Stefan_Key on 17/9/2021 at 07:01
Reinstall AngelLoader?
FenPhoenix on 17/9/2021 at 08:12
If you would, could you try to play a fan mission and then post the contents of your AngelLoader_log.txt file?
TafferCat on 17/9/2021 at 19:03
okay i figured it out with some help from a friend...
the AngelLoader log didn't tell me anything... it just had one line for the last time the program ran... but the Thief2.log showed that the FM directory couldn't be found or couldn't be written to... even though all those folders and files were there plain to see... i tried changing the read-only attribute in windows but that kept reverting...
here's what happened...
last weekend i setup Google Drive to backup my Thief folder to the cloud... and for some reason, it altered permissions for some but not all of the directories... this makes little to no sense to me but that's what happened...
so a friend had me open a cmd line as an administrator, cd to my Thief directory, then paste and execute the following command:
attrib -s -h -r "C:\Thief\Thief1\FMs\*.*" /s /d
attrib -s -h -r "C:\Thief\Thief2\FMs\*.*" /s /d
i guess this forces all files and folders including hidden ones within the folder to unset the read-only setting...
after i did that, everything works fine again...
i doubted it was AngelLoader's fault... such an awesome mission manager/loader... everyone around here should use it...
FenPhoenix on 17/9/2021 at 20:16
Good to hear :)
FenPhoenix on 21/9/2021 at 00:50
(
https://github.com/FenPhoenix/AngelLoader/releases/download/v1.5.3/AngelLoader_v1.5.3.zip)
AngelLoader v1.5.3 is out.
The main features are:
* AngelLoader will now auto-fix the "character_detail" bug that happens after you play
Ascend the Dim Valley (model textures would look wrong or broken in many FMs due to NewDark misapplying one of
Ascend the Dim Valley's per-FM settings globally).
* Game filters/tabs can now be hidden individually, in case you don't have all games and want a clean interface.
* Fixed a bug where if the Windows username contained non-ASCII characters, the stub would fail to read from the temp path and thus FMs would fail to play.
* Error detection and reporting has been improved, and error dialogs now contain a "View log" button so you can see the log instantly. (Hopefully you don't run into this feature too often, of course, but better to have it there!)
(
https://github.com/FenPhoenix/AngelLoader/releases/tag/v1.5.3) Full changelog here.
gamophyte on 24/9/2021 at 17:34
Thanks Fen!
nightchild on 30/9/2021 at 10:46
Most likely I have to do something outside the loader to make the original games to properly load, so I will write down what I have noticed so far in case someone understands what I have to fix.
By starting Thief 1 via the button in the loader, the objectives are missing and only the check squares are visible.
During gameplay some guards are getting zapped away from me, as if a huge vacuum cleaner is devouring them.
By starting Thief 2, some arrows appear on the right side inventory and not at the weapons place on the left.
When I throw a flash bomb it falls on the ground as if it is a ball, doesn't make light. And I can't raise sword or blackjack.
I am currently playing the Golden Book and I had no problem playing that or any other fm so far, but a little friend of mine wanted to see how are the originals games so I just loaded the oms and found the above problems.
Any help is very wellcome. :)
FenPhoenix on 30/9/2021 at 11:41
Try just running the game exe file(s) straight from the game folders with AngelLoader closed, and see if the problem still occurs.
nightchild on 30/9/2021 at 12:26
as a matter of fact I also did that yesterday but I forgot to mention it here, when I run either games from their folders the FMsel starts instead.
FenPhoenix on 30/9/2021 at 12:32
Alright, so when FMSel comes up, click the "Skip FM" button in the bottom-left corner and that should run the original game.