Announcing Thief: The Dark Project 20th Anniversary Contest - Nov 30, 2018

SlyFoxx on 3/12/2018 at 16:57

Praise The Builders!

czyys on 3/12/2018 at 18:25

I have a question about voting system. Is the final score for each mission going to be divided by the number of votes they receive? Because let's say I only end up playing 12 missions and I don't like them very much so I give them 10/30 points. This still makes them rated higher than the rest of the missions which get 0/30 points, even though they could potentially be much better.

gamophyte on 3/12/2018 at 20:28

I'm just on 3rd FM title, taking my time with these but I just got to spout some more praise and thank yous. I mean, are you taffing kidding me? It's like.... well it's like... an alternate universe where I get to replay the game again but with LGS having different mission creators. I dunno I can't convey the feeling exactly but thank you everyone!! AAAaaaa!

smithpd on 3/12/2018 at 22:15

Issue with FM names in FMSEL list - solved

As I reported previously, three of the 24 FMs are not necessarily easy to find in the FMSEL list because their listed names are unknown initially and not preceded by "TDP20AC_".
The three odd ZIP files are:
TDP20AC_a_burrick_in_a_room.zip
TDP20AC_Catacombs-of-Knoss_v10.zip
TDP20AC_TheWhistlingOfTheGears.zip

This is not a big deal, but if you would like a consistent name list you can create it as follows:
Search for the inconsistent name using a segment of the name, i.e., "burrick" finds "The Sound of a Burrick in a Room".
Right click on the name found and select "Edit...".
Delete the Display Name field (make it blank). Most (21) of the 24 FMs have this field blank already.
Now the FMSEL list is populated by the Directory Name field, e.g., "TDP20AC_a_burrick_in_a_room".
Repeating three times, now the FM names are all together in the FMSEL list, all preceded by "TDP20AC_"

Lightningline on 3/12/2018 at 23:03

What if I already installed the fixer upper patch with the T2 enhancements? How will that effect my game play. It was so easy. All I did was install Thief Dark Project then the patches 102-133 exe and Tfix_1.26 exe.....one even has a loader included. How cool. Totally separate from my T2 Game. Should I be OK..already loaded one and it started fine. Just don't want to get going if its gonna crap on me.

McTaffer on 3/12/2018 at 23:10

If I'm understanding your question correctly, you're asking if T2 enhancements will affect your TDP install. The answer is no, however if you're using a Dark Project install rather than Thief Gold, you should make sure that you've got the patch that allows you to play FMs that have Thief Gold assets in them.

smithpd on 3/12/2018 at 23:15

Quote Posted by Lightningline

All I did was ... and Tfix_1.26 exe

An update, Tfix_1.26a.exe, is necesssary to run Haplo's mission. There is a link to the location of Tfix_1.26a.exe in the Original Post on page 1.

Lightningline on 3/12/2018 at 23:38

Quote Posted by smithpd

An update, Tfix_1.26a.exe, is necesssary to run Haplo's mission. There is a link to the location of Tfix_1.26a.exe in the Original Post on page 1.

Thanks...strange that you can start the original T1 and fan mission is only there through T loader or whatever it is that's included with the fix. Looks good...still only says 1.26 after using 1.26a...Hmmmm. Must be them grubbers took my "a"

smithpd on 4/12/2018 at 00:34

Yeah, its them grubbers. I get the same thing. The "a" is missing both on the task bar icon and on the TDP start menu screen. The only way I can tell that 1.26a is installed is to run Haplo's mission, Darkness walk with us! If you start from a previous TFix installation, e.g., 1.26, the scripts don't load properly. In that case, Haplo was kind enough to post a warning note next to the door of the entry room, telling you to install 1.26a (or later). If you have installed 1.26a, there is no warning note next to the door.

Yandros on 4/12/2018 at 02:56

1.26a is the version of TFix, NewDark is still 1.26 so none of the executables will show "1.26a".