** New Dark Patch: Thief 2 V1.27 - System Shock 2 V2.48 ** 2019-06-15 - by Athalle
Marbrien on 14/7/2019 at 09:19
I'm going to bump this one. I feel sure others will encounter this problem.
Galaer on 14/7/2019 at 09:40
Quote Posted by Marbrien
Now Windows (Windows 10 Home v 1903, 64 bit) keeps popping up the User Account Control message every time I try to launch FM Sel, and I have to press Yes to continue.
I didn't had this problem for a very long time, but I believe when message pops out, you have option to show details. Press it and there should be an option to not show this message for this application. I don't remember the proper name of this option. Using it should fix your problem.
Marbrien on 14/7/2019 at 18:40
The only option that I'm given is to make global changes to UAC, which I don't particularly want to do. I am NOT given the option to change how UAC regards the application I am currently trying to launch.
Meowdori on 11/12/2019 at 16:44
That is very weird, given the fact ND was programmed with modern Windows in mind, to not require elevation of privileges (no sane game released after ~2006 should require you to raise the execution privileges, that's at least suspicious).
I didn't experience this with ND, and the first thing that comes to my mind is that you might have modified the shortcut to make it run in compatibility mode with pre-Vista Windows, which automatically raises the process to Administrator level (don't do that, it's useless, as ND is meant to mitigate all these old issues and outdated behaviour of the original Dark Engine)
PS. I really wonder why Le Corbeau uploads such an important update to some barely known file host of unclear reliability, like gofile.io. Why not use something much more persistent like Google Drive, MEGA or some other kind of repository for these?
PinkDot on 11/12/2019 at 18:03
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PS. I really wonder why Le Corbeau uploads such an important update to some barely known file host of unclear reliability, like gofile.io. Why not use something much more persistent like Google Drive, MEGA or some other kind of repository for these?
He's probably hiding in the shadowy outskirts of internet. It's harder to find a dark spot inside the Google's mansion...
Marbrien on 16/12/2019 at 16:25
Quote Posted by Meowdori
That is very weird, given the fact ND was programmed with modern Windows in mind, to not require elevation of privileges
(no sane game released after ~2006 should require you to raise the execution privileges, that's at least suspicious).
I didn't experience this with ND, and the first thing that comes to my mind is that you might have modified the shortcut to make it run in compatibility mode with pre-Vista Windows, which automatically raises the process to Administrator level (don't do that, it's useless, as ND is meant to mitigate all these old issues and outdated behaviour of the original Dark Engine)
PS. I really wonder why Le Corbeau uploads such an important update to some barely known file host of unclear reliability, like gofile.io. Why not use something much more persistent like Google Drive, MEGA or some other kind of repository for these?
I've just had to reinstall T2 with T2Fix_127a, and it's cured the problem.
Evengard on 25/12/2019 at 11:26
Quote Posted by Meowdori
PS. I really wonder why Le Corbeau uploads such an important update to some barely known file host of unclear reliability, like gofile.io. Why not use something much more persistent like Google Drive, MEGA or some other kind of repository for these?
He seems to be "obsessed" with anonymity. Mega, Google Drive or any repository makes it easy for law enforcement to trace the file back to his owner. I wonder if he fears being prosecuted for sharing it. Maybe the way he obtained the original sources which he patches wasn't legal... That's also why he never shared any source code.
Philflound on 6/11/2020 at 02:10
I need to update to 1.27, but can't figure out how. I haven't updated in several years. I'm still on 1.23. Please help. Thanks.