sNeaksieGarrett on 21/7/2011 at 15:22
Firstly, welcome to the forums. Secondly, great name you got there;)
To address your problem, let's try working on compatibility mode on the exe:
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Try Disable Desktop Composition
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Run this program in compatibility mode for:
Windows XP Service Pack 2
If it doesn't work, try just one or the other.
What_The_Taff on 21/7/2011 at 23:38
Nope, none of that seemed to have worked either. I really don't understand the problem here... The program opens up all fine and dandy, no errors, but I get the "stopped working" message about 1 second after it opens. Very strange :confused:
Also, thanks I like my name too :cheeky:
Edit: It may have something to do with my video card? Windows is saying it needs to switch to "basic" color scheme for the program to work. It doesnt help, though. Also, I before got a message on the console screen that said something like "Doesn't run avi's"... That must mean my AVI graphics card. The drivers are all up to date. I've tried rolling back to a previous version of Thief MP. No luck. Perhaps Tos would know?
sNeaksieGarrett on 21/7/2011 at 23:42
Ok, are you using ddfix as well, or just the mp patch?
What_The_Taff on 22/7/2011 at 00:17
Not using DDfix, no. Should I? Would that solve the problem?
sNeaksieGarrett on 22/7/2011 at 01:11
Well, all i can say is it is worth a try. What you need to do is back up your exe first , and then apply the ddfix patch to your exe (or download one of the prepatched exes, which is why you'd want to back up your old exe.) Here's a (
http://http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) link.
Also, any other technical questions you have should be directed in the same forum the above thread is in, as this forum here is more for discussion rather than tech help.
What_The_Taff on 22/7/2011 at 03:03
Hmm. I don't see how DDfix would help, since it is a fix for Nvidia cards, which I am not using... Honestly, I don't see why it's not working. It just crashes when I open it. Does it have to do with multiprocessors? I know the Thief games don't like multiprocessing. There must be SOME fix for it. I wish Tos would address this problem.
sNeaksieGarrett on 22/7/2011 at 03:29
Ddfix has a multicore processing fix included. (It may be meant for nvidia but it works on ati as well, I'm using it as we speak.)
Speaking of which, d'oh, why didn't that occur to me? That may be your issue. If you don't want to use ddfix, then I suggest trying to run the game with one core if you haven't already tried that.
I haven't heard from Tos in a while , and I have a feeling he's not interested in this project anymore. (Please correct me if I'm wrong, Tos.)
What_The_Taff on 22/7/2011 at 04:40
Well, that's great and all, but it's hard to set affinity when the program crashes right away. I mean, i can get to the set affinity option, but it just says "The operation could not be completed. Access is denied." So i can't actually set it to run on one core. Unless theres a way to make it so it starts with only one core inthe first place.
sNeaksieGarrett on 22/7/2011 at 05:47
Hey, i'm trying to help, so work with me here. Yes, there's multiple ways to set up processor affinity. May I suggest you check out this (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133946) FAQ thread.
So the ways that come to mind are:
-ddfix
-using task manager ; obviously you can't because the game crashes too quickly, which also suggests it might not be an affinity problem after all (just occured to me.) From what I understand, the dual core related crash happens after playing the game for a few minutes. (Game just freezes.)
-using a program like FlipTIB from morosetroll or RunFirst
-using imagecfg (check the FAQ thread please)
-using windows vista/7's affinity commands on the shortcut
DJ Riff on 22/7/2011 at 05:59
Quote Posted by What_The_Taff
Also, I before got a message on the console screen that said something like "Doesn't run avi's"...
Try renaming MOVIES folder. This will eliminate the possibility that the crash is because of intro movie codec problem.
