SeriousToni on 18/7/2009 at 21:22
Good evening, day and morning to all you thieves :)
I was sitting here the whole day trying to get my thief 2 to run on my computer, but none of the tricks worked for me.
I tried all... compatibility mode, using just one CPU in the task manager fpr the thief2 process, ddfix for nvidia graphic cards ((
http://www.darktales.gamers.de/00000095a9128f216/00000096e40e0b801/00000096e40e0b808.html)), premier patch, ...........
Everytime after the video for the first mission my game just hangs in a black screen :(
What possibilities do I have besides the ones written above in my post?
I've got
WIndows Vista SP1
Turion TL52 CPU
Nvidia GeforceGo 7300 (Drivers Vers. 7)
Hope someone replys - I am despairing =(
jtr7 on 18/7/2009 at 21:52
This is where the FAQ could use updating. Unfortunately it only says:
Quote Posted by FAQ
Game Stops Responding (Hangs) or Quits Unexpectedly When Introductory Video Clip Is Played.
If you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 1 applied you may want to check out (
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327979)
this page at Microsoft, which includes an update that has reportedly fixed video problems with the Thief games.
I don't know what it means for Vista. Did you undo your Compatibility settings?
bikerdude on 18/7/2009 at 22:13
er guys, DDfix applies the multi core fix... why hasnt this been considered or am I missing something here..
jtr7 on 18/7/2009 at 22:22
DDFix was applied.
SeriousToni on 18/7/2009 at 22:38
Thanks for the first comments.
I already applied the DDfix.
I installed the indeo video codec from the Thief 2 CD.
None helped :(
SeriousToni on 19/7/2009 at 15:17
Indeed I did. Once with the windows task manager and then with the imagecfg file. None did help.
The only thing I noticed on this method was that there's only a thief2.exe in my running processes and not a thief2.icd like in the text on this site. I don't know why.
I don't believe this is a multithreading error though.. Because if it would be one, than the game would crash at different times/events and not right in the beginning everytime.. Don't know - I believe it's graphical issue.. :(
Hope we can find a solution.
Stath MIA on 19/7/2009 at 17:59
Too bad, I really don't know then.
Brian The Dog on 20/7/2009 at 00:00
The only thing I can think of is to try configuring DDFix with the manual install - for some reason I couldn't use the Automatic Install version when I applied DDFix and had to do the Hex Editing myself.
