I Hate Burricks on 31/7/2006 at 17:58
Just got it today. I installed it and everything was fine. I start to play the first level and every seems to run smoothly except I notice a few of the following things missing:
1. My health is no showing
2. My visibility icon isn't showing
3. My weapon isn't showing. The name of it displays, but the little icon on the bottem left corner doesn't show
4. My invintory icons don't show. The names of the show up. Can't see my compass or how much loot I have
I looked through the faq and didn't find an answer. Anyone know what's wrong or how to fix it? I would greatly appreciate it
Griffin on 31/7/2006 at 19:10
This is going to sound kind of dumb but...is it possible that you got your screen set so that the bottom part is extending past the lower edge of the monitor?
Otherwise, what system, card, versions, etc. have you? Does T1 work? Any other problems?
I Hate Burricks on 31/7/2006 at 20:19
Thief gold works fine and they're aren't any other problems that I've noticed so far.
As far as the other stuff goes. It's a pretty old computer and quite honestly, I don't remember what's in it. Do I need to download a patch or something? That's going to be a problem since the computer I have it on doesn't have internet access.
Everything so far is working as it should, it's just those things that i've listed don't show up on screen
SlyFoxx on 31/7/2006 at 21:38
Maybe you install just got buggered. How big is your RES directory? Mine is (#'s below). Maybe you are just missing the "pictures" . If you ask over in the editors guild somebody could tell you exactly where they are located. It might be a simple copy and paste from your discs to get you going again. Of course you could always try to re-install.
size (451,617,465 bytes)
size on disc (451,649,536 bytes)
S_Hole on 1/8/2006 at 06:46
sounds like a video driver issue
Vigil on 1/8/2006 at 10:52
Yes, that's very likely to be the case. Specifically this sounds like a Z-buffer issue - it's possible to shrink/grow the interface models by changing their 'distance from the camera' in the dark.cfg file, and if you set a negative distance then the models are rendered 'behind' the camera position and are thus invisible. A problem with the drivers could be causing the same effect.
What video card do you have? Upgrade your video drivers and see if that fixes the problem.
I Hate Burricks on 20/8/2006 at 15:11
sorry for my absessnce. The machine I have it on is an old computer. I plan on buying another one sometime in the near future, so for the time being, I'll just deal with it. IT was given to me by my grandfather several years ago and I'm not sure what's inside it.
On an interesting note:
My health, visibilty gem, and the item icons do appear when i'm underwater. They'll also show up when I use a flash bomb. They'll stay on screen for a few seconds before disapearing again. When I first use a scouting orb, with the little "flash" it does my health and what not will appear briefly.
Vigil on 20/8/2006 at 15:50
Well, look on the bright side at least: without the help of the lightgem or health meter, you'll get damn good at playing the game ;)
I Hate Burricks on 26/8/2006 at 16:09
I'm up to Kidnap. It's been pretty tough.. I've been seen I don't know how many times. Fun game though. I'm enjoying it as much as Thief gold.
