Rogue0572 on 3/2/2009 at 23:14
I recently bought a copy of Thief 2. However, when I click "install" it doesn't do anything. I tried the Tech support thread, but that didnt help. I have Vista and I know that is the problem. Can anyone walk me through installing Thief 2 on Vista? I'm a fan in need!
Nuth on 4/2/2009 at 01:04
Check the FAQ on this board. It tells you how.
sNeaksieGarrett on 4/2/2009 at 03:42
Welcome to the forums. As the last person said it is in the FAQ. If you still require assistance, post back.
Rogue0572 on 4/2/2009 at 04:38
I followed the FAQ exactly. When I type in all that stuff into "run" my computer thinks for about 4 seconds and then nothing changes. When I put the CD in it gives me the option to "Install". When I click install I eventually get a message from Vista asking me for permission (retarded i know). After I click allow, my laptop thinks for about 5 seconds and then the install menu goes away. It does that every time.
sNeaksieGarrett on 4/2/2009 at 04:44
are you
sure? It's -lgntforce, with a lowercase L, not i. The reason just clicking "install" doesn't work is because window NT, 2000, XP, and Vista all use the NT kernel, and thief wasn't built to run on those systems. This is a known issue, and that's why we suggested the FAQ. If you are absolutely sure you did everything right, then I'm not sure what is wrong. You may have to try the "manual install" of thief 2 then.
The Brain outlined how to do this in a thread, don't remember where it is though.
Quote Posted by FAQ
When I try to install Thief nothing happens!
Start the installer and leave it! On some configurations of Windows XP it can take up to an hour for the installer to start.
Have you tried this yet? I know it's a PITA, but it might work? I actually recall starting a thread for my friend who had vista as well, except the -lgntforce trick did work, but the installer froze at 100%, I believe. :(
pavlovscat on 4/2/2009 at 04:44
Welcome, Rogue0572!
I am moving your thread to the Legacy Gaming Technical Help Forum. You can get more specific help there.
Good luck!
Rogue0572 on 4/2/2009 at 22:53
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I got it to install. The bad news....it wont play. When I click "play" the screen goes black and then minimizes into a smaller screen...and then a message pops up saying "Thief 2 has stopped working....A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." I tried reading the FAQ and the closest problem I could find on there is that my graphics card is too powerful. I tried deleting the semicolon in the USER.cfg, but once I do that I cant save it because notepad is just retarded that way. all I want to do is play thief! :(
sNeaksieGarrett on 4/2/2009 at 22:57
How did you mange to install it?
jtr7 on 4/2/2009 at 23:18
You can't save it, Rogue0572? Notepad's not the problem. Are you not running as the Administrator, or something?
Dangit! Someone had that exact problem recently and I can't find the thread.
