Bladethegreat on 29/11/2010 at 04:50
I'm having a lot of trouble trying to play Thief 2 on Windows 7 and there doesn't seem to be much in the threads on here about fixing issues with that. I installed the game and used the Taffer patch, and everything usually goes fine through the menus. Only issues with those is that about 70% of the time it kind of blinks then auto minimizes, but if I reopen it enough times it usually stays open EVENTUALLY so that issue isn't too big. The thing that's making the game unplayable is that as soon as I go past the objectives screen to the actual first mission the game just crashes instantly. So basically the main game itself is unplayable in all my attempts so far. Anyone have an idea what may fix this?
jtr7 on 29/11/2010 at 04:56
You didn't say which threads you already looked at, and didn't say you looked at the FAQ:
(
http://ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133946)
Someone else should be along some time who's familiar with the minimizing issue.
Bladethegreat on 29/11/2010 at 05:10
I did look at the FAQ, as well at the Tafferpatch topic and doing a general forum search for any issues with Windows 7, nothing I've found in any of those threads has solved my problem.
Edit: Correction, the minimizing issue seems to be solvable by just having every other window closed so it has nothing else to change the focus to, but the graphics issue I still can't find a solution for yet.
Azaran on 29/11/2010 at 07:03
Quote Posted by Bladethegreat
Edit: Correction, the minimizing issue seems to be solvable by just having every other window closed so it has nothing else to change the focus to, but the graphics issue I still can't find a solution for yet.
Have you tried (
http://www.filefront.com/16384349/ddfix-1.4.5-complete.zip/) Ddfix?
I use Windows 7 and my Thief 2 runs fine with it, as does Thief Gold.
Yandros on 29/11/2010 at 15:40
This thread belongs in the Legacy Gaming Tech Help forum.
He's said he's using Tafferpatcher, which should have already applied both DDFix and the multicore fix. Besides, the multicore problem doesn't lead to an immediate crash, it causes the game to hang soon after you enter game mode.
My only thought is perhaps part of Tafferpatcher failed, so you're effectively not using DDFix. You might try installing it manually, or verifying it's being used.
ffox on 29/11/2010 at 17:32
Bladethegreat: Possibly the game installation was already borked when you started using Tafferpatcher. Have you tried a fresh install using Tafferpatcher to do it?
sNeaksieGarrett on 30/11/2010 at 19:23
You haven't actually told us what you HAVE tried. If you tell us that, we can save some time instead of going down the road of:
"did you try this?"
"yep, didn't help."
"what about this?"
"yep."
"well what haven't you tried?"
The first thing I'd suggest, as has already been mentioned, is make sure you're using ddfix. You might also apply admin to your thief executable and/or shortcut, and disable desktop composition under Compatibility tab in the properties of the shortcut or exe.
Mak_opeta on 7/12/2010 at 05:02
i keep getting emails saying i got new pms but when i come on the forum to check there is none in my box?
EvaUnit02 on 11/12/2010 at 06:04
Quote Posted by Mak_opeta
i keep getting emails saying i got new pms
That's what she said.
