scatterbug on 22/5/2010 at 21:27
i'm having a problem, blank readables in t2 fan missions. no problems with objectives or maps, but i haven't tried very many missions yet. i noticed it in the mission eclipsed (freaking beautiful mission, but i can't figure out what i'm supposed to be doing without the readables!) and i tested it in one or two others. readables they work fine in the original missions.
i found an old thread about it in the thief fm board and posted about my problem, but i guess no one saw it buried back there. i've done everything recommended in that thread (i.e. using latest version of darkloader and thief ) save one... re-installing the game. my thief cds are gone... scratched to heck and back. i don't think they will install again, and i'm terrified to try. i'm not even entirely sure i know where they are, come to think of it...
i'm running vista and a widescreen monitor, if that makes a difference... my machine is way overpowered to play thief, but this is the only problem i've had.
if anyone has fixed this problem without re-installing, help please! while i know i can probably find another copy online, if i can avoid buying a game i've already bought several times that'd be great.
TBE on 23/5/2010 at 04:47
Did you try to find the author's e-mail who wrote that mission? Sorry, I haven't played an FM in a while, so not familiar with the one you're speaking of.
Sounds to me like it's something involved on the install of that particular FM, as all your others are working fine. Try deleting that FM from Darkloader or Garrettloader, whichever you're using, and download a new copy of it.
If that doesn't work, get back with us.
scatterbug on 23/5/2010 at 09:12
nope, not just that mission, but every one i tried. five or six in all. every one had blank readables.
i ended up re-installing thief (in a different location, in case it messed up) and it fixed the problem.
cds weren't as scratched as i thought.
i'm still curious as to how this could be fixed without a reinstall though, and what the heck caused it in the first place...
HipBreaker on 23/5/2010 at 14:01
Quote Posted by scatterbug
nope, not just that mission, but every one i tried. five or six in all. every one had blank readables.
i ended up re-installing thief (in a different location, in case it messed up) and it fixed the problem.
cds weren't as scratched as i thought.
i'm still curious as to how this could be fixed without a reinstall though, and what the heck caused it in the first place...
Hmm, that's a first. Usually all readables are blank because the .str files (Book-files) did not make it into the books/english folder. So, I suppose you could have tried copying and pasting all .str files from the archive to your thief2/books/english folder.
Not sure how to fix the problem as a whole though... did you make sure objectives and everything are working as well, proving files were put in the right place (minus readables)? For example, in "Eclipsed", when you
entered the town did you get new objectives?