Thief 2 freezes after five minutes in Windows 7, even after using TafferPatcher

reverendanthony on 24/8/2010 at 14:02

I just got the Platinum Collection version of Thief II and, as the subject says, it freezes after about five minutes of play despite being utterly problem-free beforehand.

I've used TafferPatcher, which does not help fix the problem, unfortunately.

I have no problems with any other games -- just Thief II.

Brian The Dog on 24/8/2010 at 14:35

Try Alt-Tabbing out to Windows and making sure that the THIEF2.EXE file is only running on 1 CPU core - problems that far into a mission are wither due to an incorrect gen.osm file or the multi-core processor problems.

reverendanthony on 25/8/2010 at 00:34

Not sure if this is the right thing you're looking for, but a ctrl+alt+delete showed a "00" CPU reading next to nearly every program other than Thief 2, which had a "25" rating.

I also right-clicked and checked the "set affinity" menu, which said that I was only running on one CPU.

Is this the processing...core...thing? How do I fix it?
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Actually, just fixed it using imagecfg from here: (http://www.thief-thecircle.com/guides/hyperthreading/)

Much appreciated anyhow.

Brian The Dog on 25/8/2010 at 09:52

Glad you got it working! For future reference, this is what I meant:

Find the THIEF2.EXE in the Processes tab of Task Manager. Right-click on it, and choose "Set Affinity..." You can then select which CPU core to allow for that Process. Unfortunately you have to do this every time you start the game, which is why the imagecfg program works much better.

ffox on 25/8/2010 at 14:59

You could use (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127533&p=1878295&viewfull=1#post1878295) Fliptib. It's very easy!

DJ Riff on 25/8/2010 at 18:01

The "Multi-core Fix" from Tafferpatcher should do exactly the same changes to thief2.exe as imagefg does. That's very weird that it didn't work for you but imagecfg itself did. Could you please post contents of Thief2\Tafferpatcher\Tafferpatcher.ini file?

reverendanthony on 26/8/2010 at 13:25

[COMPONENTS]
ddfix=installed
def=installed
ws=installed
dromed=installed
stm=installed
ssch=installed
mesh_patch\fixedcopnoko=installed
obj_patch\fixedferns=installed
obj_patch\fixedgasarrow=installed
obj_patch\fixedmecgas=installed
obj_patch\fixedvinearrow=installed
miss_patch\miss01fix=installed
miss_patch\miss02fix=installed
miss_patch\miss11fix=installed
miss_patch\miss13fix=installed
miss_patch\miss15fix=installed
[SETTINGS]
width=800
height=600
FOV=100

DJ Riff on 26/8/2010 at 17:33