snobel on 19/4/2013 at 14:47
It didn't work for me on 32-bit Vista either, but here's a workaround:
* Finish the initial wrapper installer
* When the actual installer starts, cancel it
* Locate the actual installer in the "Collective Texture Pack" folder in the game installation
* Open it with 7zip, browse to CONTENT\T3\Maps\ and extract ibt_patcher.exe to the "Collective Texture Pack" folder
* Set ibt_patcher.exe to run in XP SP2 mode
* Run the installer again
If this works on newer Windowses, please do post...
Edit: Tried it on the GOG version (in the default location, in Program Files\GOG.com). Didn't work this time...
voodoo47 on 21/4/2013 at 21:33
just confirming - the GOG version will not create the required registry entry, and the texture pack will not work as result. the key will need to be created at the proper place for this to work (easy for xp, but I currently do not have win7 64bit installed on any machine, so this will have to wait).
btw, have you actually tried to create it? first create the key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows), then the string value (value name: ION_ROOT, value data: C:\\Games\\Thief - Deadly Shadows or whatever your location is).
the export from xp registry looks like this:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows]
"ION_ROOT"="C:\\Games\\Thief - Deadly Shadows"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows\1.1]
Fallen+Keeper on 24/4/2013 at 08:36
I just tried it. I created the key as described:
key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows
string value name: ION_ROOT
string value data: C:\Games\\Thief - Deadly Shadows
(also tried with C:\\Games\\Thief - Deadly Shadows)
but it's still not working! Didn't change anything.
Al_B on 24/4/2013 at 09:58
As gnartsch said, on 64 bit windows the registry key needs to be in a different location. As another point, I've also checked my registry here and I don't have double backslashes in the path but it could be that they don't actually cause problems. To summarise what others have put above, it's best to:
* Find exactly where on your hard drive Thief Deadly Shadows is installed. On mine, for example, it's installed into d:\games\tds but on yours it will be different
* Open regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows
* If the above key doesn't exist then create it. The Wow6432Node part is important (and should definitely already exist on 64 bit windows).
* Inside that key, create the string value with name ION_ROOT
* Edit the ION_ROOT value and enter the path to your T3 directory as the value data. Using my case as an example I would put d:\games\tds
It sounds like you're nearly there, good luck :)
Fallen+Keeper on 24/4/2013 at 12:32
Thanks, I'll try as soon as I get home!
chrish on 12/5/2013 at 00:59
I just did a little testing (Win 8, 64-bit); if the Collective Texture Pack fails to install with the Run-time Error '76', double-check the ION_ROOT in your registry. For some reason, mine ended up with a trailing \ on it, causing the ibt_patcher to fail. Removing the extra \ with regedit let the installer complete successfully (I fixed the ION_ROOT, uninstalled the texture pack, then reinstalled).
