Kovitlac on 17/5/2006 at 13:18
My Thief: DP will not start. The main menu comes up and I can pick a game to load. But once I start loading it always locks up. Last time I had to restart my computer completely to get out. I can't understand why, since I played it month or so before and everything was fine :confused: It's Thief I (not Thief gold), and my computer is XP, if that makes any difference.
T-Smith on 17/5/2006 at 13:20
Have you tried looking through the big red FAQ at the top of the forum to see if your problem is in there?
Kovitlac on 17/5/2006 at 13:29
Yes, I did. Nothing seems to fit exactly what it happening to my game. I'll check everything out again, though...
Random_Taffer on 17/5/2006 at 17:23
Did you recently install a new graphics card or update your graphics card drivers?
Kovitlac on 17/5/2006 at 21:35
No - all that was done before I played Thief last time. It worked fine, then.
Random_Taffer on 17/5/2006 at 21:57
When you try and play does it just show a black screen and you hear a beep but can't see any window? Or does it simply crash to desktop with no error message?
Kovitlac on 18/5/2006 at 12:58
I'm waiting for it to load the game and it just freezes right there. I'm not getting any error message. I control-alt-delete and it says 'not responding' so I had to stop it.
Random_Taffer on 18/5/2006 at 13:24
I suggest a reinstall. Have you tried that yet?
Kovitlac on 19/5/2006 at 12:02
No, I haven't. I was worried about loosing my saved games. Is there a way I can keep them w/o loosing them?
Holywhippet on 23/5/2006 at 02:27
Quote Posted by Kovitlac
No, I haven't. I was worried about loosing my saved games. Is there a way I can keep them w/o loosing them?
Find the directory they are in, zip them up and copy the zip file somewhere safe. Once you've reinstalled, put them back in.
