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T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age   (2005) T2 FM

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In T2X you will take on the role of Zaya, a female merchant sailor, who is undertaking her very first visit to The City in order to trade and meet her cousin who she has not seen since she was a ch... Read more

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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 1: Unexpected Shelter/Unerwarteter Schutz #01 [Expert][German]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 2: The Trials That Shape Us/Die Prüfungen, die uns Formen #02 [Expert][German]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 3: While The City Sleeps/Wenn die Stadt schläft #03 [Expert][German]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 4: Shadowing The Enemy/Den Feind beschatten #04 [Expert][German]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 5: The Redistribution Game/Das Spiel der Umverteilung #05 [Expert][German]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 6: A Question Of Knowledge/Eine Frage des Wissens #06 [Expert][German][1/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 6: A Question Of Knowledge/Eine Frage des Wissens #07 [Expert][German][2/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 7: Down Among Dead Men/Unter toten Menschen #08 [Expert][German][1/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 7: Down Among Dead Men/Unter toten Menschen #09 [Expert][German][2/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 8: The Art Of Deception/Die Kunst der Täuschung #10 [Expert][German][1/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 8: The Art Of Deception/Die Kunst der Täuschung #11 [Expert][German][2/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 9: Into The Fray/In die Schlacht #12 [Expert][German]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 10: ..Of Ill Repute/... von schlechtem Ruf #13 [Expert][German][1/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 10: ..Of Ill Repute/... von schlechtem Ruf #13 [Expert][German][2/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 11: The Grand Hotel/Das Grand-Hotel #17 [Expert][German][1/3]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 11: The Grand Hotel/Das Grand-Hotel #17 [Expert][German][2/3]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 11: The Grand Hotel/Das Grand-Hotel #17 [Expert][German][3/3]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 12: The Cure/Die Heilung #19 [Expert][German][1/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 12: The Cure/Die Heilung #19 [Expert][German][2/2]
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THIEF 2X: THE SHADOWS OF THE METAL AGE | Mission 13: Betrayal/Verrat #20 [Expert][German]
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Thief (FM): T2X | 2 - The Trials that Shape Us (Blind Playthrough - No Commentary - Expert)
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Thief (FM): T2X | 2 - The Trials that Shape Us (Blind Playthrough - No Commentary - Expert)
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Thief (FM): T2X | 1 - Unexpected Shelter (Blind Playthrough - No Commentary - Expert Difficulty)

 

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info NOTES:     T2X is an unofficial expansion by The Dark Engineering Guild, for the game Thief2 - The Metal Age by Looking Glass Studios. In T2X you will take on the role of Zaya, a female merchant sailor, who is undertaking her very first visit to The City in order to trade and meet her cousin who she has not seen since she was a child. Little does she know of the dangers that lurk there.


Official website: https://www.thief2x.com/

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There are several versions of T2X that you can download.

v1.1 - for FM loader
Normal ZIP archive that you can load using your FM Loader (FMSel, NewDarkLoader or AngelLoader). This version is reported to work with NewDark, although it was not designed with NewDark.

v1.1 - Windows installer
Self-extracting T2X installer for the original version of Thief 1.18.
Before installing this version, it's recommended to have Thief 2 installed in a new, dedicated folder.
Be sure to have Thief2 installed and patched to 1.18 before attempting to install T2X.

v1.1 - Necro Update
T2X v.1.1 with texture update from Necrobob as an archive for your FM loader (FMSel, NewDarkLoader or AngelLoader). This version is reported to work with NewDark, although it was not designed with NewDark.

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T2X Patch Versions 1.1 Updates
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Version 1.1 Credits:
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Duncan "DeC" Cooke: Installer update and code fixes
Nils "Addink": Art and texture updates and code fixes
Paul Fox: Cutscene audio clean up
James "Gonchong" Roberts: Mission fixes
David "Raen" Riegel: Mission fixes
Clay "ZylonBane" Halliwell: Texture fixes and technical art updates



This document lists the changes that were made to T2X version 1.1


Code and Gamesys
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- New installation and launching method. Thief2X is now 100% self contained
and will no longer place any of its files into the Thief2 directory.

- Convict.osm & Darkhooks.dll are no longer removed when T2X is uninstalled.

- Lightgem tuning is now the same as in Thief 2 (in version 1.0 it was more
difficult for Zaya to hide in shadows than Garrett).

- By default, all T2X text and voice files will be considered international and
will not be contained in unique "english" folders.

