notthatold on 26/8/2015 at 21:41
I played a fan mission that really killed my installation of T1 and T2. Both were fully patched. I use Windows XP on an HP computer. Darkloader will not run any mission. When I try it I get the last Fan Mission I played. I can't find it to remove it. I've used computers since 1984, could really love some help. I cleaned everything the hard drive, re-installed both -Darkloader says I installed a mission from another program-stuck!
voodoo47 on 26/8/2015 at 22:14
Quote Posted by notthatold
I've used computers since 1984
that's not telling much - I've been using my brain since 1981 and still have no idea how to work the thing properly.
anyway, once you patch your T1 and T2 with TFix and TafferPatcher, you will also get a shortcut to run FMselect (created automatically by TFix, and when selected during setup by TafferPatcher). use it to load your fan missions - (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145343) Darkloader and Garretloader are deprecated.
Tannar on 26/8/2015 at 23:27
The very first thing you should have done is this (from the Thief Fan Mission FaQ):
Quote:
Clean up of files
Occasionally you will find that you'll start a new mission and run into problems. For instance, you might load one mission and when you start to play you'll see something that indicates you're going to be playing a mission other than the one you selected or you might experience crashes.
Sometimes DarkLoader or GarrettLoader fails to clean up the Thief folder while uninstalling an FM, so you might have to do it manually:
Install the original game missions and delete any remains of the following folders in your main Thief folder:
Pal
Bitmap
Books
Fam
Intrface
Obj
Mesh
Strings
Motions
but don't delete the movies, crfs or the res folder!
Next, reinstall the mission you want to play and it should load properly.
However, I highly recommend that you follow voodoo's advice and patch T1 with (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733) TFix and T2 with (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106) Tafferpatcher. Then use (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140093) FM Selector instead of Darkloader from now on. If you have any trouble, just let us know.
