Thief 1 and 2 menu problem

Flametie on 13/4/2011 at 22:16

I recently got Thief : The complete collection, but I have experienced problems with thief 1 and thief 2, the problem is that I can't see the menu screen. I can still hear the sound of the icons being highlighted, but I can't see the curser being moved. This makes the game impossible to play. On Thief 1 I can see the menu but it is frozen, although I can hear the mouse curser moving over the icons, but the screen doesn't change. On Thief 2 there is only a black screen, but I can still move the mouse. When I find the start button with no vision, the game starts fine, but I still can't access the menu in-game. If anyone can help me on this topic, I would really appreciate it.

Im using windows 7, if this makes a difference. Thief 3 works fine with no problems

Child Of Karras on 14/4/2011 at 11:26

I suppose you're using DDfix. I've had this problem too and it's related to a certain parameter in ddfix.ini, though I'm not sure which one. Something with pre-rendered frames or something. You can find more information about this on the ddfix discussion thread.

voodoo47 on 17/4/2011 at 14:24

its menuupdatedelay=25

jermi on 18/4/2011 at 14:38

nVidians should first make sure that "frames to render ahead" in the driver settings is set to zero. If that doesn't help, then adjust MenuUpdateDelay.

Neil_McCauley on 9/7/2011 at 19:44

Quote Posted by voodoo47

its menuupdatedelay=25

I'm having the black screen problem in Windows 7, and changing this has done nothing. I have TafferPatcher installed (rather, I installed the game with TafferPatcher). It's an HP laptop.
On my home machine, XP SP 3, NVidia 7300 graphics card. Can see menu, mouse cursor does not move.

Neil_McCauley on 10/7/2011 at 01:51

Quote Posted by Neil_McCauley

bump

I should add that laptop with Windows 7 is 64 bit.