Thief 1.19 and Windows 8

Dawggon on 28/1/2013 at 22:44

Just installed Win 8 on my computer and the Thief 1.19. I cannot raise the brightness enough to see to play the game and it is indeed, dark.
Does anyone know if there is an incompatibility with Win 8 and the new dark?
Thanks for any help.

voodoo47 on 29/1/2013 at 08:00

you should always be able to use the gamma slider in your graphics control center.

are you using an intel gpu by any chance?

Dawggon on 29/1/2013 at 23:41

Voodoo47. I am using an Intel 7615 QM CPU. I have cranked the gamma control as high as it will go. Still no luck.

voodoo47 on 30/1/2013 at 09:01

no google hits so that did not really tell me anything (your GPU is what is important here, not CPU), but let's take a blind shot; edit your cam_ext.cfg and add d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf in a new empty line. see if that helps.

Dawggon on 5/2/2013 at 20:56

We attempted that repair and it did not work....Do you have any more suggestions?

voodoo47 on 5/2/2013 at 21:57

post your thief2.log.

Dawggon on 7/2/2013 at 01:58

Check your pm for my Thief 2 log. Went into my cam.cfg file and lowered the gamma to 0.3 Very slightly helped. My drivers are all up-to-date.

voodoo47 on 7/2/2013 at 10:34

according to the log, you have a nvidia card. unfortunately, that does not help much - all I can say that the driver is not communicating with the app correctly. I'll paste your log here, maybe someone will be able to suggest something.

Code:

