Finally installed SR3 on top of my existing installation of SR2.1. For the record, I've never had to reinstall the application since my original out-of-the-box installation back in September. In fact, I'm not even sure where I left the CDs ...

• moves copy of Thief 2 *

... oh wait, there they are.

No installation problems whatsoever with either the figure updater or the executable updater. None of the CRC errors reported by others. I guess they downloaded properly on the first try.

SR3 might launch/relaunch faster than before ... I didn't didn't bother to time it. It seemed fast enough to me back in SR2.1.

Whatever they did to the Walk Designer, I can finally make proper use of it, even with my custom-designed figures. In fact, the movement is less jerky than the usual results I get in Pro Pack. I no longer need to do any scene composing in Pro Pack beforehand, layingback.

Shadow maps seem to be generated faster, but this might just be my imagination. Further experimentation is warranted.