Problems with Texture Add ons for THIEF 2

CrisGer on 19/10/2010 at 15:46

I am working my way to my first working install of THIEF 2 and have run into problems with the enhanced textures working right.

I installed 1.7 complete and tested and the game ran fine, movies showed fine, got menu set options and started the first mission and got to into the house....all textures were showing normally.

Then i added NTEX and things were still ok but i was not sure if the new textures were showing. But i proceeded.... then i added EP 1.1 to get the improved models and textures for them..... but things started to go wrong. I got washed out textures outside on the ramp to the basement door, instead of wood planks it is all gray and the ground up above is too, instead of grass...

Inline Image:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6763/textureproblemt2.jpg

And inside the stairs up to the upper floor were just flat gray instead of textureed. So i figured maybe i needed the dds fix to make things work right.

I added the dds patch and it said the game was patched. But i saw the button for Texture but i did not know what to do with it. It asked for a path...is that where i am supposed to set the new textures up for dds fix to run?

When i tried to run the game with the dds fix patched....i got the menu but the cursor would not move....it was frozen.

any ideas? :) any help much appreciaed.

this is my Dark Install cfg currently

cd_path E:\
install_path C:\games\Thief2
language english
resname_base .\NTEXdds+C:\games\Thief2\res+E:\thief2
load_path C:\games\Thief2+E:\thief2
script_module_path C:\games\Thief2+E:\thief2
movie_path C:\games\Thief2\movies+E:\thief2\movies

i took out the Ntex files and got the original textures back...

Inline Image:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4706/62557087.jpg

Am i suppsoed to use DArkloader to run the game once new textures are in?

I tried running the DD fix again and this is what the cfg says currently....the mouse is still frozen...cant move it in the menu screen.

[Main]
;Screen resolution
;Must be 800x600 or greater
gWidth=1024
gHeight=768

;Refresh rate. 0 is default, anything else to override.
RefreshRate=0

;Set to 1 to fix the duel core related crash
MultiCoreFix=1

;Set to 1 to automatically register lgvid.ax each time thief is started up
VideoFix=1

;This can be set to zero to get a more accurate z-buffer
;Doesn't usually make a noticable difference to picture quality
UseCompatibleZBuffer=1

;Turns on the 32 bit texture loader
;This is also required by global fog autodetection
TextureReplacement=1

;Set to 1 to disable the windows keys while thief is running
DisableWindowsKey=1

;Set to 1 to enable anisotropic filtering
AnisotropicFiltering=1

;If you want to share overriden textures between thief installations, uncomment the next line
;It should contain the absolute path to the equivilent of \res\ddfix, including the trailing \
;TexturePath=C:\Games\Thief2\res\ddfix\

;Triple buffering. Boolean. (Default 0.)
;TripleBuffer=1

;Number of vsyncs per flip. Increase this number to decrease frame rate. 1-4. (Default 1.)
;FlipInterval=2

;Frame rate limit in frames per second. Float. (0 = unlimited.)
;FrameRateLimit=87

;Menu screen update delay in milliseconds. This is needed only if vsync is off.
;(Default 0, 0 = no delay.)
;MenuUpdateDelay=14

;Menu/video screen aspect ratio. Float. (Default 1.333, 0 = fullscreen.)
;MenuScreenAspect=0

;Enable per-mission ini files. Boolean. (Default 1.)
;For <name>.mis, the per-mission ini file name is <name>.ddfix.ini.
;A per-mission ini file may contain [PostProcessing] and [Fog] sections.
;EnableMissionIni=0

;Enable gamma correction. Boolean. (Default 1.)
;EnableGamma=0

;Changes the way direct writes to the frontbuffer are handled
;SS2 players should set these options to '2' and '0xf81f' respectively
;Thief 2 players with corrupted in game text should use '2' and '0x0000'
;Players who experience slowdown with UseSysMemOverlay=2 should set both options to 0
;UseSysMemOverlay=2
;OverlayColourKey=0xf81f
UseSysMemOverlay=0
OverlayColourKey=0

;When TextureReplacement=1, the MemAddr section can be used to set the memory addresses
;to patch. The following executables are currently detected and memory patches applied:

;T2 v1.18
;[MemAddr]
;CopyTex=0x41D948
;MipMap=0x41D96B
;CreateVidTexture=0x62A67C
;TextureExists=0x5BD427
;CreateFile=0x60015C
;BltPrimary=0x591440

;TG v1.37
;From Assidragon in this post:
;(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117616&p=1719806&viewfull=1#post1719806)
;[MemAddr]
;CopyTex=0x418BEE
;MipMap=0x418C11
;CreateVidTexture=0x5DA9B4
;TextureExists=0x576978
;CreateFile=0x5B614C
;BltPrimary=0x548480

;SS2 v2.3
;From Assidragon in this post:
;(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117616&p=1719785&viewfull=1#post1719785)
;[MemAddr]
;CopyTex=0x419B5E
;MipMap=0x419B81
;CreateVidTexture=0x65A768
;TextureExists=0x5E3451
;CreateFile=0x62A168
;BltPrimary=0x5B89C0

