One core= no cutscenes?

kaz on 19/12/2010 at 03:28

Just got a new PC with Windows 7 and was kind of excited to be able to use compatibility mode and play some of my older games like Thief. However, things never work easily for me. Thief 1 gave me the message about NT and refused to install, and Thief 2 installed but freezes shortly after starting a mission. I joined this forum to maybe find a fix. I found a way to get 1 to install, but encountered the freezing problem and started working on that. The couple things I tried made the game refuse to play the cutscenes. I notice all of them involve making it run on only one CPU core. Think that could be the cause of my new problem? Any fixes? Thanks.

Al_B on 19/12/2010 at 08:57

Best thing to do is check out (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133946) this thread in the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=153) Legacy Gaming Technical Help forum. You'll probably also want to install (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) the ddfix patch which should solve your multicore issue as well as fixing other graphical issues.

kaz on 20/12/2010 at 23:32

Allright. I've downloaded the DDFix file, but it says to extract it to the Dark Engine folder and I don't know where that is. I looked on the HD and the game disc, but don't see a folder named that or anything close. What's the folder called and where is it(on both games)? Sorry if that's common knowledge here, I've only modded or changed games like this a few times over the last several years, and most of those installed themselves.

Brian The Dog on 20/12/2010 at 23:38

Sure, the Dark Engine is the name of the Engine used in Thief, Thief Gold, and Thief 2. So you should place a copy of the files in the same directory as the THIEF.EXE file for Thief (or Thief Gold) and the same directory as THIEF2.EXE file for Thief 2.

kaz on 23/12/2010 at 03:23

Now I've got the freezing problem again. Unless it's in the wrong place. Does Computer > OS (C:) > Thief look right?

Brian The Dog on 24/12/2010 at 22:41

You need to place the ddfix.ini and ddfix.dll files in the same directory as thief.exe. By default this is C:\Thief\Thief.exe, but have a look in Windows Explorer / My Computer to make sure.

Unless you plan on hex-editing the thief.exe file yourself, you'll need to download the patched binary files (in the first post in (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) this thread) and place them in the Thief directory too.

Azaran on 26/12/2010 at 09:00

Also make sure the video resolution in ddfix.ini matches the one you set in the game