Need Thief 2 1.18 for Multiplayer but it lags

Niborius on 20/4/2015 at 17:23

Hi everyone :)

So I would like to get back into multiplayer again, and I'm aware that I will need version 1.18 and not higher for that. I tried to apply DDFIX but either it doesn't do anything or it's not working as it should, because my framerate in-game is pretty low (Around 30 fps)

I remember that when I fixed it two years ago I used an older version of DDfix and changed Thief2.exe manually with a hex editor, but when I want to do so I need to find an instance of DDRAW.DLL but it's not there!

I'm running on a pretty fast laptop with 4 cores (8 with hyperthreading) and a Geforce 860m.

Playing it on the integrated video chip doesn't fix it.
Regardless if DDFix is working or not, I tried to force playing it with only 1 core by changing it in task manager, but it doesn't change a thing either.

I hope someone can help me out :)

Thanks in advance

TheDuriel on 21/4/2015 at 05:14

clean install with tafferpatcher 1.0.3 (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106&page=16&p=2108202&viewfull=1#post2108202) link 'should' work

at least thats what i used the last time (if i remember correctly)

Niborius on 21/4/2015 at 09:26

Thanks for your reply,

With that Tafferpatcher version I at least got Thief working fine, but as soon as I installed the multiplayer mod, it was running very slow again.

Edit: Got both installed now and even the Thief2mp.exe is working with a good framerate, but the multiplayer window doesn't appear. However, It appears I'm missing Microsoft Visual C++.
Downloading that now to see if it makes any difference!

Edit: It's working now. I was missing this msvcr71.dll file, which I was able to get from another game (Not all instances of this file work, but Gothic 3 has one that is compatible with Thief 2 MP). I am also using ddfix 1.1.1

Thank you for your help :)