: CPU: arch=x86-64 , fam=586 , cpus=8
: SIMD: SSE=3 , 3DNow=0
: OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
: Desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
: Virtual desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: CWD: C:\Games\Thief2
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: App Version: Thief 2 Final 1.19
: --------------------- misc config -------------------------
: resname_base .\res+.\
: load_path .\+.\
: script_module_path .\+.\
: movie_path .\movies+\.movies
: mod_path .\MODS\t2water+.\MODS\t2skies+.\MODS\EP\EPBooks+.\MODS\EP+.\MODS\NTEX
: install_path .\
: game_screen_size 1920 1080
: game_screen_depth 32
: game_screen_flags 45
: game_full_screen 1
: d3d_driver_index 0
: game_hardware 1
: single_display_mode 2
: ui_scale_mode 2
: use_d3d_display
: framerate_cap 100.0
: SlowFrame 4
: SlowFrameUI 10
: force_32bit
: force_32bit_textures
: mipmap_mode 2
: lm_mipmap_mode 0
: lm_init_texmem 2
: lm_filter_margin 1
: disable_lightmap_aniso
: tex_edge_padding 2
: alpha_test_as_opaque
: d3d_disp_enable_distortionfx
: sfx_device 1
: sfx_channels 8
: sfx_vol_music -474
: sfx_vol_2d 0
: sfx_vol_3d 0
: game dark
: obj_min -8192
: obj_max 2400
: max_refs 14000
: gui_font intrface\smalfont
: enhanced_sky 1
: skip_intro
: z_far 512
: wr_render_zcomp
: render_weapon_particles
: legacy_force_match_unrefs 0
: dark_zcomp_arm
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: Enumerating D3D9 adapters (1)...
: Adapter 0
: device name: \\.\DISPLAY1
: driver : nvumdshim.dll
: descr : NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
: driver ver : 0x00090012-000D0442
: vendor id : 0x000010DE
: device id : 0x00000FD1
: subsys id : 0xC0CC144D
: device guid: D7B78E66-4226-11CF-BF73-C1E0B4C2
: Modes
: 320 x 200 x 16
: 320 x 240 x 16
: 400 x 300 x 16
: 512 x 384 x 16
: 640 x 400 x 16
: 640 x 480 x 16
: 800 x 600 x 16
: 1024 x 768 x 16
: 1152 x 864 x 16
: unsupported mode 1280 x 600 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1280 x 720 x 16
: 1280 x 768 x 16
: 1280 x 800 x 16
: 1280 x 960 x 16
: 1280 x 1024 x 16
: 1360 x 768 x 16
: 1366 x 768 x 16
: 1400 x 1050 x 16
: 1440 x 900 x 16
: 1600 x 900 x 16
: 1680 x 1050 x 16
: 1920 x 1080 x 16
: 320 x 200 x 32
: 320 x 240 x 32
: 400 x 300 x 32
: 512 x 384 x 32
: 640 x 400 x 32
: 640 x 480 x 32
: 800 x 600 x 32
: 1024 x 768 x 32
: 1152 x 864 x 32
: unsupported mode 1280 x 600 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1280 x 720 x 32
: 1280 x 768 x 32
: 1280 x 800 x 32
: 1280 x 960 x 32
: 1280 x 1024 x 32
: 1360 x 768 x 32
: 1366 x 768 x 32
: 1400 x 1050 x 32
: 1440 x 900 x 32
: 1600 x 900 x 32
: 1680 x 1050 x 32
: 1920 x 1080 x 32
: Device Validation
: validated ok, device added (0, E390000)
: Enumeration done
: D3DProvider: Enumerating adapter 0 modes
: 320 x 200 x 16
: 320 x 240 x 16
: 400 x 300 x 16
: 512 x 384 x 16
: 640 x 400 x 16
: 640 x 480 x 16
: 800 x 600 x 16
: 1024 x 768 x 16
: 1152 x 864 x 16
: unsupported mode 1280 x 600 x 16 (not in mode table)
: 1280 x 720 x 16
: 1280 x 768 x 16
: 1280 x 800 x 16
: 1280 x 960 x 16
: 1280 x 1024 x 16
: 1360 x 768 x 16
: 1366 x 768 x 16
: 1400 x 1050 x 16
: 1440 x 900 x 16
: 1600 x 900 x 16
: 1680 x 1050 x 16
: 1920 x 1080 x 16
: 320 x 200 x 32
: 320 x 240 x 32
: 400 x 300 x 32
: 512 x 384 x 32
: 640 x 400 x 32
: 640 x 480 x 32
: 800 x 600 x 32
: 1024 x 768 x 32
: 1152 x 864 x 32
: unsupported mode 1280 x 600 x 32 (not in mode table)
: 1280 x 720 x 32
: 1280 x 768 x 32
: 1280 x 800 x 32
: 1280 x 960 x 32
: 1280 x 1024 x 32
: 1360 x 768 x 32
: 1366 x 768 x 32
: 1400 x 1050 x 32
: 1440 x 900 x 32
: 1600 x 900 x 32
: 1680 x 1050 x 32
: 1920 x 1080 x 32
: D3DProvider: Enumeration done
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 0 2D)
: CreateDevice: res = D3D_OK ; 1920x1080 fmt=22 zfmt=75 cnt=1 ms=0 swap=1 fs=1 hz=0 pres=1 flags=2
: Loaded script module "script-t2"
: Loaded script module "nvscript"
: Loaded script module "gen"
: Loaded script module "convict"
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 1920x1080x32 (7 9 1 3D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 1920x1080x32 (7 9 1 3D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D)
: Loaded script module "convict"
: Loaded script module "gen"
: Loaded script module "nvscript"
: Loaded script module "script-t2"
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 1920x1080x32 (7 9 1 3D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D)
: Loaded script module "script-t2"
: Loaded script module "nvscript"
: Loaded script module "gen"
: Loaded script module "convict"
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 1920x1080x32 (7 9 1 3D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D)
: Loaded script module "convict"
: Loaded script module "gen"
: Loaded script module "nvscript"
: Loaded script module "script-t2"
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 1920x1080x32 (7 9 1 3D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 1920x1080x32 (7 9 1 3D)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D)

voodoo47 on 7/2/2013 at 14:22

just to make sure - did you add the d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf line to your cam_ext.cfg like this:

Quote:

; extended config (currently loaded prior to cam.cfg)
;
; contains defaults to enable enhancements and other settings to run nicely on modern systems
; (remove/rename file to go old school)

; ------------
; display mode
; ------------
d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf
; enable Direct3D 9 based display system (instead of the legacy DirectX 6 one)
use_d3d_display

if not, try it one more time.