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Thief Gold is the expanded 1999 release of Looking Glass Studios' stealth classic, and this tag gathers WindowsForum.com coverage of the community work that keeps it running on modern PCs. The main recurring theme is NewDark, the unofficial patch set that improves compatibility, display support, and stability for Thief Gold and Thief II: The Metal Age. Recent discussion covers NewDark 1.29 and its experimental hardware-rendered path, which adds dynamic soft shadows, ambient occlusion, volumetric lighting, and guards that react to Garrett's shadow, while noting the separate executable, configuration effort, higher hardware demands, and known compatibility questions involved.
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    NewDark 1.29 Adds Experimental Hardware Rendering for Thief

    NewDark 1.29 gives Thief Gold and Thief II: The Metal Age an experimental hardware-rendered path that can add dynamic soft shadows, ambient occlusion, volumetric lighting—and an option for guards to react to Garrett’s shadow. The important qualification is that this is not a routine graphics...