mudi on 4/11/2009 at 13:41
Do you have the videos without running as administator? For me everything except the videos work when I don't run as administrator and everything works when I do run as administrator.
I also don't have the trouble with mono sound, I leave it set to 5.1 and don't turn hardware acceleration on and have perfectly fine Stereo sound... every fix I've tried to get 5.1 sound has led to unacceptable problems.
STiFU on 4/11/2009 at 13:56
yup, videos work fine without admin. The mono-problem is independent of the hardware-acceleration switch on my side. I wonder whether there might be some command-line parameters for thief2.exe, that let me specify which channels to use for the sound...
As an additional info, I can also tell you that I am using a MSDNAA-license of Windows 7 from my university. Dunno if that version of Windows 7 is any different to the ones in the stores. But I guess this information is irrelevant... Just trying to give as many details as possible.
jtr7 on 4/11/2009 at 14:15
Much appreciated! I hope we will find solutions for everybody.
humble48 on 4/11/2009 at 16:25
Just a quick note, that the Eidos download version of Thief Gold has build into the installation a prevention of installing on Windows Vista (probably 7 as well). The command line switch that allowed this to be overwritten seems to have been removed as well. I was forced to install this on a Windows XP machine first and then was able to copy just the Theif directory to the other computer.
From what I saw, the only registry entries created were for the license key authorization and the un-install information. The license key information key though, is recreated once you authorize the game.
Thanks.
Renzatic on 4/11/2009 at 16:54
Potential simple solution to that. Have you tried taking the install executable and running it in Windows 98/ME compat mode? That's what I do when installing the disc based version of the game. I don't use the command line switches at all, and it behaves just fine.
humble48 on 4/11/2009 at 18:06
I can try that when I get home from work to see if that tricks it.
I'll let you know.
CaptSyn on 4/11/2009 at 21:04
Installed T2 with the -lgntforce switch. Don't know if the switch is needed but it's become habit. Update with premier patch 1.18 which I've already placed the no cd patch into.
Copy ddfix files into T2 folder and apply manually with HxD since the ddfixGUI will not run. Manually edit the necessary .cfg files as per the ddfix readme, also using the ddfix multicore cpu fix.
Indeo 5.0 codec from this site will not install properly. Used Universal Extractor to extract the following files from the installer, placed those in their own folder within the T2 folder and manually registered the *.ax files. Don't know if the dll files are needed, but it can't hurt to have them there.
Files extracted:
iac25_32.ax
ir32_32.dll
ir41_32.ax
Ir41_qcx.dll
ir50_qc.dll
Game runs perfectly with videos at 1280x1024 on my 8400GS, Realtek HD Audio, and Q6600. In-game volume controls haven't worked properly since Windows 98, so everything is at full volume. Not a problem with any OMs or most FMs.
No "run as admin" permissions needed, and I have UAC disabled. Also no compatibility modes needed.
Haven't tried the other Dark Engine games in Win7, but I assume they would be the same.
mudi on 5/11/2009 at 00:47
Aah, having UAC disabled is probably what does it... I believe that makes it run as administrator by default on an administrator-level account. Which is stupid but there you go :rolleyes:
humble48 on 5/11/2009 at 05:57
Confirmed that in order for that version of the installation to work, it has to be placed in XP compat mode.
Thanks for the advice.
Albert on 5/11/2009 at 06:22
Future generations will admire our dedication... For sure! :rolleyes:
EDIT: Still, it says something about the nature of fans. We'll go to lengths to get the whole 9 yards.
But maybe I'm still just irked I'm the only one who hasn't fully achieved 100% thief goodness
on my ****ing laptop!
