oceanclub on 27/9/2019 at 23:42

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Yup - I mean, just to be clear, I know how to bind keys in a game, I'm only a gamer 37 years. :cheeky: The bit I couldn't figure out was how to make Shift = 'modify speed to go faster'. The Thief Classic binding does that but without seeming to have a visible definition of the Shift key in it. But it works, that's the main thing I guess!

P.

Darkness_Falls on 11/8/2020 at 04:25

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Yeah, this issue has been driving me bonkers recently, too. (It's been a long time since I played Thief Gold.)

I really liked how in T2 I could walk by default, and then while pressing 'w' to walk, hold SHIFT to run; and then let go of SHIFT to walk again. As well, while crouched, 'w' would be a creep speed, but holding SHIFT while pressing 'w' would be a little faster creep speed... then let go of SHIFT, and it goes back to normal creep speed.

I absolutely could not replicate these controls in the 'customize controls' section of Thief Gold (TFix/NewDark/HD), no matter how hard I tried and no matter how many in-game menu combinations I tried :P

For anyone else who has this issue in the future and doesn't want to switch to "Thief Classic" bindings to solve this because you've maybe already set up custom controls that you don't want to have to re-customize...

1) Open with 'Notepad' your personal bindings (.bnd) file located in the install path of your Thief Gold game. (Mine was "cfg0006.nbd" located in "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\thief_gold\SAVES")
2) Add this line into the code, without quotes: "bind shift +runon"
3) Save the doc and close Notepad
4) Launch the game and go to the Customize Controls area
5) Remove/clear any bindings you have for "Run Forward"
6) Remove/clear any bindings you have for "Speed Toggle"
7) Bind the 'w' key to "Walk Forward"
8) Save bindings
9) Load mission and rejoice in having Thief 2-like walk/run controls!!

Thanks to voodoo47 for advising on what would fix the issue. I just dove into that 'Thief Classic' bindings file and figured out what key element was missing from my personal .bnd file. My file didn't have a "runon" entry at all. Glad I found this thread.

PS: As a quick note, if the above doesn't work for you, someone on Steam advises to delete the "+" symbol from the "bind shift +runon" line; so it would read "bind shift runon" instead. Doing that does not work for me (at least it didn't in my earlier tests)... but you're welcome to try.