TBE on 10/12/2006 at 21:28
Recently, I tried reinstalling Thief Gold. My computer has been updated with a lot of new hardware since the last time I played. I got the texture memory error. Trying the safe_texture_manager and fixed .exe, I still got the error. I'm currently using 91.31 nvidia drivers on a BFG GeForce 7800 GS AGP video card.
Solution:
I started the game with Options->Video->Hardware Acceleration OFF. Then after playing for a second, I then went back to the menu and set hardware acceleration ON. Voila! Instant fix.
Playing for a minute with the software emulation mode reminded me of the first time I played the Thief demo on a 350 MHz Pentium computer without a video card. Now I remember why I bought a video card for that very first computer. (It is pretty ugly playing with software mode.)
David on 10/12/2006 at 21:51
It'll go in the FAQ if it's verified by a few more people. I shall try it out later or tomorrow to see if it helps.
Jeshibu on 10/12/2006 at 22:50
I'd test this, but I don't get that error.
Totally unrelated, but this reminds me of when I though I'd solved my TG level-loading crash by turning off the z-buffer before playing, but couldn't do it right again. :(
Anyway, how about updating the FAQ with the fact that 93.71 drivers and Thief Gold don't get along, but 84.21 and TG do?
DaveW on 10/12/2006 at 23:28
I'll test it tommorow - I've been trying to play Thief but I've been getting this problem (pretty much the same graphics card as you).
NightStalker on 11/12/2006 at 00:00
iv had that problem for ages now, but it was for thief DP. the FAQ solutions didnt work and i even posted but non of the kind replies worked :( maybe this will work for DP as well as gold :) thanks for posting, i will see if it works when i get the chance :)
Huckeye on 11/12/2006 at 18:41
I wouldn't consider this a solution. It only worked for me once. That's one try, not one mission. After that the problem continued. The problem is in newer video drivers, I haven't tried the most recent ones but I believe the only current viable solution is to roll back your video drivers.
David on 11/12/2006 at 19:17
Didn't work for me, either :erg:
DaveW on 11/12/2006 at 19:47
Doesn't work for Thief 2, unfortunately. The FAQ solution doesn't work for me either.
TBE on 17/12/2006 at 16:00
Seems that it only works periodically. I can't replicate good results all the time. I rolled back my drivers to 84.21, and Thief works now, 100% of the time.
I tried doing a dual install of Win98 and XP, but it seems that Win98 won't recognize my SATA drive. Crap.
NightStalker on 21/12/2006 at 19:44
Well I just reinstalled thief-DP to see if this worked and DP ran fine straight from install! I didn't get the texture memory error :sweat: I'm using the same pc.. The only thing I did was reinstall windows.. Quite a big thing id admit but i would of thought it would of had the same settings.. it was only 2 months old when i had to reinstall windows =/ but yeah, just posting to say i carnt confirm this works :( but thanks for posting as it made me reinstall thief so now im quite happy :D /returns to thief DP :sly:
