Arminator on 14/8/2026 at 08:56

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Hi all,

new user here, Thief fan from a long time.

I kindly ask for a support, I'm currently migrating to Linux (Bazzite distro) from Windows and I'm currently stuck in a problem about the gamma correction for Thief 1 (same issue on Gold and DP).

I've installed the game via Lutris (and Heroic, but the result is the same) and running with Proton.
The game runs fine, the only problem is the gamma correction. At the default in game gamma value the shadows are too dark, almost pitch black. I'd to crank up the in game gamma slider up to 80% to have a slightly better view.

Unfortunately at this gamma value the overall colors are modified and not really ease to look at. I tried to modify a lot of Wine/Proton/Lutris parameters, and the d3d options under the cam ext cfg file, but without solution.

The same installer (latest and pre-latest thief installer taken from GOG) launched on Windows works good without problems.

Someone has some other hint to look at? I've surfed the faq and over various website but gained no other informations. If useful i'm trying to attach here or copy below the thief.log for reference.

Thank you in advance!

: PID: 324
: CPU: arch=x86-64 , fam=586 , cpus=16
: SIMD: SSE=3 , 3DNow=0 , MMX=1
: OS Version: 4.10.67766446 A
: Desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
: Virtual desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: Command line: "C:\Games\Thief\Thief Gold\THIEF.EXE"
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: CWD: C:\Games\Thief\Thief Gold
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: App Version: Thief 2 Final 1.27
: --------------------- misc config -------------------------
: resname_base .\patches+.\tgpatch+.\res
: load_path .\patches+.\
: script_module_path .\
: movie_path .\movies
: mod_path usermods+mods\packfix+mods\candles+mods\EP\Thief1+NecroAge\Thief1+NecroAge+EP2\Thief1+EP2+mods+mods\t2skies+mods\EP+FMdml
: uber_mod_path OSM
: install_path .\
: language english
: game_screen_size 1920 1080
: game_screen_depth 32
: game_screen_flags 45
: game_full_screen 1
: d3d_driver_index 0
: game_hardware 1
: single_display_mode 2
: ui_scale_mode 2
: use_d3d_display
: framerate_cap 100.0
: SlowFrame 4
: SlowFrameUI 10
: force_32bit
: force_32bit_textures
: mipmap_mode 2
: lm_mipmap_mode 0
: lm_init_texmem 2
: lm_filter_margin 1
: tex_edge_padding 2
: alpha_test_as_opaque
: d3d_disp_enable_atoc 1
: d3d_disp_sw_cc
: multisampletype 8
: d3d_disp_enable_distortionfx
: sfx_device 2
: sfx_channels 40
: sfx_vol_music 0
: sfx_vol_2d 0
: sfx_vol_3d 0
: game dark
: dark1
: obj_min -6144
: obj_max 2048
: max_refs 8192
: gui_font intrface\smalfont
: enhanced_sky 1
: skip_intro
: new_mantle
: z_far 512
: wr_render_zcomp
: render_weapon_particles
: legacy_force_match_unrefs 0
: dark_zcomp_arm
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: Enumerating D3D9 adapters (1)...
: Adapter 0
: device name: \\.\DISPLAY1
: driver : nvd3dum.dll
: descr : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
: driver ver : 0x7FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF
: vendor id : 0x000010DE
: device id : 0x00001C02
: subsys id : 0x00000000
: device guid: 54DFF306-D165-0650-F862-0AEB5BF4
: desktop res: 1920 x 1080
: Modes
: 320 x 200 x 16
: 320 x 240 x 16
: 640 x 350 x 16
: 640 x 400 x 16
: 640 x 480 x 16
: unsupported mode 720 x 400 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 720 x 480 x 16
: unsupported mode 768 x 480 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 800 x 500 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 800 x 600 x 16
: unsupported mode 864 x 486 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 928 x 580 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 540 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 600 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1024 x 576 x 16
: 1024 x 768 x 16
: unsupported mode 1136 x 639 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 1152 x 720 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1152 x 864 x 16
: 1280 x 720 x 16
: 1280 x 800 x 16
: 1280 x 960 x 16
: 1280 x 1024 x 16
: unsupported mode 1368 x 768 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1400 x 1050 x 16
: 1440 x 900 x 16
: unsupported mode 1440 x 960 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1440 x 1080 x 16
: unsupported mode 1472 x 828 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1600 x 900 x 16
: 1680 x 1050 x 16
