drewby on 18/2/2010 at 10:52
hi ok this is really pinging my off because i have tried almost anything my computer specs are as follows:
Motherboard: F5RL
Basic I/O System(BIOS): Default System BIOS
Central Processing Unit(CPU): Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86GHz
Physical Memory: 2GB
Hard Disk: Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 ATA Device (149.05GB)
Video Card: ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Audio Device X 2
High Definition Audio Device
ok so i have tried savage's faq but it didnt work the game runs fine but about a minute into in it just freezes, then i have to ctrl-alt-del to end task, i have tried to enable it to run on just one processor or core but that still didnt work, i have edited files and installed ddfix, also updated my vid drivers and for a last resort i was gonna actually reinstall xp cause i read that xp runs it fine without any dramas, does anyone know why it keeps freezing it frustratiing me i fear i may have to install xp :( i accidentally forgot to put thief 2 in my thread heading lol silly me
Namdrol on 18/2/2010 at 12:55
Here are the steps I use to get Thief to run in Window 7
"Extract DDfix to the directory your Thief.exe is in.
Run the ddfixGUI.exe (right click, run as administrator), check the video fix box and choose what resolution you want. (if you have a wide screen/non standard resolution monitor, then just leave it on 800x600 and we'll fix it later). Click apply patch.
Go to the Thief 2 shortcut on your desktop or the THIEF.exe file, right click, go to compatibility, choose XP, service pack2 and run as administrator.
There we go.
If you have a wide screen monitor now extract the widescreen fix to the folder with your thief exe in. Run the DarkWidescreen.bat file and enter your resolution. Enter 100 for the fov."
Have you tried compatibility mode? It sounds that maybe your problem, as I say above, right click your shortcut or thief.exe file and set compatibility to xp service pack 2 and also tick run as administrator.
Try going through the steps I've listed above.
( btw what files did you edit?)
Good luck and let us know what happens.
drewby on 19/2/2010 at 08:37
Quote Posted by Namdrol
Here are the steps I use to get Thief to run in Window 7
"Extract DDfix to the directory your Thief.exe is in.
Run the ddfixGUI.exe (right click, run as administrator), check the video fix box and choose what resolution you want. (if you have a wide screen/non standard resolution monitor, then just leave it on 800x600 and we'll fix it later). Click apply patch.
Go to the Thief 2 shortcut on your desktop or the THIEF.exe file, right click, go to compatibility, choose XP, service pack2 and run as administrator.
There we go.
If you have a wide screen monitor now extract the widescreen fix to the folder with your thief exe in. Run the DarkWidescreen.bat file and enter your resolution. Enter 100 for the fov."
Have you tried compatibility mode? It sounds that maybe your problem, as I say above, right click your shortcut or thief.exe file and set compatibility to xp service pack 2 and also tick run as administrator.
Try going through the steps I've listed above.
( btw what files did you edit?)
Good luck and let us know what happens.
thanks for your help but it still freezes, ive tried compatability and it dont work
Rogston on 22/2/2010 at 11:13
Quote Posted by drewby
thanks for your help but it still freezes, ive tried compatability and it dont work
1. Run thief.exe as administrator and in Windows XP SP3 compability (most stable)
2. Set from task manager thief to run on one core (select thief.exe process and right click and from the menu select affinity and uncheck all except the first core)
It's freezing because thief.exe causes conflict if ran on multicore processor.
Namdrol on 22/2/2010 at 11:42
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought DDfix did the single core fix?
