zomfg1234 on 26/3/2021 at 10:45
My first experience with the Thief series was from playing a german demo of Thief 2, which included Life of the Party. I would like to replay it but with NewDark, german voices and enhanced textures if possible. Does anyone know where I can find it and how to make it modern?
zomfg1234 on 26/3/2021 at 16:21
Inline Image:
https://arch-img.b4k.co/v/1553067980141.jpgI found this image on google, looks like the textures are HD, so it would seem that somebody managed to apply all the new fixes to this demo version. I am not sure.
zomfg1234 on 27/3/2021 at 00:19
Alright, so I've found the version from the screenshot above, not sure if it's with NewDark, seems like it. However, upon introspection I'd like to make it feel like the old demo from my childhood, nostalgia and all. If I want to play a "more modern" Thief 2, I can just play the full version.
I've managed to install and run the old, original demo version, however controls are bad and it crashes 5 minutes in if not sooner.
Is there a way to combine good controls, no crashes and the old look? The german demo is an older version (menu interface is from Thief 1, the sky is different and the level is darker). But it's exactly how I remember it, so I would like to replay it that way. It's also important that the voices are german specifically, like I said, I want to replay it as if I were 8 but on a modern system. Is it possible?
voodoo47 on 27/3/2021 at 15:30
very sure that if you provide the original demo, I can NewDarkify it.
is that one it?
zomfg1234 on 27/3/2021 at 15:42
Quote Posted by voodoo47
very sure that if you provide the original demo, I can NewDarkify it.
is that one it?
Yes. Also, if you can't download it for some reason, I found that using Firefox for this one was useful, not sure why it doesn't work on Chrome, or in this case for me. I also recommend running the old version at least once for you to see how to it runs and feels like, but you probably want to do that yourself.
Udo on 27/3/2021 at 22:43
Had no issues Dling it with Firefox. This page is reliable despite being old.
And yes, that is exactly what they shipped back then on CDs from game mags.
A NewDark version would be cool.
voodoo47 on 28/3/2021 at 18:11
ok, lets try to be quick and dirty, which almost never works, but hey, worth a shot - get the (
https://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-ii-demo-unwelcome-guest/downloads/thief-ii-demo-the-unwelcome-guest) NewDarked EN version of the demo, extract, go resfix, and kill (or rename) strings. then get the DE demo, open with 7zip, grab all 12 crf files and stick them into the res folder (overwrite). edit DARKINST.CFG, and change english to german (save and exit). note that the objectives screen will be in english, this is "correct", meaning the source string file has not been properly translated (see \res\intrface.crf\Miss11\german\GOALS.STR).
run the exe (feel free to update it to the latest version of NewDark), see whether this is enough for you. all readme.txt notes still apply (can drop in EP2 or NecroAge, rename hires to get the original looks yadda yadda).
zomfg1234 on 28/3/2021 at 21:49
Quote Posted by voodoo47
ok, lets try to be quick and dirty, which almost never works, but hey, worth a shot - get the (
https://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-ii-demo-unwelcome-guest/downloads/thief-ii-demo-the-unwelcome-guest) NewDarked EN version of the demo, extract, go resfix, and kill (or rename) strings. then get the DE demo, open with 7zip, grab all 12 crf files and stick them into the res folder (overwrite). edit DARKINST.CFG, and change english to german (save and exit). note that the objectives screen will be in english, this is "correct", meaning the source string file has not been properly translated (see \res\intrface.crf\Miss11\german\GOALS.STR).
run the exe (feel free to update it to the latest version of NewDark), see whether this is enough for you. all readme.txt notes still apply (can drop in EP2 or NecroAge, rename hires to get the original looks yadda yadda).
It works and I have managed to finish the whole mission without any issues, thank you!
voodoo47 on 29/3/2021 at 07:45
sure - maybe I'll incorporate the DE resources into the existing demo then. does anyone know whether a french version of the demo exists?