Thanks for the suggestion; too bad it didn't work.Originally Posted by Bikerdude
I created a shortcut to ddfixgui.exe and tried all five compatibility modes (Win95, Win95, WinNT, Win2000, and WinXP). Crashed each time.
The Thief.exe from Thief Gold should (theoretically) work for Thief: DP, though I haven't tried it.
To manually modify the .exe, search for the first occurrence of ddraw.dll using a hex editor, and replace it with ddfix.dll - make sure you're in overwrite mode and don't change the length of the file.
My educated guess would be that no, it's not really supported anymore... Haven't seen Timeslip around, and when I go to his page, I see stuff about other patches. Seems he just quit doing work for the thief games.
Anyway, is it possible you don't have microsoft .net 2.0?
I check Add/Remove Program...I definitely have .net 2.0 SP 2, .net 3.0, and .net 3.5. Thanks for trying. I may have to revert to 32-bit XP. Too bad. At the risk of annoying the mods, it's too bad that the ddfix-friendly exes aren't cracked. I respect the need to discourage soft piracy. I have legitimately-licensed Thief1, but I don't want to insert the physical disk just to play - very poor user experience. Oh well.
Thief 1 doesn't even have copy protection at all. It's actually just checking for files that it needs.
If you edit install.cfg (in a good text editor, e.g. Notepad++) and remove the CDPath line, then the game should work fine without the CD - that will stop it looking for files on the CD. It'll only work if you have a full install, though.
You may need to manually copy Convict.osm from the Thief CD into your Thief folder, though. That's the file that Thief Gold is looking for on the CD because it doesn't get installed by default.
That worked!
NM, my problems are over thanks to you...and TTLG.com!
Found a temporary solution for fog in Vista. Tested it on a laptop with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470. Vista32, Ddfix version 1.3.11.0. After loading a mission, the fog works fine until I read a book or look at a map. After this the fog disappears. Now I tried this:
It's a current version of Multiplayer mod, it uses an overlay for displaying readables and maps without switching to other screen mode. The objectives are still shown on 'Menu' screen mode and they still break the fog. Loading a quicksave breaks the fog too, but if this overlay thing could be added to Ddfix, the game could be restarted without multiplayer console and thus a quicksave could be loaded.
Hey I can't get ddfix to work (got the latest version), it just crashes as soon as its opened. I'm trying to patch Thief2, I'm using a pre-patched Thief2.exe. I already tried compatibility mode and .net2 is installed as well.
thiefish NooB, look at the past few posts.
I did, they seem to be talking about Thief not Thief2.
Manually installing the ddfix patch applies to theif 2, just as much as it does to thief 1. In fact, ddfix was made for thief 2 anyway.
Ok guess I'll try it the hardway, never used a hex editor and such but I'll give it a shot. Thanks
Hrrm, I'm almost certain I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what. Thief2 keeps crashing when I try to run it, here is what Vista spits out as the error:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: thief2.exe
Application Version: 1.9.0.0
Application Timestamp: 31313931
Fault Module Name: lgvid.ax
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 325977a7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000151d
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 56dd
Additional Information 2: 4d8213becb00cf1775981efa2b594ccd
Additional Information 3: 199c
Additional Information 4: a523b2a71634035bff6790fa665212b8
Here is what my cam.cfg file looks like:
; $Header: r:/t2repos/thief2/src/cam.cfg,v 1.24 2000/03/08 11:43:50 adurant Exp $
; hey, which game is this
game dark
; general configs
include_user_cfg user.cfg
editor_include_dromed_cfg dromed.cfg
; game specific paths/configs
dark_include_install_cfg darkinst.cfg
shock_include_install_cfg install.cfg
; set trait cache to include concretes
trait_cache_flags 2
no_network
sfx_vol_music -474
fogging 0
enhanced_sky 1
render_weather 1
movie_volume_factor 0.7
game_screen_size 1920x1080
Here is what my ddfix.ini looks like:
[Main]
;Screen resolution
;Must be 800x600 or greater
gWidth=1920
gHeight=1080
;Refresh rate. 0 is default, anything else to override.
RefreshRate=0
;Set to 1 to fix the duel core related crash
MultiCoreFix=1
;Set to 1 to automatically register lgvid.ax each time thief is started up
VideoFix=1
;This can be set to zero to get a more accurate z-buffer
;Doesn't usually make a noticable difference to picture quality
UseCompatibleZBuffer=1
;Turns on the 32 bit texture loader and adds support for some unsupported screen resolutions
;Will cause a crash if used with an unsupported exe
; 0 - Disable
; 1 - Determine exe automatically
; 2 - Thief 2 v1.18
Thief2Extensions=1
Already tried setting VideoFix to 0 and 1 and back again, same problem. I edited the Thief2.exe already with the hex editor as well, found it at the same offset that was noted in the readme. Dunno what else to do, sorry for sucking guys.
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Last edited by thiefish NooB; 1st May 2009 at 03:30.
1920x1080. You need to apply the widescreen patch (after installing DDFix) in order to use that resolution.
Hmm, it says lgvid.ax is at fault.... Interesting. That file has to do with the indeo videos that thief 2 uses. I'm not sure what this means though... Maybe lgvid.ax is not registered?
Well I used the widescreen patch and it said it patched successfully but now it when I try to run the game it asks me to put the cd in the drive (its already in there!!)....
How would I go about registering that file?
It's asking for the CD even though it's already in the drive?
Try removing the line starting "cdpath" from darkinst.cfg - that should solve that problem.
As for lgvid.ax, try renaming the file lgvid.ax in your T2 folder to something else, such as xlgvid.ax, and see if it still crashes.
LGVid.ax will never be unregistered if you're using DDFix with the video fix option enabled (which you have).
Looks like that fixed it, thanks for helping me out guys!!
Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but VMware Workstation 6.5.1 Build 126130 Final now supports DirectX 9.0 graphics. Thief 2 demo works with dithering in Win XP mode, but is very very slow.
That's good to hear, d'Spair. So VMware Workstation 6.5.1 Build 126130 Final just needs more CPU power to emulate DirectX 9.0 at decent speed.
Hmm, not really as the DX9 mode is software only. Fort thief to work correctly Vmware needs to have direct control of the video card - i.e. true virtualisation, which currently no VM software package currently does.
Ive got Windows 7 installed atm, and Im just installing Vmware WS now, so Ill be interested to see whats the emulated DX9 mode is like under this OS.
A friend of mine who tested it said that it was also full of graphical glitches. And still no fog.
well Im testing it on my setup, watch this space
I'm having an odd problem with DDFix 1.1.1 when playing System Shock 2. I downgraded from 1.3.11 because I was experiencing slowdowns due to my HD4780 card. The game runs fine, but as soon as I try searching bodies or opening up certain tabs in the inventory, the game will instantly crash. Does anyone have a solution?
Last edited by rwakefield; 9th May 2009 at 20:23.
I´ve got Thief 2 ver. 1.18 on this computer http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kompvzz.jpg with DDFix installed, but afrer intro and mission menu, game always crash with this error: http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?i...hief2error.jpg. Can you help me? It is necessary to change graphics card drivers? Thanks!
@rwakefield: Hmm, not quite sure what is going on there. You are playing thief with a single core right?
@John: So, the game is crashing after the intro movie? The game crashes after you hit "continue"? have you seen this? That could possibly help. I'm also wondering if you are running with one core.
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