;Dromed2 v1.18
;[MemAddr]
;CopyTex=0x425A18
;MipMap=0x425A3B
;CreateVidTexture=0x6DB2E4
;CreateFile=0x6B00D8
;BltPrimary=0x62F870

;Dromed v1.37
;[MemAddr]
;CopyTex=0x42039E
;MipMap=0x4203C1
;CreateVidTexture=0x699D34
;CreateFile=0x66E1AC
;BltPrimary=0x5EF960

;ShockEd v2.12
;[MemAddr]
;CopyTex=0x42105E
;MipMap=0x421081
;CreateVidTexture=0x72310c
;CreateFile=0x6EF0DC
;BltPrimary=0x66C250

[PostProcessing]

;Enable postprocessing. Boolean.
Enable=0

;Include overlay in postprocessing. Boolean.
Overlay=1

;Modulation for the unbloomed frame buffer. 0xrrggbb.
Base=0xffffff

;Saturation of the unbloomed frame buffer. 0-255.
;(255 = full saturation, 0 = pure grayscale.)
BaseSaturation=192

;Bloom intensity. 0-255. (0 = disable all bloom processing.)
Bloom=255

;Gain from bloom level to the next. 0xrrggbb. (0x404040 = zero gain.)
BloomPersistence=0x404040

;Bloom saturation. 0-255. (255 = full saturation, 0 = pure grayscale.)
BloomSaturation=128

;A per-level zoom-in factor. Integer. (0 = no spread.)
;This makes the bloom spread out (positive values) or in (negative values).
BloomSpread=0

;Colors below this will cause no bloom. 0xrrggbb.
BloomThreshold=0x202020

;Trailing and afterimages. 0xaarrggbb. (0 = no trailing.)
;The rgb components modulate the trail color, while the alpha component governs
;how much of the bloom from the last frame is blended into the current frame.
BloomTrail=0x80ffffff

;Shift left for the bloom source. Integer 0-8.
;The result of applying threshold (which is actually a subtraction), is
;multiplied by 2**BloomShift.
BloomShift=0

;After applying BloomShift, modulate the result with the original frame buffer.
;Boolean.
BloomShiftRemodulate=0

[Fog]

;Enable fog. Boolean.
Enable=1

;Global fog. 0 = no, 1 = autodetect (requires TextureReplacement=1), 2 = force.
Global=1

voodoo47 on 20/10/2010 at 02:19

all right,looking at your posts in the ddfix thread,I believe its time to uninstall thief2,delete the thief2 folder,and start all over again.

1)install thief2 (C:\games\thief2 is fine)
2)install (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) ddfix,run the game to ensure ddfix is working fine (the menu should be in the same resolution as the game itself)
3) install (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118999) EP,make sure it is working (enter the room Basso has opened for you,and you should see some stack of coins,they should be nice,fat and round)
4)install (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119451) ntex.you should see the hires textures right away.

at this point,if something is not working right,try editing darkinst.cfg and using the full path I have provided:

resname_base C:\games\Thief2\EP+C:\games\Thief2\NTEXdds+C:\games\Thief2\res

that should get you up and running (I did this just a couple of minutes ago,and everything went fine)..

edit: hope you have patched the game with the latest official patch 1.18 before doing anything else..people seem to forget this way too often.

CrisGer on 20/10/2010 at 02:54

ok, ys that was the one thing i did not do...add that patch.

the rest worked fine i think, at least it think it did.

but i will uninstall and re install and proceed. thanks. :)

voodoo47 on 21/10/2010 at 21:56

..taking your pictures out of the ddfix thread:

Quote Posted by CrisGer

ok it is working now. :) i moved the NTEX folder out of the place it had installed and put it into the main game folder and now the textures are showing....i think...

for some reason the auto installer for NTEX put the files INSIDE the RES folder INSIDE a folder called ddsfix...

at least that is what i think happoened.

Is there a seperate ddfix install for NTEX? i will have to check for that.

anyway, i think i have it now....here is a couple of samples i am not sure if these are the high res textures or not...

Inline Image:

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4766/aaaouu.jpg

Inline Image:

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/7966/aaaa2.jpg

Inline Image:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4706/62557087.jpg

Inline Image:

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9515/aaaaa4.jpg

I think they are ...i see more detail in the wall and the hallway with the torch and guardwindow are more detailed......i think i am close :)

thanks so much for the help again :)

I don't think the new textures are loaded on those screens.upgraded textures should look like this:

(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8852/66672225.png)

Inline Image:

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8852/66672225.th.png

as I said,you should probably try reinstalling (see my previous post).I'm attaching my darkinstall.cfg as well:

Code:

cd_path .\
install_path .\
language english
resname_base .\NTEXdds+.\EP+.\res
load_path .\+.\
script_module_path .\+.\
movie_path .\movies+\.movies

AluminumHaste on 17/3/2011 at 00:50

Quote Posted by voodoo47

I see the high res textures on buildings and stuff and I have EP installed, but I'm not sure the EP is working. This is what I see:

Inline Image:

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9595/screenshot8sm.jpg

AluminumHaste on 17/3/2011 at 00:58

Nevermind got it to work, I put the EP.crf file in the same folder as ntex AND with the games crf files and that seemed to work, the coins look amazing btw!