Silent Warrior on 27/4/2011 at 14:09
Hi Guys, I hope someone can help me.
I have 2 problems. I installed all the thief's games and in Thief gold I installed Darkloader and when I load it it says need to optimized and I press yes then it says files is already there. Do not know what that means. But unable to play any missions.
#2 In Garrettloader when I tried to play a mission it says do not have darkhooks DLX. Also, I wanted to play an original thief 2 mission it load the last fan mission. Very strange.
Thanks
Silent Warrior
fibanocci on 27/4/2011 at 14:17
Quote Posted by Silent Warrior
Hi Guys, I hope someone can help me.
I have 2 problems. I installed all the thief's games and in Thief gold I installed Darkloader and when I load it it says need to optimized and I press yes then it says files is already there. Do not know what that means. But unable to play any missions.
Do you have a folder called RES in your TG-folder? If not, you could create it and copy the crfs in this folder.
Edit the install cfg. It should look like that
resname_base RES
Quote:
#2 In Garrettloader when I tried to play a mission it says do not have darkhooks DLX. Also, I wanted to play an original thief 2 mission it load the last fan mission. Very strange.
Don't use Garrettloader for T1/T2
DJ Riff on 27/4/2011 at 16:22
Quote Posted by fibanocci
Do you have a folder called RES in your TG-folder? If not, you could create it and copy the crfs in this folder.
Move, not copy. The priority is following:
thief\FAM
thief\fam.crf //ignored totally if FAM folder is present
thief\res\fam.crf
fibanocci on 27/4/2011 at 16:55
Quote Posted by DJ Riff
Move, not copy. The priority is following:
Why not? There's no reference to the crfs in the install.cfg, but to RES (if he's editing the install.cfg) ;)
If he doesn't need the old folder(s) any more, he can delete it after copying.
DJ Riff on 27/4/2011 at 13:09
Quote Posted by fibanocci
Why not? There's no reference to the crfs in the install.cfg, but to RES (if he's editing the install.cfg) ;)
If he doesn't need the old folder(s) any more, he can delete it after copying.
The root folder has always a highest priority, if it's not clearly specified otherwise like
resname_base res+.That's why fan mission's modified resources work without having root folder mentioned in install.cfg.
So, if .CRF's are copied to RES, it will work as following:
— If the Thief\FAM folder is present (FM installed), resources will be taken from Thief\FAM + Thief\RES\FAM.CRF
— If the Thief\FAM folder is not present, (no FM installed), resources will be taken from Thief\FAM.CRF + Thief\RES\FAM.CRF, and if they are identical, nothing actually will be taken from Thief\RES\FAM.CRF
This setup will work until he decides to install some texture update on original game. All updates made to Thief\RES\FAM.CRF or separate folder (Thief\EP\*, etc) will be overridden by original resources in Thief\*.CRF.
Silent Warrior on 28/4/2011 at 16:36
Hi Guy's
this is what in my RES FOLDER:
bitmap crf
books crf
default crf
editor crf
fam crf
interface crf
mesh crf
motions crf
obj crf
pal crf
sond crf
strings crf
Si this correct. Do I have to install convict for thief gold in the thief directory. Is there anything else do i have to install. (patch, scripts ect..)
thanks
Silent Warrior
DJ Riff on 28/4/2011 at 17:38
You definitely need convict.osm to play FMs. It can be found here:
(
http://thief-thecircle.com/download.asp?fid=602)
As for scripts, they are only needed if the particular FM uses it. The Darkloader should install them when you specify the Thief folder, but in case something goes wrong, they can be downloaded from here:
(
http://www.thiefmissions.com/scripts/)
Quote Posted by fibanocci
Why not? There's no reference to the crfs in the install.cfg, but to RES (if he's editing the install.cfg) ;)
If he doesn't need the old folder(s) any more, he can delete it after copying.
The root folder has always a highest priority, if it's not clearly specified otherwise like
resname_base res+.That's why fan mission's modified resources work without having root folder mentioned in install.cfg.
So, if .CRF's are copied to RES, it will work as following:
— If the Thief\FAM folder is present (FM installed), resources will be taken from Thief\FAM + Thief\RES\FAM.CRF
— If the Thief\FAM folder is not present, (no FM installed), resources will be taken from Thief\FAM.CRF + Thief\RES\FAM.CRF, and if they are identical, nothing actually will be taken from Thief\RES\FAM.CRF
This setup will work until he decides to install some texture update on original game. All updates made to Thief\RES\FAM.CRF or separate folder (Thief\EP\*, etc) will be overridden by original resources in Thief\*.CRF.
