Jeshibu on 8/12/2006 at 11:05
I'm having the exact same problem. Sigh. I tried running in compatibility mode for NT 4, which worked yesterday, but crashes just as fast now.
STiFU on 8/12/2006 at 12:32
I am glad that I also have Thief 2... I just wanted to check the three extra missions anyway and perhaps some FMs. But since it's not working so good I'll just.... :(
The awkward thing is that I never had any problems with the normal dark project. But this director's cut causes a lot of them!!
baeuchlein on 8/12/2006 at 16:14
Quote Posted by G.A.Pster
... when I do play mission my desk top shows up for like half a second and then the mission comes up, Im not running it in compatibility mode.
I have been playing Thief I and II as well as several fan missions on different machines using Windows 98 SE, and I can occasionally see my desktop for a short time after pressing the "play" button in the game. It's obviously a normal thing, but it's hard to notice on fast machines. I think it happens when the game engine switches to the resolution and graphics card chosen for the game. Before pressing "Play", the game uses a resolution of 640x480 pixels on the primary graphics card, but in the game it uses the hardware and resolution you selected in the options menu. I bet this short "desktop flash" is somehow tied to this process.
Jeshibu on 8/12/2006 at 18:58
Odd. It just worked for a bit again. I tried to see if I could recreate it after I quit, but alas.
Maybe someone else here can be helped by (
http://www.ntcompatible.com/Thief_Gold_c1540.html) this?
I just tried again after writing that, and through some random turn of events, it worked. Starting a new game still crashes it, but saved games (from that one time it
did work normally) load properly. Hm. Odd.
STiFU on 8/12/2006 at 19:08
hehe... That's the same here. :) I had to go through the traininglevel as I said. SKipping the training level didn'T work. Neither did the GOLDSKIP.EXE of course. I am really glad that the ctrl+alt+shirt+end shortcut was implemented... :)
MrGenesis on 8/12/2006 at 22:21
Dumb question but.. how do I use the compatability mode? I don't think I've ever used it :confused:
I'll give that cpu selection a go.. its funny that thought did flicker through my head but I thought "nah thats crazy" :weird:
Jeshibu on 8/12/2006 at 22:49
Quote Posted by MrGenesis
Dumb question but.. how do I use the compatability mode? I don't think I've ever used it :confused:
I'll give that cpu selection a go.. its funny that thought did flicker through my head but I thought "nah thats crazy" :weird:
Right-click the shortcut or .exe and select properties, then the Compatibility tab. Windows 2000 compatibility generally works best for Thief, I think.
Jeshibu on 10/12/2006 at 01:26
Alright, I fixed it.
As mentioned in (
http://ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110463) this thread, the 9*.** nvidia drivers may break this game, so I tried it.
I reverted to 84.21 by just bluntly installing that driver. No removal tools or any other actions to remove the old (newer, actually) driver.
I can now click "new game" any number of times without it crapping out on me and windows wanting to send an error report. Yay!
MrGenesis on 13/12/2006 at 11:13
Got it working!!!
It seems it was all down to not spotting the compatibility mode. Soon as I selected to run in Win 2000 mode it was fine.
Ah.. was good to see Old Baffords pad again. I wonder if he changed the pool water since I was there last. :eww:
