voodoo47 on 3/11/2023 at 21:40
or did something unexpected after patching (like letting steam refresh the cache). either way, it's literally these two steps:
-take some kind of data source that has intact crf and movie files (be it cd, dvd, whatever)
-run TFix or T2Fix and let the patcher crunch through everything
run the executable in the game folder.
szmotsu on 11/11/2023 at 00:15
Any update from your side? Want to understand the reason of this strange behavior...
TheRealSlimGarrett on 11/11/2023 at 11:31
Quote Posted by baeuchlein
Strange. This sounds as if the
thief.exe or
thief2.exe file is still the original one without the TFix/T2Fix patch applied. Did you really use
these patches, or the old "official" ones from about twenty years ago (v1.07 -> v1.18 or something like that) or some unofficial fixes other than TFix/T2Fix?
TFix is v1.23 and T2Fix is v1.25
voodoo47 on 11/11/2023 at 18:43
can't imagine how you would end up with some extra old exe after patching up, but anyway, if you have multiple thief executables in your Thief folder, then run the newest/larges one. either way, lets try this again, because there is actually one more step I sometimes forget to mention;
-take some kind of data source that has intact crf and movie files (be it cd, dvd, whatever)
-run TFix or T2Fix and let the patcher crunch through everything
-run the new exe, and either start a completely new game, or restart the mission (and by that I mean opening the menu, and hitting the restart button, NOT loading a save you made at the beginning of the level)
Hit Deity on 29/11/2023 at 13:42
The patches have been working just fine with my Steam versions of the games, but what I do is after Steam is done installing the game the first time, I then go and copy the entire game directory to another location on my hard drive, THEN patch that one.
If Steam ever gives me any crap over it (decides one day to encrypt the files, or lock it to only launching from the "official" Steam installation, eg) THEN I will just start using my GOG version. Right now, as little as I'm getting to play and/or work in Dromed, I'll just keep using my patched Steam version and let that be a future-me problem.
chk772 on 23/12/2023 at 19:54
Quote Posted by Hit Deity
The patches have been working just fine with my Steam versions of the games, but what I do is after Steam is done installing the game the first time, I then go and copy the entire game directory to another location on my hard drive, THEN patch that one.
I just tried this, because I used to do it in the past, but, it doesn't seem to work anymore... the copied games start, then show a black screen for a second or two, and then crash to desktop. Weird. As I said, it used to work in the past... something seems to have changed.
Or maybe it's Windows 11.
The games work fine when I install and start them on Steam. Just not when I copy them somewhere else...
Hit Deity on 31/12/2023 at 04:57
I just saw this as I was headed to bed.. But I'll check it tomorrow; I should be able to remember to. I'm curious to know if they've broken something. As a backup I also bought the two games on GOG for for $0.97 each. I figured, if worse comes to worst, I can always use those..
chk772 on 31/12/2023 at 11:36
I really wonder what could cause this though. I'm not aware of any update which has happened for the games, and, they always used to work in the past, when copied to another folder from the Steam folder.
Hit Deity on 31/12/2023 at 23:37
I still haven't checked; been outside un-decorating for the past 6 hours. Now I'm eating supper..
I just can't understand how they could affect a separate install though. I'm still gonna check it out... soon.
chk772 on 1/1/2024 at 11:10
The only Steam related file I found in the installation is a file named "steam_install.cfg", and there only seem to be links to the root folder of the game in there, so, that shouldn't affect anything when copied from the Steam folder.
Edit: Could the "install.cfg" file be a problem? I see that there are links to the steam installation folder in there.