T2 FM: Insanity's Crescendo (6 May 2010) - Updated to v1.2, 22 Aug 2010 - by Haplo
Printer's Devil on 9/5/2010 at 06:07
Restarted from scratch. Got a little bit farther. Quicksaving seems to set it off pretty consistently too. Strange.
Snakebite on 9/5/2010 at 06:10
Make a clean install. Did you had installed "King's story" prior to this FM?
Sagittal on 9/5/2010 at 08:51
I never had any frame rate problems but I did have 2 crashes early in the mansion when I tried to pick up unconscious bodies that I had previously thrown in corners (checking for missed switches underneath). This crash seldom if ever happens with me so I was very aware not to pick bodies up for a while. Later on in the mission, after first entering the Den and when I'd probably forgotten about the crashes, I just went back to normal picking them up and throwing them around no problem :D .
I did turn Fogging OFF sometime later during the mission (a legacy from The Kings Story), for no particular reason other than it wasn't needed, so I don't know if that helped - but might be worth others checking that it's turned OFF for this fm ?
I didn't have any early saved games but I went back to experiment with those I did have - but couldn't get crashes to occur with Fogging ON or OFF. Anyway just an idea, and for the record, the 2 crashes I had didn't affect my enjoyment of the mission at all, :thumb: . PS. I don't have DDFix installed.
Aspirin on 9/5/2010 at 08:57
Hi, I reported crashes early in the thread. But its not Windows BSOD crash but crash of Thief2.exe reported by message (the type of message depends on what you have installed on your computer. I have Visual Studio so I got message of VS debugger). The behaviour was exactly the same: the framerate slowly dropped to near unplayable and Thief2 crashed. Every save was corrupted and Thief crashed during reload.
What did help me to solve this problem ? Be sure you install the last version of FM with "ic.gam" file (in Thief2 directory) dated the 11th of March and later. This and start from beginning removed crashes obsolutly (I made a lot of saves from this time and no crashes and no slowing down)..
polycarp on 9/5/2010 at 09:54
Quote Posted by shadows
In the labyrinth, try to go up.Thanks, understood!
ffox on 9/5/2010 at 10:30
Quote Posted by Aspirin
What did help me to solve this problem ? Be sure you install the last version of FM with "ic.gam" file (in Thief2 directory) dated the 11th of March and later. This and start from beginning removed crashes obsolutly (I made a lot of saves from this time and no crashes and no slowing down)..
This makes sense - if the .mis file refers to objects which are missing/different in the .gam file something is bound to go wrong.
When a glitch occurs, for whatever reason, the memory contains that glitch and thus every subsequent save game will also contain it. The problem is that the initial corruption may not be immediately apparent. The corruption will often slowly spread until the frame rate takes a noticeable dive or the mission crashes.
The solution is to go back to a save that was made before the initial glitch occurred. Of course, that may be a lot further back than you think - if the contents of the FM package are borked it could have happened when you started the mission.
Aspirin on 9/5/2010 at 12:30
Finished:
5/7 secrets(2grates space,wrath place,diving pipe,yellow door,...)
2/2 optional objectives (Fire,Plant)
2/5 bonus objectives (Kill,Rich)
Haplo:
although the mission layout is relatively simple you put really a lot of fun and enjoyment into it. The gizmo is ingeniuos tool. More please !!! :)
Cardia on 9/5/2010 at 13:50
Quote Posted by Sagittal
Cardia1, exactly, .... try the
kitchen for something to contamibnate the water With the
forcefield turned off you will be able to progressThanks Sagital, i can´t believe i missed that in the kitchen, now i´m stuck again, i was able to solve the labirinth path without the help of the five scrolls, because i didn´t understand them, the only thing that guided me in the labirinth was the ambient music :). Right now i´m in a room where i killed the 4 minions, once i killed them a gate opened, but now i have another closed gate ahead, and i can´t rope up to the ceiling bones, i see a hole above the gate but can´t reach it, and worst is that i can´t get out of this area, any spoilers please :sweat:
ffox on 9/5/2010 at 14:31
cardia1: I guess you found and used Han's key because you managed to "kill" the minions. Did you get the gizmo from Hans' safe? You need it before you can progress further.
Cardia on 9/5/2010 at 14:34
Quote Posted by ffox
cardia1:
I guess you found and used Han's key because you managed to "kill" the minions. Did you get the gizmo from Hans' safe? You need it before you can progress further. I got han´s key safe, but where can i find his safe? and how do i get out of the 4 minions area? i can get to the ladder that is above the lava pool. :p
