T2: So, fog is broken again. *sigh*

Scrooge on 28/3/2009 at 22:07

Vista has a "Windows XP Service Pack 2" compatibility mode, which looks needed for the videos to play.
BTW, tried the recently released Calalyst 9.3, still perfect fog :)

Yandros on 28/3/2009 at 22:09

I have to run Thief.exe as admin to see movies. I've also tried (I think) running in XPSP2 comp mode and no fog. Biker has said it's something to do with DirectX in Vista.

bikerdude on 28/3/2009 at 23:11

Quote Posted by Scrooge

Vista has a "Windows XP Service Pack 2" compatibility mode, which looks needed for the videos to play.

This only needed with some versions of thief as mine works fine native in vista.

Yandros on 10/5/2009 at 12:45

Quote Posted by Bikerdude

Didnt work using the ati tool, and the option didnt exist for rivatuner or nvhardpage..

Im gonna trawl though here - (http://downloads.guru3d.com/) and see if any of the nvidia tools in there will allow me to tweak the fog settings..

Biker, I take it nothing came of your trawling? I want to buy a video card soon and if there's a chance I can buy one that will actually make fog work, I'll do it.

Albert on 10/5/2009 at 13:24

Good lord, have you guys completely forgotten laptop users? This isn't no alienware I'm using: It's a crappy lappy from dell. The crappy intel 965 graphics chip in this puppy is lucky enough power doom 3, yippy... but thief 2 fog, nope... I'm not that lucky, sunny. (How many more -ee words can I state?) :p

Albert on 13/5/2009 at 18:04

I mean, I'm desperate enough to install directx 8 or 7 (whatever version thief 2 uses). Would that help any?

EvaUnit02 on 18/5/2009 at 04:54

Quote Posted by Albert

Good lord, have you guys completely forgotten laptop users?

It's a fact that laptops are usually shitty platforms for gaming. No compassion is owed, especially when running integrated Intel trash. Intel video solutions are usually officially unsupported by most publishers for a reason you know.

bikerdude on 18/5/2009 at 10:12

Quote Posted by Albert

I mean, I'm desperate enough to install directx 8 or 7 (whatever version thief 2 uses). Would that help any?

Albert you don't need to re-install older versions of DirectX, in fact I would actively discourage it.

As Ive said to other people playing thief on intel gfx chipsets:- Thief will run natively/vanilla on that gfx chipset (I have 2 laptops) - so NO need for DDfix. The only fix's you might require depending on your hardware config are the 'dual core patch' and the 'widescreen patch'. Additionally if your running Vista, FOG will NOT work...!!!

poroshin on 19/5/2009 at 14:39

So on Vista, no way to force fog?

bikerdude on 19/5/2009 at 15:11

Quote Posted by poroshin

So on Vista, no way to force fog?

Not that I know of