Thief 2 only working in DromEd

redleaf on 2/11/2016 at 21:34

It is making no sense to me that I can play Thief fine one day, then it stops loading on the following day when nothing (I am aware of) has been changed. Since no one is responding, I wonder if I should I be posting this question somewhere else? Or maybe I just posted a day too soon that it's working again. :p

Spyrano on 2/11/2016 at 22:06

You've probably already done this. Just covering some bases here, since no one has mentioned this yet, but check to see if your video drivers are up to date.

And for the game to work some days and not others is very confusing. You said you got it to work briefly with Windows 8 compatibility mode. Does Windows 7 or XP mode help at all, or same problem?

Unna Oertdottir on 2/11/2016 at 22:15

Try to start the Thief2.exe directly, not the desktop shortcut.
Thief keeps 'thinking' that you're on Win 8 (OS Version: 6.2.9200). There were some cases like that in the Tafferpatcher thread.

Tannar on 2/11/2016 at 22:46

If none of this works, you might try posting the the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=81) Technical and Troubleshooting forum, as well as the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=81) Tafferpatcher thread. This is not likely do to with Tafferpatcher (though anything's possible, I suppose), but it can't hurt to get maximum exposure.

redleaf on 3/11/2016 at 18:07

okay, I will try all of your suggestions - thank you. Result and fix, if any, will be posted here.

redleaf on 3/11/2016 at 19:15

Quote Posted by Spyrano

My video drivers did need updating. But it didn't change anything with my fan mission problem. :(

redleaf on 3/11/2016 at 19:18

Quote Posted by Unna Oertdottir

Try to start the Thief2.exe directly, not the desktop shortcut.
Thief keeps 'thinking' that you're on Win 8 (OS Version: 6.2.9200). There were some cases like that in the Tafferpatcher thread.

Starting Thief directly works in compatability modes for Windows 8 and Windows 7. The original mission starts no problem. In compatability modes 10 and X, it crashes before loading.

Unna Oertdottir on 3/11/2016 at 19:30

You can set the compatibility mode permanently. Does this fix your problem?

redleaf on 3/11/2016 at 23:11

Quote Posted by Unna Oertdottir

You can set the compatibility mode permanently. Does this fix your problem?

Yep. It was set permanently the first time I set it. But problems still persisted.

Unna Oertdottir on 4/11/2016 at 06:20

So what's the problem now? :erm:
This is confusing.