T2 FM: Fables of the Penitent Thief, by Sliptip and Digi (Nov 8th 2010) - by Digital Nightfall
Digital Nightfall on 17/5/2011 at 08:35
Does it do that when you're playing Thief normally? It sounds like the hyperthreading crash.
UNWANTED GUEST on 19/5/2011 at 00:31
Not hyperthreading, not even sure what that means exactly, just playing thief normally.....
was just wondering if I am missing some patches or something....
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UNWANTED GUEST on 19/5/2011 at 00:38
WAIT A SECOND!!!!
I just tried playing STRIFE (t2)and that crashed!
Is there a problem using garrett loader and having the TDM launcher on the same computer....
something is going on.....
Nameless Voice on 19/5/2011 at 00:44
Quote Posted by UNWANTED GUEST
Not hyperthreading, not even sure what that means exactly, just playing thief normally.....
If you don't know what hyperthreading means, then that probably means that's what's causing your problems. Hyperthreading isn't something you choose to do, it's something you need to avoid doing on modern computers.
Hyperthreading is a system that emulates having more CPU cores than you have.
Thief is not a multi-core capable application, and it will crash horribly if allowed to run on more than one CPU core (real or emulated). Pretty much all modern CPUs have multiple cores. You need to either manually set the affinity to a single core using task manager, patch your Thief2.exe with ImageCfg, or use a pre-patched exe with the game locked to a single core.
The DDFix prepatched exes all have the multi-core fix applied, and in fact playing the game with any recent version of DDFix, even without a fixed exe, will automatically set the affinity to a single core.
Renault on 19/5/2011 at 17:28
I think the easiest non-technical way to fix things (as long as you're playing T2) is to run (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106) Tafferpatcher. Even if Thief 2 is already installed, I believe it will just run and make all the necessary fixes (ddfix, widescreen, multicore, etc.)
UNWANTED GUEST on 20/5/2011 at 10:57
GREAT!
Thank you all who responded! I am sure this is the prob as both computers are multi-core.
I will implement the instructions this weekend and will let you know.
Thank you for your time and consideration in helping!! :thumb:
UNWANTED GUEST on 25/5/2011 at 00:47
Of course.. my computer got a virus right before I had time to try,:mad: but once that is taken care of - (Thank goodness for geekstogo.com) I'm confident I should be up and running with Thief. - will definitely let you know...
Did download tafferpatch on this borrowed computer, (THANKS that looks like a really nice program) & will transfer to my main computer once it gets better
Sticky Fingers on 26/5/2011 at 12:14
What with burn-out & RL, I've only just got around to this one!
But I have a problem nobody else seems to have had. All the dialogue is spoken extremely fast & in what sounds like an alien language - can't understand anything :(
The text works fine, textures are animated & I get the tiny 'fade-out' when leaving the house (as opposed to a continuous view). Have d/l "Fables Nov8Fin.zip" 3 times (FileFront, Southquarter & ttlg.de) with no change. Am using WinXP Pro SP3 & NV's EP - but not DDFix (it doesn't seem to like GeF4).
Help!?
Digital Nightfall on 26/5/2011 at 12:29
It's all supposed to be like that. :sweat:
Sticky Fingers on 26/5/2011 at 12:56
Ah. I honestly did not know that - don't remember reading about it anywhere. Oh well, thanx :thumb:
