Thief 1/2 & SShock 2: DDFix and Enhanced Resolution Patch - discussion

klanjsek on 23/2/2008 at 14:36

I can not find ddfix anymore...where can I dl it from? Link plz?

(There is nothing on timeslip's page, so please do not direct me there).

Nameless Voice on 23/2/2008 at 15:28

Then read it again until you see that the link is there.

Hint: Look at the news item for the 17th of October 2007.

klanjsek on 23/2/2008 at 18:47

Thanx...I was always looking on the left menus...my bad.

Rudi.

Nameless Voice on 23/2/2008 at 19:21

Yes, it's a bit odd that it's not in the list there.
Maybe because he doesn't consider it as 'important', or maybe because it was never fully finished?

Simplex on 23/2/2008 at 23:39

I was using 167.26 drivers to play thief, but today I changed to 169.21 because I was experiencing some problems with LCD TV connected via HDMI to my 8800GT. I was almost certain that thief would not work on 169.21 and to my suprise I was wrong - Shadows of Metal Age work just fine (with DDFix - I did not dare try without it). Either I am extremely lucky, or nVidia actually fixed its drivers.

242 on 2/3/2008 at 12:43

Quote Posted by Dusk-Sailor

The DDFix + 169.28 running a CPU dual-core fixed exe (using only core 1) brings T2 back to live on my Asus 8800 GT with XP.

Where can I find that fixed exe?

Simplex on 2/3/2008 at 13:58

you can make it yourself using a program called imagecfg

(http://www16.brinkster.com/salvage/thief/darkengine.htm)

242 on 2/3/2008 at 15:55

I just ctrl-alt-del and set affinity to use one core, now everytime I run T2 affinity setting stays the same I set it, so I don't see a reason to alter exe ;)

Well, now the main part. I just tried the ddfix with my new HD3870 + Catalyst 7.12, and it works fantastically. Just set affinity and installed ddfix, that's all.

About picture quality in T2 on Radeon HD3870 (and 3850 I assume) + ddfix.
Not only all look at least not worse than with my old R9800Pro (proper sky, no horrible color binding as it was when I tried T2 without fix, no pixelation on doors, etc.), but also SWITCHING TO 640x480 MODE AND BACK EVERYTIME I CHECK MAP, OBJECTIVES, READ READABLES, GO TO MENU IS GONE NOW. I wrote it in caps because I'm excited about it, I use CRT monitor and those switchings were very irritating with accompannying clicks of monitor.

Thanks for it :thumb:

The only ptoblem I have - thief movies became very choppy somehow. I tried to install ddfix with 'video fix' checked and without - the problem persists.

Simplex on 2/3/2008 at 21:21

try pressing scroll lock every time the movie starts playing to get rid of choppiness

bikerdude on 3/3/2008 at 07:42

Quote Posted by 242

Where can I find that fixed exe?

or drop me an email and I`ll send you mine..

biker