: unsupported mode 1920 x 800 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1920 x 1080 x 16
: 320 x 200 x 32
: 320 x 240 x 32
: 640 x 350 x 32
: 640 x 400 x 32
: 640 x 480 x 32
: unsupported mode 720 x 400 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 720 x 480 x 32
: unsupported mode 768 x 480 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 800 x 500 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 800 x 600 x 32
: unsupported mode 864 x 486 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 928 x 580 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 540 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 600 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1024 x 576 x 32
: 1024 x 768 x 32
: unsupported mode 1136 x 639 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 1152 x 720 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1152 x 864 x 32
: 1280 x 720 x 32
: 1280 x 800 x 32
: 1280 x 960 x 32
: 1280 x 1024 x 32
: unsupported mode 1368 x 768 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1400 x 1050 x 32
: 1440 x 900 x 32
: unsupported mode 1440 x 960 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1440 x 1080 x 32
: unsupported mode 1472 x 828 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1600 x 900 x 32
: 1680 x 1050 x 32
: unsupported mode 1920 x 800 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1920 x 1080 x 32
: Device Validation
: validated ok, device added (0, E390000)
: Enumeration done
: D3DProvider: Enumerating adapter 0 modes
: 320 x 200 x 16
: 320 x 240 x 16
: 640 x 350 x 16
: 640 x 400 x 16
: 640 x 480 x 16
: unsupported mode 720 x 400 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 720 x 480 x 16
: unsupported mode 768 x 480 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 800 x 500 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 800 x 600 x 16
: unsupported mode 864 x 486 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 928 x 580 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 540 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 600 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1024 x 576 x 16
: 1024 x 768 x 16
: unsupported mode 1136 x 639 x 16 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 1152 x 720 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1152 x 864 x 16
: 1280 x 720 x 16
: 1280 x 800 x 16
: 1280 x 960 x 16
: 1280 x 1024 x 16
: unsupported mode 1368 x 768 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1400 x 1050 x 16
: 1440 x 900 x 16
: unsupported mode 1440 x 960 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1440 x 1080 x 16
: unsupported mode 1472 x 828 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1600 x 900 x 16
: 1680 x 1050 x 16
: unsupported mode 1920 x 800 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1920 x 1080 x 16
: 320 x 200 x 32
: 320 x 240 x 32
: 640 x 350 x 32
: 640 x 400 x 32
: 640 x 480 x 32
: unsupported mode 720 x 400 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 720 x 480 x 32
: unsupported mode 768 x 480 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 800 x 500 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 800 x 600 x 32
: unsupported mode 864 x 486 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 928 x 580 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 540 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 960 x 600 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1024 x 576 x 32
: 1024 x 768 x 32
: unsupported mode 1136 x 639 x 32 (not in mode table)
: unsupported mode 1152 x 720 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1152 x 864 x 32
: 1280 x 720 x 32
: 1280 x 800 x 32
: 1280 x 960 x 32
: 1280 x 1024 x 32
: unsupported mode 1368 x 768 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1400 x 1050 x 32
: 1440 x 900 x 32
: unsupported mode 1440 x 960 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1440 x 1080 x 32
: unsupported mode 1472 x 828 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1600 x 900 x 32
: 1680 x 1050 x 32
: unsupported mode 1920 x 800 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1920 x 1080 x 32
: D3DProvider: Enumeration done
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 0 2D) ; 2d_surf_mode: 0
: CreateDevice: res = D3D_OK ; 1920x1080 fmt=35 zfmt=75 cnt=1 ms=8 swap=1 fs=1 hz=0 pres=1 flags=2

DuatDweller on 22/8/2026 at 00:58

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I'm using Linux Mint 22.3 with GOG Thief games and it seems the gamma works, with Wine 10.