New TG FM: Up in the Bonehoard by "Chopsticks"(Strange Ventures Entry) - by Dev_Anj
Azaran on 15/11/2016 at 00:11
At first I thought this was the
Bonehoard upside down...then I found the
Alarus Extension :D
Loving it :)
Quote Posted by downwinder
the texture are 98% black, on both fmsel and darkloader
no go on my set up
Go into your Darkloader.ini, change the mission type to '1' otherwise it will load with T2
downwinder on 15/11/2016 at 01:37
someone make video showing me how to do it,i would be glad to,but for some reason 10/10 times what i am told is not what my files look like not sure why
i only got a copy of thief gold and it works worse then my t1 game with path,but still have a massivly hard time with running textures on thief gold fan missions,i cant even play mages areas due to the doors not opening
but to be honest i am a t1/t2 type i though thief gold was shit in many ways
i will just hope othe rmissions are t1 or t2
i wish tg would just die
Shaz on 15/11/2016 at 02:07
I'm having the same issue downwinder is having.
I first tried to load with NewDarkloader. No problem, it seemed. Got the intro video. Got the objective screen. Got the shop & bought my supplies. Started the game... black screen, aside from health & lightgem. Can access my gear/supplies, but can't use them, nor can I move.
Same thing when I changed to FemSel.
I'm also running Thief Gold.
Azaran on 15/11/2016 at 02:28
Check your PM's
Shaz on 15/11/2016 at 06:39
Thanks, Azaran! But... If figured out what my problem was. I was using an older version of TFix. Take a Thief break for a while, and forget to check for updates when you get back... >.<
downwinder on 15/11/2016 at 08:40
ty azaran but i think the problem now is i need to figure out how to make the mission appear as a tg mission instead of thief 2,can someone show me a screen shot of the file i am looking for to make from 2 to 1 for mission,i tryed in both dark loader and fmsel and black textures
i check my thief 2 folder and saw not one .ini file so i must be blind,so a screenshot would be much help as there are a few thief gold missions i never have played due to this issue
Shaz on 15/11/2016 at 09:38
Started the mission (works great now!), almost immediately wound up in the Alarus Extension, got myself the 'Bow Upgrade' (whee!), and then got completely stuck, unable to find a way out. I suppose I'll sleep on it. Gorgeous, so far!
Azaran on 15/11/2016 at 12:04
Downwinder, the Darkloader.ini file is not in your Thief folders, it's in your Darkloader folder.
Here's a shot of how the mission is supposed to look in the file:
Inline Image:
https://s13.postimg.org/y7z8joy7r/image.png
Renault on 15/11/2016 at 15:03
He's getting the missing textures even when using FMSel, so I'm guessing something else is wrong besides the ini thing.
@downwinder, are you actually running Thief Gold to play this mission? Not Thief 1 or 2? The reason I ask is because when Azaran asked you to edit your darkloader.ini file, you mentioned going into your T2 directory. This mission will not run using T2. Do you see the Thief Gold menu screen when you start?
Quote Posted by fortuni
Thief has to be fully installed on your computer for it to work correctly. Just copying files on to your computer, from where ever you got them from, does not install the game....it's just copying files which leads to game play issues.
This actually is not true, you can copy files from an old installation and things should work fine. I do it all the time. Even voodoo suggests (in the Tfix thread) copying the files directly from the CD into a folder on your PC as a alternate way installing Thief 1/G. But you should probably always run Tfix on that directory to make sure everything is in good shape afterwards.
fortuni on 15/11/2016 at 16:18
@ Brethren
I agree that simply copying files should work, often it does, I have also done that many times, but it can also cause script and texture issues which I have also experienced personally.
The point is every time a new TG mission comes out Downwinder brings up the same issue of not being able to play due to his TG install showing blackened textures. He has told us before that he got it off a friend a long time ago and he has been fiddling about with the files for years trying to get it to work, whether he has or has not messed up any of the files is any body's guess.
We have all given him advise over many years, all to no avail. If he keeps trying to play TG missions on an install that is obviously not correctly installing, re-installing the same (possibly corrupted) copied files is not going to resolve his issues. He needs to buy a new copy which is fully patched and make sure it is installed correctly.
Thief Gold on Steam is only £4.99