potterr on 9/4/2009 at 08:42
I've got Windows 7 beta on my laptop (previously had XP then Vista on) so I will give it a go at the weekend. I'v got various other testing to do with it so I may as well have a good test of Thief, SS2 and GL. From what I've noticed when I did testing on other things a while ago on it was that it was full of assertion errors so I don't suppose any testing done on it will actually be completely valid until at least RC1 is released.
Child Of Karras on 9/4/2009 at 10:23
Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
See bold area. Hmm, that seems to be a result of one of two things:
One, you don't have the correct resolution set in cam.cfg
and ddfix.cfg.
Two, you are running a non-standard 4:3 resolution thief does not support (and you aren't using the widescreen patch, I assume..?)
Okay, stupid me. :D It's been too long since I applied DDfix and WIdescreen patch last time. Works fine now. Just the sound is a funny thing. All stereo samples come from left and right, and all mono samples come from the center, no matter of which direction they came. I should set speakers back to stereo... :sweat:
PsymH on 9/4/2009 at 16:02
What is your soundcard configuration? (hardware, driver, etc.)
greenboy5494 on 10/4/2009 at 00:13
Quote Posted by BioGenx2b
As a note, you might need to install DirectX9.
DX10 is separate, so just use the latest DX9 installer you have and you should be fine.
Also, for a fact the game DOES NOT require any compatibility modes.
Wont work. Vista/7 already comes with directX 9.0"L" which is for backward comp.
Kyle2k on 1/5/2009 at 19:27
No deal, folks. Don't work for me.
It's been a long time since I used this forum the last time. Now I'm running Windows 7 x64bits, and tried all the suggestions above and still can't start ddfixGUI, or make the trick manually. It crashes for good, no matter how I try to circumvent.
Seems to me that the x64 version is a serious problem with ddfix.
As someone said before elsewhere, without any trick, the game installed fine, and starts fine in win98 compatibility mode (movies, sound, etc.), but it crashes to a black screen after start or load the game level.
I cannot find the old fixed thief2.exe (for this black screen issue) anymore here. I think it might do the trick. Any suggestions where can I get it?
sNeaksieGarrett on 1/5/2009 at 20:22
Quote Posted by Kyle2k
and tried all the suggestions above and still can't start ddfixGUI, or make the trick manually.
You mean hex edit the exe? Yeah, it's been said that doesn't work already in this thread.
Quote Posted by Kyle2k
I cannot find the old fixed thief2.exe (for this black screen issue) anymore ...
You mean the (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449) prepatched exe?
Yandros on 1/5/2009 at 22:27
The problem is not 64bit, I have TG and T2 both working fine in Vista 64bit on a dual core processor.
bikerdude on 1/5/2009 at 22:59
well the Release candidate should be out in a week so will try thief 1/2/3 on that and see how I go..
Kyle2k on 2/5/2009 at 13:34
sNeaksieGarrett, my friend
yeah, I mean the hex trick. I don't understand much about hackin' things, but it seems to me the prepatched EXE points to the ddfixGui executable in order to run...and that's the problem: although the ddfix files ARE in the thief2 folder, Windows 7 x64 is unable to work with them, and I still receiving the same DX7 error message over and over again.
...and no, not the prepatched EXE - I mean another one...
do you remember the old fixed exe for the old GeForce MX400's black screen issue, posted here a long time ago?
since the game installs and run fine (even the movies and sound), I think this old EXE could make Thief2 compatible with W7...but I can't find it anymore.
bikerdude on 2/5/2009 at 16:15
Quote Posted by Kyle2k
Windows 7 x64 is unable to work with them, and I still receiving the same DX7 error message over and over again.
I have the SoldOut version of thief1/2 and I have no-cd patched it, widescreen patched it and then DDfix patched it. My thief install dosent need rto be reinstalled eachtime I reload an OS because I have it on the D:\ partition, so when I wipped vista and install windows 7 beta I just simply clicked on the thief 1/2 execuatbles and the games ran, flawlessly.
So I can only think your problems are due to the version of theif you have
