Tafferpatcher: unofficial complete patch for Thief 2

DJ Riff on 15/7/2011 at 14:42

Quote Posted by Neil_McCauley

OK, I think I didn't have the correct resolution in ddfix.ini and cam.cfg. Changed it to the laptop's widescreen res and the menu loads fine, I can start a new game.

If you're changing the resolution to something which is not supported by original game, you must change it via Tafferpatcher or widescreen application because it has to be hacked into thief2.exe itself besides cam.cfg and ddfix.ini every time you change it.

That was changed only in the latest DDFix 1.5.11 and only for thief2.exe, not for Dromed.

Neil_McCauley on 15/7/2011 at 17:33

Quote Posted by DJ Riff

I see; I'll do my homework and be better prepared before I post.

sNeaksieGarrett on 15/7/2011 at 18:53

I thought you already knew about widescreen patch?

Though if you switch back to a newer ddfix, then you won't have to worry about the patch, since I've been told that the newest has it built in, so to speak.

Platinumoxicity on 17/7/2011 at 09:44

I got Tafferpatcher for my Thief 2, and it works great. But I was just wondering... When I recently got the makeshift Tafferpatcher for Thief Gold, it included the enhanced models and cool new water effects. It would be nice to see those enhancements in Thief 2 too.

And I've seen some enhanced textures in some Thief 2 videos. Where can I find those?

sNeaksieGarrett on 17/7/2011 at 15:53

What enhancements? Are you talking about the patches from (http://thief-thecircle.com/media/patches/) here by daemonite and Orgy? They were taken from thief 2, so thief 2 already has "enhanced models."

Platinumoxicity on 17/7/2011 at 16:37

No, I mean(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733) this. When I installed it on my Thief Gold, it added the enhanced AI and object models. Everything is updated to more high-quality models, plus the water looks really good and has new animations.

I think I have had the high-quality model pack for my Thief 2 back when I still had Windows XP, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. And I don't know whether it's in any way compatible with Tafferpatcher. I don't know if installing it would corrupt the existing installation of Tafferpatcher.

sNeaksieGarrett on 17/7/2011 at 20:43

Oops, i forgot in the context of thief that "model" refers to objects and not to AI, aka "meshes."
Yeah, that's the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118999) EP (Enhancement Pack) from Nameless Voice - it was meant for thief 2, but works on thief gold as you already know. Oh yes, the "t2water," that's what you're referring to then yes?

Hmm, the enhanced textures you mentioned in a earlier post could be NTEX. That's the only high quality textures for thief 2 that I can think of off the top of my head. I remember thinking that they didn't do justice (personal opinion) to the thief style of textures, and so I decided to not use them because I didn't like how different they were from the original lower quality textures. If you search the forums for NTEX you should be able to find it. ~~Also look up enhancement pack for thief 2. I don't have links ready for you, sorry.~~ Just noticed while writing this post that that very thread you just linked me to has a link to the enhancement pack thread. I included it above. Isn't that what you're looking for?

Platinumoxicity on 17/7/2011 at 21:14

Yep thanks. I've had it before but now it says on install: "Error. Thief not detected. Aborting."

Edit: Nevermind. I've gotten used to running things in Windows 7 in administrator mode. For some reason the installer can't be run as admin. Weird.

sNeaksieGarrett on 18/7/2011 at 02:48

Weird indeed. Also, what is the installer you're referring to?

DJ Riff on 18/7/2011 at 20:45

Now RC 0.9.8 became a release 1.0.0. If you already have 0.9.8, don't bother downloading, there's effectively nothing changed.

What's new since 0.7.0 (summary):
— DDFix 1.5.11, 1.5.5, 1.1.1 for choice.
— Added support for German and French versions
— Partial installation is now supported.
— When resource and mission patches are selected TP finds files in folders specified in darkinst.cfg.
— Visual enhancements added: t2skies, t2water, Enhancement Pack, NTEX.
— Additional utilities: darkinst.cfg and ddfix.ini editors.

New link for downloading:
(ftp://djriff.homeftp.net/patches/thief2/fanmade/TafferPatcher/TafferPatcher_TMA_100.exe)

I've updated the first page.