echoing_repose on 26/7/2009 at 20:16

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Has anyone had any luck with running T: DS on a laptop? I'm trying to get it running to use the editor, but haven't had much luck. The game will boot once freshly installed and function until I reach a loading screen, at which time the screen will display health bars and the Darkness Gem, but nothing else - and become unresponsive.

After stopping the program with the task manager, the game will always crash upon trying to load it up again, only saying that "Thief: DS has encountered an error and was shut down".

My system info is in the html file on this link (small download, used Everest)

(http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d3581916b6a717f18ef1259ff1b60e81e04e75f6e8ebb871)

Things I have tried:
-Running as admin
-Running in XPSP2 compatability mode
-Disabling a core for both the t3.ex and t3Main.exe processes
-Using a tool (the name escapes me) that installs every version of Direct X
-Updating audio drivers

Not sure how much bearing this has, but someone told me that there was an OpenGL.dll file out there somewhere that fixed their T: DS on a laptop, but I'm relatively clueless as to what that means or where to find it. Also, that Windows 7 works fine with T: DS (anyone that can confirm this)?

Any help would be appreciated, as I'm close to wit's end on this.
Thanks in advance!

echoing_repose on 30/7/2009 at 22:04

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I tried the tools and didn't get any different results. Disabling a core helps I think, but for some reason it still won't work.

I did find that the T: DS folder has all the files in it upon first launch, but once I run it and get to the first loading screen of the intro mission and it crashes, many of the files go missing (deleted somehow?) All the files I have left in the System folder after the crash are:

binkw32.dll
eax.dll
metadata.ion
t3.exe
T3Gamesys.t3u
T3Main.exe
TravelData

Any ideas how I can keep these files there? I tried copying the rest over into a seperate folder, then replacing them after they were deleted mysteriously and then got the "Flesh failed to initialize" error. I know my videocard (GeForce 9800) can handle it, so I'm really not sure what's going on.

Also, pardon the late reply, been busy the past couple days.

echoing_repose on 31/7/2009 at 01:06

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I guess I overlooked that section in the FAQ. Sure enough, it's not supported. Well then, mystery solved I guess. Maybe it's time to shop for a lower-end card...

Thanks Bikerdude

echoing_repose on 31/7/2009 at 09:54

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I'm not certain how to tell what type of power supply I'm running. It's a laptop though, and I almost always run it from the wall socket. The battery is a Gateway model no. SQU-720. 11.1V = 7800mAh. Not sure if that helps much.

As far as budget, probably around $150-200, but I'm so far out of the computer components loop that that may not get me much of anything these days.

echoing_repose on 2/8/2009 at 07:20

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I think I must have misread your comment in some bizarre way or thought you asked me what kind of power supply I was running. It was a sleep-deprived state I responded, so it's entirely possible I responded to a fabrication :erm:

As far as drivers are concerned, I'm using the Nvidia driver version 8.15.11.8585. It's dated at 4/30/2009. Not sure what other info I can give on it, so I hope that's what you're looking for.