This mod aims to add full controller support to Thief 1 and Thief 2.

It is a work in progress

Demo Video

Features

• Friendly radial menus for weapons and inventory
• Time slows when the menu is open
• D-Pad navigation of key menus
• Automatic key management (where the mission makes it possible), based off Sarcoth's excellent J4F Keychain. Optional.

Installation

1. Take a backup of your thief user.bnd file
2. Install TFix 1.27, (optionally and preferably add NewDark 1.28 20250515)
3. Download gamepad.zip and install using DMM
4. Copy dinput.dll from MODS/gamepad/ into your game folder

For more details, and troubleshooting, see INSTALLING.md

Controls

Left Stick          Move (analogue)
Right Stick         Look / camera

A                   Jump / mantle
B                   Crouch
X                   Use item
                    Throw Junk (if holding)

Y (tap)             Equip/Holster weapon
Y (hold)            Drop item

LT                  Block
RT                  Attack / use weapon

LB + Left Stick     Lean left / right / forward
RB (hold)           Radial inventory menu (select with left/right sticks
RB (hold) + Y		Unequip Weapon+Item

RS click            Force sneak speed

D-pad Up            Cycle Weapons (next)
D-pad Down          Cycle Weapons (previous)
D-pad Left          Cycle Items (previous)
D-pad Right         Cycle Items (next)

Back                Map
Back (hold)			Equip/Unequip item
Start               Game menu

L3+Y				Quicksave
L3+B				Quickload

Movement has two speed modes (toggle with LS click):
  Slow mode: gentle stick = walk, full deflection = run
  Fast mode: small range for walk, rest is run
Full stick deflection auto-exits slow mode. Keeping the stick below 30% for 1 second auto-returns to slow mode.

Configuration

Edit MODS/gamepad/gamepad.ini to adjust deadzone, sensitivity, customise button bindings, and more.

Feedback

Feedback welcome!

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