Is it possible to play thief 1,2,3 on windows vista

Cardia on 15/6/2009 at 11:15

I´m thinking in buying a new pc with windows Vista, does anyone knows if it is possible to play thief 1,2,3 on windows vista?

Yandros on 15/6/2009 at 12:53

Of course! I play TG and T2 on my Vista64 machine. All I had to do was use imagecfg as the permanent fix for dual core processor. Now I'm also running DDFix, the Widescreen patch and Telliamed's new expanded Dromed resolution util and it's all working fine.

bob_doe_nz on 15/6/2009 at 22:47

Quote Posted by cardia1

I´m thinking in buying a new pc with windows Vista, does anyone knows if it is possible to play thief 1,2,3 on windows vista?

I've got Windows 7 running on another computer. It plays Thief with a few minor adjustments. (Installing KLite codec pack, disabling UAC for video playback)

I've got DDFix, Widescreen as well as the Dual Core fix.

Basically I just returned Darloader to normal, copied over the Thief 2 folder, changed the links in the install.cfg and dark.cfg to reflect the changes.

I do have one minor issue and that is that the menu screens don't seem to 'scale' properly, it looks jagged and not smooth unlike when I used XP.

Cardia on 16/6/2009 at 10:40

Quote Posted by Yandros

Russ, where can i get the Imagecfg and the widescreen patch? and is it possible to use Dromed on a:

Disco Rígido 750GB SATA, 5400rpm
Drive DVD DVD-RW
Interfaces 1 x HDMI
1 x Firewire
Memória 4 GB - DDR2 a 667 MHz (2 x 2048MB)
Processador Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 - 2,83GHz
Placa Gráfica ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 - 512MB or 1 Gb
Rato Óptico
Sistema Áudio High Definition 7.1
Sistema Operativo Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition Português
Teclado Multimedia

Brian The Dog on 16/6/2009 at 13:36

I would recommend installing the games into a directory other than "Program Files" in Vista , since I gather there is some write-protection going on there, which may interfere with Fan Missions. [I'm not too clear on the details since I don't use Vista, but I've heard it mess up other games]

Yandros on 16/6/2009 at 13:49

Pedro, look in the Stickies in this forum for info and links on the fixes. And I agree, don't install it under Program Files. I just copied the Thief folders (I have multiple installs) it from my old XP system over to the new on inside something like C:\Thief\ to avoid any issues. Program Files is mostly a problem in 64bit system I think than Vista but it doesn't hurt to be careful.

Cardia on 19/6/2009 at 14:34

Quote Posted by Yandros

I think the wise option to take is install Windows Xp and avoid all those issues, unfortently i don´t know how long will we be able to have games compatible for windows Xp, its really annoying that we have to keep up to the tecnologies changes , and great old games won´t be compatible with the new operative systems, i hope in future Microsoft develop a system that will allow to run every game, from the first to the last...anyway thanks for your help and suggestions:thumb:

Yandros on 20/6/2009 at 04:30

Windows 7 is going to include an XP Compatibility Mode, basically an XP Virtual Machine app for Dummies. It's supposed to make it much easier to run older games in Win7 than it is in Vista.

Cardia on 20/6/2009 at 20:21

Quote Posted by Yandros

Windows 7 is going to include an XP Compatibility Mode, basically an XP Virtual Machine app for Dummies. It's supposed to make it much easier to run older games in Win7 than it is in Vista.

Maybe i should wait for that Windows 7, how long would i have to wait for it?
i haven´t updated my pc yet.

Yandros on 21/6/2009 at 05:11

It's due out in October.