vincentlancon on 9/5/2023 at 16:13
It seems I am having to do this more and more often maybe every 5-10 FM playthroughs, how long do y'all find yourself reinstalling Thief/Thief 2 from scratch because something isn't working right? Just curious. :confused:
greenhawk on 9/5/2023 at 17:04
Never !
I'm using NewDark's FM Selector
Yandros on 9/5/2023 at 17:55
My last clean install was from the CD's in 2000... :eek:
trefoilknot on 9/5/2023 at 18:18
Are you using DarkLoader or something? It's been years since anything's gotten messed up in my Thief install. A proper setup with Angelloader should last basically forever, AFAIK, as long as your aren't doing anything wonky.
vincentlancon on 9/5/2023 at 20:00
I use Angle Loader these days, some missions just don't clean uninstall and leave things behind.
trefoilknot on 9/5/2023 at 21:14
Any examples? Maybe Fen can take a look and see if there's something systematic going on.
vincentlancon on 9/5/2023 at 21:36
since I just did a reinstall, I will make note next time....
Renault on 9/5/2023 at 22:06
Where is stuff being left behind though? Not in the main T1/T2 directory hopefully? I didn't think FMsel or AL did anything like that.
vincentlancon on 9/5/2023 at 23:09
I say left behind, but I really don't know.... let me just give a couple examples.... one is like what happened with Sturmdrang Peak, once I got to mission 2 I had no inventory access and nothing was frobable... a thief 1 example is weirdly oversized arrow carriers on the back of NPCs. I have just gotten used to the fact I will need to reinstall after 10 FM playthroughs... if it's just me, I don't know why... no other game I play corrupts over time... so it is wierd.
Daft Mugi on 9/5/2023 at 23:36
I keep my Thief directory under version control using Git, so I can easily see when something changes. Then, I can commit or revert changes.
You may want to consider using version control yourself. I prefer Git on the command line, but there are other tools, such as TortoiseGit or TortoiseSVN.
