BrokenArts on 30/12/2007 at 20:31

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In the FAQ's, I was going to do fix the Running Thief on a Dual-Processor using Salvages perma fix for dual core. Its gone! Check for yourself. Anyone have this information elsewhere? I looked. Anyone at all?

I tried to do a search, I thought I read someone else had the info on their site, I couldn't find it. I also posted this here, since the FAQ is in the same area, move if you wish.

jtr7 on 30/12/2007 at 20:52

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Oops! Oh well. :) I'd save the html for myself so I wouldn't need to go online.

Game Issues With Multiprocessor/Hyperthreading Systems


If you're reading this you probably already know that Thief, Thief Gold, Thief 2, System Shock 2, as well as Grim Fandango don't like multiprocessor/hyperthreading systems.
The non-permanent way to fix this problem is to:

_1. Start the game(go only as far as the menu).
_2. Alt-Tab out of it.
_3. Bring up the task manager(Ctrl-Alt-Del then T).
_4. Click on the processes tab.
_5. Find thief.exe / thief2.exe as well as thief2.icd for thief 2 / grimfandango.exe for Grim Fandango.
_6. Right click on it/them and go to set affinity.
_7. Uncheck one of the cpus.
_8. Alt-Tab back into the game and play.
_9. This will need to be done every time you start the game as this is not a permanent solution.


The permanent way to fix this problem(without turning off Hyperthreading) is this:

_1. Download imagecfg.
_2. Unzip it to Windows\system32\ as well as Windows\system32\dllcache\.
_3. Make a backup copy of your exe and icd(for Thief 2 and System Shock 2) files.
_4. Open notepad and enter the following for Thief/G:
imagecfg -u thief.exe
imagecfg -a 0x1 thief.exe
pause

For Thief 2 it's:
imagecfg -u thief2.exe
imagecfg -u thief2.icd
imagecfg -a 0x1 thief2.exe
imagecfg -a 0x1 thief2.icd
pause

For System Shock 2 it's:
imagecfg -u shock2.exe
imagecfg -u shock2.icd
imagecfg -a 0x1 shock2.exe
imagecfg -a 0x1 shock2.icd
pause

For Grim Fandango it's:
imagecfg -u GRIMFANDANGO.EXE
imagecfg -a 0x1 GRIMFANDANGO.EXE
pause

_5. Save the file in the game directory as "processor.bat" including the quotes.
_6. Double click the file processor.bat (must be in the game directory). You will see something similar to the following:
D:\Games\Thief2>imagecfg -u thief2.exe
thief2.exe contains contains no configuration information
thief2.exe contains a Subsystem Version of 4.0
thief2.exe updated with the following configuration information:
Image can only run in uni-processor mode on multi-processor systems
Image can only run in uni-processor mode on multi-processor systems

D:\Games\Thief2>imagecfg -u thief2.icd
thief2.icd contains no configuration information
thief2.icd contains a Subsystem Version of 4.0
thief2.icd updated with the following configuration information:
Image can only run in uni-processor mode on multi-processor systems
Image can only run in uni-processor mode on multi-processor systems

D:\Games\Thief2>imagecfg -a 0x1 thief2.exe
thief2.exe contains the following configuration information:
thief2.exe contains a Subsystem Version of 4.0
Image can only run in uni-processor mode on multi-processor systems
thief2.exe updated with the following configuration information:
Process Affinity Mask: 00000001

D:\Games\Thief2>imagecfg -a 0x1 thief2.icd
thief2.icd contains no configuration information
thief2.icd contains a Subsystem Version of 4.0
Image can only run in uni-processor mode on multi-processor systems
thief2.icd updated with the following configuration information:
Process Affinity Mask: 00000001

D:\Games\Thief2>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
_7. Load the game and play.

R Soul on 30/12/2007 at 22:01

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I've had the html version on my website for a while now, and it includes the download link for imagecfg:
(http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/another_website/hyper/darkengine.htm)

jtr7 on 30/12/2007 at 22:18

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Awright!:thumb:

Sxerks on 31/12/2007 at 03:10

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Would just like to point out that you only need to do the:
imagecfg -a 0x1 C:\games\thief2\thief2.exe

you don't need the "imagecfg -u" or to do it for the "thief2.icd" file.

from a thread I wrote back in 2002: (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55598)