Oedipus on 19/4/2008 at 19:52
hi there guys, I'm new around here and surprised that there are still so many people around playing the old thief games :)
i hope this is the right sub-forum to post this :erg:
i installed thief 1 gold (premier collection) on my new pc, searched for some inofficial updates and found the enhancement pack that comes with better textures for T1/TG and T2.
i already had some problems playing the game because of my hardware, after changing anything in the options i had crashs to my desktop with this win XP message where you can send the crash information to Mircosoft.
i fixed the dual core and the speedy garrett thing, and the game runs fine except for the crashs in the menu.
when i install the enhancement pack, the game crashs before reaching the menu, and i figured out it has something to do with the entry in the install.cfg
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+C:\Spiele\Dark Project Directors Cut+D:\thief
when i clear the ".\EP\Thief1+.\EP+" part TG starts normal again (without crash) but there are no better textures of course.
does someone know how to fix this?
my computer:
Windows XP Prof. SP2
Geforce 8800GTX [Forceware 174.74 beta] (i read there are problems with the 8 series and Thief but i didnt notice any)
Core2Duo E6600
2GB Ram
abit mainboard
creative x-fi
Yandros on 19/4/2008 at 20:45
Your
resname_base is missing the most important location, being the \crfs folder (which may be called \res depending on whether or not you've let Darkloader optimize your install or not). Assuming the director's cut folder is your install folder (although I would certainly shorten to avoid possible problems):
Code:
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+C:\Spiele\Dark Project Directors Cut\crfs+D:\thief
OR
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+C:\Spiele\Dark Project Directors Cut\res+D:\thief
Use whichever one matches the name of the folder you find in your install folder.
You might also try using only a relative path:
Code:
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+.\crfs+D:\thief
OR
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+.\res+D:\thief
Oedipus on 19/4/2008 at 21:17
ok, now the line says
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+C:\Spiele\Dark Project Directors Cut\res+D:\thief
i never used the darkloader so i don't know what its good for :sweat:
maybe you can tell me what i have to do to correctly install the pack :sweat:
i downloaded the darkloader and optimized my installation whatever that means and I edited the line above (i have a RES _and_ a crfs directory in my install folder is that normal?), but i still get the same crash message. when the game is starting, i can already hear the sounds from the menu but before i can see it the game crashs.
Oedipus on 20/4/2008 at 13:04
i tried alot including re-install the game about 10 times and what i found out is, that after the installation of the darkloader the game rejects to start, without it TG runs fine. is there a possibility to install the enhancement pack without the darkloader?
€dit: ooooookay, i found out, that the darkloader sets the thief.exe in compatibility mode with Win98/me. after setting compatibility mode off the game starts again.
i checked my install.cfg and it says now
Code:
resname_base .\EP\Thief1+.\EP+C:\Spiele\Dark Project 1+C:\Spiele\Dark Project 1\RES+D:\thief
is this allright?
because ingame i cant see any new textures, but missing textures now
:weird: (i.e. my sword or levers) i can make a screenshot but dont know how. :confused:
€dit 2: ok i see that the heal potion looks different now and some loot too
Calibrator on 21/4/2008 at 05:10
Quote Posted by Oedipus
i tried alot including re-install the game about 10 times
Tip:
You don't have to do that over and over! Install the game (which can be
daunting itself, depending on OS and hardware), patch it and when you
are finished simply copy the whole game directory to another place (other
directory, USB-Stick, burn to DVD).
Also: Ignore the Windows registry - everything stays like it is.
If you run into trouble with expansions or mission installs you can simply
delete all files in your installation directory (including sub-directories) and
copy them back from your backup to start anew.
Quote:
€dit 2: ok i see that the heal potion looks different now and some loot too
Glad to see, that you got it running!
Calibrator
Oedipus on 21/4/2008 at 14:40
yeah ok thanks for the advice :cheeky:
But, as I said, although most models are updated, there are models with missing textures now, i.e. my sword and (when it's equipped) my right arm lack of texture, they are completly white :weird: and there are some other objects with missing textures...
Nameless Voice on 25/4/2008 at 01:02
Do you have ObjTextures16 and MeshTextures16 in your Dark.cfg file? The installer should have put them there automatically, but their absence would cause many textures to disappear.
Ganondark on 9/8/2008 at 18:00
Hello guys, Im new on this forum.
I have download the Enchancement pack for change objects textures from Thief 1, Gold, 2.
I have change textures for T2, but I have a problem for Thief Gold!
I have do all what the ''read me'' file said. (Manually and Quickly) Ive past 3 hours to try to change theses textures but Ive failed. :(
Someone can explain me what is the problème? Or simply help me with a better explaination?
Thank You
PS: Sorry if my language is not good, Im Frensh. ;) Thank You again!
