Jimbo on 14/5/2009 at 02:00
First, I apologize if my questions have been answered in another thread. I have looked extensively both here and at Eidos, and I've tried many things, but nothing seems to work.
I bought a new computer a while ago. It's a dual-core and runs Vista, of course (sigh), so I'm having all sorts of problems with running the Thief games. I DID manage to get Thief: TDP to run, so I didn't think loading and running Thief II would be any harder. Boy, was I wrong.
First, the game loads, whether I use the "lgnforce" command or not. I'm not sure what that means exactly, but I think it's strange. I HAD to use the "lgnforce" command to load Thief: TDP.
Second, I have to wait through the half-hour long pause that others have described. Irritating, but I'm willing to tolerate it for Thief. (I so love these games!!)
Naturally, the game loads and plays for about 30 seconds to a minute before locking up. When I go to set the affinity for one CPU for the program, I get an error message: "Unable to set affinity." It's doesn't say that exactly, but it's close.
Despite that, I tried downloading and installing a new Imagecfg anyway. No luck. I've tried writing new processor.bat files and some other things. Nothing works. Usually, the game plays then locks. Sometimes, I get error messages telling me DirectX is not installed, which I know isn't the case. In any event, when I get that error, the game won't run at all.
I'm at wit's end, and any insight into my problems would be appreciated. I don't consider myself a technically oriented person, so writing processor.bat files is something I probably shouldn't be doing in the first place.
For the record, I'm running with Thief II version 1.18. I don't have to download any patch files for that version.
My computer is:
OS: Windows Vista Premium Edition (x86 64-bit)
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20 GHz
Video Card: NVidia GeForce 7100/NVidia NForce 630i
I have more than enough storage and RAM to run the game.
I'm not sure what else anyone would need to know. Please ask if something is missing.
And again, I was able to run Thief: TDP on this same machine. It plays the videos, etc.
Please help, and thanks for your time!
MoroseTroll on 14/5/2009 at 06:42
I'm not sure that it will help (because of Vista x64), but please try (
http://darkfate.ru/?thumbs=files/misc_stuff/FlipTIB_v1.0.zip) it if you want. Install it, then press Right Mouse Button on the game's shortcut (or on its executable) and select "FlipTIB: Single-core mode".
Jimbo on 15/5/2009 at 01:31
Thanks. I'll give it a try and see what happens.
Jimbo on 15/5/2009 at 04:34
Thanks for trying, MoroseTroll. The program doesn't seem to function on my version of Vista.
If anyone has any other ideas, I'd be greatly obliged. Has anyone else run into this issue?
Thanks again.
BTW: When I try to set affinity for one core, the exact error message reads: "The operation could not be completed. Access is denied."
(shrugs)
Jimbo on 16/5/2009 at 20:58
Well, I just played "Running Interference" in its entirety.
Thank you, Sulphur! I feel more than a little stupid that the solution was so simple, but I'm glad I can play Thief II again! I'd buy you a six-pack if this wasn't virtual space.
Gotta go blackjack some guards! Thanks everyone!
Sulphur on 18/5/2009 at 19:16
You're welcome. Happy taffing! :)
Kaleid on 28/5/2009 at 17:47
I use modified shortcuts..works for all Dark Engine games
modify "Target" in your shortcut
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 thief2.exe
to dedicate the first CPU core to the game (or "/affinity 2" for the second, and so on)
Thief:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 thief.exe
TricKsteR80 on 6/9/2009 at 14:45
Quote Posted by Kaleid
I use modified shortcuts..works for all Dark Engine games
modify "Target" in your shortcut
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 thief2.exe
to dedicate the first CPU core to the game (or "/affinity 2" for the second, and so on)
Thief:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 thief.exe
That didn't seem to work for me. I still have to set it manually because it keeps crashing.
"You're running Vista on your admin profile, right? Looks like you need to elevate your task manager privileges. Click on 'Show Processes from All Users' and try setting the affinity again."
Thanks Sulphur, this little detail helped me to finally have the movies working properly AND to play without crashing (by adjusting the affinity in the Task Manager).
