underlit on 29/5/2009 at 18:25
So I downloaded Thief: Gold, since I have never played the new missions and wanted some Thief nostalgia in my life.
Downloaded from the Eidos website, paid my $19.99, installed, no problems. Cutscenes don't run, I anticipated this, I looked at the FAQ and tried the two alternative solutions to paying for the Codec. The first one (creating a .bat file) did not work. Tried the second one, running the LGVID.AX file, now Thief crashes when a cutscene arises and I can't play at all.
Really bummed and confused... Is there any hope? I'm on Windows XP. Sorry if it's the wrong forum.
underlit on 29/5/2009 at 18:35
It says it's for Thief 2, will it work on Thief:Gold?
snowcap21 on 29/5/2009 at 18:36
This is a bit strange since I had no problem with the download version of Thief Gold and XP pro, SP3. Maybe there exist slightly different versions.
I had trouble getting Thief 2 to run, though, and only had success after I tried this part of the FAQ:
Have you tried that? It worked for me.
underlit on 29/5/2009 at 18:39
Tried it, getting an error message about a "prepatched .exe"
underlit on 29/5/2009 at 18:40
Quote Posted by snowcap21
This is a bit strange since I had no problem with the download version of Thief Gold and XP pro, SP3. Maybe there exist slightly different versions.
I had trouble getting Thief 2 to run, though, and only had success after I tried this part of the FAQ:
Have you tried that? It worked for me.
I will try that, thanks. Strange that it worked for you, I got mine from the Eidos website.
Just really hoping I didn't flush 20 bucks down the hole.
underlit on 29/5/2009 at 18:47
Awesome, I downloaded those codecs and the cutscenes seem to be working great now. Thanks so much for the help.
snowcap21 on 29/5/2009 at 19:04
Great that it works now. The thanks belong of course to the people behind the FAQ, I would have been lost without them. :) Have fun playing!
