RobinG on 27/2/2020 at 10:49

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In vanilla versions of the game Garret reach his highest speeds when he is running in diagonal.
Twenty years later I found a very decent fix for this diagonal speed issue (applicable to Thief 1 & 2).
Results could not be suitable for every taste but seems quite satisfactory and coherent for my personal philoshophy of thieving.

Relevant changes:
a = move left normal (moderatly slow)
d = move right normal (moderatly slow)
q = move left fast
e = move right fast
w+a = diagonal move left normal
w+d = diagonal move right normal
shift+w+a = diagonal move left fast
shift+w+d = diagonal move right fast
s = move back normal
shift+s = move back fast
z = lean left
c = lean right

Download:
(http://www.mediafire.com/file/7gjqwd2vlzx62m5/cfg0012.bnd/file) http://www.mediafire.com/file/7gjqwd2vlzx62m5/cfg0012.bnd/file
Copy the "bnd" file in saves folder. Once inside the game load “Diagonal Fix” bind configuration.

Edit:
Steam user “OneBuffalo” propose a toggle run/walk configuration that provides the same diagonal fix effect... but we lose the ultra creep forward movement.
Download:
(http://www.mediafire.com/file/vfq3mwrepsed8jt/cfg0013.bnd/file) http://www.mediafire.com/file/vfq3mwrepsed8jt/cfg0013.bnd/file

drept on 2/3/2025 at 02:33

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I don't suppose anyone knows what fix was in the bnd file as mediafire has now deleted it.

john9818a on 3/3/2025 at 13:45

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Is this fix supposed to increase Garrett's diagonal speed from what it is now? Without any changes I can already (still) run diagonally faster than running forward.

drept on 5/3/2025 at 05:09

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No, the fix is supposed to do the opposite. Running diagonally being faster than everything else feels weird, because then even when you're trying to simply run down a hallway, it's fastest to do so moving diagonally even if you have to turn your view to do so. The fix should make running forward the same speed as running diagonally so that you aren't incentivized to run diagonally everywhere.