Thief Series FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (Technical / Purchasing / Etc.) - 2012

Summer on 9/2/2016 at 00:24

Sorry if this has been covered somewhere, and I just didn't see it. OK, so I got Thief 2 from Steam yesterday. I used T2Tool to get it working better 'cause it looked awful. Obviously I couldn't install this version with Tafferpatcher, since I got this through Steam. But... the game is really, really, really dark. I can't seem to get it adjusted for the life of me! I went to get DDFix to see if that would work--but none of the links work because DDFix is integrated into Tafferpatcher (or so I seem to think...). Treat me like a first grade moron, and tell me what to do to make Steam version of T2 look good and work well. (Got some weird echoing stuff going on, but I got that sorted thankfully.) Help!

Tannar on 9/2/2016 at 05:50

You don't have to install it with Tafferpatcher in order to use it to patch the game. You can use Tafferpatcher to patch an already installed game.

In the (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131106) Tafferpatcher thread, in the first post there are instructions. Scroll down to the second entry under "How To" which is "Install compatibility patches". Start reading there and it should get you through it easily enough. If you have any problems, post in that thread.

I don't know if there are any issues with using Tafferpatcher with a Steam these days, though I think there used to be some issues that were fairly easily corrected. I do seem to recall the need to start the game at least once (just start the first mission and then quit) before running Tafferpatcher. You might ask in that thread before doing the patching.

Or you can just ask there about the darkness in the game. Voodoo47 or one of the other gurus there will no doubt have the answer.

Dia on 9/2/2016 at 11:41

Is it possible to play TMA FMs through a Steam-downloaded TMA game? If so, how do I go about it? After I got my new PC about 4 years ago I never bothered with stuff like the Darkloader, etc. because I became too enchanted with all the newer games being offered. Suddenly I have this driving desire to replay some of the older TMA FMs as well as to check out the newer ones that have been created/released during my Thief hiatus.

On a side note, I was rather amazed that a game that was released 16 years ago still has the power to provide me with such total immersion; I'd actually forgotten a lot of TMA, so it was almost like playing it for the first time. Again. ;)

Tannar on 9/2/2016 at 17:33

Just to be clear, you are talking about Thief 2: The Metal Age, right? If your install has already been patched to New Dark, you can just use the built in fan mission loader called (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140093) FM Sel.

You should know, however, that to play the very newest FMs created with New Dark 1.23, your game will need to be patched to that latest version. This is easily done via Tafferpatcher if you haven't already done it.

Dia on 9/2/2016 at 19:42

Thanks, Tannar. I'm going to start with a few old favorites, but will definitely be downloading the patch as well.

Edit: It worked. I'd forgotten how much I love this game! Thanks again!

jbairdjr on 6/3/2016 at 16:51

This is the first time I experienced this problem and I didn't see anything here directly addressing this problem.

I'm running an Acer Aspire V, win8, quad-core procesor laptop. All kinds of RAM and HDD space.

I installed Thief Gold and had no problems (using thefix, that is). Now I'm trying to install Thief II: TMA and the installer gets to about 14% and tells me it can't copy sound files from the CD to my laptop. Any suggestions?

Many thanks in advance.

Unna Oertdottir on 7/3/2016 at 10:23

Try to copy to content of your CD into a folder on your Hdd and install Tafferpatcher. Point TP at that folder.

Dia on 9/3/2016 at 21:10

I have another question regarding FM Sel; how do I remove the FMs I've already played from the loader? I've tried removing the zip files from the designated folder (that FM Sel looks in to find TMA FMs), but they still show up on the FM Sel list. It's getting kind of cluttered in there. Thanks!

nickie on 10/3/2016 at 07:05

It's ctrl + right click on the mission title and select Delete from Db.

Dia on 10/3/2016 at 10:52

Thanks nickie.