smithpd on 8/2/2008 at 16:48
The purpose of the fixed EXE is to solve the safe texture manager problem for T1. The parameter safe_texture_manager does nothing in T1 -- it is for T2 only. Try removing your safe_texture_manager line for confirmation.
I don't see any discussion here of the video card / drivers, or I missed it. If you use the wrong Nvidia drivers, Thief 1 / Gold will crash. If you have an Nvidia card, you should use drivers 163.75. 169.xx are broken. I believe the 170 series may work again, but I have no personal experience with it.
Huckeye on 9/2/2008 at 03:05
I am also having the same problems. Per the recommendation of another thread poster, I tried using a driver cleaner to help revert back to a 163 version with no luck.
I have also tried the fixed EXE and hyper threading fixes with no luck. I've re downloaded the .exe and even tried other versions with no luck.
This HAS worked on this system before, but I just freshly installed and haven't been able to get it working since. I am starting to think its some sort of external software (i.e. no Thief related) that's causing this, like a codec or something. I'll post back if I can figure it out.
Here is the event I get every time at the black screen (I have to force quit):
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 2/8/2008
Time: 9:02:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: HUCK
Description:
Hanging application THIEF.EXE, version 1.9.0.0, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at (
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp).
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 48 61 6e 67 ion Hang
0010: 20 20 54 48 49 45 46 2e THIEF.
0018: 45 58 45 20 31 2e 39 2e EXE 1.9.
0020: 30 2e 30 20 69 6e 20 68 0.0 in h
0028: 75 6e 67 61 70 70 20 30 ungapp 0
0030: 2e 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 61 .0.0.0 a
0038: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset
0040: 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0000000
0048: 30 0
blaydes99 on 9/2/2008 at 08:20
I'm getting this same error, and I get it right before the main menu appears. Once the menu appears, it is frozen and the error window is there. Anyone found a fix yet?
Huckeye on 9/2/2008 at 14:49
My symptoms are different. I get all load screens. Mine goes black after clicking "play mission". I never see 1 second of the map, but I get every other screen. Mine are identical to the texture issue, but I have applied that fix.
I have also tried removing every codec, movie player, video editor, etc from my system and reinstalled Thief with no luck. I don't really think I have any software left that would conflict with it at this point. This is very frustrating since before formatting, everything worked on the same hardware AND drivers.
Huckeye on 9/2/2008 at 22:23
I know I have tried more versions than this, but today, these are the drivers I have tried to get Thief Gold working on my 8800GTX.
171.16
169.21
163.75
162.18
158.27
None will work, all have the exact same symptom. I don't think I can go any further back. I do know that 163.75 has worked before. Any settings or software that anyone figures out will be very appreciated.
swodah77 on 23/2/2008 at 16:15
I reported similar problem: (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119436&page=2)
So removing line "skip_intro" from the "cam.cfg" might help and pressing keyboard to interrupt movie instead of mouse (for me it did). I'm running Thief1 ver 1.33 without any other modifications under XP and Nvidia 8800GTS 640 MB - with drivers ver 169.21...
smithpd on 1/3/2008 at 01:24
I don't have time to read the whole thread, so this may have been suggested before. In addition to using the right Nvidia driver, which is 163.75, you need to do two things:
Use the modified EXE that solves the safe_texture_manager problem for T1 when using Nvidia cards. Links to modified EXEs for three TDP and gold versions are found in the FAQ.
(
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75031#texturememory)
Set affinity for that modified EXE so it runs on only one processor. This can be cone manually in the Task Manager, or you can back it up and use IMAGECFG for a permanent fix.
(
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75031#hyperthread)
dickivy on 9/5/2008 at 20:08
Anyone else having a problem getting TG to run full screen? I installed DDFIX so I could run TG with my GeForce 7800GS card. It worked but I can only get it to run in a window, not full screen. I set the resolution equal to the native and it appeared full screen, but the cam always pointed toward the sky no matter where I looked. Any ideas?
cam.cfg..................
; $Header: r:/prj/cam/src/RCS/cam.cfg 1.14 1998/09/23 20:00:41 mahk Exp $
; hey, which game is this TG
game dark
; general configs
include_user_cfg user.cfg
editor_include_dromed_cfg dromed.cfg
; game specific paths/configs
dark_include_install_cfg install.cfg
shock_resname_base r:\prj\shock\art\finals
; set trait cache to include concretes
trait_cache_flags 2
character_detail 1
skip_intro
sfx_device 1
game_screen_depth 16
gamma 1.200000286
game_hardware 1
game_screen_size 800 600
sfx_channels 8
game_screen_flags 13
game_full_screen 1
master_volume -1
d3d_driver_index 0
skip_starting_checks
skip_starting_checks
