’t have write access to, which was causing the problem

problem should be solved - was for me

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:48:17 +0000

Jodas apprentice -
When I played, I used Logitech SetPoint to remap keys so that I didn’t have to use function keys to use items. Something like this could solve your problem.

By: Jodas apprentice

Jodas apprentice — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:26:19 +0000

Just installed the third thief game “deadly shadows” on my new win 7 pc. could mot play the game on my win 98 old pc so waited to buy game when I updated my computer.

It loads fine, and plays the first instructional level fine, until I have to use the flashbomb which is used by pressing F1 button. That is when win 7 interupts and starts launching windows ! its so frustrating. can not go any further !

Only had win 7 pc for a week and have no manuals supplied so just learning win 7 quirks.

Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Jodas apprentice.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Sorry Desmond - I can’t help you. I’ve only got Vista installed, although I wish I had Win 7.

By: desmond

desmond — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:49:00 +0000

I’ve had it running on 64bit vista home premium, no problems. I’m now having problems with 7 Professional

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:57 +0000

To get it working on vista 32bit, all I needed to do was download and replace the original t3 file in the system folder located in the thief deadly shadows program folder after installation, with the one on this site : http://m0001.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_thief_3.shtml#Thief%203%20v1.0.0.1%20ALL%20No-CD/Original%20EXE

Its the very first file, Thief 3 v1.0.0.1 [ALL] No-CD/Original EXE

Works like a charm and gets rid of all those annoying ‘the program has stopped working error’.

You don’t need to disable DEP at all.