NXMT on 1/2/2012 at 16:33
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
What in the nine hells does this have to do with Thief running correctly on modern systems?
May have gotten a little overzealous there. I was just expecting to see more fanfare from a rerelease of Thief on a more convenient medium but it seems to have been marked down considerably due to credit and the usage of fan fixes. I attributed all the negativity to less than accurate reasons.
bikerdude on 1/2/2012 at 16:35
Quote Posted by Brethren
They're making money off the premise that you can get classic PC games up and running on modern hardware. At $10, Thief Gold should be fully patched/updated/tested and working, and anything less is just them ripping you off.
Exactly!
Quote Posted by NXMT
Breaking out of retirement from this board just to rant a little: b1kerdude from GOG, seriously. For all his good intentions, his mini-crusade will eventually start to step on a few toes from both players and GOG staff.
Fair point which is why I requested GoG delete my account, I said what I had to say. But the fact someone from GoG came over demonstrates gog arent all bad and maybe they will do something about it.
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
What in the nine hells does this have to do with Thief running correctly on modern systems?
Er, the fact that GoG's mission statement is they sell you games that will work on modern systems.....
Quote Posted by Thiev
First of all, let me officialy apologise for this. Hopefully we'll be able to resolve it quickly and one of my collegues should contact you today.
hey Thiev, thanks for coming over. Apologies for my rant, but I/we had some valid points. But maybe some good can be done after all, now that one of you is over here maybe you wouyld like some help getting TG working as it should..?
Quote Posted by Timeslip
Me!
How did GoG not know you work for them :-)
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From: support(at)gamersgate.com
Hi,
The prices are set by the publishers and if we want to sell the games we have to follow their instructions. We will contact them to see if there is something we can do
Just got a reply from gamersgate, in regard to them charging £8.99 (thats $14) for Thief Dark project. Its becoming more clear that Square Enix/Eidos are the villian in this situation, but also said, the publisher should be patching this game to work on modern system, which I bet they haven't done thus far.
TheJoe on 1/2/2012 at 16:52
The installer just got updated and the videos will now work without having to manually register the Indeo codec.
nickie on 1/2/2012 at 16:55
Regardless of everything else, I can think of a couple of companies who could learn a thing or two about public relations from GOG - makes a pleasant change.
ZylonBane on 1/2/2012 at 17:08
Quote Posted by edudrekib
Fair point which is why I requested GoG delete my account, I said what I had to say.
Wow, drama queen much?
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Er, the fact that GoG's mission statement is they sell you games that will work on modern systems.....
Protip: Actually read what I quoted.
Goldmoon Dawn on 1/2/2012 at 17:28
Quote Posted by NXMT
Enjoy what LGS has given us during their brief stay in the industry
I know you mean well, but I wouldnt exactly call it brief. Since the day Neurath started the whole thing and even earlier than that, LGS accomplished more in their 10 years than most other companies could ever dream of. LGS will always be an integral part of this industry, as their roots run deeper than a huge percentage of all the others. Im just saying.
Child Of Karras on 1/2/2012 at 18:43
GOG now at least has my official permission to use the soundtrack. :)
jermi on 1/2/2012 at 19:04
Quote Posted by Timeslip
Although I still don't think including ddfix by default with any game is a good idea, because of the in-game resolution menu problems and the colour key thing. (Edit: Unless Jermi fixed them since I stopped playing? But then it's not my code and it's no help anyway...)
I made some fixes for color keying, but it may be impossible to make it work for all sw+hw combinations. A good example of why ddfix couldn't possibly be included in the GOG release. There would be a lot of complaints from customers.
I would gladly give GOG the permission to use my code for free if it would help them create a better version of Thief. But that would be totally ass-backwards, when it's easier and quicker to make the corresponding fixes in the source and compile a new executable. (Assuming the complete source code exists.) And the result would be better and more compatible than ddfix.
bikerdude on 1/2/2012 at 19:34
Quote Posted by jermi
when it's easier and quicker to make the corresponding fixes in the source and compile a new executable. (Assuming the complete source code exists.) And the result would be better and more compatible than ddfix.
In fact it would be very cool of them if they did that and they let the community at large use said fixed .exe
jtr7 on 1/2/2012 at 21:43
Thank you, Thiev!
