fred on 2/1/2006 at 02:22
I was recently given a copy of Theif, but it won't play on my Windows XP...I know what they say in the readme.....but, is it possible, and how do I do it?
DarthMRN on 2/1/2006 at 03:02
Oh, I'll answer before some of the cranky oldboys start scolding you.
Near the top of the thread list there is something called a Thief FAQ or similar, there you will find the answers you seek. At the moment of typing it is just above this one.
fred on 2/1/2006 at 03:05
thank you very much.I want to read through to see how hard modding for this game is also.....been doing it for Morrowind for a short while...
fred on 2/1/2006 at 03:28
Didn't work.....I must be doing something wrong. I copy and pasted ....I am using the d drive...same error...
ZeroFlight on 2/1/2006 at 12:29
It worked for me by running the setup file in win98 compatablity mode with visual themes turned off in the same options.
DarthMRN on 2/1/2006 at 14:53
Personally I simply press ctrl+alt+del, look at processes, find Thief 1 or 2, and uncheck one of the boxes in their affinity someblah blah. Nope, I don't have a clue what that shit is, but I do what it says in the FAQ every time I wanna play. A bit annoying having to do it every time, but I don't play very frequently anymore.
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This cannot possibly have helped.
ZeroFlight on 2/1/2006 at 22:47
That only works with hyperthreading processors since the affinity option is for stopping hyperthreading on that one process... and as far as I know, that only works for playing the game, not installing (though I could easily be wrong).
Eventually, for playing the game, I used the fixed exe file they link to in the FAQ.