- NPCs hit with an ice arrow and then a fire stimulus (such as a fire arrow)
will now be counted as "kills" instead of just getting "destroyed."


Art
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- Body carry icons have all been updated with new art

- Old cobweb textures have been replaced

- Many small fixes to transparency problems with miscellaneous obj skins

- Many book textures replaced

- Some banner textures replaced

- Corona texture changed for lights

- Blood and water droplets updated slightly

- Finkle's accountant book texture redone

- 2 Down Among Dead Men textures updated

- 3 of the low res chest object skins replaced with better textures


Sound
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-Zaya's climbing sounds lowered in volume slightly


Cutscenes
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-Audio remastered on all 4 cutscenes


Missions
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- The first guard you see in Unexpected Shelter no longer begins in a T-stance.

- Accuracy of the archer in Unexpected Shelter is slightly decreased.

- Kedar now plays specific animations when he first meets Zaya instead of
"waiting" for set periods of time while playing idle animations. This
improves the timing of the first conversation.

- More cobwebs added to the basement of Malak's mansion in Unexpected
Shelter.

- Front doors of Malak's mansion are now indestructable in Unexpected
Shelter.

- You can no longer escape through the hole in the ghost room of the mansion
in Unexpected Shelter.

- Malak is now indestructable in Unexpected Shelter.

- The windows in The Trials that Shape us no longer resize to smaller
windows when broken.

- The text of Malak's note in While the City Sleeps has been updated so that
it is more clear that the elemental catalysts are a toggle rather than a one
time change.

- It is slightly easier to KO the noble with the ticket in Shadowing the Enemy
without being noticed.

- You cannot body carry the noble with the ticket until you have grabbed
the ticket from his hand in Shadowing the Enemy; this fixes the bug where the ticket
would not be recognized for players with "Auto Search Bodies" set to True.

- The mechanists will no longer attack the security turrets if lured into the
back hallway in Shadowing the Enemy.

- It is now easier to jump onto the sarcophagus leading from the graveyard
to the catacombs in Down Among Dead Men.

- The Orb no longer leaves your inventory if you destroy/incinerate the
bones after grabbing the Orb in Down Among Dead Men.

- The Statue Guardians in Down Among Dead Men are now indestructable.

- You can no longer "break" the beginning of Into the Fray if you flashbomb
the first 3 Hammerites over the fence.

- Truart can no longer be gassed in ...of Ill Repute.

- Fixed key problems with the sleeping guard and casino safe in ...of Ill
Repute.

- Light radii tweaks in ...of Ill Repute.

- Placed crate to help escape out of roof area with hidden gas arrow in
...of Ill Repute.

- Fixed 100 loot that was out of world in Grand Hotel.

- The final end boss now "dies" correctly if you hit him with an ice arrow,
then a fire arrow or combustion arrow.

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Briefing

In T2X you will take on the role of Zaya, a female merchant sailor, who is undertaking her very first visit to The City in order to trade and meet her cousin who she has not seen since she was a child. Little does she know of the dangers that lurk there.


Campaign details

1. Unexpected Shelter

Avg. rating:   6.55 / 10
by 42 players
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2. The Trials That Shape Us

Avg. rating:   7.90 / 10
by 42 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

3. While the City Sleeps

Avg. rating:   7.35 / 10
by 40 players
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4. Shadowing the Enemy

Avg. rating:   6.88 / 10
by 40 players
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

5. The Redistribution Game

Avg. rating:   6.74 / 10
by 38 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

6. A Question of Knowledge

Avg. rating:   7.26 / 10
by 38 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

7. Down Among Dead Men

Avg. rating:   7.76 / 10
by 37 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

8. The Art of Deception

Avg. rating:   6.36 / 10
by 36 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

9. Into the Fray

Avg. rating:   5.89 / 10
by 35 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

10. ... of Ill Repute

Avg. rating:   8.12 / 10
by 34 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

11. The Grand Hotel

Avg. rating:   8.55 / 10
by 33 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

12. The Cure

Avg. rating:   7.94 / 10
by 32 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

13. Betrayal

Avg. rating:   4.88 / 10
by 32 players
Your rating:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

star 8.48

I've played this FM:

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Topics and Reviews

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message   Gerat Visuals But Annoying Music
MagnumHQ    Sept. 15, 2025, 12:11 p.m.

I started playing this and really liked it...except for the stealth music, which I found incredibly annoying. I wanted to turn it off but couldn't find a way. I stopped playing because of it. Anyone know how to disable the music?

