mcmike1489 on 25/6/2019 at 04:02
I do notice that Thief 1/Gold doesn't have a multiplayer or was even created. Sorry to change the subject, but will the first Thief game get a multiplayer feature as well in the next update for NewDark?
sNeaksieGarrett on 25/6/2019 at 04:20
I can't speak for the developers, although I doubt that will come as a feature for Thief 1/Gold with NewDark.
What made Thief 2 multiplayer possible in the first place I think was due to there being a tiny amount of code inherent within the Thief 2 exe, which Tos (the original multiplayer patch reference here with the author, from before NewDark) just hooked into. Multiplayer was starting to become a consideration apparently but the developers never fully pursued it for Thief 2 but left the code in there. However, the developers that built System Shock 2 later after Thief 2, which used the same game engine but updated, ultimately decided to include multiplayer as part of the game.
mcmike1489 on 25/6/2019 at 04:25
Oh ok, I understand. The original developers at Looking Glass Studios were probably thinking about adding a multiplayer feature to the game, but didn't quite confirm it with the release of the original game 20 years ago. At least we get it in Thief 2 though. As for Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age and Thief Deadly Shadows, it would be nice to see a multiplayer added to those games as well, but it depends if they can handle it playing without a lot of bugs and glitches. Not even Thief (2014) can ever have a multiplayer feature sadly.
sNeaksieGarrett on 25/6/2019 at 13:11
You realize that t2x is just an extension of thief 2 , right? It's the same game engine. So, you should be able to run it with multiplayer. As to how I'm not sure. I guess you would have to make a separate install , or package t2x into a zip and launch with FMSel or other FM loader, then launch thief2mp.
mcmike1489 on 25/6/2019 at 17:00
Yeah, true. I think you can do that too, but no one has mention it before in the other threads. Thanks, now I know. Setting up the multiplayer for T2X should be the same way like Thief 2. I'll have to try that and see if it works.
As for Thief Deadly Shadows, multiplayer would look so cool in higher graphics.
mcmike1489 on 27/6/2019 at 16:39
Cool, thanks! I'll check that out. Just set the path to thief2mp.exe in the t2x.exe properties menu.
