Swiz on 26/9/2012 at 13:02
Quote Posted by ToxicFrog
There's no "; enable Thief 1 compatibility" line because you can add that yourself...it's just a comment, the game doesn't care. I don't know why you keep changing 'game dark' to 'game dark1', that's not what you're meant to do and people are specifically telling you not to do it.
Step by step instructions, assuming you're starting with a clean GOG install of TG. Hopefully these are clear enough.
(1) DO NOT TOUCH YOUR CAM.CFG. DO NOT CHANGE THE 'game' LINE. IT SHOULD CONTAIN 'game dark' WHEN YOU INSTALL IT AND STILL CONTAIN THAT WHEN YOU START IT. DO NOT TOUCH CAM.CFG.
(2) Unpack the Thief 2 1.19 patch to get the contrib.zip and new_dark.zip files.
(3) Unpack both of those files into your Thief directory. Overwrite existing files if necessary.
(4) Create a directory in your Thief directory named "patch", if one does not already exist.
(5) Open the file doc/T1.7z. Unpack the file INTRFACE.CRF from that archive to the patch/ directory you just created. patch/ should now contain the single file INTRFACE.CRF.
(6) Open cam_ext.cfg in notepad. On a line by itself, add the single word 'dark1'. DO NOT PUT 'game' IN FRONT OF IT. DO NOT EDIT CAM.CFG. JUST PUT 'dark1' ON A LINE BY ITSELF SOMEWHERE IN cam_ext.cfg. THAT IS ALL.
(7) Optionally, edit other settings in cam_ext.cfg to enable things like bloom.
(8) Run Thief2.exe, NOT Thief.exe, to play.
I can confirm this, GOG version works fine so long as
a) "dark1" is added on a line by itself
b) the INTRFACE.CRF is copied over
c) Thief 2 is run as admin ( otherwise you can't save games/settings )
Then you can play with the new settings. Like FOV = 170:
Inline Image:
http://i.imgur.com/MH0hC.jpgZylonBane on 26/9/2012 at 13:06
There's some buried gold in the new cam_ext.cfg file. I found a "d3d_disp_scaled_2d_overlay" setting that lets you set the HUD overlay to any "virtual" resolution you want. So now you can set the game to modern resolutions without having to bust out a magnifying glass to read the HUD text.
Here's an example from SS2:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img692/724/hudstretch.jpg)
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http://imageshack.us/a/img692/724/hudstretch.th.jpgAlso, screenshots now go into a "screenshots" folder. And the PrintScreen key actually works for taking them. Neat!
Al_B on 26/9/2012 at 13:06
Quote Posted by Swiz
Then you can play with the new settings. Like FOV = 170
I've no time at the moment to give this patch a shot but that's excellent :) (Useless, but excellent!).
ZylonBane on 26/9/2012 at 13:08
Quote Posted by Swiz
c) Thief 2 is run as admin ( otherwise you can't save games/settings )
Surely you didn't install Thief in Program Files, did you? :nono:
Quote Posted by Al_B
I've no time at the moment to give this patch a shot but that's excellent :) (Useless, but excellent!).
It's not useless at all. Many people have strong preferences for wider/narrower FOVs than standard.
Renault on 26/9/2012 at 13:08
Quote Posted by The Phantom
Originally Posted by TTLG
Most users ever online was 891, 26th Sep 2012 at 12:10
Originally Posted by TTLG
Most users ever online was
970, 26th Sep 2012 at 12:16
Nuff' said :D :D :D What a revival/attention.
Such a glorious day for the community! I don´t know how this mystery designer did it, but the list of improvements/fixes is incredible :eek:!
I'm guessing that's because of this:
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/26/hooray-system-shock-2-thief-2-get-usability-patches/#more-125677)
bob_doe_nz on 26/9/2012 at 13:09
Huh. I tried this on Thief Gold.
Did the basic stuff. Lo and behold, it works!
So I renamed Thief2.exe to Thief.exe
Lo and behold, it works!!! :joke:
LarryG on 26/9/2012 at 13:12
Quote Posted by Mr. headbone
I ran into a problem ; after loading a previous save in the vanilla game; the in games load screen resolution is smaller; 1024 x 720; while in game is 1920x1080. I've poked around in cam.cfg and can't seem to find out the problem. Any ideas? Thanks.
IIRC there was a mention that you can't use prior saves. I'm betting that 1.18 saves don't work in 1.19 and 1.19 anything doesn't work in 1.18. It looks to me likely that the save file formats have been changed and are not compatible.
Al_B on 26/9/2012 at 13:14
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
It's not useless at all. Many people have strong preferences for wider/narrower FOVs than standard.
Yes, of course - I was specifically referring to a FOV of 170 degrees. The extra tweaks and adjustments look like they'll be
very handy.
skacky on 26/9/2012 at 13:16
So, since this works with TG, should I port a version of my latest TG FM to "TG 1.19" with the enhanced dromed so I can put back a lot of the details I had to axe and maybe even expand the city a little bit, or should I finish it the way it is? :joke:
demagogue on 26/9/2012 at 13:20
Wow I don't remember this much buzz on the forums since I guess the Thief DS Editor was released ... Even the sourcecode & T2 multiplayer releases got kind of buried, awesome as they are.
Feels good. :cool:
