Anyway to delete/remove the Joystick/Controller options from Thief 3?

Assassin X on 22/12/2005 at 00:04

This seems like the right forum to post this in, with all the smart editing geeks! :laff:

After trying many methods to get rid of this darn 360 controller drivers from my pc they obviously still have some drivers hidden somewhere.

So is there anyway to delete the JOYSTICK options from Thief 3? Maybe through a CFG file or something? Because even though I don't have the controller plugged in the game stills reads it and in game and in the menus its scrolls up and to the left! If anyone knows a way to disable the JOYSTICK option I would really appreciate getting rid of this taffer!

And yes I looked though with "Search" and couldn't find anything helpful :(

Crispy on 22/12/2005 at 09:16

Now there's an interesting question! :)

Before modifying any of the files I mention here, make a backup copy of them just in case one of us accidentally breaks something... not likely, but better safe than sorry.

Try this:

Browse to the folder where Thief 3 is installed, then go to the SYSTEM folder. Open default.ini with your favourite plain-text editor (Notepad is good).

Search through the file for "UseJoystick" (without quotes). You should see a section looking something like this:

Code:

[WinDrv.WindowsClient]
WindowedViewportX=640
WindowedViewportY=480
WindowedColorBits=32
FullscreenViewportX=640
FullscreenViewportY=480
FullscreenColorBits=32
Brightness=1.0
Contrast=1.0
Gamma=1.0
MipFactor=1.000000
UseDirectDraw=True
UseJoystick=False
CaptureMouse=True
StartupFullscreen=True
CurvedSurfaces=False
LowDetailTextures=False
ScreenFlashes=True
NoLighting=False
SlowVideoBuffering=True
DeadZoneXYZ=True
DeadZoneRUV=False
InvertVertical=False
ScaleXYZ=1000.0
ScaleRUV=2000.0
MinDesiredFrameRate=30.0
Decals=True
NoDynamicLights=False

If the bold line above reads "UseJoystick=True", try changing it to "UseJoystick=False".

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Failing that, try going to your My Documents\Thief - Deadly Shadows\SaveGames\User Options folder. Open options.ini. Find the following text:

Code:

JoyX=StrafeRightLeft 1.000000
JoyY=MoveForwardBackward 1.000000
JoyZ=None
JoyR=None

(If you find JoyX_XB, ignore it; it's most likely just for the XBox.)

Change each of those lines above to end with "=None", i.e.:

Code:

JoyX=None
JoyY=None
JoyZ=None
JoyR=None

Assassin X on 23/12/2005 at 00:19

Yeah, already tried that. :(

Well for one thing I guess Micrisoft holds the key but won't give it up.

Well I'll uninstall again and delete the REG keys this time. Now obviously I have to (didn't do it this time) reinstall things like John P's textures.

Now for special things like Save games how do I go about saving those so I can put them into this install?

Also is there any way to save my edited options that I've changed like for instance I have in the game that there are no vivisble lock picks. How would I save that feature?

nobody on 23/12/2005 at 04:34

Quote Posted by Crispy

Failing that, try going to your My Documents\Thief - Deadly Shadows\SaveGames\User Options folder. Open options.ini. Find the following text:

Code:

JoyX=StrafeRightLeft 1.000000
JoyY=MoveForwardBackward 1.000000
JoyZ=None
JoyR=None

(If you find JoyX_XB, ignore it; it's most likely just for the XBox.)

Change each of those lines above to end with "=None", i.e.:

Code:

JoyX=None
JoyY=None
JoyZ=None
JoyR=None

hey! this worked! I also noticed that there were some other interesting items in there. such as:

S=MoveForwardBackward -1.000000
T=None
U=None
V=3rdPersonView
W=MoveForwardBackward 1.000000
looks to me like moving forward and backwards is the sam command just using a different variable note backwards (S) is -1 while forwards at a run (W) is 1 theoretically you could set up the key binding to simulate the old T1/2 settings by using
MoveForwardBackward 0.500000 for walk and put it on S with the full backward speed on X and run forward on W I'm gonna try this quick.

EDIT: it worked! I now move with the same key binds as the old thief games. this may not be news to you guys but I'm happy and I hadn't seen it mentioned here before. there does seem to be a limit to the speed at which Garrett can move. I made a key set to: MoveForwardBackward 2.000000 but it moved at the same speed as the key set to: MoveForwardBackward 1.000000

Crispy on 23/12/2005 at 23:55

Quote Posted by Assassin X

Now for special things like Save games how do I go about saving those so I can put them into this install?

Back up your My Documents\Thief - Deadly Shadows folder.

Quote Posted by Assassin X

Also is there any way to save my edited options that I've changed like for instance I have in the game that there are no vivisble lock picks. How would I save that feature?

Depends on the edit. Most of the easier-to-make edits are in INI files scattered around the place.