mcmike1489 on 21/6/2019 at 05:07
When I click on the "Thief2MP.exe" I get this message saying "This app can't run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher" How do I get it to work if I'm seeing this instead?
sNeaksieGarrett on 23/6/2019 at 16:08
Never seen that before. That is interesting.
What version of windows are you running? Also include whether it is 64 bit or 32 bit.
Did you also try right clicking the EXE, going to properties, then checking the Compatibility tab and selecting a compat mode?
mcmike1489 on 23/6/2019 at 16:28
Oh ok, well the message is a blue window it shows with white letters. The same color when your battery is running low on your laptop. I'm using Windows 10 Home 64-bit I did not right click the exe and checked the compatibility mode because I don't know which compatibility mode I should use, which one do you suggest?
sNeaksieGarrett on 25/6/2019 at 01:04
I checked my old version of thief2.exe from my pre-newdark patch install and I have it set to Windows XP Service Pack 3. Also check 'run this program as an administrator.'
mcmike1489 on 25/6/2019 at 01:13
Ok, I'll try that out. Perhaps Windows 10 doesn't know what the path for the executable is set to for the way it is right now? That should help hopefully, thanks!
sNeaksieGarrett on 25/6/2019 at 01:15
I hope that helps but beyond that I'm not sure what else to suggest. Maybe start over fresh and reinstall the multiplayer part to your game install and see what happens.
mcmike1489 on 25/6/2019 at 01:17
Either that or just wait for the next update that Jax, Voodoo and FEN are currently working on. I saw on one of the threads, they are working on a number of fixes for it.
downwinder on 25/6/2019 at 02:02
thief multiplayer aka thievery has had issues from day one,from decades ago it never worked right in anyway,the game play was wonky as all hell and use to be you picked thief or guard and it blew bad
not sure why they keep trying to make a single player game into multi
long live thief 1/g/2 fan missions
mcmike1489 on 25/6/2019 at 02:08
So, you're saying it's a bad idea to make a singleplayer game into multiplayer that's really not compatible at all? I understand that Thief 1/Gold and Thief 2 never included a multiplayer feature when it first came out.
sNeaksieGarrett on 25/6/2019 at 03:54
Quote Posted by downwinder
thief multiplayer aka thievery has had issues from day one,from decades ago it never worked right in anyway,the game play was wonky as all hell and use to be you picked thief or guard and it blew bad
not sure why they keep trying to make a single player game into multi
long live thief 1/g/2 fan missions
I think you are referring to Thievery UT, that is something else entirely which we are not talking about.
Thief 2's multiplayer patch (which is what this thread is about), in its current form, was just established as part of of the latest NewDark Patch. The prior version of multiplayer, was introduced by Tos in 2008 as a separate patch, which was 11 years ago, not "decades ago."
Furthermore, you are entitled to your own opinion but some folks just like the idea of playing a game with a friend and I see no problem with it. Let people have their fun, I understand it may not be your cup of tea but don't try to diminish others' interest in something because you think it is a bad idea. And sure, there's going to be issues with things like this because it is being done by a third party and is an addon to a game that was not built from the ground up with multiplayer.
You can still play Thief 2's main story line on your own, without the fact that the multiplayer patch exists interfering with your ability to play your singleplayer game.
Finally, circling back to Thievery, did you mean the concept itself of replicating Thief into a multiplayer game is not something people should try to do?
Also, the issues you describe from Thievery are inherent to that mod for UT and are irrelevant to what we are discussing here, as that is something different whereas what we're talking about is using the original game to play online, not trying to replicate the experience in another game's engine.