Opening locked doors with keys in Thief:DS

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Hi,

Has anyone else figured out how to use keys to open locked doors in
the PC version of the game? In the first few missions there are plenty
of keys to steal from guards but all that seems to happen is that the
keys appear on your item screen but you can't toggle them as an item
to open locked doors with them.

According to the manual any door with a lock can be opened with a
lockpick, so it probably doesn't matter. I just found it a bit strange
that you can pickpocket keys from guards but can't actually use them,
unlike in Thief 1 & 2.

Cheers,
Davie

 

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"David Hall" <david.hall.1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else figured out how to use keys to open locked doors in
> the PC version of the game? In the first few missions there are plenty
> of keys to steal from guards but all that seems to happen is that the
> keys appear on your item screen but you can't toggle them as an item
> to open locked doors with them.
>
> According to the manual any door with a lock can be opened with a
> lockpick, so it probably doesn't matter. I just found it a bit strange
> that you can pickpocket keys from guards but can't actually use them,
> unlike in Thief 1 & 2.
>
> Cheers,
> Davie

If you have the right key in your inventory the door will open without the
need for lock picking. I found this a rather confusing aspect of the design,
but probably only because I'm used to having to select the key before using
it in Thief 1 and 2. IOW, there is a point to pickpocketing keys 🙂