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message   Much better than thief 2 and 3 combined.
Tatrashka    July 31, 2025, 2:42 p.m.

I like the atmosphere of the game, without the boring robots and cameras from the second part of the original game. The developers of this masterpiece managed to take all the best elements from the first two games, so it turned out that from the second part, only one level remained — the one that doesn’t ruin the rest of the game. I also liked t...

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message   Streamlined and ambitious at the same time
Thirteen1355    May 15, 2025, 2:08 a.m.

The words "Streamlined" and "ambitious" fit this fan campaign perfectly in my opinion. Thief 2X feels streamlined compared to the two old Thief titles. There is less jank and less confusion (with some exceptions). On the other hand, missions are often smaller and more straightforward, less mysterious and more "on the nose". I did miss this feeli...

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message   T2X - Mission Reviews
Thirteen1355    May 9, 2025, 12:36 a.m.

1 UNEXPECTED SHELTER
Unique and creepy intro mission

T2X starts with the mission "Unexpected Shelter", which is quite different in tone and structure compared to the ones from Thief 1 and 2. You start off with trailing, which is mainly done to introduce you to the setting of the game. Then, you escape from an angry crowd, straight into a hau...

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message   Most updated NecroAge mod (Link below)
Muleke_Trairao    Feb. 22, 2025, 11:08 p.m.

The NecroAge version of T2X provided on this page is not the most updated one. I recommend downloading voodoo47's version of the mod, which you can find here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pKiCotNMCws4tLc6CRnHIhYjYwwyY34W

To run T2X: Shadows of the Necro Age (the mod linked above), you will still need to have T2Fix and the main Necr...

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message   the best fan campaign for Thief 2, must play!!
andrianto80    Nov. 12, 2024, 12:29 a.m.

i've finish "T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age" several times. this is the first fan campaign which I've played before "The Black Parade". all maps are challenges and the cutscenes are so good and i like playing as a thief girl. "T2X" is highly recommended for you to play it. thank you to T2X Team who created this amazing campaign. btw "ill Repute" ...

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message   AMAZING
Jonoevo    Feb. 5, 2024, 9:51 p.m.

Literally brilliant, play it now!

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message   I can't believe how good this actually was
Danman7    Jan. 27, 2024, 4:33 p.m.

I played trough this once around 2006, then again 2023 and can't believe how good this actually was and how long it took me to play it again. I don't' know, but this campaign hits like no other. It has some weird ambiance and sound in the most awesome way. It has some of the funniest custom dialogs. Some of the most chilling (and hard) undead mi...

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message   T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age - Review
Plibb    March 28, 2023, 7:32 p.m.

Possibly the most well-known FM outside of the Thief community, it definitely shows its age in some regards (especially the story, some elements feel a bit too "fan-ficy") and is a bit long in the tooth for repeat playthroughs. Still, this is a fan mission that is still worthy of your time and expands on groundworks laid out in Thief 2.

What...

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message   One of the best fan made expansions ever created
oregano    Jan. 9, 2023, 10:13 p.m.

Disclaimer: this review was written after playing T2X using its Necro Age modification: Shadows of the Necro Age.

Making an expansion-length fan mod to one of the best (if not THE BEST) stealth games of all time is not an easy task. Making an expansion-length fan mod that respects and builds upon the foundation of one of the best stealth game...

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message   More than sum of its parts
Mike    Nov. 19, 2022, 7:55 p.m.

I often wondered why T2X is so famous, and why from all Thief fan-missions, this campaign received the most attention in gaming sites, and from people who usually aren't interested in fan-made content. Despite its share of flaws (small or huge - depends from each person's perspective), it still remains one of the most popular pieces of Thief FM ...

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message   Insane!
realqi    April 13, 2020, 12:36 p.m.

Cinematics, emotional storyline, reocurring characters, new gameplay, new designs, textures - this mod has it all! A master-class in modmaking, considering WHEN it was made. As I understand it, the story is happening at the same time Garrett is opposing Karras. It fits perfectly and respects all the details introduced by the main-game.

I love...

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message   Nice addition to T2
UdoKrawallo    April 12, 2020, 3:36 p.m.

T2X is a nice addition to the storyline of T2 main game. That you don´t play as Garrett might feel a bit unusual first, but then it´s a refreshing experience. They designed everything to fit it to Zaya: The health bar, light-gem, player sounds and even the weapons are different(although the KO hammer is just a disguised blackjack).
There are al...

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