Platinumoxicity on 2/9/2016 at 13:58
Hello, long time no see. I suppose it isn't a surprise for one who does not wish to be seen...
I'm having trouble with Thief 2 and NewDark. It seems that the update has confused poor Brother Cavador and he now spends most of his time trying to walk through a wall next to a door instead of through the door. It makes his inspection runs rather difficult since he's literally incapable of leaving his bedroom. This has now happened 5/5 times I've tried and retried the mission.
Here's 27096g for anyone who can solve my problem
OOPS nevermind. Only had to replay 7 times until I got Cavador out of his house. So, nothing to do with NewDark.
Untlike the lightmaps in Ramirez' counting room.Inline Image:
http://i67.tinypic.com/ydsnm.jpglpowell on 6/9/2016 at 03:18
Having an issue with TafferPatcher on Windows 10 similar to some users a few pages back.
I had been playing Thief II fan missions a lot on this computer but took a long (~6 months) break. Decided to get back into it again today but found Thief II immediately crashed to desktop. This happened whether I tried to run the original game or a fan mission through TP's built in selector. I then reinstalled the game and patched it with the latest TafferPatcher several times, but no luck. The game still immediately crashed to desktop. It runs unpatched, however. I suspect a Windows 10 update broke compatibility or something.
I tried another user's suggestion of dropping files from NewDark 1.24 into the patched Thief II folder but the game still crashed.
Crash log and thief.log here:
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5ubevjSCiEYZmtqSzNEejNxZm8)
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5ubevjSCiEYTmxYSGZCM0NOODQ)
Edit: I think it's not recognizing the correct version of my OS. Windows 7 compatibility mode got it working again, though. Since this seems to be an issue with multiple Windows 10 users, will this be fixed in a future update?
AluminumHaste on 18/9/2016 at 17:38
So I installed Tafferpatcher, ran the game and everything looks good.
Installed HD Mod by Bentraxx and everything looks good, except the sky isn't as nice, I like the clouds better in Tafferpatchers version.
I can't figure out how to change just the sky to the version that Tafferpatcher uses.
Any help?
AluminumHaste on 18/9/2016 at 17:43
Also with HDMod, when I put out the first torch in the first mission, the guards don't have their conversation.
"Damn torches, always sputtering out!"
nightchild on 8/10/2016 at 02:02
Please, help!!!
I upgraded some time ago to win.10 and now that I have the time, I reinstalled all 3 games, used TafferPatcher_TMA_217_beta for Thief2 .I "think" I did everything the faq says but the result is this black screen as I start any new mission. Weapons and items are there but I can not see the environments,just black!...
f I try to start any of the already played missions (which I have kept and copied from the win.7 to win.10), all is fine. Can someone point me to the right direction please?
Tannar tried to help me with this :
[----Two possibilities spring to mind. In your Thief folder, you will have a file called cam_ext.cfg. Open that in any text reader, such as notepad. Scroll down to "display mode" and look for the following:
; ------------
; display mode
; ------------
; enable Direct3D 9 based display system (instead of the legacy DirectX 6 one)
;use_d3d_display
; use a single resolution for both menu system and in-game, with normal double buffering (in fullscreen)
single_display_mode 2
; same as above but with triple buffering
;single_display_mode 3
; alternative buffering mode that uses blitting instead of buffer flipping in fullscreen, the same method
; as windowed mode uses (vsync may sporadically miss frame starts on some systems)
;single_display_mode
; scale menu system to fit screen (in "single_display_mode") using 3D HW for best quality
; (if you're having trouble like a black screen when starting the game try mode 0 or 1)
; when "use_d3d_display" is enabled, 3D HW is always used, this only sets the scale mode to fit screen
ui_scale_mode 2
If that isn't the problem, find the entry for "D3D9 render options" and make sure "multisampletype 8" has a semi-colon in front of it:
; -------------------
; D3D9 render options
; -------------------
; NOTE: these options can only have any effect when "use_d3d_display" is enabled
; by default it will try to use an enhanced 32-bit precision display mode, if the driver supports it, but
; there may be instances (like with integrated intel GPUs) where the driver does support it but it may not
; work correctly (such as gamma not working), this option will disable the use of enhanced precision
;d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf
; multisampling (anti-aliasing) level
; IMPORTANT: some integrated graphics HW may not work correctly with multisampling and you will be left with a
; black screen, if that happens disable this option again
; multisampletype 8 -----]
but none helped me solve it.
My game folder is not inside Programs files
win.10 pro
Intel Core i7 -3610QM CPU @2.30 GH
64-bit
RAM 8G
Intel Core HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce 640M
What am I doing wrong?
voodoo47 on 8/10/2016 at 05:58
find use_d3d_display, d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf and multisampletype 8 in cam_ext.cfg, and make sure they look like this;
Code:
use_d3d_display
d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf
;multisampletype 8
forcing the game to run on the nvidia card would be a good idea too (gpu control panel, look for profiles or similar).
nightchild on 8/10/2016 at 11:16
voodoo47 thank you for your response ... the first solution didn't work
if by "(gpu control panel, look for profiles or similar)" you mean the NVIDIA control panel, I have these options:
under "manage 3d settings" > program settings
a. Integrated graphics
b. High performance NVIDIA possessor
c. use global setting
under "global settings"
a. Integrated graphics
b. High performance NVIDIA possessor
c. auto-select
under "set PhysX Configuration"
a.GeForce GT640M
b.CPU
c. auto-select
is this where I should look? because, I tried some variations without success
Unna Oertdottir on 8/10/2016 at 11:56
Old FMs work (examples?), new ones don't? Which one? Do original missions work?
Did you install NewDark at all? Check the T2.exe
-->Properties-->Product Version. It should be "1.24"
nightchild on 8/10/2016 at 12:50
Unna Oertdottir you wrote the magic words!!!
I have used tafferpacher and followed the steps ... but nothing.
Now, going to check the version of the .exe I came across the newdark zip inside my folder and unzipped it there...
Well, I guess that was that! !!!
Thank you SO VERY MUCH !!!!! :-)
(But, for some reason I had the impression that Newdark is included into tafferpatcher and is extracted automatically through it.)
Unna Oertdottir on 8/10/2016 at 12:58
NewDark is just an option in TP, you need to check it.
Glad you made it. :)
